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546 The Environmental & Financial Benefits of the Growing Wind Energy Industry - With AWEA May 28, 2020

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Tom Kiernan began as CEO of the American Wind Energy Association in 2013 after serving for 15 years as the President of the National Parks Conservation Association. Tom is a native of Arlington, VA, has an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College in Environmental Computer Modeling, and an MBA from Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

AWEA is the national trade association for the U.S. wind industry, the largest source of renewable energy in the country, representing 1,000 member companies, 120,000 jobs in the U.S. economy, and a nationwide workforce located across all 50 states.

545 What We Knew About the Coronavirus Outbreak Before & the Future of Pandemics May 26, 2020

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Daniel Brooks is a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Linnean Society of London, and a Research Fellow of the Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska State Museum. He has been working for the past decade as a free-lance consultant on the evolutionary biology of climate change and emerging disease. He is also an author of The Stockholm Paradigm, which we discussed in his previous episode, during the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown.

Daniel Brooks joined us again on Through The Noise to talk about the current pandemic situation, the knowledge we had before the coronavirus outbreak, and why we should have been better prepared.

544 How ASEA tackles the challenges of Covid-19 and why you need to lead with courage May 20, 2020

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Susan Robertson is the President & CEO of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). She oversees all strategic and operational aspects of the ASAE, ASAE Research Foundation, and its for-profit subsidiary, ASAE Business Solutions.

ASAE connects great ideas and great people to inspire leadership and achievement within the association community.

544 How ASEA tackles the challenges of Covid-19 and why you need to lead with courage May 20, 2020

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ASAE connects great ideas and great people to inspire leadership and achievement within the association community.

543 TTN Insights: How CIPE Supports the Digital Economy & Small Businesses During the Pandemic May 13, 2020

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Abdulwahab Alkebsi is the Managing Director for Programs at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). Alkebsi oversees more than 120 programs in over 55 countries and supervises a staff across nine countries, including Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Tunisia, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Ukraine, and at CIPE's head office in Washington, DC.

Louisa Tomar is a Program Officer on the Global team at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). Tomar specializes in public policy on anti-corruption, digital economy, and digital rights. Tomar oversees cross-regional projects on democratic governance, anti-corruption compliance, and the intersection of technology and democracy.

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) is the only institution in the world that works to support democracy and to strengthen the private sector by working with local business leaders to expand the opportunity for inclusive growth through market-led solutions.

Listen to CIPE's podcast, Democracy That Delivers, here.You can find CIPE's Digital Economy Guidebook here.The Cuisine of LIFE cookbook can be bought here.

542 Insights: Personal Privacy vs Public Safety During a Pandemic May 07, 2020

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Michael Shifflet is an Asia-Pacific Studies Graduate with an International Educator Background. Mike talks about being quarantined, how officials in Taiwan track his movement on his mobile phone, and what this means for personal privacy.

Every so often, Ernesto Gluecksmann and Mickey Panayiotakis sit down and talk about digital security, new software, technologies, trends, regulations that may impact leaders of organizations. Listen to their Insights on this segment of Through The Noise.

541 Making the Switch to Renewable Energy - ACORE's Mission May 05, 2020

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Gregory Wetstone is President and CEO of the American Council on Renewable Energy, a national nonprofit that unites finance, policy and technology to accelerate the transition to a renewable energy economy.

Founded in 2001, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) is the nation's premier pan-renewable organization uniting finance, policy and technology to accelerate the transition to a renewable energy economy.

540 Sustainable Practices for Organizations and Green Business Strategies - with John Friedman Apr 29, 2020

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With an international career spanning 3 decades, John Friedman is an award-winning communications professional and recognized sustainability expert who has helped some of the leading global companies to integrate their operational, financial, and cultural aspirations into sustainable and responsible business practices.

The WGL family of companies—Washington Gas, WGL Energy, WGL Midstream and Hampshire Gas—are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of AltaGas Ltd. and provides options for natural gas, electricity, green power and energy services, including generation, storage, transportation, distribution, supply and efficiency.

John Friedman's Book Managing Sustainability: First Steps to First Class (Business Expert Press) provides a compelling case, real-world examples, and the tools to follow a proven strategy for aligning sustainability efforts with existing organizational priorities to drive results and enhance reputation.

539 Adam Krantz on NACWA's work and the data they collect from their members - Special: Water Week 2020 Apr 23, 2020

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Adam Krantz is CEO of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies. He directs a Washington, D.C., team that advocates on behalf of the nation's public clean water agencies on an array of regulatory, legislative, legal, and communication initiatives geared toward ensuring sustainable clean water agencies.

NACWA represents public wastewater and stormwater agencies of all sizes nationwide and has been the nation's recognized leader in legislative, regulatory and legal advocacy on the full spectrum of clean water issues, as well as a top technical resource for water management, sustainability and ecosystem protection interests for more than four decades.

538 How are Key Advocacy and Beekeeper Group working during lockdown? With David Lusk & Matthew Zablud Apr 15, 2020

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David Lusk, Founder of Key Advocacy, has over 20 years' experience in the advocacy space. Since 2010, over 7,000 association members, nonprofit volunteers and C-Suite executives have attended his advocacy training sessions. Grasstops advocacy networks built by David have repeatedly received national recognition as model programs for the industry. David graduated from Brown University with degrees in both Public Policy and Business Economics. He currently holds a leadership role with the American Society of Association Executives as a member of the Government Relations and Advocacy Professionals Advisory Council.

Key Advocacy specializes in providing advocate training and developing nationwide grassroots and grasstops programs for associations, nonprofits and corporations.

Matthew Zablud is a founding Partner at Beekeeper Group. He previously worked on the e-Campaign team at the national headquarters of the Bush-Cheney '04 presidential campaign, and before that was a lawyer and campaign manager in Melbourne, Australia. For the past 15 years, he has worked with advocacy clients to boost stakeholder recruitment and empower their supporters to become high-quality advocacy champions. Matthew holds a Masters In Political Management from The George Washington University where he also worked as an adjunct professor teaching Online Political Strategy.

Beekeeper Group is an award-winning agency specializing in communications, advocacy, and digital marketing for associations, corporations, and nonprofits.

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