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Townhall Series: What is Your Chamber of Commerce Up To? May 11, 2023

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In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Suzanne Clark, president and chief executive officer of the US Chamber of Commerce. She is a vocal proponent of policies that enable businesses to innovate, invest and grow, and help lead the fight against government proposals that undermine America’s economic strength and competitiveness.

Clark spearheaded efforts to dramatically increase support for small businesses by creating CO—the US Chamber’s award-winning digital home for small businesses. Clark earned a B.A., magna cum laude, and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University.

Learn more about the US Chamber of Commerce on their advocacy work and how they help their members:

uschamber.org

We are also encouraging everyone to visit your local chamber of commerce and see how you can offer your talent and services.

Be a spark: Building a Mountain Town with Ciara Wolfe Apr 27, 2023

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In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Ciara Wolfe, the executive director of Yellowstone Club Community Foundation. Sylvie has already worked with her and witnessed the impacts of her efforts firsthand. Stay tuned throughout the episode to learn about the story of Ciara Wolfe and the humble beginnings of Big Sky and how it played a big role in helping Ciara find her potential in empowering people and understanding communities. Moreover, the episode tackles what it means to be in an unincorporated community and other unique concepts to be introduced by Ciara with her experiences.

Be a Spark: Spark a Community Vision Apr 13, 2023

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In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down in this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast with Ashely Marsh, co-founder of Marsh Collective with her husband. She has pioneered the redemption of Opelika, and place-making in cities across the country. Stay tuned throughout the episode to learn about the history of Marsh Collective, from the humble beginnings of Ashely and John Marsh, and how they learned about the potential of building visions for communities and the people within them. Understand the process behind the design thinking of Ashely and Marsh with how they help redeem communities across the country through this episode.

Be A Spark: Ignite Aspirations to Be More with Jamila Trimuel Mar 23, 2023

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In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Jamila Trimuel, Founder of Ladies of Virtue, to inspire you to spark the key to mentor young people with different paradigms and views of the world.

In this conversation, Sylvie and Jamila discuss:

Becoming the leader you wanted to be, you need to be of virtue
What it makes to be a strong leader?
Mentoring and leadership program for girls about empowerment and confidence

Influencing the youth to make a change

Connect with Jamila:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamila-trimuel-6737b710

Know more about LOV Chicago Ladies of Virtue, give them a follow on their social media accounts:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LOVChicago/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lovchicago/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LOVChicago

To get involved with providing for the students, visit their website, LOV Chicago Ladies of Virtue, to know how to be a mentor, volunteer, and donate and be a sponsor or partner.

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Be A Spark: Sparking Civility & Storytelling with Alexandra Hudson Mar 09, 2023

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In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Alexandra Hudson, Founder of Civic Renaissance, to inspire you to spark civility and interest in understanding the human condition through stories.

Stay tuned throughout the episode to learn about Alexandra’s new series,Storytelling and the Human Condition, and hear what’s new in the course of Storytelling. And that's not all! As a special treat, they are offering a one-month subscription to Wondrium, absolutely free! All you need to do is join the nearly fifty thousand other readers of Civic Renaissance. Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to expand your knowledge and imagination through the magic of storytelling.

In this conversation, Sylvie and Alexandra discuss:

Deepening people’s understanding of the human condition through ancient stories.
Defining civility and the best way to practice it.
Understanding suffering, love, hate, vengeance, competition, joy through stories.
What stories are teaching us.

Connect with Alexandra:

Website: https://alexandraohudson.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AlexandraOHudson/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexiohudson
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexiskye09/

Alexandra published a book about the difference between politeness—a superficial appearance of good manners—and true civility, you can get your copy here The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal the Society and Ourselves.

Townhall Series: Pillars of a Strong Town with Charles Marohn and Lou Powell Feb 23, 2023

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In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Charles Marohn, Founder and President of Strong Towns, and Lou Powell, President of High-Tech Small Town, to talk about what makes a town strong and thriving.

In this conversation, Sylvie with Charles and Lou discuss:

What makes a strong town?
5 pillars of a strong town to note of
Insights on what makes a thriving community
How to improve the quality of life and prosperity of a community
Transforming cities to be successful

Here is an article how High-Tech Small Town, with their advocacy of bring tech talents and attracting high-tech remote jobs into a small town, made Aledo stronger than it was before.

Charles authored great books about communities in America: Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity and Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: A Strong Towns Approach to Transportation . He has a podcast piece about struggling communities and you may listen it here: A Model for Suburban Development? And lastly, if you want to know the difference between a road and a street, Charles also has a TedTalk episode about it.

Connect with Lou:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/loupowell

Connect with Charles:

LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesmarohn
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/marohn
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/clmarohn

Be a Spark: Diversity without Division with Karith Foster Feb 09, 2023

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In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Karith Foster, CEO of INVERSITY Solutions and Founder of INVERSITY Foundation, to spark a new way to think, talk and act on diversity.

In this conversation, Sylvie and Karith discuss:

Defining Diversity
Engaging in conversation to learn people’s lens and experiences
Language on how to be thoughtful and compassionate

Connect with Karith:

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/FosterKarith/
INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/karithfoster/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/karithfoster
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karithfoster

Know more about Inversity Solutions to help eliminate the division among us. Karith also authored a book, you can get yourself a copy here: “You Can Be Perfect or You Can Be Happy: How to Let Go, Worry Less, and Enjoy Life!”. And Karith’s also been a guest on the She Said She Said podcast, you can listen to it here: She Said She Said Podcast Episode 218 with Karith Foster where they talked about using humor as a skill.

Sparks in Education: Shining a Light on Literacy with Kymyona Burk and Nathan Hoffman Jan 26, 2023

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To kickstart our new season, we had a live podcast stream on YouTube last January 23. In case you missed the live podcast, we have posted the episode on the channel for you.

In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Kymyona Burk and Nathan Hoffman, to talk about shining a light on literacy and its importance.

Leading AmeriCorps with Barbara Stewart Dec 08, 2022

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In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Barbara Stewart, Former CEO of AmeriCorps to know what is the uniquely American value of volunteering and giving back.

In this conversation, Sylvie and Barbara discuss:

What is AmeriCorps?
How AmeriCorps promotes volunteerism
Leading AmeriCorps key goals and values
Future of Volunteerism in America

To bring out the best of America, visit AmeriCorps to serve and make a difference.

Knowing Your Power to Influence with Laura Cox Kaplan Dec 02, 2022

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In case you missed the live podcast, we have posted the episode on the channel for you.

In this episode of the Trust Your Voice podcast, host Sylvie Légère sat down with Laura Cox Kaplan, creator of She Said/She said podcast, to talk about knowing the potential and power of your voice to influence people.

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