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Here, we shine a light on everyday heroes — people and organizations driven by purpose, not profit. Meet nonprofit founders, social entrepreneurs, and community builders united by one mission: creating meaningful change.
Through in-depth conversations, we reveal their motivations and journeys — helping you discover impactful services, support community-driven missions, and align your spending with your values.
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Michelle Holmes Reveals How to Achieve Operational Excellence & Scale Your Business
With over 20 years of experience in operations and customer service management, Michelle has developed a proven operational excellence framework that helps businesses to pivot, scale and achieve long-lasting profitability and impact. At the heart of Michelle's approach is a personalized strategy that helps businesses to utilize the tools in their tool box, lead with confidence and deliver excellence. Michelle's leadership is defined by her hands on management style, guiding businesses through the process of conceptualizing, coordinating, training, budgeting and implementing policies that foster collaboration and boost performance.
Hopefully after watching this episode you will understand for yourself that Michelle is on a mission to help her clients by driving operational clarity, creating customer centered strategies and delivering measurable results!
🌟Inspiring Stories
Discover powerful narratives from extraordinary individuals making a difference.
Prison to Freedom
Brian Scott served 20 years in prison and was released in February of 2021, afte...
Dr. Susie Castellanos Hansley
Dr. Susie has spoken at Google, Blue Shield of California, Duke Health Technolog...
Dr. Elaine Heath at Spring Forest
Dr. Elaine Heath has had an amazing life journey, even growing up in poverty wit...
Want to ‘plan ahead’ like a pro?
Keshi Satterwhite is the founder of Planning Ahead - a leading nonprofit, advanc...
Why Teens Need a Gap Year
Ian Parks served five years in the United States Air Force and while fighting fo...
Meet Wendy Coulter: CEO of Hummingbird Creative Group
With a passion for big ideas and a mission to empower others, Wendy has spent ov...
Fighting Health Disparities for 35+ Years
Dr. Barbara Pullen-Smith has 35+ years of public health experience. Her early ca...
How P.O.W.E.R. Inc is Revolutionizing Support for Single Parents
P.O.W.E.R. is dedicated to Revolutionizing Support for Single Parents and equipp...
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Trusted Feedback from Community Leaders!
I recently did an interview with JSpeaks , and it reminded me of something important. Some people run cameras. Others capture stories. He’s not just a host. He believes the camera can see what words alone can’t. We actua...
It was an honor to sit down with JSpeaks recently. We had a lively discussion about crime, punishment and reentry, including conversation about ViRSE, the digital reentry tool we're in the process of developing. John pro...
JSpeaks thanks for inviting me to share my insights on all things stress, anxiety, trauma, ADHD, and how to use science to help us go from cortisol-driven to dopamine-driven!
This interview with JSpeaks was so fun - thanks to John Blakley for making a couple of hours just fly by!!! Thanks for letting me share about my business, Hummingbird Creative Group, and the NC Women Business Owners Hall...
Winners! Every now and then God puts you in a special , yet unexpected place! That unexpected place for me came in the form of being a guest on JSpeaks’ podcast!! This talented young man has a beautiful gift and he freel...
What an honor to share my story with JSpeaks with James Anthony Wallace! This talented team is doing so much to elevate those in our community-can’t wait for the full episode!
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