The Vollo Show
By Volunteer New York
(VOLLO = Volunteer + Locally) A show dedicated to bringing you the most inspiring interviews, stories, and ways you can take action in YOUR community. With host Tony Fasciano broadcasting live from Volunteer New York!, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization in the heart of Tarrytown, whose mission is to help community members get off the sidelines and volunteer locally!
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The Vollo ShowApr 09, 2021
What the World Needed FT Natalye Paquin
In this episode, which is made possible with support from Regeneron (who is also a Points of Light Civic 50 honoree), we speak with a leader of the global volunteer movement, Natalye Paquin, the president and CEO of Points of Light. As part of the discussion, we talk about poetry, leadership, inspiration, volunteering memories, while also getting a unique and exclusive insight into Points of Light coupled with the amazing opportunity to talk about the science of volunteerism with the person who is writing the book.
It's the perfect thing to check out during Global Volunteer Month. Listen now!
10,000 Eager, Capable, People FT Ellie Zimmerman
Featured Guest: Ellie Zimmerman
April 2021: In this episode, we talk to the Founder and CEO of Interns 4-Good about being a successful social entrepreneur at age 18 and the challenges and opportunities she and her organization has faced throughout the pandemic to grow into what it's become today -- an amazing network of 10,000 eager, capable, people (or teen volunteers) who are helping to define or redefine the differences between Generation Z and Generation X while doing what they can to have their voices heard and their ideas respected.
But wait! There's more. Ellie most notably is also our 2021 Youth Leadership Award recipient and one of the wonderful volunteers who will be recognized at our 41st Annual Volunteer Spirit Awards on Friday, April 9 starting at 9 AM! Click here now: volunteernewyork.org/awards to find out how to participate in this special live-streaming event and help us cheer on as a community and celebrate the local volunteers who inspire us -- like Ellie -- as part of Global Volunteer Month. And if this interview motivates you -- we hope to see you there on Friday with us cheering on local volunteerism!
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Just Do The Good Work FT Dr. Darrell Wheeler
Featured Guest: Dr. Darrell Wheeler
Recorded 2/12/2021: In this episode, we talk about the issues of leadership, diversity, social justice, education, and service during the time of change, challenges, and transition that we find ourselves in today. In this honest and critical assessment of where we are, how we move forward together, and what it means to be a leader, you will find a trove of hard-earned truths and inspirational gems gifted to us from Dr. Wheeler that will leave you thinking about them long after the episode finishes.
"It’s often in the small mundane activities that true leadership emerges." - Dr. Darrell Wheeler
About: Darrell P. Wheeler, Ph.D., MPH, ACSW, is a nationally recognized leader, educator, and scholar, who has served as Iona College's provost and senior vice president for academic affairs since 2018 and has been on the front lines passionately fighting and researching infectious diseases since the 1980s, which most notably includes his work with HIV prevention and intervention among African-American, gay, bisexual and transgender communities.
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Generosity is Not Just a Nice to Have FT Giving Tuesday CEO Asha Curran
Recorded days before Giving Tuesday Now, the emergency COVID-19 global relief event that took place on May 5, this one-on-one interview with the CEO of Giving Tuesday, Asha Curran, is a mini masterclass on how to build movements, inspire leadership, and the power of generosity to change the world.
"My hope for today is that we see the opportunity, which is to create a world that is better. Not return to normal, but create a world that is better than the one we were in until this moment." - Asha Curran, CEO
Welcome to the Vollo Show - PART 2
The engaging one-on-one conversation with Volunteer New York! Executive Director, Jeanette Gisbert, continues in this conclusion to Welcome to the Vollo Show - PART 1.
As a reminder, this was recorded just days before the COVID-19 pandemic was declared in March 2020. It was a different more carefree time back then. The grass was greener. There was no toilet paper shortage in sight. But still, as we sit here in the future in September 2020 with our collective broad understanding of how to limit the spread of infectious disease through social distancing, the personable insight into the emerging local leader, Jeanette Gisbert, is so abundant in this interview, especially as we discuss the future of an organization that is just hitting its full stride after turning 70 years old, that you may want to reach out to her and find out how she is doing six months later. And that's super cool. Click here to send Jeanette a message!
Welcome to the Vollo Show - PART 1
What you are about to hear in our first Vollo Show episode is an interview with Volunteer New York!'s new executive director, Jeanette Gisbert that was recorded all the way back in March 2020, just days before COVID-19 would be declared a pandemic. It was a different time back then, but the spirit of this interview, which offers an insightful and personal look into an emerging local leader shines just as bright.
Stay tuned for part two of this interview in episode two of The Vollo Show.
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