Outside Insight: Community-Funded Futures is a podcast for public education and municipal leaders from Michigan-based Banach, Banach & Cassidy. BB&C is a trusted leader in strategic marketing, survey research, and finance campaign services. BB&C experts present solutions-based discussions with expert insight around marketing and public engagement strategies and strategic planning to help public institutions secure lasting support.
Clear School Bond Messaging For Staff And Residents
This time on Outside Insight: Community Funded Futures, Banach, Banach and Cassidy CEO Kelsey Birkmeier discusses how districts communicate clearly and legally with staff and the broader community before a school bond vote. Kelsey shares practical ways to simplify school finance, stay consistent across audiences, and keep trust strong after the results are in. Episode Resources Banach, Banach and Cassidy About Banach, Banach and Cassidy Banach, Banach & Cassidy (BB&C) is...
28 Oct 2026
A Community Survey Turns Guesswork Into Data
If you’re leading a school district, you’re probably surrounded by feedback all day long. Board meetings. Emails. Social media. Quick conversations in the hallway. The problem is that those channels often capture the most engaged residents, not the full community you ultimately serve and depend on for long-term support. This time on Outside Insight, Kelsey Birkmeier, CEO at Banach, Banach and Cassidy, talks about how community surveys bring clarity to public school communications and sc...
14 Oct 2026
Districts Can Measure Community Sentiment Year Round - Here's How
Banach, Banach and Cassidy CEO Kelsey Birkmeier breaks down why school districts can communicate nonstop and still be out of touch with what voters truly think. This time on Outside Insight, Kelsey shares a practical way to measure sentiment all year, so districts can build trust, close knowledge gaps, and reduce election uncertainty before big decisions hit the ballot. Episode Resources Banach, Banach and Cassidy About Banach, Banach and Cassidy Banach, Banach & Cassidy (BB&a...
25 Aug 2026
Why Michigan Schools Cannot Save For Big Repairs
Michigan school districts cannot simply set aside operating dollars for major building repairs, even when the need is obvious and urgent. This time on Outside Insight, Banach, Banach and Cassidy CEO Kelsey Birkmeier breaks down the legal limits, the real cost of capital projects, and why voters end up deciding most facility funding at the ballot box. Episode Resources Banach, Banach and Cassidy About Banach, Banach and Cassidy Banach, Banach & Cassidy (BB&C) is a trus...
12 Aug 2026
Three Reasons School Facility Upkeep Is Not Like Homeownership
This time on Outside Insight: School funding expert Kelsey Birkmeier, CEO of Banach, Banach and Cassidy, breaks down why maintaining a school building costs more and gets complicated faster than maintaining a house, even when the buildings are the same age. Episode Resources Banach, Banach and Cassidy About Banach, Banach and Cassidy Banach, Banach & Cassidy (BB&C) is a trusted leader in strategic marketing, survey research, and finance campaign services. We specialize in ...
29 Jul 2026
Clear Updates Today Build Support Tomorrow
This time on Outside Insight: Community-Funded Futures, CEO Kelsey Birkmeier of Banach, Banach and Cassidy breaks down why district and municipal communication is really trust-building, not just sharing updates, and how that trust prevents confusion and rumors. Episode Resources Banach, Banach and Cassidy About Banach, Banach and Cassidy Banach, Banach & Cassidy (BB&C) is a trusted leader in strategic marketing, survey research, and finance campaign services. We specialize ...
14 Jul 2026
A Practical Communication Plan for Winning School Bond Votes is Key
Most school funding measures do not fail because people hate schools. They fail because voters do not understand the ask, do not trust the messenger, or never see the message in the first place. This time on Outside Insight: Community-Funded Futures, Kelsey Birkmeyer, CEO of Michigan-based Banach, Banach and Cassidy, gets practical about how districts rebuild voter trust and communicate clearly when a bond proposal or millage is on the line. Episode Resources Banach, Banach and Ca...
1 Jul 2026
A Community Cannot Vote For What It Does Not Understand
Most people want to support their local schools, but they cannot back what they do not understand. Kelsey Birkmeier, CEO of Banach, Banach and Cassidy, digs into a hard truth about school district communication: if districts are not talking about themselves, nobody else is going to fill that gap with accurate information. That silence becomes a trust problem, especially when aging buildings, end-of-life systems, and long-delayed repairs finally force a community conversation about fundi...
1 Jul 2026
Outside Insight: A Podcast from Banach, Banach and Cassidy - Experts in Community-Funded Futures
Kelsey Birkmeier, CEO of Banach, Banach and Cassidy, sets the tone for the Outside Insight: Community Funded Futures podcast by breaking down why voter support is harder than ever and why communities respond differently to the same funding request. Kelsey also discusses the community-funded focus expected in the coming series of episodes. Episode Resources Banach, Banach and Cassidy About Banach, Banach and Cassidy Banach, Banach & Cassidy (BB&C) is a trusted leade...
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