In the final episode of season two, we close out with The Channel Company's own, Vice President, PDS and Data Services. Rick Bellan is known as an analytical team player, with extensive experience in demand generation and Audience Development experience within Channel and End User markets. A little lesser known fact is Rick is the parent of twin boys, one of whom lives with hidden illness.
Listen as Rick shares with our host his personal journey along-side his son as they navigate living with epilepsy.
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18 Nov 2022
Closing the Tech Equity Gap - Part 2
The equity gap refers to disparities in educational outcomes and student success metrics across race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, physical or mental abilities, and other demographic traits and intersectionalities. Yet how does this impact the technology/IT Channel Space?
Join Cass as she talks with Jessica Guerrero, Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for Google Cloud Go-To-Market (GTM) and Bronwyn Hastings Corporate Vice President, Global ISV Partnerships and Channels at Google Cloud, uncovering the unique opportunities facing tech as we work together to close the equity gaps.
This is a 2 part episode.
This episode is sponsored by Google Cloud.
18 Nov 2022
Closing the Tech Equity Gap - Part 1
The equity gap refers to disparities in educational outcomes and student success metrics across race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, physical or mental abilities, and other demographic traits and intersectionalities. Yet how does this impact the technology/IT Channel Space?
Join Cass as she talks with Jessica Guerrero, Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) for Google Cloud Go-To-Market (GTM) and Bronwyn Hastings Corporate Vice President, Global ISV Partnerships and Channels at Google Cloud, uncovering the unique opportunities facing tech as we work together to close the equity gaps.
This is a 2 part episode.
This episode is sponsored by Google Cloud.
11 Nov 2022
Allies Vs Accomplices
What does it mean to be a true ally in the workplace? How do we make allyship actionable? In this episode Cass McMann talks with Sertrice Grice of Mattingly Solutions and Jared Allmond of Soft Skill. The two experts in equity, inclusion, and employee engagement share a practical solution to putting allyship in action: be an Accomplice.
Mattingly Solutions, www.mattinglysolutions.com
Soft Skill, www.softskill.com
28 Oct 2022
Adult Neurodivergence - ADHD
It is season two of our show we are excited to take a different approach to talking about inclusivity, equity, and belonging, focusing on the stories of two members of our Channel Company Team.
Here Cass McMann talks with Stephanie Ramsey about neurodiversity and ADHD, whose career path has always landed her in fast-paced fields like technology and auto racing. Little did she know that there was a reason she was drawn to these kinds of industries. It wasn’t until this mother of three made some discoveries about one of her children that she unlocked the reason behind many of her choices. Now with three decades of career experience behind her, Steph can harness the power of ADHD and being neurodivergent to her advantage and she sees it as a superpower rather than a disability.
21 Oct 2022
Embedding Inclusion with Impact
In August of 2022, as part of our flagship exchange event, we hosted our first workshop dedicated to building inclusive leaders, diversity, and equity practices in the IT Channel.
In this episode we bring you, our friends and fellow inclusive leaders, a continuation of that workshop presentation from our sponsor Microsoft. Embedding Inclusion with Impact with our special guest, Karen Fassio.
Karen is Director for Worldwide Partner Marketing responsible for supporting the ecosystem of Microsoft partners through revenue generating digital experiences and an integrated channel inclusion strategy.
She is co-founder of Women in Cloud, a global community-centered initiative focused on capturing $1B in Cloud opportunity through women-led technology enterprises and startups.
This episode is brought to you by Microsoft.
7 Oct 2022
Empathy: What is it? Why We Need It
Host Cass McMann speaks with Aletha Noonan, Senior Vice President of Product and Partner Management at CDW. Noonan shares how leading with empathy is an essential part to leading inclusively.
This episode is sponsored by CDW.
26 Sept 2022
Leading Through Global Change
Blane Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company talks equity, inclusion, and belonging across cultures with DEI Community Leader, Cass McMann. Blaine speaks of how his personal experiences have influenced him to be an advocate of LGBTQ+ employees, veterans, and employee mental health.
20 Sept 2022
Being Your Authentic Self with Patricia Arboleda
Cass Cooper and Patricia Arboleda discusses the power of identity and how it relates to a person's corporate life.
15 Jul 2022
Intersectional Firsts with Dr. Moo Cooper
Dr. Cooper is a world-renowned scientist and educator who is dedicated to sharing her joy of science with children and adults. She is extremely involved in various science outreach initiatives - mostly with K-12 students, but she also participates in sharing knowledge through shows like "Because Space," "How the Universe Works," and "Bill Nye Saves the World."
In May 2022, Cass McMann, Community Leader for the Inclusive Leadership Network, connected with Dr. Moo at The Channel Company’s Women of the Channel West to talk about intersectional identity, innovative firsts, and how we can put the A in DEIB&A.
5 Jul 2022
Adelaide Reilly and Lisa MacKenzie
Gender diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging have been a core focus of The Channel Company’s Women of the Channel events and Leadership Network. Recorded at WOTC – West 2022, Cass McMann, Community Leader for the Inclusive Leadership Network talks with The Channel Company's founding partner Lisa Mackenzie, and Adelaide (AJ) Reilly, Senior Vice President, and General Manager of Media. The leaders share how the demographics within tech have led to new conversations regarding race, gender, and sexual orientation, within the IT Channel.
17 Jun 2022
Inclusion as Risk Management
In this episode we talk with Melissa Majors, CEO of Melissa Majors Consulting. Melissa is a crowd-pleasing speaker who masters brain-friendly talks that engage her audiences sparking not inspiration and action. She is the author of 7 Simple Habits of Inclusive Leaders and the originator of the in’klooded® methodology for inclusive decision making. She is an innovator and optimizer of education, inclusion, & leadership strategies, dedicating her career to maximizing the business impact associated with these areas of focus.
Melissa is featured in publications such as Forbes Magazine, Smart Meetings, The Meeting Professional, NorthStar Meetings Group's Eventful Podcast, The Event DR, and on the keynote stage at events such as Meeting Professional's International's WEC, Matthews Asia, Orthofix, Blue Shield of CA, State Street, Institute for Internal Auditors, and coming up this August at our Xchange conference in Denver.
9 Jun 2022
Building Inclusive Teams
In this episode, Cass talks about Building Inclusive Teams and Organizations with special guest, Cassie Clayton, VP of Customer Experience and Insights from NetBaseQuid. They discuss practical examples of how to build inclusive teams both in person and virtually, as well as the work it takes to confront your own internal biases and become a more effective leader.
1 Jun 2022
Professionalism: The Changing Face of Business
In this episode host Cass McMann, Community Leader for the Inclusive Leadership Network covers Professionalism.
Recently campaigns on LinkedIn using the hashtag I am Professional as well as the passage of the federal CROWN act banning workplace discrimination based on hair and hair texture are encouraging us to examine the definition of professionalism. In this episode, Laurena Mitchell and Megan Ward, two experts in the field of DEI talk with host Cass McMann about what professionalism is and how changing it is at the center of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
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