A Conversation with Anna Nicholls

Hi, my name is Marilyn McNeal and I'm the producer for Work Life 24. Work Life 24 is a podcast where I talk with friends, former students, project partners, and colleagues - about work. I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their work skills and career and what it is in the early 21st century to be a worker.  In this episode, I get into conversation with  Lauren Taylor, a Principal at REDF where she supports investments in entrepreneurs and enterprises scaling revenue and impact. REDF is a venture catalyst investing in the country's most innovative social enterprises.  Lauren is also Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Zero Gravity Agency, a mission-driven consulting firm that supports investors, funders, and entrepreneurs with capacity-building technical assistance that accelerates growth and impact. Outside of these roles, Lauren is a mentor for Nasdaq, as well as a member of Hustle Fund's Angel Squad and Pipeline Angels, two groups that invest their personal income in early-stage entrepreneurs. Lauren M. Taylor https://www.linkedin.com/in/contactlaurenmtaylor/ Angel Squad https://www.hustlefund.vc/squad Zero Gravity http://zerogravityagency.us/ Pipeline Angels https://pipelineangels.com/ Marilyn McNeal https://marilynmcneal.com            

Work Life 24 is a podcast where I talk with friends, former students, project partners, and colleagues - about work. I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their work skills and career and what it is in the early 21st century to be a worker.  In this episode, I get into conversation with  Lindsay P. Conn, CPCC, PCC, MNLP. Lindsay is the Founder of The Wellspring and is a Certified Executive, Career, and Life Coach and a Workplace Culture Consultant. In this conversation, Lindsay shares her thoughts on the workplace from her perspective as as certified coach of 20+ years. Lindsay P. Conn, CPCC, PCC, MNLP Founder, The Wellspring Certified Executive, Career, and Life Coach Workplace Culture Consultant 240.687.9357  [email protected] Coaching & Courses for Women thewellspringwithin.com Career Coaching for Men levelup.thewellspringwithin.com The Wellspring Women's Collective thewellspringforwomen.com Here are links to some of the people and organizations Lindsay mentions during our conversation. Working Mothers Magazine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_Mother Alliance for Workplace Excellence https://www.linkedin.com/company/alliance-for-workplace-excellence/about/ Dr. Claire Zammit https://femininepower.com/about-claire-zammit/

In this podcast, I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their career path and work skills. John de Graaf is a filmmaker, author, public speaker and environmental activist.  He has made more than 15 national PBS documentaries and won more than 100 regional, national and international awards.   His books include the international best-seller, Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic and      What's the Economy for, Anyway?   He recently completed the feature documentary Stewart Udall: The Politics of Beauty and is currently directing a new film, Loyal to the Truth: Katherine Lee Bates and The Story of America The Beautiful. He is also writing a book on the politics of beauty and lives in Seattle.  He is a former board member of Earth Island Institute. Here are links to people and organizations John mentions during the conversation. Films https://www.johndegraaf.com/films-1 John Bernard https://www.mnopedia.org/person/bernard-john-toussaint-1893-1983 University Community Video https://www.vdb.org/artists/university-community-video-minneapolis Garden Song https://youtu.be/vRVQc3ht9oU?si=UxxGZ1bV9mO2F4PW Stewart Udall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Udall Katherine Lee Bates https://www.filmmakerscollaborative.org/loyal-to-the-truth Hearts and Minds https://archive.org/details/HeartsAndMinds1974  

In this podcast, I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their career path and work skills. Lisa Rybovich Crallé  is an interdisciplinary artist based in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Her drawings and sculptures explore the relationship between body language, memory, and material history.  Her work has been presented at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (CA), Cornell University (NY), the Berkeley Art Museum (CA), the Detroit Institute of Arts (MI), the Manetti Shrem Museum (CA), Fort Mason Center (CA), Mills College (CA), and other venues.  She has been an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center (VT), Ox-Bow (MI), Arteles Center (Finland), and the Bubec Sculpture Studio (Prague). In addition to her studio practice, Lisa runs Personal Space in Vallejo, CA and Heavy Breathing, a series of experimental artist-led movement seminars.  She is also an Associate Professor of Sculpture and Drawing at Berkeley City College. Lisa Rybovich Crallé https://lisarcralle.com/ Personal Space https://personalspace.space/ Heavy Breathing https://heavyheavybreathing.com/ Derek Jarman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Jarman Liza Sylvestre https://linktr.ee/liza_sylvestre Christopher Jones https://bio.site/cripasterisk  Sarah Kate Hayden https://www.instagram.com/sarahkatehayden/ Winslow House Project https://linktr.ee/winslowhouseproject Jessalyn Aaland https://jessalynaaland.com/Info Current Editions https://currenteditions.bigcartel.com/  

In this podcast, I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their career path and work skills. In today's episode, I speak with Ally DeArman. She is the Executive Administrator at Women's Foundation California. Ally partners with the CEO, Leadership Team and Board of Directors on the overall administration and operation of the virtual offices. She comes to the foundation with more than a decade of event management and organizational leadership experience.   Previously, Ally worked UC Berkeley's Executive Education, directed the non profit Food Craft Institute, and helped produce Oakland's Eat Real Festival for 10 years running.  She served three years on the board of Community Foods Market, justice social enterprise in West Oakland. Ally has lived her entire life in California, born and raised in San Diego County, relocated to the Bay Area to attend Stanford University, and currently residing in Oakland's Diamond District with her pets and partner. In this conversation, Ally talks about her path from teenage restaurant hostess to Stanford grad, from  produce worker to UC Berkeley Associate Director and beyond. Lots of insights and laughter in this food, community and leadership-themed episode. Bi-Rite Market https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi-Rite_Market 18 Reasons https://18reasons.org/ East Bay Asian Youth Center https://ebayc.org/our-journey/ Eat Real Festival https://www.eatrealfest.com/ Food Craft Institute http://www.oaklandmomma.com/2016/09/16/food-craft-institute-fosters-the-art-of-the-edible/ Women's Foundation California https://womensfoundca.org/      

In this podcast, I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their career path and work skills. In today's episode, I speak with Seth Eisen. Today's episode is an intimate conversation with San Francisco-based artist and producer, Seth Eisen. Seth is the Artistic and Executive Director at Eye Zen Presents, a San Francisco-based transdisciplinary ensemble theater company founded by Seth Eisen in 2007. I met Seth when I was a resident artist at a live work arts collective in San Francisco's Mission District. I participated in two shows that Seth ran and got to know him as an ever exploring creative person. In this episode, Seth talks about the ups and downs of prioritizing his creative work over the past 30 years of living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He was lucky enough to be mentored by some of the Bay Area's seminal art figures of the 70's and 80's so you definitely want to tune in and hear his recollections of working with and being influenced by art makers past and present. Eye Zen Presents https://www.eyezen.org/ Nancy Frank https://arthousesf.org/who-we-are https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mamelle,_Inc./Art_Com Bonnie Sherk https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/19/arts/bonnie-sherk-dead.html Million Fishes Art Collective https://www.facebook.com/millionfishes/ 848 / CounterPULSE https://counterpulse.org/mission-history/ Remy Charlip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remy_Charlip  

In this podcast, I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their career path and work skills. In today's episode, I speak with Taylor Willy. Taylor is an experienced fundraiser skilled in relationship building, event planning and public speaking. She is passionate about the donor experience and ensuring that donors have a fulfilling partnership with the organizations they generously support. She received her BA from Purdue University in Educational Leadership & Administration and earned a Certificate in Fund Raising Management from Indiana University in 2020.  Taylor is the Vice President of Development and Communications at Teen Works, a youth empowerment and economic mobility program for teens based out of Indianapolis, Indiana. Taylor is an avid believer that no dream is too big.  

In this podcast, I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their career path and work skills. In today's episode, I speak with Jaclyn Edds Konczal. Jaclyn is an artist, floral designer, writer, and mother living in Northern California on the ancestral lands of the Pomo People. She is Lead Floral Designer at Front Porch Farm, an organic flower farm in Healdsburg, CA. Jaclyn is a floral artist known for her unconventional, wild, and sculptural work. Her background as a visual artist coupled with her deep connection to the natural world results in design evoking romance, history, time and place, and human connection.  Website: https://www.jaclyneddskonczal.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaclyneddskonczal/

This is Work Life 24. In this podcast, I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their career path and work skills. In today's episode, I speak with Anna Nicholls. Anna's current role is director of corporate partnerships at the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business - one of the top-ranked business schools in the US.  She leads the school's relationships with both large employers and funding partners, focussing on climate and sustainability, social impact, organizational culture, and entrepreneurship.  Previously Anna spent ten years leading partnerships at urban planning think tanks and nonprofits both in London and San Francisco.  She recently graduated as a fellow of Climatebase, an accelerator for highly motivated professionals to study applied climate solutions. MENTIONED DURING CONVERSATION Orange Skies Day    

This is Work Life 24. In this podcast, I ask each guest to reflect on the evolution of their career path and work skills. In today's episode, I speak with Jonathan Taylor. Jonathan is a chemical engineer by vocation with a decade of experience in plastics research, development, and manufacturing. He currently works as a consultant for the Fashion industry focused on producing sustainable alternative materials to fossil fuel derived textiles, primarily polyester and nylon.  In addition, he also works on advanced recycling processes for handling pre-consumer and post-consumer textile waste which would otherwise be sent to a landfill or incinerated. When he is not working on plastic, Jonathan also works as a garden photographer for The Gardens at Lake Merritt, which is a free botanical garden in Downtown Oakland California.  On the weekends, he can often be found walking in the garden barefoot and with his camera. Known as "greenteatherapy" on social media, he posts pictures highlighting the abundance of floral beauty around the bay area combined with introspective monologues about mental wellness. Greentea.Therapy: https://www.greenteatherapy.com/shop Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-taylor-648b7a127/