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Riveo Impact LabSimplifying Sustainability: How Aclymate Founder Mike Smith is Making Climate Action AccessibleHow can small businesses take real climate action without massive budgets or in-house experts? In this episode, we sit down with Mike Smith, founder and CEO of Aclymate—a platform designed to simplify carbon tracking and sustainability for everyday business owners. From serving as a Navy commander to leading major reforestation efforts, Mike’s path to climate tech wasn’t typical—but it’s one filled with purpose. In this episode, you’ll hear about:What Aclymate does to make carbon tracking easy for small businessesWhy sustainability is a smart move for business growt...2025-05-1939 min

Riveo Impact LabLeading with Authenticity and Action : Ashley Brundage’s Mission to Empower DifferencesWhat does it look like to lead with authenticity—and build power by embracing what makes you different?In this episode of Riveo Impact Lab, co-hosts Elin Barton and Emily Adams sit down with Ashley Brundage, author, speaker, and the first transgender person to win any election in Florida. From navigating homelessness to founding a leadership company and running for state office, Ashley shares her powerful story of resilience and impact.Tune in as we discuss:How Ashley built her four-step empowerment modelThe data behind her DEI work—and why tracking outcomes mattersWhat it mean...2025-05-0558 min

Riveo Impact LabWhy Accessibility Is Good Business — And What Every Leader Should Know with Amy GravesHow can businesses take small, meaningful steps toward inclusivity — and why is accessibility not just ethical, but strategic?In this episode of Riveo Impact Lab, co-hosts Elin Barton and Emily Adams welcome Amy Graves, California Chapter President of NAWBO, founder and CEO of Hidden Consumer Consulting, and author of The Hidden Consumer. Amy shares her personal and professional journey as a disabled entrepreneur and industry consultant, and explores how accessibility and inclusive practices drive both human and business impact.Tune in as we discuss:The real-life challenges that inspired Amy’s mission-driven workHow accessible prac...2025-04-2142 min

Riveo Impact LabFrom Advocacy to Action: Fiona Dawson’s Journey Through FilmHow can small businesses foster truly inclusive environments?In this episode of Riveo Impact Lab, we dive into the vital conversation around inclusion, respect, and belonging in the workplace and beyond.Join us for an insightful discussion with Fiona Dawson, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, bestselling author, and expert in LGBTQIA+ inclusion. Fiona’s work, including Transgender, at War and in Love and Transmilitary, has challenged perceptions and sparked critical conversations on representation and equity. She is also the author of Are Bisexuals Just Greedy? and What Does That LGBTQIA Label Mean?, books that unpack gender an...2025-04-0644 min

Riveo Impact LabBreaking the Mold: How Tony’s Chocolonely is Leading Ethical Chocolate ChangeChocolate is a treat we all love—but what if we told you that most of it comes at a cost? In this episode of Riveo Impact Lab, we sit down with Noel, U.S. Communications Specialist for Tony’s Chocolonely, to uncover the harsh realities of the chocolate industry and how one company is fighting for change.Noel shares Tony’s Chocolonely’s bold mission to end exploitation in cocoa farming, the company’s unconventional origins, and how they’re using storytelling, branding, and transparency to reshape the industry. We also discuss how consumers can make more ethical...2025-03-2429 min

Riveo Impact LabResilient Leaders, Resilient Teams: Nicole Van Valen’s Guide to SuccessJoin us for this episode of Riveo Impact Lab as we explore resilience and well-being with Nicole Van Valen, CEO of Keane Insights. Nicole shares her journey from professional dancer to licensed therapist and business leader, as well as insights from her Three Stages Along Your Resilience Journey™. Discover how leaders can foster team resilience, manage stress, and create cultures of joy and inclusion, all while improving performance and well-being. Gain actionable tips for cultivating resilience and bringing more joy into your leadership and life. Tune in for a conversation full of inspiration and practical adv...2025-03-1030 min

Riveo Impact LabHealing Through Connection with Mahdi Davenport and Hank AzariaIn this episode of Riveo Impact Lab, we tackle the crucial topic of human solidarity in a fractured world. Join us for a thought-provoking conversation with actor and activist Hank Azaria, and Berwick Mahdi Davenport, co-founder of the Human Solidarity Project.Hank Azaria shares his personal journey of understanding and confronting bias, offering valuable insights into how we can all do better. Berwick Mahdi Davenport brings his expertise on fostering empathy and building bridges across differences, providing practical strategies for cultivating a more inclusive and connected society.Tune in as we explore the p...2025-02-2436 min

Riveo Impact LabGlobal Impact, Local Stories: Sergio Rapu on the Art of DocumentaryJoin us for the inaugural episode of Riveo Impact Lab, a podcast where we delve into the intersection of small businesses, sustainability, diversity, and ethical decision-making in today's ever-changing world. In this episode, we sit down with Sergio Rapu, a filmmaker and the creative force behind Mara Films. Sergio's work, including the award-winning documentary "Eating Up Easter," has been featured on prominent platforms such as the History Channel, Discovery, National Geographic, and PBS. Throughout our conversation, we'll explore Sergio's journey into filmmaking, the profound impact of his work, and the crucial role of storytelling in foster...2025-02-1036 min

Riveo Impact LabRiveo Impact Lab Season One TeaserWelcome to the Riveo Impact Lab, the podcast in which we explore what it means for small businesses to have real impact in an evolving world. In this podcast, we engage our curiosity on topics like sustainability, diversity and inclusion and the ethical outcomes of our decisions, all from a small business perspective. Subscribe wherever you listen so you don't miss out on any of our incredible upcoming guests. We'll see you soon at the Riveo Impact Lab!The Riveo Impact Lab is produced for you by Riveo Creative. For more Riveo Im...2025-01-2300 min

Happier with Gretchen RubinEp. 507: Happier Book Club: Elizabeth Strout Talks About Love & Secrets in “Tell Me Everything”We talk to prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout about her acclaimed new novel, “Tell Me Everything.” In it, Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, and other characters return in connected stories of murder, marriage, parents and children, and love. This novel is thought-provoking and compulsively readable. Resources and links related to this episode: Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout Gift Giving Quiz: gretchenrubin.com/quiz Little Happier episode Elizabeth is reading: Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand (Amazon, Bookshop) Gretchen is reading: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (Amazon, Bookshop) Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about...2024-11-0636 min

Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good ReadEpisode 218 - Playwright Spotlight with Laura ThomaWelcome to Episode 218, featuring a Playwright Spotlight with Laura Thoma about her new Christmas play, MISS MARGARET’S BARTON COTTAGE CHRISTMAS SURPRISE, coming this December to Drama Works Theatre in Old Saybrook. We made up for lost time with a slew of Biblio Adventures, starting with a discussion with James R. Benn at the Mystic & Noank Library, after which we dashed over to see the new home of Bank Square Books in Stonington, who co-hosted the event. Next was the Windham-Campbell Literary Festival at Yale in New Haven, where we bought books curbside at the Possible Futures Bookmobile. Days later, we...2024-10-081h 43

The EarBud_U PodcastThe EarBud_U Podcast - Bootstrappers Do It Better with Elin Barton, formerly of White Knight ProductionsBootstrappers Do It Better with Elin Barton, formerly of White Knight Productions---Elin Barton is the owner, founder, and President of White Knight Productions, now Riveo Creative, based out of Vestal, New York. Elin has an incredible background in film and video work. She is also a marketer who understands, at an instinctive level, the power of the moving image and how it can impact how we buy, try, and even follow.The team at White Knight Productions is amazingly talented and they have developed a unique vision and approach to addressing t...2024-01-291h 03

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley BartonSeason 21: Honest Advent | Week 4: Where is God in the Unfolding?See the image discussed in today’s episode HERE. We’ve reached the end of our Advent journey. Ruth, Scott, and Charity come together one last time to wonder where God is in the darkness, the unfolding, and the journey. Scott shares a story of God’s intimate revelation during his own pilgrimage, and the three ponder how we move from revelation to participation. They also discuss the Magi’s journey and what God reveals about light and darkness in their story. This season, we’ve invited artist, author, and speaker Scott Ericks...2023-12-2242 min

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley BartonSeason 21: Honest Advent | Week 3: Where is God in My Humanity?See the image discussed in today’s episode HERE. Ruth, Scott, and Charity continue their journey through Advent with a conversation around Scott’s pieces, Sacred and Mighty. With these images, they explore where God is in our humanity, in our broken, imperfect bodies, and in the mightiness God displayed when he came to earth in the form of a tiny baby, choosing to go through the world in all his humanness, just as we do. They discuss how to make the ordinary sacred and the invitation to pause and notice our experiences in our very...2023-12-1540 min

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley BartonSeason 21: Honest Advent | Week 2: Where is God in my Vulnerability?See the image discussed in today’s episode HERE. This week, as Ruth, Scott, and Charity examine Scott’s “cover” of Sister Grace Remington’s beautiful painting Mary and Eve, they delve into womanhood, mothering, and the invitation to embrace vulnerability this advent. Why is it so scandalous to talk about God as a mother? What does the vulnerability of God coming into the world as a baby have to teach us about our own vulnerability? How does our obsession with meritocracy (defined in this conversation as the earning of God’s good grace by our deeds, aw...2023-12-0843 min

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley BartonSeason 21: Honest Advent | Week 1: Where is God in My Uncertainty?As we mark the first week of Advent we are examining the Annunciation. How do we define a revelation and what does it expose in us? What does a revelation do to our plans and certainty? Where is God in the midst of it all? Ruth, Charity and Scott discuss Mary’s response to the news of what God was doing in her, how we know when God is doing a new thing and why we can sometimes feel crazy when we sense a sacred revelation in the middle of our very ordinary existence. This sea...2023-12-0143 min

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley BartonSeason 21: Preparing for Advent: Honest Longings, Honest QuestionsAdvent is upon us again. This season, we’ve invited artist, author, and speaker Scott Erickson to join us. Transforming Center team member Charity McClure is also on the microphone. Together with Ruth, the three will discuss how an honest Advent leads to honest hope. Using images from his book, Honest Advent, they will explore issues of vulnerability, humanity, and uncertainty, all while wondering where is God in these things? In today’s episode, Ruth and Charity introduce us to Scott. He shares why he wrote Honest Advent, what he was trying to convey with the im...2023-11-2442 min

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley BartonSeason 20: Episode 6 | What about my puppets? Beyond Programming to Worship that Changes UsDavid, Charity, and Leo return with Ruth to continue their conversation from last week. In an episode that could have been titled, “Confessions of Professional Christians,” these four vulnerably and candidly share their own struggles with perfectionism at the cost of transformation. David gives us incredible insight into the difference between a diverse community and a reconciling community. Charity shares what has mattered most to her young family as they looked for a place to worship and Leo reveals his experience as a children’s pastor when the children ruined all his well intentioned plans with their beautiful human-ness. What d...2023-11-081h 01

Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership with Ruth Haley BartonSeason 20: Episode 5 | Worship on Earth as it is In Heaven: The Transforming Power of DiversityWe have a full house for today’s episode! Ruth and Rory are joined by David Bailey, Leo Ayala, and Charity McClure. Sunday morning continues to be the most segregated hour of the week and many of us find ourselves longing to worship alongside a community that reflects a beautiful diversity of age, race, gender, socioeconomic status and more. In this episode our brave participants discuss how little resources exist for multi ethnic worship, the ways in which worship planners can prepare services with only some members of their congregation in mind and how important it is to allow a...2023-11-0133 min

Business Mastery Podcast88. "Why You Need Video Marketing and YouTube" with Elin BartonSend us a textDawn talks with Elin Barton, author, entrepreneur coach, and CEO and founder of White Knight Productions. She has been where some of you might be right now. You are working hard trying to grow your business, or just keep it alive. Dawn and Elin talk about something all of us need, video marketing. In this episode…Who is Elin and whom does she serve? (0:58). What is the difference between video marketing and digital marketing? (1:46).On what platforms are most companies putting their video marketing right now? (2:37). What about length of...2023-05-0428 min