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Tech in the Right DirectionOpening Doors Through the Power of Tech EducationThis week's guest is Sandee Kastrul, the President of i.c.stars - a technology-based workforce development and leadership training program for underserved adults that connects them with career opportunities through their social enterprise and partner organizations. Sandee is also a board member of both Goodcity Chicago and HICC (Hispanic Innovation Center of Chicago). She is currently working on a new book, "Change and Equity" By Sandee Kastrul.
Sandee knows that education opens doors and allows people to reach their potential, and she has dedicated her life to this cause. i.c.stars is the culmination of...2024-04-3034 min
Disrupt Your Day PodcastStarting the Year off Right, Are We Ready? | S3 : Ep 1Tune in today for Episode#1 of Season 3, when Pon Angara, VisionReady’s Creative Director and Disrupt Your Day Host, chats with Sandee Kastrul, President and Co-Founder of i.c.stars, developing leaders through a robust training program for underserved young adults."I discovered that the kids with the least amount of resources had the most resilience," says Kastrul. “If we could foster that, we would have a great pool of talent for technology careers as programmers but also as entrepreneurs and, most importantly, as system thinkers who can use that process and methodology embedded in technology to deve...2023-01-0530 min
FUTR.tv PodcastRebroadcast: 20 Years of Giving Hope, With i.c.stars Founder Sandee Kastrul - #15 (June 22nd, 2020)Send us a textWelcome back to another FUTR Podcast. Today we have with us Sandee Kastrul. I have know Sandee since 2000 when I was first introduced to I.c.stars. Sandee is a force of nature, and she seems to be at the center of tech in Chicago and around the country as she expands into new markets.Sandee Kastrul is president and co-founder of i.c.stars, an innovative nonprofit leadership and technology training program founded in 1999 to prepare inner-city adults for technology careers and community leadership. Sandee has been an educator, and...2022-11-2847 min
Get Sh!t Done#44 How to Scale a Successful Non-Profit (Sandee Kastrul, i.c stars)Learn how Sandee Kastrul, founder of i.c stars scaled a multi-million dollar non-profit.
So here's what you're going to learn today from Sandee:
Learn how they figured out what to scale and how they created their flywheel to scale
How to secure sponsorships and grants for non-profis
Learn what their business model is which is a combination of sponsorships and earned revenue.
How to stop treating your organization like a charity
The act of being visible and claiming it
Join the tribe: https://www.shegetsshitdone.com/join2022-04-051h 01
Innovation and the Digital EnterpriseChanging Perceptions and Teaching Transformation with Sandee KastrulTechnology is about solving problems and building solutions. This week’s guest, Sandee Kastrul, recognized the overlap in competencies needed for both technology and community leadership when she co-founded i.c.stars. This week she talks with Pat and Shelli about teaching technology with systems thinking, a community-lens, and an orientation of ‘how can I help’ versus ‘what can I get’.For more than two decades, i.c.stars has been developing tech talent in Chicago through a rigorous four month curriculum rooted in midwestern practicality and centered in resilience. Each cycle, a new cohort of interns is divided...2022-02-1734 min
More Than Work"I want to hold myself accountable" with host Rabiah Coon (solo episode)This week’s guest is also the host of the podcast, Rabiah Coon. It’s a quick solo episode. Note from Rabiah (Host): I didn’t have the bandwidth to edit a full episode and was going to let it got for this week but an epiphany in the shower made me want to share some thoughts today so I recorded a quick episode. If you’re like me and listen at 1.25x the speed, it’ll take less than 5 minutes! Be well and thanks for listening. +++++ Mentioned in this episode: i.c. stars...2021-12-0909 min
More Than Work"We’re built to want to give back" with Deborah Heiser co-founder and CEO of The Mentor ProjectThis week’s guest is Deborah Heiser, Co-Founder and CEO of The Mentor Project. She also holds a PhD in Applied Developmental Psychology and has studied aging. She even did a TedX talk about rethinking aging (link below). Deborah’s grandparents were very influential on who she has become today. She came to appreciate older people when visiting her grandmother at an assisted living facility and it changed her perspective on people. She names her grandfather was her first mentor. As a child she would ride around town with him and observe is interactions with people which were...2021-11-2443 min
UNBOSSED by MarinaE46 - Interview with Sandee Kastrul, President and Co-Founder of i.c.StarsWepa! I'm Marina. I am a technologist, mom, podcast host, leadership coach, cruciverbalist and aquarian. ;)UNBOSSED is “Stories of Amazing Women in Chicago”.If you are a new listener to UNBOSSED, we would love to hear from you. Please visit our Contact Page and let us know how we can help you today!Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/marina-malagutiIn this episode:I Interview Sandee Kastrul, President and Cofounder of i.c.stars. Sandee Kastrul sees stars.Sandee is president and co-founder of i.c.stars, an i...2021-11-1650 min
The Next Level PodcastSandee KastrulSandee Kastrul is the president and co-founder of i.c.stars. Founded in 1999, i.c.stars uses project-based learning and immersion teaching to provide an opportunity for change-driven, future leaders to develop skills in business and technology.
One of the greatest leaders in the nation, and someone I have known for two decades, Sandee sat down with me to discuss how change in our communities can really happen and why you should care that it does.2021-06-1134 min
The Unapologetic WomanThe Womanist Perspective with Sandee KastrulToday, Payal is joined by Sandee Kastrul, President and co-founder of I.C.Stars. I.C.Stars is a technology leadership and business training organization for low-income adults that is single-handedly changing the tech world. Sandee has years of wisdom, an infectious personality, and a womanist perspective on the world that will bring you to your feet. She is the ultimate unapologetic woman!
*Today on The Unapologetic Woman:*
* What a womanist approach to business and success looks like
* Viewing legacy as a statement of change
* Short game vs long game with investing in others to break out of the scarcity...2021-03-0352 min
More Than Work"People who have faced adversity have developed resiliency." with i.c. stars President and Co-Founder Sandee KastrulGuest Sandee Kastrul is the President and Co-founder of technology and leadership non-profit organization i.c. stars which works to develop individuals into changemakers in business and community. Learn about the organization, why she asked her high school students “Are you a liquid, solid or gas?”, and hear the most pivotal advice of her career. It may be the most pivotal advice of yours too! About Sandee: Sandee is the proud president and chief hope officer of i.c.stars, a workforce development organization and a social enterprise. I.c.stars exists to develop change-driven indi...2021-02-241h 18
icstars alumni podcastepisode 10 - jeff bella - cycle 35 - ics chicagopacked episode, coming back from a "small" break. sandee kastrul makes a quick appearance to update us on i.c.stars and what i.c.stars future holds in 2018. jeff bella better known as bella, joins the podcast and shares his journey to becoming an icstars resident, and invites you to come back home and teach the new stars in the making.
on this episode we share the news of the passing of two bright stars.
r.i.p - brook lewis, cycle 8 (chicago)
r.i.p - ruben alvarado...2020-03-1755 min
The IntersectionCreating Change through Discomfort with Sandee KastrulNancy Harris chats with Sandee Kastrul, President and co-founder of I.C. Stars, an innovative nonprofit leadership and development program that prepares inner-city youth for employment in the IT industry. Nancy and Sandee discuss how the I.C. Stars program challenges clients and the participants themselves to change their perceptions through fun and memorable experiences.Here are a few highlights from their inspiring conversation:The I.C.Stars program is not only a learning environment, but also creates a space for reflection through the daily high tea. A cornerstone of their culture, this daily ritual allows participants to reimagine their...2020-01-3140 min
Money Matters Top Tips with Adam TorresSandee Kastrul President and cofounder of i.c.starsSandee Kastrul President and cofounder of i.c.stars is interviewed in this episode. i.c.stars is a workforce development organization and a social enterprise.
Follow Adam on Instagram at Ask Adam Torres for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule.
Apply to become a featured co-author in one of Adam's upcoming books: https://www.moneymatterstoptips.com/coauthor 2019-08-2008 min
The Leadership PodcastTLP082: Real Adversity Yields Great ResiliencySandee Kastrul, President and Cofounder of i.c.stars, had an epiphany while meeting with a former student. It wasn’t enough to just teach knowledge, she found it’s vital to build avenues of opportunity. She co-founded i.c.stars to develop business, service, and civic leaders in the inner city to transform a community. Sandee explains that change only comes when hope and ambition are present, so she engages participants in learning technical skills, employment skills, and life skills, which yields a 90% placement rate with 80% retention in the technology arena. Sandee and i.c.stars attack the root cause...2018-01-3143 min
JAD Communications JadCastsSandee Kastrul, part 2Part 2 of our 2 part interview with Sandee Kastrul we learn the answer to last weeks mystery of Cleavage and Fruit. We also discuss the importance of visibility.2005-09-1900 minJAD Communications JadCastsSandee Kastrul, part 1Part 1 of our 2 part interview with Sandee Kastrul is both fascinating and provocative. Sandee sees stars, and she should know one when she sees one.2005-09-1200 min