Journey To Impact
70 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsEveryone has the ability to make a difference, but how does one ensure they are using their unique passions, gifts and talents to create the greatest impact possible? Oftentimes taking the first step can be the biggest hurdle in one's journey to impact and knowing which direction to take can become overwhelming. Journey To Impact will explore the variety of routes one can navigate on their personal impact journey through a variety of topics focusing on impact investing, philanthropy, social enterprise, donor advised funds, and much more so that you can begin to strategically impact your neighborhood, community, or even the world! Your guide on this journey is Ed Gillentine. Ed is the principal of Gillentine Group where he engages the hearts of people who want to use their wealth to create significant impact, but he is also personally invested in global philanthropy and impact projects. Whether this is your first destination on your journey to impact, or you consider yourself a guide, you'll learn something new from Ed and his guests who will share invaluable lessons learned through successes and failures along their own journeys to impact. Now it's time to get off the bench, let's do this!
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019: Will You Join Us On The Journey?
March 30, 2021 04:00 - 15 minutes - 10.6 MBWe are wrapping up our series on the basics of impact based on the principles of Ed Gillentine’s book, Journey To Impact. Ed has guided you through this process to help you discover your own definition of impact and build a framework for having impact on your world. As he closes this initial series, you’ll hear a couple of stories of people that went on their own impact journeys. I hope this will inspire you to believe that you can truly have an impact, regardless of where your skills and i...
018: Get Off the Bench - Part 1
March 23, 2021 01:00 - 13 minutes - 9.03 MBWe are nearing the end of our series on the basics of impact. Today, Ed shares maybe the most important piece of the entire Journey to Impact which is taking the first step and getting started. It's time to get off the bench. Show Links: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Journey To Impact by Ed Gillentine
017: Impact Toolbox - Part 4
March 16, 2021 01:00 - 13 minutes - 9.58 MBThis is the final part in our series of episodes on the impact toolbox and today we’ll wrap up by talking about the last two tools: exploratory trips and impact-minded for-profit businesses. Show Links: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Journey To Impact by Ed Gillentine Memphis Child Advocacy Center
016: Impact Toolbox - Part 3
March 09, 2021 02:00 - 9 minutes - 6.51 MBToday we’re digging back into the impact toolbox. Last time we talked about some tax-related tools for impact, but today Ed’s going to discuss metrics and impact catalyst organizations. Show Links: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Journey To Impact by Ed Gillentine Robin Hood Slingshot Memphis
015: Impact Toolbox - Part 2
March 02, 2021 02:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBToday we’re going to open up the impact toolbox and go through some tax-related tools that you can leverage in funding impact efforts. Show Links: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Journey To Impact by Ed Gillentine
014: Impact Toolbox - Part 1
February 23, 2021 02:00 - 13 minutes - 9.17 MBToday, Ed’s going to introduce the idea of the impact toolbox. In subsequent episodes he’ll break down specific tools from the toolbox, but today he’s going to emphasize the importance of understanding your tools. Sometimes it’s hard to get excited about the fundamentals when what you really want is the end results. But if you don’t take the time to learn about these basic tools, you may severely limit the impact you can have on this world. Show Links: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @jour...
013: Relentless Forward Progress - Part 2
February 16, 2021 02:00 - 13 minutes - 9.11 MBToday Ed builds on last week’s episode and goes over 3 areas to consider in the process of relentless forward progress: Culture Technology People Show Links: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Journey To Impact by Ed Gillentine
012: Relentless Forward Progress
February 09, 2021 02:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBIf anyone wants to achieve a high level of success in business, athletics, or any other area in life, one thing they’ll need to prioritize is continuous improvement. The same holds true if you want to be successful in your impact efforts. In this episode Ed will talk about this and he calls it relentless forward progress. He breaks it down and then gives you 5 steps you can use in the process of pursuing relentless forward progress on your own journey to impact. Show Links: EdGillentine....
011: Warning Signs On The Journey To Impact
February 02, 2021 02:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBToday we’re talking about warning signs on your journey to impact. Whatever your unique impact focus, this is a difficult journey and there are some things you absolutely want to look out for. Ed covers a number of obstacles that can inhibit or even wreck your efforts. I hope that by guarding against these pitfalls you’ll avoid unnecessary difficulties and regrets, and that you’ll overall have greater impact. Show Links: EdGillentine.com Instagram: @journey.to.impact Journey To Impact by...
010: Do No Harm, Selflessness, and Multi-Generational Impact
January 26, 2021 02:00 - 14 minutes - 9.81 MBHave you considered the possibility that while trying to have a positive impact, you may unintentionally be doing harm in the process? Ed is going to talk about that today and also touch on selflessness and multi-generational impact. Show Links: EdGillentine.com Journey To Impact by Ed Gillentine When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert Toxic Charity by Robert D. Lupton
009: Sustainable and Catalytic Impact
January 19, 2021 02:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBEd continues working through his series on the basics of impact from his book: Journey To Impact. Today we focus on having an impact that is sustainable and catalytic. Ed discusses some organizations that are practicing these principles, and as a result, are able to do a lot of good in the areas they serve. Show Links: EdGillentine.com Journey To Impact by Ed Gillentine Memphis Child Advocacy Center WRAPS For Girls
008: Strategy, Focus, and Measuring Results
January 12, 2021 02:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBIn this episode, Ed will show you why strategy, focus, and the right metrics are so important on your journey to impact. Whether you’re trying to grow in business or improve your golf game, you’re almost guaranteed to have greater success when you have strategy, focus, and a way to measure your progress and make necessary adjustments. These same principles apply when you’re looking at making an impact on the world. If you don’t have a plan or a way to know if you’re actually making progre...
007: Your Impact Sweet Spot
January 05, 2021 02:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBEd talks about your unique experiences and how they tie into your passions and your skills to help you discover your sweet spot for where and how you can make an impact. Show Links: EdGillentine.com Journey To Impact by Ed Gillentine Range by David Epstein
006: Your Unique Skills
December 29, 2020 03:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MBToday we’ll look at how your skills can be used for impact and how they are an essential factor to help you build your framework for impact. What are your unique skills? You may not even think of yourself as having a skill because it’s something that you do every day and it comes easily for you. But how long would it take someone else to learn all that you know and be able to do what you can do at the same level as you? Now you can hopefully see how valuable your unique skill or skill set c...
005: Measuring And Maximizing Impact with Slingshot Memphis CEO Justin Miller
December 23, 2020 02:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBEd sits down with Justin Miller, the CEO of Slingshot Memphis, which works with nonprofit organizations that are focused on fighting poverty. Slingshot takes a data-driven approach to increasing the impact of these nonprofits. Justin explains how significant a feedback loop is for measuring and improving your impact. Whether you are a nonprofit or you are funding impact efforts, asking the right questions and evaluating the data will help you make decisions that can increase your return on...
004: What Fires You Up? Passion And Your Impact Strategy
December 22, 2020 02:00 - 12 minutes - 8.77 MBToday we’re talking about your passion. What gets you fired up? This is one of the first things to consider when you’re building your impact framework. EdGillentine.com
003: It Is Worth It: Why Impact Requires Faith
December 15, 2020 02:00 - 16 minutes - 11.3 MBWelcome to the Journey To Impact Podcast where we show you how to turn your unique passion into a strategy to change the world. Today Ed shows you how you can keep going when you’re discouraged on your journey to impact by holding on to the little victories along the way. If you have kids, you know that parenthood is a long game. Right now you give and sacrifice and teach and pour into them. You are probably used to the idea that they don’t fully appreciate all that you’re doing, and some...
002: Defining Your Unique Impact Pt. 2
December 07, 2020 14:00 - 20 minutes - 14.3 MBThis is part 2 of defining your unique impact. In this episode, Ed’s going to help you narrow your focus when it comes to your area of impact. If you don’t have focus, you can easily get overwhelmed when you look at all the different directions you could go or you try to take on every aspect of reaching a desired outcome. Just like a football team, every player on the team has the same goal of winning, but each player is focused on specific assignments and strategies to achieve that goal. T...
001: Defining Your Unique Impact Pt. 1
December 07, 2020 13:00 - 17 minutes - 11.9 MBSo here’s the question for today: what is impact? You may be listening to this podcast because you want to have an impact on your world or the people around you, but you’re not sure what that looks like. Maybe you see impact as something that’s too big for someone like you to achieve. Well as Ed will show you today, you’re absolutely going to have impact. But is it the kind of impact you want to have? In this episode, Ed will guide you through some questions that will help you clarify your ...
Introduction to Journey To Impact
December 03, 2020 14:00 - 6 minutes - 4.42 MBWelcome to the Journey To Impact Podcast where we show you how to turn your unique passion into a strategy to change the world. Today we’re introducing a series on the basics of impact where we’ll walk through the principles of Ed Gillentine’s book titled Journey to Impact. This will jumpstart you to develop your own framework for making a real impact on the world based on your unique passions, experiences, and skills. Don’t worry if you haven’t read the book because you’re still going to ...