Latest Microcredit Podcast Episodes

A Conversation with Bob Friedman on the History of AEO and Microenterprise in the U.S.

AEO Exchange - June 13, 2007 15:20 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
A conversation with Bob Friedman, founding chair of AEO, CFED Board Chair and Secretary of the Friedman Family Foundation. Bob discusses the start and overall history of AEO specifically, and U.S. microenterprise in general. He also discusses some of the integral aspects of the microenterprise mo...

AEO Policy Series - Rural Microenterprise and the Farm Bill discussed on AEO's May Policy Call

AEO Exchange - June 13, 2007 15:17 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
On AEO's May Policy Call, Jon Bailey, Director, Rural Research and Analysis Program of the Center for Rural Affairs in Nebraska discussed their efforts to include funding for a new rural microenterprise development program in the Rural Development portion of the Farm Bill. He described the conte...

AEO Policy Series - Microenterprise for Refugees

AEO Exchange - June 07, 2007 17:25 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
AEO's Kevin Kelly sat down with Larry Laverentz, General Dynamics Information Technology Contractor for the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), and Kasra Movahedi, ORR grantee and Community and Economic Development Manager at the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in San Diego, CA. Mr. Lavere...

AEO Policy Series - HUD Representative Discusses CDBG & Microenterprise

AEO Exchange - June 07, 2007 16:52 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Steve Johnson, Director of CDBG Entitlement Communities Division, HUD, discusses what exactly the Community Development Block Grant is, and how it can benefit microenterprise programs. He also discusses how much of CDBG funds go to microenterprise development programs and what those dollars are m...

AEO Policy Series - CDFI Fund Director Kimberly Reed speaks with AEO's Kevin Kelly

AEO Exchange - June 07, 2007 16:32 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
At the 2007 AEO Conference, CDFI Fund Director Kimberly Reed sat down with Kevin Kelly, AEO's Managing Director for Policy and Advocacy, to discuss her initiatives as the CDFI Fund's newest director, along with how the CDFI Fund can work with AEO members. To learn more about AEO's policy priorit...

Walker-Wilson and Betancourt discuss past and coming year for AEO Board

AEO Exchange - June 07, 2007 15:49 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Incoming AEO Board Chair, Dan Betancourt, talks with Greg Walker-Wilson, outgoing Chair, about his tenure on the Board. Walker-Wilson notes, among other things, some of the challenges for both the membership and the Board with the 2006 leadership transition. He then turns the tables, asking Betan...

Rebranding and Microenterprise, Part 2

AEO Exchange - May 18, 2007 18:42 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Lina Page, Executive Vice President of Strategic Communications for Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), and Marcia Stein, Managing Director of Communications for AEO, discuss some of the nuts and bolts of rebranding. Ms. Page also provides an overview of the work that has been done to recreate OFN...

Rebranding and Microenterprise, Part 1

AEO Exchange - May 18, 2007 18:13 ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This conversation with Dan Betancourt and Greg Walker-Wilson, the CEOs of Community First Fund and Mountain BizWorks, respectively, covers the rebranding they have both been working on within their microenteprise development organizations. Topics covered include possibilities for widening scope w...