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Speakers Friday, May 19, 2023 “Be Prepared”, “Do a Good Turn Daily,” “A Scout is Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean and Reverent.” Scouting has traditionally taught these values and more through its camping programs where youth are encouraged to be in charge and allowed to make their own mistakes. Middle Tennessee youth are also priviledged to have the…

Speakers Friday, May 12, 2023 Deeply poignant and astonishingly personal, this “moving story of a death in Tennessee” (Bill Moyers) shows hope can endure, grace can redeem, and humanity can exist―even in the darkest of placesIt was a clash of race, privilege, and circumstance when Alan Robertson first signed up through a church program to visit Cecil Johnson on Death Row, to offer friendship…

Speakers Friday, May 5, 2023 How do people with disabilities physically navigate a college campus where many buildings can be quite old? How could people who process information differently from the traditional mainstream successfully complete coursework? What considerations do they all need to contribute to a creative community? Lipscomb University has IDEAL just for these situations. Dr. Misty Vetter Parsley is a professor and…

Speakers Friday, April 28, 2023 Advances in the medical field are often amazing. So come to the meeting April 28 to find out what new things doctors are doing. Robbie Quinn grew up in Nashville. He attended Parmer School, then Ensworth, and graduated from MBA.  After attending college at Yale, he returned to Nashville to attend Vanderbilt University for medical school and his residency. …

Speakers Friday, April 21, 2023 Ashleigh S. Chapman, JD is a human rights lawyer, social entrepreneur, and one of USA Today’s Women of the Year. Ashleigh has spent 20+ years building solutions in education, business, legal, nonprofit, government, healthcare, and community sectors – on behalf of the world’s most vulnerable populations.Ashleigh presently serves as the President of AFRJ®, a global humanitarian aid organization that…

Speakers Friday, April 14, 2023 The Federal Reserve is tasked with ensuring full employment and ensuring inflation is within acceptable limits. It also shares regulatory authority over bank regulations with other federal entities. This regulatory oversight can affect the solvency of banks. Come and learn how much of this process works from the Federal Reserve itself. Justin ShadleyBusiness Analyst II, Regional Economic Information Network…

Speaker Friday, April 7, 2023 ChatGPT and AI are the new buzzwords in technology, but what is beneath the hype? How does ChatGPT “learn” its answers? Is AI programmed or is it becoming “sentinet?” Justin Ploof is the owner of Mull IT where the slogan is “Your business in the front, our IT solutions in the back.” He founded the business in 2018 after…

Speaker Friday, March 31, 2023 A Degree Beyond Yourself We believe your college experience should be intensely personal, intellectually challenging, and full of meaningful moments. Join a community who will help you rise and reach your greatest potential Rise and Succeed Whether you want to impact the next generation as a teacher, care with confidence in healthcare, or be a pioneer in tomorrow’s top…

Speaker Friday, March 24, 2023 The Contributor is an award-winning newspaper sold with dignity by our neighbors climbing out of homelessness. But how does it work? What does it accomplish? Cathy Jennings is the Executive Director of The Contributor in Nashville TN, a street paper empowering our homeless neighbors to achieve income, dignity, housing, and community.   She currently serves as the chair of the…

Speaker Friday, March 17, 2023 Nashville School of Law (NSL) is a private non-profit law school founded in 1911 that offers high-quality legal education at an affordable tuition. Classes are held exclusively at night. Most students enrolled in the School continue full-time employment throughout their law school career. Our students are teachers, police officers, paralegals, insurance agents, doctors, business owners, factory workers, real estate…

Speaker Friday, March 3, 2023 Elizabeth Madsen is an established leader in the Nashville nonprofit community. Through her work with Hands On Nashville, Center for Nonprofit Management, and The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, she has helped hundreds of Middle Tennessee nonprofits increase service delivery efficiency and effectiveness.  Elizabeth specializes in program and process assessment.    Elizabeth joined Senior Ride Nashville in 2019 and serves…

Speaker Friday, February 24, 2023 Angela Crane-Jones excels at helping entrepreneurs accelerate the development and growth of their enterprise at the Nashville Business Incubation Center. Mrs. Crane-Jones’ business advisory work expertise spans more than two decades. Under her leadership, she developed a five-year academic-based entrepreneurship curriculum to help guide small businesses through four growth stages with assignments, samples, and milestones. Collectively, these client companies…

Speaker Friday, February 17, 2023 Mr. Perret is the founder and President of The Oak Tree Advisors.  First licensed in 2005, he focuses on seniors and specializes in all things Medicare and Social Security. One of the biggest and most pressing challenges for seniors today is the cost of their prescriptions.  Understanding the available options can address these needs. Unfortunately, most seniors are not…

Speaker Friday, February 10, 2023 “It’s not pressure, it’s purpose!” may be the title of a sermon he orated many years ago, but it is also William Mason Jr.’s motto for his life of service to youth and his community.  William has spent more than 20 years devoted to empowering youth by cultivating their desire for academic and personal achievement.  He is currently an…

Speaker Friday, February 3, 2023 Todd Flowers has worked for Nashville Inner City Ministry for the past 35 years, helping to lead weekly volunteer programming, summer camp and summer academic programming, fundraising efforts, Thanksgiving and Christmas sponsorships, and hosting college and high school campaign teams. He serves as an elder and as one of the preaching ministers for the Inner City Church. He graduated…

Speaker Friday, January 27, 2023 Dr. Candice McQueen began her tenure as the 18th president of Lipscomb University on September 7, 2021. In her first six months in office, Dr. McQueen launched the Lipscomb Impact 360 strategic planning campaign, visited with alumni in several cities throughout the country as part of her Be a Light tour, started the President’s Student Advisory Council and inspired…

Speaker Friday, December 16, 2022 Many of us in the US thought we had eradicated polio here. However, in 2022 there was a recognized case of it in New York City and it is suspected of being “around” in New York and London, though it is still endemic in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The effects of the disease range from no symptoms, to flu-like symptoms…

Speaker Friday, December 16, 2022 Autism Tennessee grew out of a group of parents who were struggling to deal with stigma and to find the right resources for their children over 25 years ago. At that time the understanding of Autism was changing dramatically. For many years, Autism was viewed as a psychological condition and “cold parenting” was considered a possible cause. However, in…

Speaker Friday, December 2, 2022 The 4-way test asks us to do and say things that are “beneficial to all concerned,” yet many times we have a desire to win the battle or the debate regardless of the benefits to all. Often we are afraid of losing something valuable if we do not stand for our position. However, is it possible to listen to…

Friday, November 23, 2022, we are not meeting. As we discuss the events of the day around plates of turkey or ham, many of us will be sitting with people who have very different views from us. Unfortunately, there are many public personalities modeling behavior in which it is cool to insult other people and talk about opposing ideas with disdain. There are also…

Speaker Friday, November 18, 2022 Every organization needs a quality presence online. That means a grea looking website that loads quickly on slow mobile devices. It also means a presence on Google Business Profile (formerly Google My Business) and other social media. However, an organization with a weekly meeting, like the Green Hills Rotary Club can easily create a simple social media presence to…

Speaker Friday, November 11, 2022 Preston Taylor Ministries empowers Preston Taylor children and youth to discover and live their God-inspired dreams, develop a love for learning, and build joy-filled friendships that glorify Christ Jesus. PTM’s vision is that as image bearers of Christ, Preston Taylor Ministries youth will use their God-given gifts to become agents of joy and hope to the current and next…

Speaker Friday, November 4, 2022 Phishing attacks do a lot of damage and it is getting much worse. According to www.cybersecuritydive.com, “The financial impact of phishing attacks quadrupled over the past six years, with the average cost rising to $14.8 million per year for U.S. companies in 2021, compared with $3.8 million in 2015, according to a study from the Ponemon Institute on behalf of Proofpoint…

Speaker Friday, October 28, 2022 Since 1987, Project C.U.R.E has been delivering life-saving medical equipment and supplies to hospitals and clinics throughout the under-resourced world. We are the world’s largest distributor of donated medical relief—touching the lives of children and families in more than 135 countries. On average, each week Project C.U.R.E. delivers three to five semi-truck-sized containers packed with the medical equipment and…