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Beyond The Venue with MG Hodge, Host & Future PhD
Hello! I'm MG, host of Beyond the Venue Podcast and a hospitality professional turned academic. I started this podcast in the Spring of 2021 to elevate stories from my friends in the hospitality and entertainment world whose careers and businesses were impacted by the pandemic. Season 2 features several of my colleagues from the hospitality and event industry, as well as teachers and professors from a variety of disciplines. I interview other podcast hosts, storytellers, bartenders, parents, and everything in between! After wrapping up the recording of Season 2, I returned to the classroom as an adjunct professor in the College of Education and Human Development at Temple University. This would help me create Season 3, for which I used clips from my students' podcast project (with their permission of course!). After completing my first year of my doctoral program this past year, I decided the summer of 2024 was the perfect time to wrap up this podcast with an inside look into life in higher education. Starting Friday, August 30th, 2024, we will be releasing episodes of our 4th and final season. Season 4 includes interviews with my fellow doctoral students, as well as a variety of other folks from the "academy". Qualitative research is all about sharing stories and lived experiences, and that's what I've tried to do over the last 3 years through this podcast. Thanks for listening!
Beyond The Venue with MG Hodge, Host & Future PhD
Mindful Ways to Make an Impact 303 with James Varughese
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This week we have another return guest from Season 2! I’m joined by James Varughese, a part of the Customer Experience team serving small businesses that use Intuit QuickBooks Payments products.
Incorporating clips from the “podcast project”, James and I listen to the clips and carry on the conversation started by my former students Sierra & Celia who also care about leading with empathy and understanding their impact on a community.
If you’re looking to gain insight into self awareness as a leader and within community development, you’re in the right place!
Topics Include:
- Choosing a Major Based on Passions and Helping Others
- What is Community Development?
- Effective Leadership within Community Development Efforts
- Empathetic and Situational Leadership
- Applying Classroom Knowledge to the Real World
- Sustainability as it Relates to Food Insecurity
Thanks so much for listening, and enjoy the following episode Mindful Ways to Make an Impact 303 with James Varughese.
Don’t be late to class!
About James: James Varughese (he/him) has built a successful career in both advertising and financial technology industries since moving to California from New York in 2011.
He is currently part of the Fintech Customer Experience team at Intuit. One of his most important responsibilities is to understand V-O-C, or Voice of Customer, across multiple products and channels such as self-help, in-product feedback, app store, and when customers speak or chat with Intuit support experts.
Analyzing data, creating insights, and telling data backed stories is how James delivers on the promise that QuickBooks has to it's customers to be the source of truth for their business and exceed expectations where & when it matters most.
Outside of work James loves to spend time with his wife and two young children.
Connect with James on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn, as well as his website.
Student Info:
Celia Myerov (she/her) a recent Temple grad is currently working as a Program & Expansion Associate.
Connect with Celia on Instagram and LinkedIn.
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