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Beyond The Pitch: A Peak Connections Group Podcast
Beyond the Pitch: A Peak Connections Podcast isn’t another business podcast about sales tactics or 30-second commercials. It’s a movement to change how we connect. Hosted by Tim Roper, Beyond the Pitch brings together business leaders, nonprofit champions, and community builders for real conversations that cut through the noise.
This is where business meets service, and where lasting partnerships are born—not from a pitch, but from purpose. Each episode highlights stories of impact, lessons in leadership, and opportunities for businesses to grow stronger by lifting the communities they serve.
If you’re ready to ditch the scripts, go deeper than surface networking, and discover how meaningful connections create both profit and purpose, this is your show. Together, we can build something bigger than business.
Beyond The Pitch: A Peak Connections Group Podcast
A Hand Up, Not a Handout — Daneen Adams on Breaking the Cycle of Poverty with Open Doors
In our debut of Beyond the Pitch: A Peak Connections Podcast, host Tim Roper flips the script on “networking” and dives into what really builds business relationships: service, story, and showing up. Tim sits down with Daneen Adams, Deputy Director of Open Doors, to explore how this Davis County nonprofit provides a hand up, not a handout—from the Community Action Agency and food security, to Homeless-to-House outreach, Imagination Station childcare, and the Circles peer-mentoring program (with a standout success rate for families moving out of poverty).
Daneen shares her own journey from Merrill Lynch to mission-driven work, plus powerful moments that remind us why connection beats the 30-second pitch every time. You’ll hear practical ways businesses can plug in—mentoring as allies, hiring graduates, supporting holiday drives, or offering unallocated donations that meet urgent needs fast.
Learn more: opendoorsutah.org
Want to be a guest? Reach out to Tim@peakconnectionsgroup.com