Persons of Interest

The Wentzville School District has a fantastic technology team that includes a group of Instructional technology coaches. These individuals play a unique role in connecting technology with education. Amanda Moody is one of those tech coaches and she is my guest in this episode of Persons of Interest. We had a great conversation about how she found her career, her interests in education, technology...

Springfield News-Leader sports reporter Wyatt Wheeler joins for a deep discussion of Missouri State Basketball including the potential of the 2019-2020 team, the schedule, a look at some of the national attention, the Missouri Valley Conference and some over/under predictions.  Follow Wyatt on Twitter: @WyattWheeler_NL Springfield News-Leader Missouri State coverage Sign up for Wyatt's Bears...

Stephen Herzog is part of the Springfield News-Leader leadership team, serving as a content/storytelling coach. He's reported on crime, courts and many other things for the News-Leader since 2013. Herzog is a Missouri State graduate, husband, and father and a "recovering sports reporter." We discussed what he does for a living, the current state of journalism, and touched on some sports...includin...

Michelle Van Dorn earned her bachelor's degree in print and electronic media from Wartburg College in 1998. After graduation, she started at The Courier in Waterloo, Iowa, as a copy editor. Eventually, she took over as the newspaper's first online editor. Van Dorn was part of the team that helped The Courier win national and state awards. Her help in covering the trial of Mark Becker earned the As...

The Lawn Guardian, Ben Hicks is my guest in this episode. He’s one of the lawn care DIY-ers with a YouTube channel, sharing useful tips and tricks. Ben discusses his interest in lawn care, learning from the others in the online lawn care community and a way to give back by being involved in Raising Men Lawn Care. The Lawn Guardian on Twitter - @LawnGuardian Lawn Guardian on YouTube Other Lawn Care...

Wyatt Wheeler currently serves as the sports reporter for the Springfield News-Leader (Springfield, MO). He covers sports all over southwest Missouri including Missouri State, high school, Springfield Cardinals, and more. Wyatt and I discussed his work at the Springfield News-Leader, how he first took interest in journalism and of course, we spent a little time talking about Missouri State sports....

Kevin DeShazo wrote a best-selling book on leadership. He founded Fieldhouse Media to help college athletes, coaches and administrators be better on social media. He’s helping leaders and teams create a championship culture with his project Culture Wins , He’s presented and spoken on more than 180 college campuses and national conventions over the past 8 years. Kevin has been quoted by places like...

Kevin Agee is part of the university communications team at Missouri State University. One of his specific responsibilities includes managing the Twitter account for the second largest university in the state of Missouri. He's passionate about many things including Missouri State, the Kansas City Royals and more. Kevin discusses how he landed in his current role, his time working in athletic commu...

Katie Cavender enters her 17th year in intercollegiate athletics and first on staff at the College Football Playoff. Cavender comes to the CFP after 11 years with the Mountain West Conference, where she served as its Assistant Commissioner of Advanced Media and Digital Strategy. At the Mountain West, Cavender was responsible for the strategic vision, execution and analysis of the MW bran...

In 2018, Ethan Bryan played catch every day of the year? Along the way, he met people from different walks of life and share a little story from each interaction he had. Why did he do it? How did it begin? He answers all of those questions and more during our discussion. Ethan's Website: https://whisperedwriting.wordpress.com/ Follow Ethan on Twitter: @Ethan_Bryan

Luke Martin is the Digital Media Coordinator for Indiana State Athletics joining Sycamore Athletics in January 2017. Martin oversees daily video content on GoSycamores.com and produces new feature stories and video features on Sycamore Athletics throughout the year on a variety of platforms. Additionally, Martin serves as play-by-play commentator for Sycamore Football, Women's Basketball and Baseb...

Pam Chvotkin works behind the scenes at various events in broadcast production. She’s seen a lot and experienced a lot and sharing her knowledge with students as an adjunct professor at the University of Alabama.  Follow Pam on Twitter: @reddusfoximus

Amy Huchthausen was named commissioner of the America East Conference back in September of 2011 and ever since then, the league has made some significant progress on several initiatives including digital content, multimedia rights, diversity and so much more. Amy is the first woman to lead the America East and one of a handful of women to serve as commissioner of a division one conference. In this...

Lily Johnson dives in to her involvement in the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and the role she played with some of the legislative items in college athletics and she discusses her life after college and her post-graduate work. She details a very interesting stretch of time for her as she plans for the future. And we also discuss what role volleyball has in her life at this point. 

In this episode, Lily Johnson discusses about her high school volleyball career, the recruiting process -- which was very interesting -- and her time at Missouri State -- on the court and in the classroom.

Welcome to Persons of Interest. My name is Derrick Docket and in this podcast, it is my goal to introduce you to people from various walks of life -- business, education, sports and more. Interesting people doing interesting things. Unique careers, backgrounds, and perspectives. I want to share their stories and experiences because we all have different paths and define success in different ways.&...