Radio Free 501c - The Podcast of Rogue Tulips Consulting

Our guest, Wendy Toyama, CAE, recently moved from one Executive Director position to another. While the arrangements were made pre-pandemic, the on-boarding happened POST pandemic. What was it like moving from one Chief Staff Executive position to another completely virtually? And what was it like to move from a stand-alone association to an association management company -- also virtually? Join u...

It's Monday! Time for another episode of "Chatting with Agnes & Cecilia." Today's episode: Freedom to Choose! Mission or Vision? With our guest Michael Butera, a member of the Rogue Tulips Network and Governance expert!, we discuss Mission and Vision. Is one better than the other? Are they mutually exclusive? Or, are they integrally connected? Is Mission WHY? Is Vision HOW? OR is reversed? Sho...

It's Monday! Time for another episode of "Chatting with Agnes & Cecilia" presented by Rogue Tulips Consulting. Today we launch our July "Freedom To" series inspired by the US holiday of Independence Day. Today we talk with Bruce Rosenthal, Corporate Partnership expert and Rogue Tulips Consultant, talks about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the aftermath of lock-downs and conference canc...

It's Monday! Time for another episode of "Chatting with Agnes & Cecilia" with our hosts Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA,CMP and Cecilia Sepp, CAE, CNAP . Today we discuss  Cutting Through the Noise with our regular Guest Aaron Castelo, CAE  (and long-time friend and colleague) whom returns for his occasional series on Government Relations in 2020. In this episode Aaron shares some tips on ma...

It's Monday! Time for another episode of "Chatting with Agnes & Cecilia" with your hosts Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP and Cecilia Sepp, CAE, CNAP . Today's Episode: Our guest Ed Barks , President of Barks Communications (long time friend and colleague of our hosts!) discusses communications "must knows" for C-Suite Executives as well as how they can help their staffs handle situations where cl...

It's Monday! Time for another episode of "Chatting with Agnes & Cecilia" brought to you by Rogue Tulips LLC with Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA,CMP and Cecilia Sepp, CAE, CNAP . Did I ever think I could laugh about Burnout? Not until I had this conversation with our guest Beth Sperber Richie , Licensed Psychologist, Trauma specialist, and Principal at Fermata Consulting. Beth shares her insights abou...

It's Monday! Time for another episode of "Chatting with Agnes & Cecilia" with our co-hosts Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA,CMP and Cecilia Sepp, CAE, CNAP .  Cecilia was quoted as saying, "The only time society advances is when people work together." This applies across the board in all human endeavor and in today's episode, our Guest Kimberley Jutze , Chief Change Architect at Shifting Patterns,...

It's Monday! Time for another episode of "Chatting with Agnes & Cecilia" brought to you by Rogue Tulips LLC ! Join Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA,CMP , Cecilia Sepp, CAE, CNAP and our guest June Kress for a discussion of "Executive Transitions." Executive Transitions consultant and Coach June Kress joins us on her birthday to discuss writing your next chapter, how she wrote hers, the difference betwe...

Today we are pleased and honored to bring you a Special Edition of "Chatting with Agnes & Cecilia": Leading with Compassion, with our guest, Dr. Solomon Arase.  Dr. Arase is a scholar, attorney, mentor, leader, and security consultant specializing in the area of law enforcement leadership. During his tenure as the Inspector-General of Police for the country of Nigeria (a large and complex...

Today's Episode: Get along with anyone, any time, any where! While this is always important, in our current pandemic lockdown, building connections in a virtual world is on all of our minds. Plus, the pandemic WILL end and then what will you do when you actually have to be in the same room with other people again?? Our guest Arnold Sanow, author, facilitator, and speaker shares his insights into g...

Today's Episode: CAE Candidates Speak! Our guests Eileen Arnold-Ley, Terry Dowdy, and Divya Parikh discuss their CAE studies, their motivations for earning the designation, and balancing all of this while working. This episode features members of the CAE study group mentored by "Chatting" host Cecilia Sepp and we couldn't be more excited to have them! www.roguetulips.com

It's Monday! Time for another Episode of "Chatting with Agnes & Cecilia" with Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA,CMP and Cecilia Sepp, CAE, CNAP . Today, we talk about Restoring Your Organization's Health with our guest (and Fellow Rogue Tulip Consultant!) Elisa Brewer Pratt, CAE . While this may be on your mind now due to the pandemic, Elisa shares why you should always be taking your organization's tem...

It's Monday! Time for another episode of "Chatting with Agnes & Cecilia" with hosts Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA,CMP and Cecilia Sepp, CAE, CNAP . Today's episode: We are SO excited to have talked with Donté P. Shannon, CAE , about his personal CAE journey. Why? Because in addition to serving as the CEO at Association of Equipment Management Professionals, and a senior executive at AMPED Associatio...

It's Monday! Time for another episode of "Chatting with Agnes & Cecilia" with Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA,CMP and Cecilia Sepp, CAE, CNAP . Today's Episode: Crisis Communications expert and former Association CEO Edward Segal, CAE discusses his new book "Crisis Ahead: 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals and Other Emergencies."  Learn the 10 Reasons you NEED a Cris...

Today's episode: The Myth of Hard and Soft Skills with our regular guest (and Rogue Tulips Network member!) Michael Butera. See the Work Ecology Triangle, hear Michael's take on integrating skills in both people and organizations, and we even use the word Dryad! What's your favorite (or maybe least favorite?) work myth? Share it with us in our comments section. We also want to share hear MIchael's...

Looking Forward and the COVID-19 Study: Today's Episode: Nikki Haton and Meg Whedbee of Association Laboratory share early insights into the Looking Forward 2020 Environmental Scan and preview the COVID-19 Study on the impact of the virus crisis on the association community. Learn about the Association Laboratory Research Alliance and the benefits for your organization!

It's Monday! Time for another episode of "Chatting with Agnes & Cecilia" with Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA,CMP and Cecilia Sepp, CAE, CNAP . Today's Episode: Building Board Capacity with Michael A. Butera ! Michael shares his insights on how building capacity leads to improved Board performance and more successful Mission Fulfillment. He shares his thoughts on what falls in the "build capacity" cat...

Today's episode: Elections and Strategy Development! We continue our 2020 series on federal and state legislative activity since it's an Election year. Our regular guest Aaron Castelo, CAE shares the "Big Three" you need to do this year -- and every year -- to develop and implement successful strategy. And we only mention COVID-19 once ;) 

It's Monday - time for another episode of "Chatting with Agnes & Cecilia" with hosts Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA,CMP  and Cecilia Sepp, CAE, CNAP . Today's episode: Presented without bells and whistles due to a MAJOR computer malfunction! But we saved the file and are pleased to share "Dynamic & Productive Boards" with our guest Michael A. Butera . He quotes Darwin and Mark Twain and weav...

Today's Episode: we discuss what the US Federal Government Can Learn from Associations. Say what?? That's right. We talk about what the nonprofit community does right and what it continues to work on and how this can be applied to the federal government. All politics may be local, but good process and policies are universal.

Today's episode: We discuss Telecommuting (again!) and its benefits for associations. We also discuss the ASAE Associations Now Daily article on a government agency and its cancellation of telecommuting because SOMEONE doesn't know how to be a leader and instead threw a temper tantrum. Telecommuting has benefits for productivity, risk management, and for saving the planet. Share your comments with...

On today's episode of Chatting with Agnes and Cecilia, we discuss International Associations and their similarities to US organizations.

Each week we discuss topics related to 501c organizations. This   episode: Gender and Leadership with our special guest Cathy Smalley Pales,   EdD, of Take A Breath Coaching.

In which we end our 3 part series discussing Agnes' Book   "Transforming Business with Godly Governance." The book is   available exclusively at Amazon.com in Kindle and hard copy editions.

In which Agnes and Cecilia discuss Forebearance, Kindness, and   Goodness (section 2 of "Transforming Business with Godly   Governance." And it's Kurt Vonnegut whom wrote "Catch 22."