Shout Your Cause with Sally Hendrick

Why are people afraid of teaching the truth behind US history? At Shout Your Cause, we promise to have difficult discussions, and that includes racism and the white-washing of American history. This episode is no exception. Recently, I met Megan Geha on TikTok, a social media platform used to create 15-second to 3-minute episodes of all kinds of content. Megan is a teacher in Iowa, an advocate of...

This interview took place on September 28, 2020.  We met at a party in Nashville. It was an artsy crowd, and we met a lot of new people that night. Somehow the two of us have kept in touch, Camilla and I, via Facebook. So when I found out that Camilla was navigating being an art teacher during the pandemic, I asked if we could chat. She brought along her husband, Keith, also a teacher, and I...

This interview took place on August 31, 2020. After joining a Facebook group about reopening Tennessee schools safely, I was tagged by Alisha Morris, a high school teacher in Olathe, Kansas who had spent a considerable amount of time gathering information of COVID-19 cases in schools across the country. She noticed that I was talking about collecting data, which meant we had something in common. A...

Homeschooling has never been more researched than right now in the wake of the pandemic. One of my colleagues, Kimberly Charron, has been an amazing force behind a unique way to school our children. By finding the things they love to do, we can eliminate the dullness of learning and turn it into something our kids look forward to. Her trick? Ask yourself, "What is it I am constantly telling my chi...

This interview took place on June 3, 2020. Like many people these days, I met Rathna online through a business group that we are both in. She has a bubbly personality and love for life that is contagious. Knowing how she’s had to pivot significantly this year to get her camp offerings online, I reached out to get her perspective on what is happening in her world. Not only is Rathna Ramakrishnan a...

This interview took place on June 25, 2020. Lindsay and I first met online before we met in person in New York City and then again in San Diego. Breaking out of the world of academia into entrepreneurship as an online course creator and mentor, she has plenty to say about how things are changing for college professors in the time of COVID. Dr. Lindsay Padilla is the ex-professor-turned-entrepreneu...

This interview took place on June 10, 2020. Pip and I go back a few years. She found me in a Facebook group focused on selling techniques. Next thing you know, we met up in San Diego at Social Media Marketing World, and I’ve been a guest on her amazing online live show administered on Facebook. Now it’s her turn to speak with me about how she’s responding these days. As a Google search specialist,...

This interview took place on June 11, 2020. After working for the UC Berkeley admissions team, Mary Grace Gardner became an entrepreneur and college admissions and career coach, who has spent over a decade helping students get into their ideal school. She guides clients across the globe in clarifying their goals, developing personalized plans, and preparing for successful careers. She has been fea...

This interview took place on June 12, 2020. La’Shonda has been my CFO for several years now. Like many of my business colleagues, we met online in a business class, and she traveled to Nashville to one of my in-person workshops a few years ago. With the pandemic, she’s been working solely from home. La’Shonda DeBrew is the CEO of DeBrew Enterprises, Inc. and founder of the Wealth Institute and the...

This interview took place on June 1, 2020. Lisa has a unique perspective in that she runs an online marketing business, and she is married to a doctor who knows up close and personal how significant the pandemic is. We met in person a few years ago in San Diego after meeting online through a branding program. Lisa Feren of Handcrafted Marketing pairs business and marketing together to reach more p...

This interview took place on May 28, 2020. Gemma and I met through mutual friends. With both of us having online businesses, it made sense for us to connect and collaborate. Even though Gemma is in the UK, and I’m in the US, our experiences are similar in that we’ve been trying to feel our way through navigating the challenges and opportunities in front of us and how to tackle them head on. Gemma...

This interview took place on May 15, 2020. Connecting in person with Veronica at the Social Media Marketing World conference every year is a highlight for me. We both support businesses with online marketing know-how, but Veronica focuses mainly on e-commerce clients who use Shopify to sell their products, while I focus more on sales funnels and Facebook advertising for service-based businesses th...

This interview took place on April 29, 2020. I first met Sigrun in 2016 at Social Media Marketing World in San Diego at an impromptu lunch with other online business friends. She was emerging as a well-known influencer for female entrepreneurs with online businesses and quickly rose to the top of her game. Her in-person summit in Iceland was coming up in June, and I had a ticket to go. COVID-19 ha...

This interview took place on April 24, 2020. After renovating part of her home as an Airbnb rental, Kimberly was thrilled that March and April were fully booked for with guests who were ready for the downtown Nashville museums and music. When COVID-19 hit the scene, her plans were squashed, all bookings canceled, and Nashville’s honky-tonk scene became a ghost town. Kimberly’s husband has his own...

This interview took place on April 22, 2020. With colleges having to pivot in the middle of the semester all over the world, reaching out to Dr. Keith Carver, chancellor of the University of Tennessee at Martin, was an obvious choice for an interview. Keith and I attended Memphis State University together nearly 30 years ago. Not only were we connected through the Sigma Chi Fraternity, but I knew...

This interview took place on April 17, 2020. Keaton was looking forward to his college graduation ceremony in Martin on May 2, 2020, from the University of Tennessee. He never dreamed it would be via Facebook Live instead of in-person in front of thousands of students, parents, and faculty. After losing his father to cancer the day of his final high school exam four years ago, he’s now facing an u...

This interview took place on April 02, 2020. Michele and I met online before we met in person. From a social media marketing conference in California to another event in New York City, we struck up some conversation and have kept in touch since. When the COVID-19 threat began, we caught each other’s attention on Facebook when I was explaining the statistics, and she was explaining the clinical and...

This interview took place on April 08, 2020. Helping students navigate college choices, fill out applications, and filter through programs that help them reach their life goals is the business of Elizabeth Antony of Nashville, Tennessee. With much ado and much to sort through to help students and parents figure out how to handle the unknown due to COVID-19, Elizabeth shares her insight into what m...

This interview took place on April 06, 2020. Zan Phillips has been laid off from her job as a nurse in the aesthetics industry while elective procedures are disallowed during the current COVID-19 situation. She sat down with Sally Hendrick to discuss what she is experiencing and how she’s being asked to consider returning to the hospital setting. Former ICU and hospice nurse, Zan Phillips of Nashv...

This interview took place on March 31, 2020. We grew up together in West Tennessee, and when the coronavirus news started popping up all over Facebook, Maelynn and I reconnected in the comment threads of posts on the news of this virus. I wanted to dig further to find out how the post office is responding to the crisis in the rural area near where I was raised. Maelynn Johnson works for the post o...

Steve Paladino is the president and founder of Music City Fire Company that designs and manufactures outdoor fire products featuring Sound Reactive Fire Technology supported by Multiple Patents and Safety Certifications. With connections in China for his business and personal relationships at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville due to his son's illness, Steve Paladino has taken it up...

Donna Brown, Business and Branding Synergist joins me from Milan to discuss the COVID-19 situation in Italy and compassion-based marketing. shoutyourcause.com Facebook.com/shoutyourcause Twitter.com/shoutyourcause

Kenneth Burks, Chief Operating Officer of Sole Supports, Inc. in Tennessee responds to COVID-19. How is the virus affecting manufacturing in the U.S.? shoutyourcause.com Facebook.com/shoutyourcause Twitter.com/shoutyourcause

Cardiologist Dr. Alison Bailey of Kentucky and Tennessee responds to COVID-19. shoutyourcause.com Facebook.com/shoutyourcause Twitter.com/shoutyourcause Instagram.com/shoutyourcause