Welcome to the Cause Leadership Podcast where we dive into the world of charity leadership. Join us as we explore the journeys of CEOs, Executive Directors, Fundraisers, and other leaders in the sector. Hear about career journeys and gain insights on leadership, fundraising, and talent. Whether you're an emerging leader or a seasoned professional, tune in and subscribe to join us on this leadership journey.
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Hosts Anthony Hanson, Dave Nicholai, and Bill Hutchison at the University of Minnesota alert growers, ag professionals and educators about emerging pest concerns with Minnesota Field Crops, including corn, soybean, small grains and alfalfa. They offer useful, research-based pest management solutions. Dr. Anthony Hanson, IPM Educator - Field Crops Dr. Bill Hutchison, Coordinator of the MN IPM Program Dave Nicolai, Crops Extension Educator & Coordinator of the Extension Institute for Ag Profes ...
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Navigating Leadership and Change: A Conversation with Michael Braithwaite
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44:39Introduction Michael Braithwaite has over 30 years of experience creating innovative solutions to better support vulnerable people. Michael joined Blue Door in March of 2019 as CEO and has since helped launch Blue Door’s first employment social enterprise called Construct, three supportive housing programs including the first safe space for 2SLGBTQ…
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Leadership for Impact: A Conversation with David Kay
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17:24Summary: Hosted on March 27, 2025, the purpose of The Charity Leader Summit was to provide charity leaders with examples of the best mindsets for overcoming leadership challenges. At Cause leadership, we have helped 100s of charities find their next senior leader, and we have learned firsthand how the right leadership mindsets help shape the strong…
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Passing the CEO Baton: The Value of a Succession Plan
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12:17Summary: Hosted on March 27, 2025, the purpose of The Charity Leader Summit was to provide charity leaders with examples of the best mindsets for overcoming leadership challenges. At Cause leadership, we have helped 100s of charities find their next senior leader, and we have learned firsthand how the right leadership mindsets help shape the strong…
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Partnerships in Elder Care: Christie Gardens and U of T's Collaborative Approach
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12:06Summary: Hosted on March 27, 2025, the purpose of The Charity Leader Summit was to provide charity leaders with examples of the best mindsets for overcoming leadership challenges. At Cause leadership, we have helped 100s of charities find their next senior leader, and we have learned firsthand how the right leadership mindsets help shape the strong…
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Health Partners: A Model for Collaboration & Collective Success
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16:47Summary: Hosted on March 27, 2025, the purpose of The Charity Leader Summit was to provide charity leaders with examples of the best mindsets for overcoming leadership challenges. At Cause leadership, we have helped 100s of charities find their next senior leader, and we have learned firsthand how the right leadership mindsets help shape the strong…
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Financial Stewardship in Action: Leading Food Banks through Crisis
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21:13Summary: Hosted on March 27, 2025, the purpose of The Charity Leader Summit was to provide charity leaders with examples of the best mindsets for overcoming leadership challenges. At Cause leadership, we have helped 100s of charities find their next senior leader, and we have learned firsthand how the right leadership mindsets help shape the strong…
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Thriving in Uncertainty: The Key to Transformational Leadership
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18:47Hosted on March 27, 2025, the purpose of The Charity Leader Summit was to provide charity leaders with examples of the best mindsets for overcoming leadership challenges. At Cause leadership, we have helped 100s of charities find their next senior leader, and we have learned firsthand how the right leadership mindsets help shape the strongest team …
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Adaptive Resilience in Charity Leadership
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17:59Summary: Hosted on March 27, 2025, the purpose of The Charity Leader Summit was to provide charity leaders with examples of the best mindsets for overcoming leadership challenges. At Cause leadership, we have helped 100s of charities find their next senior leader, and we have learned firsthand how the right leadership mindsets help shape the strong…
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Balancing Good: Supporting Parental Leave and Strengthening Organizations
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25:58Introduction Welcome to the Cause Leadership Podcast with host Dave Hutchinson. In this episode, Dave is joined by Lacey Kempinski. As Founder and CEO of Balanced Good, Lacey and her team works with non-profits and charities to help increase fundraising capacity and help fundraising organizations find balance in their day-to-day and strategic activ…
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From Digital to Intelligent: The AI-Driven Future of Transformation
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46:27Introduction: Welcome to the Cause Leadership Podcast with host Dave Hutchinson. In this episode, Dave is joined by Smita Challu Tulsani. Smita is a purpose-driven accomplished executive leader with 20 years of global corporate experience, specializing in data-driven transformative consulting, strategic marketing, and human-centered customer experi…
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Introduction: Welcome to the Cause Leadership Podcast with host Dave Hutchinson. In this episode, Dave is joined by Jenny Mitchell. Founder and President of Chavender, Jenny Mitchell (CFRE, DMA), works closely with not-for-profit leaders to change the world - one mission at a time. Chavender assists clients, across Canada and the U.S., to inspire t…
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Harnessing the Power of Data and Analytics in Fundraising
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53:06Introduction: Welcome to the Cause Leadership Podcast with host Dave Hutchinson. In this episode, Dave is joined by Allen Davidov. Allen is the Senior Vice President, Sales Practice & Marketing Leader at Environics Analytics, where he focuses on the not-for-profit, energy, transportation, and public sectors. With nearly two decades of experience in…
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Introduction: The Cause Leadership Podcast with host Dave Hutchinson. In this episode, Dave is joined by Andy Harrington, the Executive Director of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. The Canadian Foodgrains Bank is a partnership of 15 Canadian church denominations and agencies with a goal to end global hunger. Partnering with locally based organizations…
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Collaboration, Digital Transformation & Sustainable Growth for Charities
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45:30Introduction The Cause Leadership Podcast with host Dave Hutchinson. In this episode, Dave is joined by Duke Chang, President and CEO of CanadaHelps. Duke is an accomplished executive with over 25 years of leadership experience in financial services and technology, transforming businesses through innovation and product-led growth. Before joining Ca…
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Introduction The Cause Leadership Podcast with host, Dave Hutchinson. In this episode, Dave is joined by Jeff Beach, the CEO of Asthma Canada. Jeff is a seasoned leader in the Canadian non-profit sector with over 25 years of experience in management, community, and fund development. Jeff has held prominent roles in various organizations, including …
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Introduction The Cause Leadership Podcast with host Dave Hutchinson. In this episode, Dave is joined by Sandra Hawken, the CEO of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation. Sandra is a values-based leader, who is dedicated to inclusivity and empowerment. Since joining Holland Bloorview in 2015, Sandra together with her team has spea…
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Managing issues after heavy May rains and early-season pests in 2023
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25:38Dave Nicolai and Dr. Seth Naeve talk about agronomic issues from the recent heavy rains in early May 2023 and early-season insect issues with Bruce Potter, IPM Extension Specialist based out of Lamberton, MN. Potter has been monitoring black cutworm and true armyworm flights as well as alfalfa weevil that may be affecting crops in upcoming weeks. D…
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Dave Nicholai gives an update on planting progress with Dr. Seth Naeve and discusses weed management tactics early in the season with Dr. Debalin Sarangi. Weeds such as waterhemp are already emerging with the warming temperatures. They focused on herbicide options for weed management, especially how to time pre-emerge and post-emergence options alo…
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Dave Nicolai discusses May planting and potential early-season diseases with U of M Extension plant pathologist Dean Malvick and soybean agronomist Seth Naeve.By Dave Nicolai
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Special episode: Early 2023 planting and agronomy updates
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23:11It's late April in 2023 and it's still wet and difficult to get field work done across the state. It's a bit too early to discuss much about pests, but as a lead-in to future early-season pest issues that could result from this late spring, it's important to look at agronomic issues related to planting when soils are still cold and wet. Dave Nicola…
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50th Anniversary of IPM: The history of IPM and adapting to invasive new pests
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22:52Dr. Bob Wright with the University of Nebraska discusses with Dr. Anthony Hanson how integrated got its start and Dr. Hanson goes through how we have adapted IPM plans to new invasive pests, such as soybean aphid. The two segments were produced as part of a 50th anniversary of IPM podcast supported by the USDA, National Institute of Food and Agricu…
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Pesticide regulation in the news for the 2022 growing season
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22:01Dr. Trisha Leaf from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture Pesticide & Fertilizer Division discusses how pesticide regulation works at the federal and state level. The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) is federal law that governs how pesticides are registered, distributed, sold, and used in the U.S (i.e., "the label is t…
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A retrospective on 38 years of corn entomology with Ken Ostlie
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30:31Dr. Ken Ostlie looks back on his career as a corn entomologist ranging from starting off in the middle of the farming and fiscal crisis of the 80s, how Extension has changed, the introduction of Bt corn, and of course, corn pests. Much of his research directly worked with farmers and he stresses to always remember that farmers are real people out i…
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Soybean breeding can be a complicated process, but it is one of the tools used for research at the U of M to manage pests such as soybean cyst nematode, soybean aphid, and diseases like Phytophthora root rot. More information on and availability of publicly available U of MN crop varieties can be found at: https://www.mncia.org/.…
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Common insects infested stored grains can include weevils, India meal moth, and mold feeding insects. Indian meal moth larvae leave behind tell-tale webbing that causes clumping in grain and can be especially noticeable when you skim the top of an infested grain pile with your hand. For more information on managing stored grain pests, visit: https:…
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What are your neighbors doing for pest management?
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25:01Liz Stahl, U of M Regional Extension Educator based out of Worthington, discusses what she has learned from the annual IPM Assessment, a survey of growers across the state about their pest management use and concerns. Perceptions on what neighbors are doing can influence grower decisions, though one farmer after seeing this survey data remarked, "W…
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Small grains and not so small pest problems
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33:49Episode 21. Small grains and not so small pest problems. Small grains (wheat, oats, rye, and barley) are one of the important sets of crops in our rotations in Minnesota, and they come with their own unique pest problems. Listen in on the conversation with two U of MN small grains specialists as we discuss weeds, diseases, and insects for small gra…
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Strategic Farming: Soybean cyst nematode, so tough a threat, it warrants a coalition
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53:58Join members of the SCN Coalition from MN, ND and IA and learn about why soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is such a threat to soybean production and how the coalition is helping producers fight back. Join us for this discussion with Dr. Greg Tykla, nematologist with Iowa State University, Dr. Seth Naeve, Extension soybean agronomist at the University of…
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Strategic Farming: What's Bugging Your Corn?
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44:22Is it worthwhile to continue to plant Bt corn for European corn borer? How should Bt-resistance of corn rootworm affect management decisions? Join us for the discussion on these and other corn pests to watch out for with Dr. Ken Ostlie, Extension entomologist at the University of Minnesota and Bruce Potter, Extension Integrated Pest Management spec…
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Climate in Minnesota - how it helps and challenges pest management
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32:15Episode 18: Climate in Minnesota and how it helps and challenges pest management. Climate and weather significantly affect how we manage pests from winter keeping out some invasive pests, affecting spring emergence of insects & weeds, conditions ideal for disease, as well as crop planting dates and how they coincide with pest development.…
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IPM or Integrated Pest Management is the subject of this podcast, but after hearing about the different tools used for specific scenarios over the three years of this podcast, the hosts thought it would be a good idea to step back and ask themselves, "What is IPM?"By University of Minnesota Extension
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Weed management in fall and what to do with weed escapes
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30:35Episode 16: Weed management in fall and what to do with weed escapesBy mnipmpodcast
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Soybean gall midge, spider mites, and corn rootworm in southern Minnesota
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30:14Episode 15: Soybean gall midge, spider mites, and corn rootworm in southern MinnesotaBy Anthony Hanson
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Soybean and corn diseases in late summer and what to plan for next year
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26:44Episode 14: Soybean and corn diseases in late summer and what to plan for next yearBy Anthony Hanson
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What’s in the toolbox? Aphids and other soybean insects in 2020.
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27:35Episode 13: What’s in the toolbox? Aphids and other soybean insects in 2020. https://www.mnipm.umn.edu//sites/mnipm.umn.edu/files/july_30_2020_koch_soybean_1.mp3By mnipmpodcast
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When Insects Take Care of the Pest Control For Us
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25:08Episode 12: When insects take care of the pest control for usBy Anthony Hanson
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Late-season Pest Considerations in Northwest Minnesota
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24:05Episode 11: Late-season Pest Considerations in Northwest MinnesotaBy Anthony Hanson
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Robert Koch discusses soybean aphid as well as other insects causing new issues in the state.By Anthony Hanson
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Timely Crop Scouting as Summer Finally Arrives
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22:21Episode 9: Timely Crop Scouting as Summer Finally ArrivesBy Anthony Hanson
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Weed management under delayed corn and soybean planting conditions
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25:04Episode 8: Weed management under delayed corn and soybean planting conditionsBy Anthony Hanson
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Black Cutworm and Other Early Season Pest Management
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20:25Episode 7: Black Cutworm and Other Early Season Pest ManagementBy Anthony Hanson
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August 20, 2018. Dean Malvick discusses corn and soybean disease management.By University of Minnesota Extension
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July 19, 2018. Robert Koch discusses current soybean aphid recommendations.By Anthony Hanson
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July 5, 2018. Brett Arenz discusses the U of M's Plant Disease Clinic.By Anthony Hanson
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Corn Rootworm Activity & Bt Resistance Updates
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24:01June 7, 2018. Ken Ostlie discusses corn rootworm and ongoing research.By Anthony Hanson
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Early Season Weed Control in Corn and Soybeans
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22:22May 30, 2018. Jeff Gunsolus discusses early season weed management.By Anthony Hanson
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Episode 1. May 22, 2018 black cutworm update with Bruce Potter.By Anthony Hanson
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