BONUS EP 02: Leveraging Entrepreneurship to Do Good in the World

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Everette Taylor has started, or been part-owner of, eight different companies in his career. Through his work, he focuses on marketing, social media, events, and more. However, he also uses his brands under ET Enterprises to contribute work toward causes he’s passionate about. This episode is inspirational for anyone who is looking to explore personal growth. Everette is an incredible testament to the incredible things that hard work, mental health care, and focusing on doing good in the world can do.

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BONUS EP 00: Celebrating History Makers: An Introduction to our Black History Month Series

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This year, I wanted 2050 TrailBlazers to contribute to the conversation during Black History Month. That’s why we’re launching the Black History Month - History Makers series. I’m incredibly excited about this series - we’ll be releasing one episode a week for the entire month of February.

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S02 EP08: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Moving From Why to How

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In this episode, we’re bringing back Katie Augsburger and Andrew Greenia to discuss how to put empathy first in professional inclusion conversations, how to address equity within your organization, and the best way to accept critical love as we all work to be better and more inclusive of others in our career and in life.

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S02 EP07: Becoming Intentional on the Road to Allyship

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Lazetta Rainey Braxton, CFP®,  and Kathleen Burns Kingsbury have a beautiful conversation in this episode on how to have honest conversations, make space for one another personally and professionally, and how to start conversations that make you uncomfortable - because, even if they’re uncomfortable, they’re always necessary if we want to make progress.

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S02 EP06: LGBTQ Inclusion in the Financial Planning Profession

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Both Thompson, CFP®, and David Rae, CFP®, AIF™, are working to start conversations around LGBTQ financial concerns in the financial planning profession. In this episode, they’re diving in to how all planners can better serve the LGBTQ niche, support their fellow LGBTQ advisors, and approach conversations about LGBTQ inclusivity as an ally.

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S02 EP05: Using Your Privilege as a White Woman

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How do you spend your privilege?

It’s a tough question to answer - and in this episode, Sonya Dreizler and Arlene Moss tackle it. As two white women, Sonya and Arlene have dedicated themselves to supporting diversity and inclusion conversations in the financial planning profession and beyond.

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S02 EP04: How Media Outlets Can Use Their Platform to Take on Diversity & Inclusion

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As the CEO and Publisher of Investment News, Suzanne Siracuse knew that highlighting inclusive initiatives was her responsibility as one of the leading publishers in the financial services industry. The publication has consistently used their platform to start conversations around D&I, and Suzanne offers advice to other media outlets who want to do the same.

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S02 EP03: Opening Up the Conversation: Empower & Retain Women in Workforce

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As we continue to build the dialogue around diversity, equity, and inclusion, it was very timely to be able to sit down with Mark Berg, CFP®, and Mark Johannessen, CFP®, AIF®, who participated in the FPA 2018 Annual Conference panel, Winning the Fight for the Female Talent: How Firms Can Gain an Edge.”

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S02 EP02: Trailblazing with Inclusivity at the Corporate Level

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S02 EP02: Trailblazing with Inclusivity at the Corporate Level

In continuing our conversation around allyship, I’m sitting down with Tom Nally from TD Ameritrade and Ed Gjertsen II, representing FPA, this week. We’re discussing how to build inclusivity into the foundation of your business’s structure, and what actionable steps you can take to get started when you’re just not sure where to begin.

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S02 EP01: Exploring the Practice of Dynamic Allyship

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When we started releasing episodes for the first season of 2050 TrailBlazers, we were overwhelmed with how many people with privileged identities reached out to us asking about how they could start being an ally, or how they could become a better ally. So many conversations started with, “I’m here, I’m listening, and I want to help.” That’s why, this season, we’re taking some time to focus on allyship.

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S02 EP00: Welcome to Season 2

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S02 EP00: Welcome to Season 2

Rianka is back with Season 2 of the 2050 TrailBlazers Podcast! We’re all so excited to be here for another fantastic season, and we have some incredible content in store for you. But before we dive into a full season of actionable content that’s sparking conversation, we need to go back and recap the information we covered in Season 1.

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S01 EP09: How to Build an Inclusive Hiring Process in the Financial Planning World

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S01 EP09: How to Build an Inclusive Hiring Process in the Financial Planning World

Season One’s final episode of 2050 TrailBlazers was so good we had to break it into a Part 2! HR pro, Katie Augsburger, is breaking open the hiring process dilemma. She’s empowering all of us in the financial planning profession to tap top talent, retain them, and find authentic ways to increase and diversify your network.

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S01 EP08: How Employers Can Break the Mold, Promote Inclusion and Retain Women & People of Color in the Financial Planning Profession

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S01 EP08: How Employers Can Break the Mold, Promote Inclusion and Retain Women & People of Color in the Financial Planning Profession

In this episode of 2050 TrailBlazers, we’re giving you the tools YOU need to implement inclusion and diversity initiatives in YOUR organization. We’re reviewing a wide range of topics we’ve covered so far this season, and how you can start to move the needle, make a change, and blaze trails of your own.

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S01 EP07: Embracing Your Identity in the Financial Planning Profession

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S01 EP07: Embracing Your Identity in the Financial Planning Profession

When Justin Sullivan applied to be an “I am a CFP Pro” spokesman, he didn’t think much of it. He certainly didn’t think his application would be selected out of the sea of other qualified applicants. However, when he realized his application was accepted, he realized the importance of his new spokesman role held.

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S01 EP06: How To Have Honest Conversations Around Inclusion When Diversity Becomes A Catch All Term

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S01 EP06: How To Have Honest Conversations Around Inclusion When Diversity Becomes A Catch All Term

Phuong Luong believes that “diversity” is a catch-all word. She’s not wrong. Diversity movements tend to blanket the advancement of minority genders, ethnicities, and promote all forms of inclusion. If we’re going to move the needle forward and actually make an impact, we have to get comfortable with uncomfortable conversations and situations.

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S01 EP05: How to be Your Bold, Authentic Self in the World of Financial Planning

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S01 EP05: How to be Your Bold, Authentic Self in the World of Financial Planning

Angela Moore has an incredibly inspiring story about how she’s built her career in financial planning. She firmly believes that being herself, committing to her community, and following her passion allows her to empower other women of color to pursue their calling - in this profession, and across all industries.

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S01 EP04: How Representation, Diversity, & Research Can Move the Financial Planning Profession Forward to Serve the Next Generation

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S01 EP04: How Representation, Diversity, & Research Can Move the Financial Planning Profession Forward to Serve the Next Generation

Dr. Ajamu Loving is a TrailBlazer in every sense of the world. As the first black Ph.D. recipient for Personal Financial Planning in the profession, he has dedicated his life to making financial planning more accessible and to diversity research.

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S01 EP03: The Journey Behind Establishing a CFP Board Program

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S01 EP03: The Journey Behind Establishing a CFP Board Program

If all of us are equally rich with the same 24 hours in a day, Nandita Das certainly is inspiring with how she uses hers to better herself, this industry, and the lives of her students. She has recently established the CFP program at Delaware State University, and founded her own financial planning firm.

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