Advancing The Profession
Episodes
S4 Ep7 Breauna Dorelus
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Breauna Dorelus is the Founder and Cause Consultant at Connecting the Cause, a consultancy dedicated to dismantling harmful volunteer practices implem...
S4 Ep6 Lindsay Baker
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lindsay Baker is a CVA-certified volunteer engagement expert with 25 years of experience leading volunteers in a variety of settings including univers...
S4 Ep5 Mark Freeman
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Freeman is the Chief Executive of Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service (CCVS). He joined CCVS in October 2011 after working at Skills Third Se...
S4 Ep4 Gabriella Civico
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriella Civico is from the UK, but lived in Spain and Portugal for many years before moving to Belgium and becoming a Belgian citizen. She has a deg...
S4 Ep3 Chris Martin
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the initial spark of an idea in 2008 to a platform now empowering over 600,000 volunteers, Chris Martin is CEO and founder of TeamKinetic. Afte...
S4 Ep2 Sarah Latto
15 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah has been a volunteer in a range of roles since she was a teenager and has worked in the volunteering sector for over 15 years. She supported vol...
S4 Ep1 Denise Hayward
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Denise has been Chief Executive with Volunteer Now since August 2017 and prior to that Director of Engagement since 2010. She has extensive experience...
Season 3 Episode 7 Tony Goodrow
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tony is the founder and CEO of Better Impact, the creators of Volunteer Impact software. In the late nineties. Tony founded a residential hospice in...
Season 3 Episode 6 Faiza Venzant
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From a young age, Faiza Venzant's parents instilled a strong sense of volunteerism in herself and her two older brothers. They, as immigrants to Canad...
Season 3 Episode 5 Sarah Wilson
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah has expertise in volunteer involvement and not-for-profit strategy and governance. Sarah is the National Strategy Advisor at Volunteering Austra...
Season 3 Episode 4 Gethyn Williams
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gethyn has spent over 20 years working in the voluntary and community sector across England and Wales in fields as diverse as sport, youth, environmen...
Season 3 Episode 3 Beth Steinhorn
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As President of VQ Volunteer Strategies, Beth Steinhorn partners with organizations and their leadership to increase impact through strategic and inno...
Season 3 Episode 2 Martin J Cowling
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Martin J Cowling is passionate about effective change, leadership and impact. He has been a volunteer, hands-on manager, leader, researcher, and cons...
Season 3 Episode 1 Stuart Garland
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stuart is the Learning and Capacity Building Manager with Volunteer Ireland. Previously he was Volunteer Manager with a leading homeless charity and t...
Season 2 Episode 6 Vanessa Theed
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Vanessa Theed is currently the Volunteer and Apprenticeship Strategy Manager at the Natural History Museum and Vice-Chair for the Heritage Volunteerin...
Season 2 Episode 5 Karen Janes
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode's guest, Karen Janes, has a special offer for ATP listeners. Karen is offering a free online monthly mindfulness session, on the first F...
Season 2 Episode 4 Helen Timbrell
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Helen Timbrell works as a Consultant, Researcher and Coach with past clients including Guide Dogs, Royal Voluntary Service, Scouts Association and SSA...
Season 2 Episode 3 Karl Wilding
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Karl Wilding is a lecturer and consultant with wide-ranging experience of charities and the voluntary sector. A former CEO and director of the Nationa...
Season 2 Episode 2 Sue Carter Kahl
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sue Carter Kahl has spent her professional life working and volunteering in the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. Her work as President of Sue Cart...
Season 2 Episode 1 Corina Sadler
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Corina Sadler, CVA is Volunteer Resources Supervisor at the City of Plano, Texas and a National Service Commissioner for the OneStar Foundation in Aus...
Season 1 Episode 8 Faiza Venzant
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this last episode of season one, Rob chats with Faiza Venzant about equality, diversity and inclusion in advanced level volunteer engagement. Faiz...
Season 1 Episode 7 Tobi Johnson
27 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the penultimate episode of series one, Rob talks to Tobi Johnson, investigating the place and value of research and data in informing advanced prac...
Season 1 Episode 6 Dana Litwin
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this new episode, Rob chats to Dana Litwin about thinking outside the box, including understanding what leaders of volunteer engagemnt can learn fr...
Season 1 Episode 5 Ruth Leonard
30 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In season one, episode five, Rob chat to Ruth Leonard about the role of professional associations when it comes to identifying and encouraging advnace...
Season 1 Episode 4 Jerome Tennille
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For season one, episode four, Rob talks to Jerome Tennille from the USA. Jerome and Rob met in 2017 at a workshop about career progression for leaders...
Season 1 Episode 3 Tracey O'Neill
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this third episode of the first season of Advancing the Profession, Rob chats with Australian colleague Tracey O'Neill, discussing the place of cre...
Season 1 Episode 2 Matthew Hick
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of season one, Rob talks to Matthew Hick, Head of Volunteering at the UK's Science Museum Group. They discuss how and why Matt w...
Season 1 Episode 1 Martin J Cowling
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of season one, Rob talks to Martin J Cowling. Martin has worked in the community sector for over 35 years as a volunteer, hands-...
Trailer
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Rob Jackson introduces a new podcast for leaders of volunteer engagement, Advancing The Profession. Season one launches on 5 July 2021. Music by Zen...