Heart Works – Doing Business in a Good Way

Sorry I didn't see it in time to rate it--but I think this guy really understands public radio as a mechanism for addressing substantive issues. Would like to hear more.

Shel Horowitz - Host/Producer, Principled Profit: The Good Business Radio show (WXOJ, Northampton, MA) - Founder, Business Ethics Pledge - a worldwide campaign to prevent future Enron scandals at http://www.business-ethics-pledge.org
Award-winning author

I'm glad that you explained why the cut is so short. I suppose the fact that I wanted to hear more is an indication that you're on the right track. And it's the kind of positive programming that public radio does so well without being saccharine. I'm pulling for you, Bob. Looks like I got my vote in just under the wire.

I hope this radio show will become a part of my NPR listening.

Hey Bob! Nice meeting you at the Audio Emissions show. You've got my vote!

Here's my vote for Heart Works, a program that could really help make a difference in how we work, relate to each other in community, provide sustainable paths for those who follow us, and help restore peace to the planet. Bob's show is a perfect format for exploring what is of lasting value. This snippet is short, but his voice is engaging, respectful, and upbeat, as are his ideas.

As a listener of Bob's earlier programs, he does a great job of bringing together multiple facets of our too fragmented world to describe a more complete whole. We need great media that dig deep into narrow issues, but also those that can piece together the bigger picture and meaning in our lives - lives that are an inseparable fusion of work/family/citizen/etc. Public Radio is the perfect venue for this kind of thoughtful, yet entertaining programming.

Good luck Bob!

Jim Hartzfeld
Managing Director
InterfaceRAISE
www.interfaceraise.com

Great concept in our throw-away world. Rock the vote!

This type of show belongs on NPR. if not here, then where?

Harry O. Rakfeldt
Belfair, WA

This show ties in well with "public" radio, for this country is all about public working together, living together, servicing the needs of the public.
I, as probably many of you, am experiencing a growing frustration with businesses - their attitudes and seemingly more and more the need to double and triple check my dealings. Let's spread the word about those who are doing it right - both for us and our planet.

We need this show on Public Radio. What a great idea.

This sounds like a show that can stimulate our thinking and encourage us to take action toward living every day as responsible stewards of our planet. We each have a contribution to make, large and small. I believe Bob's program would be a wonderful contribution that can offer inspiration to us all. He needs our support to transform his idea into action. Share the info about his program with your friends and family. Ask them to vote for Heart Works! L. Hake

We need more shows and news that focus on the positive things people are doing and the environment.

Most people get inspired by watching mainstream shows like the Home Makeover or whatever it's called where they help someone in need, they don't get inspired by constant negativity and criticism and bad news.

This show is needed!

Miranda Paul, Worldgoods Fair Trade
http://www.worldgoodsgb.com

I love the show idea and also the idea of a sustainable business show hosted by someone who is learning to make a business go.

Sustainable, green, organic, fair trade, it's all good. Now how do we make a living?

Go public radio!
--Don

NPR's been poking at this subject for some time. So it's about time for them to make a real commitment to actually -- do -- the thing.

If even NPR sees sustainability as a passing fad, not deserving of a full time show, then we're all in serious trouble.

We'll need to be looking long and hard at this topic for a very very very long time. Nothing less than several full time shows dedicated to different aspects of business/play/education in a sustainability context are needed.

I'm glad you are asking these questions and giving voice to these important social and workplace issues. Perhaps we should work together on a program at some point. If you have a chance, let me know what you think of "All Fired Up." Best of luck to you in this contest and all your pursuits!

MaryLynn Schiavi
All Fired Up: exploring the modern worker and workplace
http://www.publicradioquest.com/node/190

Other projects:

Good Grief: transmuting the loss in our lives. Listen and let me know if you'd like to be interviewed or make a comm

Dear Bob,

Great sound and even moreso - with the greening of America now finally underway - your platform should resonate with deep greeners and the newly sprouted alike!

All the Best,

Matt in Prairie Crossing, Illinois

This is what we need to be discussing now - how to have sustainable businesses. We need to look at the entire paradigm of an economy based on interest payments that "must" grow every year. We need to ask why it is critiqued on yearly quarters, instead of seven generations. It is in asking different questions that we will receive different answers.

Your comfortable persona and upbeat delivery will make it possible for you to reach many who might otherwise be turned off by the "weighty" topic. (Same folks who don't like food that are "good for them".)

A heartfelt good luck to you!

Check out my entry if you get a chance...

Excellent presentation. I like the idea of "Heart works" where businesses can work together with people and the
environment to sustain a better world.Great job, Bob. Just call me a concerned Jane Six Pack.

Nice presentation - this is a good way to get your voice heard!

Sounds great!

Pleasant hosty voice and timely topic. Good luck.

DJ Barr
http://www.publicradioquest.com/user/3079

Way to go Bpb - keep up the sustainability

I like your sound. And I definitely like the subject matter.

That's what we need on the radio. Someone discussing the challenges and possible solutions for the environmental, social and ethical crisis we are facing. Good luck!

Bob,
I was surfing the different entrants and stumbled upon your entry. Just as Third World social justice needs a stronger voice, I heard great potential in covering a topic that is one of many that is not on the mainstream media's radar, just like Lou Dobb's "squeezing of the middle class" town meetings about jobs leaving the U.S. My heart is with you, BOb!

Bob,

The excerpt nicely showcases your voice and where your "heart" is. I know time was limited, but I would have put in more of the dialogue with the caller instead of the closing. Also, you might not want to advertise that the clip is from 1998. The material is still relevant, and people will wonder why you did not have anything more current.

Just my 2 cents. Good luck. Did you know that Steve Beier is also a contestant?

SS

I'll check out that site. Take care! :)

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I'd be interested in a show about sustainable growth in business and other sectors. Good luck!

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