David Bley's guest appearances

David Bley

Under Construction with Marilyn Strickland

We Belong Here

The New Sports Fan Experience

Caitlin Moran

Gary Locke

John Cook

Whitney Keyes

Brian McGowan

Amy Nguyen

Girmay Zahilay

Jean Enersen

Kamau Chege

Laura Clise

Tony Mestres

Mari Horita

Alejandro Grajal

Norman Rice

Graciela Gomez Cowger

OwlTail

In this chapter we “flew” to Barcelona to talk with David Bley. His dream as a kid became a reality when started working for RCD Espanyol a few years ago. Now with his position as Digital Communications Manager he has been leading the Digital Transformation within the Club. As other historical clubs in Europe, the traditional structure had to face the challenge of becoming a global brand and strengthen the digital platforms to follow the industry trend and the needs of younger and international fans. Check his vision of how Clubs with history but not so many big titles have to be connected with fans and give them personalized and meaningful experiences/content to differentiate themselves from the largest European teams.

In this chapter we “flew” to Barcelona to talk with David Bley. His dream as a kid became a reality when started working for RCD Espanyol a few years ago. Now with his position as Digital Communications Manager he has been leading the Digital Transformation within the Club. As other historical clubs in Europe, the traditional structure had to face the challenge of becoming a global brand and strengthen the digital platforms to follow the industry trend and the needs of younger and international fans. Check his vision of how Clubs with history but not so many big titles have to be connected with fans and give them personalized and meaningful experiences/content to differentiate themselves from the largest European teams.

Digital Transformation in Traditional European Clubs (David Bley - Digital Communication Manager at RCD Espanyol, Spain) - English

In this podcast we hear from three guests who share an affinity around education from different perspectives. Anthony Shoecraft leads Our Best, which is the City of Seattle's inaugural effort aimed at expanding opportunity and improving life outcomes of young Black men and boys. He is a native son of Seattle and a proud graduate of Garfield High School, Hampton University, and the University of Washington. Caine Lowery is the Principal of Seattle's Aki Kurose Middle School. He grew up in Oregon and came to Seattle after teaching in Atlanta. He's worked at Aki Kurose Middle School and Cleveland High School. David Bley oversees strategies focused on stable families, great schools and strong communities in Washington State and high-quality early learning both nationally and in Washington State for Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation. He grew up outside of Chicago and has served the Seattle region for several decades in many capacities.Our guests share stories around their roots and have a powerfully honest conversations around education and belonging. Much of this conversation is wrapped around leading with a racial lens as we consider trauma, re-imagined possibilities, representation, and the power of schools in creating futures for young people. All three share personal and professional projects towards the end. Caine Lowery and his partner are expecting their first child in September! He also will be utilizing racial affinity groups with his schools staff and is open to any expertise in this work.David Bley talked about the important work around family homelessness that he's championed at the foundation and he shouted-out the great work of Schoolhouse Washington, which improves housing stability and advances educational success for students experiencing homelessness. We both discussed the great work that Treehouse has done for youth in the foster care system! There's a great video of their Class of 2020 on the website!Anthony Shoecraft discussed the importance of the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy at the City of Seattle. He also plugged the work of the MoHundred Scholarship. They are currently working to build the state's very first endowment fund for Black males and any support would be appreciated.

In this podcast we hear from three guests who share an affinity around education from different perspectives. Anthony Shoecraft leads Our Best, which is the City of Seattle's inaugural effort aimed at expanding opportunity and improving life outcomes of young Black men and boys. He is a native son of Seattle and a proud graduate of Garfield High School, Hampton University, and the University of Washington. Caine Lowery is the Principal of Seattle's Aki Kurose Middle School. He grew up in Oregon and came to Seattle after teaching in Atlanta. He's worked at Aki Kurose Middle School and Cleveland High School. David Bley oversees strategies focused on stable families, great schools and strong communities in Washington State and high-quality early learning both nationally and in Washington State for Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation. He grew up outside of Chicago and has served the Seattle region for several decades in many capacities. Our guests share stories around their roots and have a powerfully honest conversations around education and belonging. Much of this conversation is wrapped around leading with a racial lens as we consider trauma, re-imagined possibilities, representation, and the power of schools in creating futures for young people. All three share personal and professional projects towards the end. Caine Lowery and his partner are expecting their first child in September! He also will be utilizing racial affinity groups with his schools staff and is open to any expertise in this work. David Bley talked about the important work around family homelessness that he's championed at the foundation and he shouted-out the great work of <a href="https://schoolhousewa.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Schoolhouse Washington</a>, which improves housing stability and advances educational success for students experiencing homelessness. We both discussed the great work that <a href="https://www.treehouseforkids.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Treehouse</a> has done for youth in the foster care system! There's a great video of their Class of 2020 on the website! Anthony Shoecraft discussed the importance of the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy at the City of Seattle. He also plugged the work of the <a href="http://mohundred.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MoHundred Scholarship</a>. They are currently working to build the state's very first endowment fund for Black males and any support would be appreciated.

S1 EP7: The power of schools with Caine Lowery, Anthony Shoecraft and David Bley

David Bley, Director of the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation’s Pacific Northwest Initiative, discusses education inequity, the importance of listening in problem-solving, and the one word he would use to describe himself.

David Bley: “The question is, how do you grow with grace?”