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Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Michael Hemphill, Creator of Buzz

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Something wicked this way comes on today's Buzz4Good. On Nov. 6 Radford University hosts The Wicked Festival in which hundreds of students grapple in public presentations with our world’s wickedest problems. BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill chats with Paige Tan, Radford University political science professor and festival director. Michael also share some "sneak listens" to two new episodes of the TV show BUZZ starring the nonprofits Greater Williamson Road Area Business Association and Elimisha ...

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Something wicked this way comes on today's Buzz4Good. On Nov. 6 Radford University hosts The Wicked Festival in which hundreds of students grapple in public presentations with our world’s wickedest problems. BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill chats with Paige Tan, Radford University political science professor and festival director. Michael also share some "sneak listens" to two new episodes of the TV show BUZZ starring the nonprofits Greater Williamson Road Area Business Association and Elimisha ...

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Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Buzzing about Wicked Festival, Williamson Road, Elimisha Kakuma

Something wicked this way comes on today's Buzz4Good. On Nov. 6 Radford University hosts The Wicked Festival in which hundreds of students grapple in public presentations with our world’s wickedest problems. BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill chats with Paige Tan, Radford University political science professor and festival director. Michael also share some "sneak listens" to two new episodes of the TV show BUZZ starring the nonprofits Greater Williamson Road Area Business Association and Elimisha ...

1 month ago

59 minutes

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Buzzing about On Our Own mental health nonprofit, and former Virginia Tech football coach Brent Pry

Today BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill buzzes about On Our Own of the Roanoke Valley, a nonprofit drop-in center that strives to improve the quality of life of people with mental health/substance use issues. We speak with executive director Robin Hubert, who knows all too well the need for such a place as she struggled for years with depression, alcohol abuse, and attempted suicides. Michael also bids farewell to a real buzz4good, Brent Pry, now former head football coach of Virginia Tech....

2 months ago

59 minutes

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Buzzing about Blacksburg Refugee Partnership

On today's Buzz4Good, creator and host Michael Hemphill is buzzing live from the historic Lyric Theatre in downtown Blacksburg, Virginia, to feature the inspiring people who serve, and are served by, the Blacksburg Refugee Partnership. Blacksburg Refugee Partnership is an organization run entirely by community volunteers who believe all humans have the right to a safe, peaceful, happy home. They connect displaced families to the resources and ongoing support they need to successfully plant ro...

3 months ago

1 hour

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Buzzing about The Athena Award: Conversations with 3 finalists about women in leadership

BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill buzzes about the Athena Leadership Award, given by the Roanoke Regional Chamber that celebrates women who have achieved the highest levels of professional accomplishment while giving back to their communities and actively investing in the success of future leaders. Today Michael chats with the three finalists – all exceptional women who helped build BUZZ – about leadership: Melissa Woodson, executive director of RAM House and the star of one of our first episodes...

3 months ago

1 hour

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Buzzing about Melrose Plaza

On today's Buzz4Good creator Michael Hemphill buzzes about Melrose Plaza, Roanoke, Virginia’s new neighborhood center, which held its grand opening on July 31. The project, which began as a community conversation and research study, is now a transformative community initiative led by the nonprofit Goodwill Industries of the Valleys. Hundreds of people from across the Commonwealth of Virginia helped cut the ribbon to the one-of-a-kind Melrose Plaza, which includes a wellness center, grocery st...

4 months ago

58 minutes

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Still buzzing about Juneteenth and nonprofit Blacks In Technology

This week BUZZ was privileged to shine a light on an aspiring nonprofit, Blacks In Technology of Southwest Virginia, as we broadcast live the art, history and promise of its Juneteenth Celebration.

5 months ago

1 hour

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Living Better, Dying Better: Buzzing about nonprofits Spirit's Rest and DePaul Community Resources

On today's show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill buzzes about two inspirational nonprofits that help people live better and die better. DePaul Community Resources works to improving the lives of children, families, and individuals with developmental disabilities. Meanwhile, Spirit’s Rest offers comfortable housing and around-the-clock compassionate care and support to hospice patients and their families during their end-of-life journey. Here are Michael's conversations with Caroline Stanf...

5 months ago

1 hour

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Buzzing about Nonprofit Prison Ministry Bears n' Stuff

BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill isn't buzzing today in his adopted state of Virginia or his homestate of Alabama, but way out in Montana and Washington to highlight a special nonprofit that is connecting prison inmates with the outside world … through art. How they got connected with Buzz4Good way across the country – and more importantly the heart-breaking, soul-healing work they do – is the subject of our conversation with Cyrus Lee. Cyrus already had a heart for prison ministry when his son ...

6 months ago

47 minutes

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Creating Art, Creating Life: Buzzing about Art on 1st and Sav-A-Life

We're buzzing about an incredible and inspiring arts project opening June 1 at a new nonprofit arts space in downtown Roanoke, Virginia. It features portraits of 10 of the city’s most iconic citizens, from Dick & Dave of the Q99 Mornin’ Show to Mayor Joe Cobb and former Carilion Clinic CEO Nancy Agee. Today, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill talks with the founders of the nonprofit arts space, Art on 1st, and shares the inspiration behind the exhibit from its creator, Whitney Brock. We ...

6 months ago

1 hour

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Nonprofits in the crosshairs of DEI and "Pro-life"

Reflecting on our newest shows highlighting nonprofits, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill has to ask: If the Trump administration insists DEI be eradicated, why must it come at the expense of Black history, which is far more accurate than the mythology we've always been taught?If we claim to be pro-life, why are politicians providing fewer and fewer resources and help for that life once it is born?Why is Trump eliminating funding for nonprofits that are working tirelessly to provide the services ...

6 months ago

1 hour

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Buzzing about Hope to Walk's mission to Ukraine

Today BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill buzzes about a Blacksburg, Virginia nonprofit that provides hope to walk for thousands of amputees around the world. Appropriately named Hope to Walk, the nonprofit in May hopes to travel to Ukraine to provide prosthetic legs to some of the estimated 100,000 soldiers and civilians, women and children, who are now amputees because of the war. Listen to our recent BUZZ Live! that featured its cause and need for $15,000 to fund its trip. We also share a ...

7 months ago

1 hour

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Buzzing about SML Gives and BUZZ Live!

In today's episode, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill chats with Lisa Lietz about the upcoming SML Gives Day when 36 different nonprofits hope to raise $200,000 to better serve Bedford and Franklin counties in the Smith Mountain Lake area of Virginia. We also share a recent BUZZ Live talk show that features one of these Franklin County nonprofits, Healing Strides of Virginia, along with Apple Ridge Farm and the inspiring story of a cancer survivor turned internationally touring banjo player.

9 months ago

59 minutes

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

BUZZ Live! 2.6.25 "The Tonight Show for Nonprofits"

BUZZ is proud to present a new 30-minute talk show called BUZZ LIVE! that’s designed to be “The Tonight Show for Nonprofits!" During the show – which we live-streamed to our Facebook and YouTube channels and later broadcast on Blue Ridge PBS – BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill chats with the inspiring people who serve, and are served by, nonprofits in Roanoke, Virginia ... along with a musical guest affiliated with a local nonprofit! February 6, 2025 Franklin County NAACP’s “Raising the Shade” M...

9 months ago

30 minutes

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Re-Building Black Community at Melrose Plaza

To kick off Black History Month, we are buzzing about Melrose Plaza in the historically African-American community of Northwest Roanoke. It's located in a once thriving Black neighborhood that was decimated in the 1950s and 1960s by discriminatory redlining and eminent domain. Last time on our show, BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill talked with E.B. Smith, the new executive director of the Harrison Museum of African American Culture, which is considering a move from downtown Roanoke, Virginia, to...

10 months ago

31 minutes

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Meet the new Director of Roanoke’s African-American Museum

BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill chats with E.B. Smith, the new executive director of the Harrison Museum of African-American Culture in Roanoke, Virginia. E.B. Smith just started the job at a moment of exciting transformation for the museum, which Is committed to promoting, showcasing, and celebrating the art and history of African Americans for Roanoke Valley citizens and visitors.

10 months ago

30 minutes

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

The Church and Disability: Equipping God’s Masterpieces

Today we're buzzing about Masterpiece Alliance, a Roanoke, Virginia nonprofit with a mission of building community for adults with intellectual disabilities. BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill speaks with Scott Habeeb, who founded Masterpiece AlliancA in part to help people like his daughter who struggle to make friends and find social connections once they graduate from high school. One place where assume they can find community is the church. But as Scott shares, that’s often not the case for a ...

11 months ago

29 minutes

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Christmas Special: Music by nonprofit Smith River Singers

It's beginning to sound a lot like Christmas! In this episode of Buzz4Good! creator Michael Hemphill shares the recent Christmas concert by the Smith River Singers of Martinsville, Virginia – an incredible nonprofit community choir that we featured this fall on an episode of BUZZ. On December 9, 2024, the Smith River Singers celebrated its 10th annual Christmas concert by performing "The Messiah" by George Frideric Handel. In celebration of the holiday season we present highlights of th...

11 months ago

1 hour

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Buzzing about coffee shop served by adults with intellectual disabilities

BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill buzzes about coffee in today's Buzz4Good! Specifically, coffee from a Roanoke, Virginia, establishment that is brewed and served by adults with intellectual disabilities. A few years ago, Beth Woodrum founded Chris’ Coffee and Custard to help individuals like her son, Chris, who has Down Syndrome, find meaningful employment and community. Beth recently announced an exciting new venture for Chris’ Coffee and Custard – and her nonprofit that operates it, LovABLE Se...

11 months ago

31 minutes

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

Buzzing about diapers?

Why would we spend an entire show talking about diapers? Because diapers represent a whole lot more than just keeping a baby dry. So much so that there’s a Roanoke, Virginia nonprofit called Huddle Up Moms that just received among the largest grants ever awarded by the Roanoke Women’s Foundation: $100,000 to create a diaper bank for low-income moms and child caregivers in Southwest Virginia. This cause is near and dear to the heart of BUZZ creator Michael Hemphill’s because one of the f...

12 months ago

29 minutes

Buzz4Good! Nonprofits + Marketing

The Music of Blue Ridge Holler

Today we're buzzing about the Blue Ridge Holler hurricane relief concert, held Nov. 24, 2024, in Roanoke, Virginia. Coordinated by the nonprofit Friends of the Blue Ridge, the concert featured 18 different artists who donated their time and talent to raise money for Blue Ridge communities devastated by Hurricane Helene. On today's show we share some of the music from the Blue Ridge Holler – bluegrass, classical, hiphop, Celtic and more!

1 year ago

1 hour