Welcome to Cooperatively Speaking, a podcast by E&I Cooperative Services.
Each episode, we discuss the topics most important to procurement and end-users at schools and universities.
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Welcome to Cooperatively Speaking, a podcast by E&I Cooperative Services.
Each episode, we discuss the topics most important to procurement and end-users at schools and universities.
Season: 3 | Episode: 5 | Category: Facilities
The opioid crisis has far reaching implications on our country’s campuses. In this episode, David and our guest Tom Licker, Certified Environmental Infection Control Remediator and Certified BioRecovery Master, discuss the risks of fentanyl on campus and how important it is to be educated on how to remediate these spaces.
David Manz
Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors at E&I Cooperative Services
Thomas Licker
Senior Vice President, Regulatory Business Practice at First Onsite
Season: 3 | Episode: 4 | Category: Procurement
Tune into the second part of Titus and David’s conversation with Reggie Williams, CEO of Procurement Resources and the individual who coined the phrase supplier diversity. Here, we cover what supplier diversity really means, best practices for growing your program with real-life examples, and why it’s critical to include diverse suppliers in your purchasing processes.
Titus Martin
Executive Director, Supplier Diversity at E&I Cooperative Services
David Manz
Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors at E&I Cooperative Services
Reggie Williams
CEO of Procurement Resources, Inc.
Season: 3 | Episode: 3 | Category: Procurement
Titus and David are joined by special guest Reggie Williams, CEO of Procurement Resources and the leader who coined the phrase supplier diversity. In this episode, we discuss the history of supplier diversity, including stakeholder capitalism, investing back into your community, the numbers behind why this is important, and what it truly means to have a real supplier diversity program.
Titus Martin
Executive Director, Supplier Diversity at E&I Cooperative Services
David Manz
Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors at E&I Cooperative Services
Reggie Williams
CEO of Procurement Resources, Inc.
Season: 3 | Episode: 2 | Category: Procurement
Join David for Part 2 of this two-part episode featuring Tammy Rimes, Executive Director of National Cooperative Procurement Partners. In this episode, we discuss what to look for when choosing a cooperative to partner with, trends and best practices, and ultimately how to make the most out of cooperative purchasing for your organization.
David Manz
Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors at E&I Cooperative Services
Tammy Rimes, MPA
Executive Director of National Cooperative Procurement Partners
Season: 3 | Episode: 1 | Category: Procurement
Join David for Part 1 of this two-part episode featuring special guest Tammy Rimes, Executive Director of National Cooperative Procurement Partners. In this episode, we discuss what exactly is a purchasing cooperative and how cooperative contracts benefit procurement — and any buyers on your campus.
David Manz
Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors at E&I Cooperative Services
Tammy Rimes, MPA
Executive Director of National Cooperative Procurement Partners
Season: 2 | Episode: 6 | Category: Diversity
How does supplier diversity impact a community — and specifically schools and universities — both socially and financially?
David and Titus deep dive into the definition of supplier diversity and what it means as a “holistic value creation” for educational institutions and the communities in which they operate.
David Manz
Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors at E&I Cooperative Services
Titus Martin
Executive Director, Supplier Diversity at E&I Cooperative Services
Season: 2 | Episode: 5 | Category: Recruitment
HireRight recently launched its 15th Annual Benchmark Report based on the responses of over 2,300 human resources and risk professionals worldwide who shared their experiences of background screening, talent acquisition, and remote working over the past year, as well as some predictions for the future.
In this episode, Joe and our guest deep dive into the findings of this report and what it means for schools.
Joe Castelluccio
Director, Business Development at E&I Cooperative Services
Maria Moore
SVP of Global Marketing & Strategic Alliances at HireRight
Season: 2 | Episode: 4 | Category: Financial
Not only is managing payment systems for each location on campus extremely complex, but it’s even harder to ensure all locations are following credit card processing and PCI compliance security requirements.
Joe and our guest discuss the best ways for schools to reduce costs and streamline payment processing, merchant support, and security to prevent credit card data breaches.
Joe Castelluccio
Director, Business Development at E&I Cooperative Services
Deborah Jackson
Founder & CEO of Arrow Payments
Season: 2 | Episode: 3 | Category: Facilities
For many of us, the thought behind which batteries we choose may not go beyond selecting the type that will fit in the device.
In this episode, David and our guests discuss the different types of batteries that should be used for various applications, and why it’s so important to take the extra step to select the right product for the proper use from a trusted vendor.
David Manz
Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors at E&I Cooperative Services
Brooke Taylor
National Key Account Manager at Duracell
Scott Ruhl
National Account Manager at Batteries Plus Bulbs
Season: 2 | Episode: 2 | Category: Financial
With 74% of organizations reporting they were the target of an actual or attempted payments fraud in 2020, the problem is well known — but not well understood.
In this episode, Joe and our guests discuss the common ways these frauds are successful using real-world examples from higher education and K-12 institutions.
Joe Castelluccio
Director, Business Development at E&I Cooperative Services
Naomi Emmons
Deputy Chief Procurement Officer at the University of Kentucky
Rick Gay
Director of Procurement Services at Spring Branch Independent School District
Taylor Nemeth
Head of Payments at PaymentWorks
Season: 2 | Episode: 1 | Category: Facilities
Since March 2020, Congress has allocated $264.5 billion for private, public, K-12, and higher education spending in response to the pandemic.
Much of these funds can be used for your facilities project — including construction — if you are able to justify the costs as being necessary to virus mitigation.
David Manz
Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors at E&I Cooperative Services
Saul Alvarado
Vice President, Business Partnerships Management at E&I Cooperative Services
Matt Robeson
National Enterprise Account Manager for K-20 at Carrier
Season: 1 | Episode: 4 | Category: Diversity
Join us for part two of our discussion on supplier diversity within the education space. You’ll walk away from this episode with practical, tangible tips on how you can establish your program and build on it to make it truly great.
David Manz
Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors at E&I Cooperative Services
Saul Alvarado
Vice President, Business Partnerships Management at E&I Cooperative Services
Mark Cartwright
Former Director, Supplier Diversity at E&I Cooperative Services
Season: 1 | Episode: 3 | Category: Diversity
Join us for part one of our two-part discussion on supplier diversity within the education space, particularly for facilities departments, EH&S, and other departments responsible for serving their campus.
David Manz
Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors at E&I Cooperative Services
Saul Alvarado
Vice President, Business Partnerships Management at E&I Cooperative Services
Mark Cartwright
Former Director, Supplier Diversity at E&I Cooperative Services
Season: 1 | Episode: 2 | Category: Facilities
Join us for part two of our discussion on indoor air quality (IAQ) — and why if it’s important, you measure it. In this episode, Saul and David chat with Karl Stefan from Pure Air about best practices, what people do right and wrong in their facilities, and key contributors to IAQ that you may not be quite aware of.
David Manz
Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors at E&I Cooperative Services
Saul Alvarado
Vice President, Business Partnerships Management at E&I Cooperative Services
Karl Stefan, CIEC
Northeast Regional Manager, Industrial Hygienist at Pure Air Control Services, Inc.
Season: 1 | Episode: 1 | Category: Facilities
The need for good indoor air quality (IAQ) has been a topic for years, but COVID-19 significantly exposed deficiencies, challenges, and concerns surrounding IAQ.
Now, with facilities teams around the world discussing how to better clean their air, this area of facilities maintenance is more important than ever.
David Manz
Business Partnerships Manager, Facilities & Interiors at E&I Cooperative Services
Saul Alvarado
Vice President, Business Partnerships Management at E&I Cooperative Services
Kirk Steward
National Product Manager at Sunbelt Rentals
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