Episode 130: Conferences Are Done All Wrong
About the Podcast
In this 6 minute “Candid Clancy” episode, Clancy, a Keynote Speaker who has taken stages around the world, suggests that we need to summits and conferences differently so we can all learn and do better.
About Clancy Harrison
As a registered dietitian, TEDx speaker, international speaker, and author, Clancy Harrison challenges the way food insecurity is approached in the US. Her mission to demolish the stigma around healthy food access places her on the cutting edge of advocacy.
Clancy is the founder of the Food Dignity® Project, a strategic program for leaders who want to shift how they approach nutrition outreach by making healthy food access a priority. She transforms the lives of thousands of people through her work with corporations, non-profit organizations, and universities.
Currently, Clancy is an advisory board member for the Pennsylvania American Academy of Pediatrics Food Insecurity EPIC program, Ambassador of the National Dairy Council, and the President of the Al Beech West Side Food Pantry. Since the onset of COVID-19 Clancy has distributed nearly 1 million meals in her community to improve access to healthy food through effective collaborations.
Discussion Takeaways
- We need to stop sharing our best practices during food security and nutrition conferences and summits. The reality is, as long as there is hunger and malnutrition, we are not doing our best.
- What’s missed at conferences is that we don’t get to hear about what we or other programs need to improve. We must ask questions about the gaps in current services to understand what we can do better.
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- We need to discuss real problems, real solutions, and how we can work smarter.
Each week on the Food Dignity® Podcast, the Food Dignity® Movement's Clancy Harrison hosts a wide variety of hunger experts and other people making changes on the frontlines. Join us as we dive deep into conversations that will change the way you think about food insecurity.
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