Eddie Francis

04/26/2025

Happiness is cooking breakfast on a Saturday morning and getting your grits at just the right consistency.

04/24/2025

A proud product of Kentucky who’s fascinated with leadership and the stories of Black folks? Yes, please.

I’m SO glad that Dominique Luster joined me on . Her thoughts about developing as a professional archivist are nothing short of fascinating.

Two of Dominique’s pearls that you’ve got to listen for:
1) “Archives are not neutral.”
2) “History doesn’t repeat itself, humans do.”

Check it all out at https://forouredification.podbean.com/e/archives-are-not-neutral/

04/17/2025

Great piece by Forbes. In my most recent position, I made it a point to check in with my team, especially the highest performers. This article confirms a lot of what I heard from them.

High performers leave quietly when they feel overlooked or underused. Learn how to spot the signs early and create the conditions that help top talent stay and thrive.

04/17/2025

One of the biggest mistakes we make is only looking to people with titles and credentials for leadership insights when the people without titles and credentials have insights that are just as important and impactful.

04/11/2025

When you’re a husband who’s secure in your manhood and who listens to your highly resourceful wife. 😁🤷🏽‍♂️

04/05/2025

We are on NOW! Go to https://wbok1230.com

04/03/2025

One of the most valuable things that an marketing and communications leader can do is encourage campus administrators, faculty, staff, students and alumni to THINK BIG.

04/02/2025

is empowering everyone to be part of the solution while showing them how much the solution means to you.

03/29/2025

Didn’t see much of the this year, but Halima and I did catch a pretty stirring panel discussion—The Power of Perception: Race, Class and the American Narrative—with , and , moderated by .

03/29/2025

Duty done today.

03/28/2025

What an absolute joy it was to have Rashad Young on . The host of the podcast, “Knowing Is Knowing”, Rashad joined me to discuss how he tries to live up to the (literal) meaning of his name and how he finds purpose in setbacks, and how he practices .

03/20/2025

I really wanted to chat with Mike Ayalon of Greek University about his dissertation “The Early Warning Signs of Hazing in College Fraternities and Sororities” on without there being a story, but here we are.

Mike discussed the findings of his research. He talked about unexpected findings, how the definition of hazing compares among campus National Interfraternity Council groups, National Panhellenic Conference groups, and National Pan-Hellenic Council groups.

Mike also described the pressures and stress of student affairs professionals and his recommendations for identifying early warning signs of .

Listen to the entire episode at https://zencastr.com/z/e7U2mhI7

03/15/2025

Today's severe weather caused a series of power outages in the area, so only a portion of today's ran. We should be able to run a replay of today's show next week.

In the meantime, enjoy this great conversation with Dr Esha Lovrić from February 22nd about her aggressive social media campaign to educate the public on the importance of .

Dr. Esha Lovric wants to build a world community of critical thinkers. She visited to discuss her aggressive social media campaign on Thre...

03/12/2025

Got a wisdom tooth pulled and got doctor’s orders to eat ice cream. At least that’s the way I heard it.

03/10/2025

Happy Alphaversary to my LBs and ! 36 years…dang. 🤙🏽 !

02/24/2025

What a time at the annual conference! I presented my leadership through philanthropy program, “Give ‘Til It’s Built” to a group of fraternity and sorority members from the northeast and other parts of the country.

And congrats to and his team on another great conference!

02/20/2025

Am I ready to talk philanthropy at ? Yes, I believe so.