227: Pat Shea—Use Your Passions To Become Who You Want To Be

<p style="text-align: center;"><span style= "font-size: 24px;"><strong>Hear about the joy of volunteering and giving to others </strong></span></p> <p>I met Pat Shea through the Women’s Business Collaborative and couldn’t be happier to get to know her. Here is a woman who has a purpose and a passion to help others and wants to share her story. During our podcast, we talk about her own journey and the many twists and turns that led her to where she is today. Now, she has created an innovative platform to help companies and their employees give to others. Here is her story. I urge you to pause and take a listen.<img class="mce-hs-more" style= "height: 20px !important;" src= "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-mce-placeholder="" /></p> <p style= "margin-top: 12.95pt; margin-right: 41.3pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; padding-left: 0in; font-size: 20px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff;"><strong><img style= "width: 171px; float: left; margin: 7px 18px 0px 0px;" src= "https://f.hubspotusercontent10.net/hubfs/398462/Pat%20Shea.jpg" alt="Pat Shea" width="171" />About Pat Shea</strong></span></p> <p><span style= "background-color: #ffffff; font-weight: 300;">Patricia Glaser Shea is a visionary leader who integrates a passion for social impact and business savvy to launch new ideas, build community and lead organizations into the future.</span> Currently, she is President and CEO of <a href="https://www.givful.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Givful</a>, a technology startup she co-founded that automates and simplifies workplace giving and volunteering. Named the 2020 Startup of the Year by the Nashville Technology Council, Givful provides employers and their associates with the ability to create a culture of giving, drive community impact, and launch corporate social responsibility initiatives. Before launching Givful, she was President and CEO of the YWCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee. </p> <p>In lasting, substantive ways, Pat has changed the conversation ar