Podcasts: The Cambridge Connection
The Cambridge Connection
THE Cambridge Connection brings together a community of people, organizations and experts, who are making a difference every day, helping others achieve financial independence and freedom. Host Gordon Oliver and his co-pilot and financial counselor Tinamarie discuss and share stories of real people with real financial problems and the available financial options they can follow to turn a negative financial situation into a positive one. THE Cambridge Connection is brought to you in partnership with Cambridge Credit Counseling, a Better Business Bureau rated, non-profit, who for 25 years has helped millions of people across the U.S. with their debt solutions.
THE Cambridge Connection Ep 28
It’s Tax Time and That Means Scammer Hunting Season!
Scamming now involves anything where your information can reside on the dark wide web and that includes taxes! Join Steve Weisman, Attorney, Professor of White Collar Crime and Scamming Expert as he, Gordy and Tinamarie dive into what to watch for now that Tax Season is upon us!
THE Cambridge Connection Ep 27
In This World There Is Nothing Certain But Death And Taxes – Benjamin Franklin
You can never have TOO many tax tips, especially in today’s tax and financial climate! Join local CPA, Thomas Foley, as he shares his Tom’s Tax Tips for 2022! Believe it or not, it’s not as boring as you might think!
THE Cambridge Connection Ep 26
What is an NFT? And Other Need To Know Information in the Crypto Universe, Part II
With so much hype around Crypto Currency and the digital art known as NFT’s – well, we had to bring Crypto expert, Ben Noble, back for a second week. We’ll never be able to explain it here so listen in!
THE Cambridge Connection Ep 25
Confused About Crypto Currency, Bitcoin and Blockchain – We Were Too!
The world is changing and so is how we purchase items, invest and move our money around. We roped in a true Crypto expert out of Austin, Texas, Entrepreneur Ben Noble. Ben’s been in the Crypto universe since 2017 and he’s one of those ‘know it all’s’ who really KNOWS IT ALL! What’s even better, he dumbs it down for those of us who find Crypto, Bitcoin and Blockchain a complete foreign language. Listen in – you’ll learn a lot in 28 minutes
THE Cambridge Connection Ep 24
Bay Path University is REimagining Working In The Non-Profit Sector
For many years working in Non-Profit Management and Strategic Fundraising was considered a low wage career path, but times have changed! Today, working at a non-profit in management and fundraising offers a myriad of opportunities, especially when it comes to the pay-scale. At Bay Path University they have REimagined the value of a graduate education to support leading and managing today’s nonprofit organizations. Listen in as Sylvia de Haas-Phillips, Assistant Professor of Management shares with Gordon and Tinamarie why working at a nonprofit, today, is more valuable than ever.
THE Cambridge Connection Ep 23
The Mass Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs
Every day, over 200,000 Massachusetts kids leave school with nowhere to go. Luckily that doesn’t have to be the story for every kid. At Boys & Girls Clubs across the Commonwealth, they’re providing a safe haven for youth after school, and during the summer months. Join Gordon and Tinamarie in an enlightening conversation, about this iconic organization, from Executive Director, Jennifer Aldworth, and her own personal story of how the Boys & Girls Club changed her life and her future.
THE Cambridge Connection Ep 22
Did you know there is a National Federation of Credit Counseling?
There are over 100 legitimate non-profit credit counseling organizations across the United States, of which the sponsor of THE Cambridge Connection Radio Show, Cambridge Credit Counseling, is one of them. The mission of the National Federation of Credit Counseling, based in Washington, D.C., is to promote a national agenda for fostering financially responsible behavior and assist their members in delivering high-quality, and highly useful, financial education and counseling services. Bruce McClary, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications, as well as a Certified Financial Counselor, joins Gordon and Tinamarie to talk about the NFCC and how the upcoming potential rise in inflation will affect the average family budget, plus his recommendations on how to find the right ‘marketplace’ to get your credit card interest down.
THE Cambridge Connection Ep 21
It’s Never Too Young to Pursue Your Entrepreneurial Passion
Junior Achievement of Western Mass President, Jennifer Connolly, joins Gordy and Tinamarie once again, but this time to introduce, a superstar student of JA, Nathaniel Claudio. Nathaniel is a Senior at Putnam Vocational High School and in-between his co-op job at a local bank, he has been working towards a future career in the media industry. His passion for podcasting led Jennifer to gather her resources and completely outfit a new media room at Putnam with all the trappings for creating a podcast. Listen in and get inspired, because it’s never too early or too late to follow your dreams.
THE Cambridge Connection Ep 20
We may think we know about scammers, but do we?
According to Attorney and Professor Steve Weisman, CEO of Scamicide.com, he never thought when he started Scamicide that he’d have enough daily scams to write about, but sadly he does. Listen in as Steve, Gordy and Tinamarie delve into the little known subject of Student Loan scamming and how scammers are so sophisticated today they are considered artists! As Steve says, BS really means, ‘Be Skeptical’.
THE Cambridge Connection Ep 19
You May Not Have Heard of The Office of Economic Empowerment, But They’re Worth Knowing
If The Massachusetts Office of Economic Empowerment is not in your top website searches, then it should be. This awesome organization may be a Mass.gov set of programs but what a set of programs they offer. From their College Savings account program to their Money Talk Tuesday YouTube series to their NEW Worth and Wealth Seminars launching January 26th – all these programs are free and focused on financial education and achieving economic stability. Join Gordon and Tinamarie along with OEE Program Director Shaitia Spruell for an in-depth conversation.
