The Kindness Revolution Radio Network

Farmers District Manager Nate Sparrow discusses the challenges involved with recruiting and supporting agency owners during these challenging times. 

This Kindness Moment introduces the popular poem that describes the "dash" that appears between the date of our birth and the date of our death.  

Farmers Agent Matt Bedford shares his journey to becoming a Farmers agent and his service philosophy,  

This is an inspiring episode. Ed's guest is Angel MacDonald of the MacDonald State Farm agency in Kosciusko, Mississippi.  Angel shares her kind student recognition program and stories about the results she experiences.  

In this podcast episode, Ed shares the inspiring story of Raymond Dunn Jr. and how the Gerber family of employees rallied behind a suffering baby customer.  

In this inspiring segment, Ed interviews Bob Furniss regarding his daughter Keesha's courageous battle with cancer, his creation of a non-profit initiative in her honor, and his new book "On to Blue" which covers her life and battle.  

Ted Paris, Executive Director of the National Association of Professional Allstate Agents, shares the challenges being faced by newer insurance agents and suggestions as to how to deal with them.  This interview offers valuable takeaways for both new and existing agents during these difficult times.  

Julia Cook, author of over 80 children's books and parenting expert, joins Ed to share her publishing journey and how one phone call changed her career from  school counselor to best-selling author.  

In this inspiring segment, Ed interviews Chelsea Howlett, Excecutive Director of the Noyes Home in St. Joseph.  She tells the story of the history of Noyes Home as well as the fundraising event coming up in March.  

If you've ever thought about writing YOUR book, this is a great interview with author advocate Steve Williford. He has worked with Fred Smith (yes, that Fred Smith), Zig Ziglar, Francis Maguire, and dozens of other authors resulting is sales of over 15 million books.  

Jan Rooney with the Jan Rooney State Farm agency in Canton, Georgia discuss her agency culture and what separates her agency from others. 

Will Joyce, of the Will Joyce Allstate Agency in Temecula, CA gives an update as to what is happening with the recent fires and how they are impacting insurers and home owners.  

Join Ed as he welcomes Wendy Douglas, owner of the Wendy Douglas Agency in Redding, California, as she gives shout outs to her local Kindness Ambassadors and shares how they have distributed over $26,000 locally with their Random Acts of Kindness campaign.  

Our segment guest Tom Rocca..the "Roving Rocca"...shares best practices for working your next trade show.  Tom is a trade show influencer and knows how to work a room! 

Call reuctance is THE most frequent reason for sales producers failures.  It is the reason that one sales rep can take a list of leads and convert them into sales and, given the same list and skills, another rep will fail.  Manard Warren, CEO of Manard Warren & Assciates, explains the cause and solution. 

Ed got a note from a listener suggesting that we recognize some unsung heroes that are keeping us safe and warm doing these cold winter days...our linemen!  

Ed shares the story of one his listeners, Chris, who has a problem that is quickly and creatively solved by the hotel where he is staying.  The lesson...deal with the solution, not the problem.  The problem, in this case, was that there were no shoe stores open.  The solution was...shoes.  

Tory Tipp, owner of the Tory Tipp State Farm agency in Lyons, Kansas, shares his enthusiasm for The Kindness Revolution and some of the many kindness campaigns his teams runs in Lyons. If you visit Tory's Facebook page, you'll see why Tory is one of the leading Ambassadors for TKR.  

Ed's guest is Don Tolly of the Tolly & Associates AMERICAN FAMILY Insurance agency.  Don shares the benefits of cause marketing, some examples, and his plans for 2025.  Don has been an Ambassador for The Kindness Revolution for over 10 ten years and is known as "the Kindness Guy" in St. Joseph, Missouri.