Raise Your Own Bar Ep 38

About this episode

The episode features a conversation with a disabled Army veteran who advocates for community engagement and digital marketing in rural areas.

In this week’s episode, I sit down with an extraordinary guest: the host of the JRC Podcast, a powerhouse community advocate helping to market and promote events and small businesses across Guernsey County, Ohio. A disabled Army veteran, he credits his service with teaching him two defining lessons: discipline and resilience. He has built his entire life around both. He opens up about his years as an Army HR specialist, the injuries and multiple surgeries that followed his deployments, and the long road to recovery that reshaped who he is. Despite the physical challenges he still lives with, he refuses to let disability define him. As he puts it, “I’m disabled, not dead.” And he lives that truth every day. We dive into the unique challenge of bringing rural communities into the modern digital world and how he is helping local organizations embrace social media marketing and online engagement. His passion for service shines through everything he does. He volunteers with nonprofits, serves on community boards, supports groups like the Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, Feed My People, and the Honor Guard, and uses his platform to elevate the needs of others. He also shares his…

People in this episode

Host: Know Better Do Better

Guest: disabled Army veteran

Topics covered

• community advocacy
• digital marketing
• resilience
• service
• leadership
• social media

Keywords

• community advocate
• digital world
• social media marketing
• Army veteran
• resilience
• nonprofits
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: JRC Podcast, Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity, Feed My People, Honor Guard

Places: Guernsey County, Ohio

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