Lizness School

• Mentoring with Stanford DCI Exec Director Katie Connor

  Mentorship and Intergenerational Exchange: On this episode, Liz Dolan interviews Katie Connor, Executive Director of Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute, to hear about her career, what it's like to mentor people at various ages and how she almost flunked mindfulness. Season 1 of Lizness School is all about Liz's experience as a Fellow in this program last year.Katie Connor bio on Stanford website. https://dci.stanford.edu/katie-connor-executive-director/Katie Connor bio on LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/katieconnor/For more information on The Magic Boost, the mentorship and professional development program Liz co-founded and helps run for young content creators in sports media, view this video: https://www.themagicboost.com/For a list of the Magic Boosters and links to their work, go here: https://www.themagicboost.com/boostersDuring 2025 World Athletics Championship from Tokyo, follow these feeds from Boosters.Anderson Emerole for @citiusmag on Instagram and The Final Leg on YouTubeTiara Williams on Real Talk with Tee on InstagramJillian Michales for On Her Turf/NBC Sports @instagramDemitra Carter on InstagramSerenity Douglas on YouTube and InstagramJohnny Zhang photography on Instagram and for @citiusmagAlex Andrei videography and photography for Team USA and on @alexandtrack on InstagramHomework:For more thoughts on mentorship, check out these curated lists of TED Talks on the subject:1. GrowthMentor's "10 Best TED Talks on Mentorship"This comprehensive list covers talks from 2014-2019, featuring speakers like Austin Stanford, Kenneth Ortiz, Kimberly Griffin, and others who approach mentorship from diverse angles including entrepreneurship, workplace dynamics, and personal development 10 Best TED Talks on Mentorship - GrowthMentor2. TED's Official "How to be a Good Mentor" PlaylistTED has created an official curated playlist specifically focused on helping people "bring out the best in people" and guide others to succeed How to be a good mentor | TED Talks3. Motivation Matter's ListFeatures Kenneth Ortiz's talk on providing meaningful mentorship, emphasizing that mentorship requires significant time, investment, and thorough planning Best Mentorship TED Talks to Motivate Your Team - Get a Dose of Inspiration | Motivation MatterIf you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows.Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild.To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here.For more on Liz Dolan, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Satellite Sisters⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify.⁠⁠⁠⁠On Instagram, follow the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow Liz at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/⁠⁠⁠⁠.Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd on Instagram and Leah Sutherland on LinkedIn. To email Lizness School with your own voicememos/questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected] Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Complete information here.⁠⁠⁠⁠Email the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected] ⁠See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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• Lizness School S2E2: It's Birthday Goal-Setting Time

  On today's episode, Liz lays out some new goals for the new year that starts on her September 11th birthday. And announces a big event for September 2026. She's got a whole year to train and Leah's going to help. And she wasn't kidding about The Stairs of Death thing. We've also got listener contributions - voice memos and emails with thoughts on transitions and taglines. Thanks to Carole on her "victory lap" inspiration, Jodi for her info about being a volunteer writer in the "My Life, My Story" program at a local hospital and Emily Herrick for her tagline "Where Learning Never Ends. We love it!Coming up next episode: An interview with Katie Connor, the Executive Director of Satnford's Distinguished Careers Institute that Liz attended last year. Katie has a lot of insights on transitions, lifelong learning + the powers of hanging out with the young'uns.Do you have a question or a thought to share? Record a voice memo on your phone then email it to [email protected] or DM it to Liz on the @liznessschool Instagram.HOMEWORK:In the interests of life-long learning, we have suggestions at the end of every episode of things to read, listen to, follow or explore.This week Liz recommends the website and online magazine from Stanford Center on Longevity. Even if you are not interested in living to be 100 (which she is skeptical about), they've got lots of great info on health, finance, science and culture on their website . They also publish a free online magazine you can subscribe to.Because she's obsessed with learning about Artificial Intelligence, Liz also recommends this episode of Live Wire with a fascinating interview by Luke Burbank of journalist Evan Ratliff about his AI podcast Shell Game. Listen to the interview then try out Evan's show.Leah recommends a NYT podcast interview with Chris Voss about the power of empathy in negotiations and in life.If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows.Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild.To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here.For more on Liz Dolan, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Satellite Sisters⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify.⁠⁠⁠⁠On Instagram, follow the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow Liz at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected] Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Complete information here.⁠⁠⁠⁠Email the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected] ⁠See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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• Lizness School Season 2 Premiere: New Life Choices

  Lizness School Season 2 Premiere: New Life ChoicesIt's all about choices now. Liz Dolan completed her year as a Fellow at Stanford's Distinguished Careers Institute and now she's back in the wild figuring out what's next. There are always lots of choices to make and she's got goals about work, community and wellness. Her millennial mentor Leah Sutherland is in the middle of her own transitions, so they've got lots to share. New this year is that Liz and Leah will be inviting guests to talk about their own big life decisions. They'll also be conducting Office Hours for listeners.Do you have a question or a thought to share? Record a voice memo on your photo then email it to [email protected] or DM it to Liz on the @liznessschool Instagram.If you are new to Lizness School, we suggest you listen to Season 1 to hear all about Liz's year as a Stanford Fellow. Everything from Neuroscience and Chinese History to Pickleball! Plus a great community experience with her fellow DCI Fellows. Season 2 is about how she puts her lessons to work in the wild.To listen to Liz +. Leah's recap of Lizness School Season 1, go to our FINALE here.For more on Liz Dolan, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Satellite Sisters⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including ⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify.⁠⁠⁠⁠On Instagram, follow the show at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow Liz at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected] Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Complete information here.⁠⁠⁠⁠Email the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected] ⁠Other Learning Suggestions:If you are interested in learning about artificial intelligence, Liz recommends the newsletter from Stanford HAI. That's Stanford University's Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. It's newsy and not too crazy techy. Just enough to keep you in the loop. Here's a link. Subscribe.Listener Nicole also recommends all the free courses now offered by MIT. Here's a link to their site.Since 2001, MIT OpenCourseWare has been creating new opportunities for millions of learners and educators, sharing Open Educational Resources (OER) from MIT and helping to lead a global revolution in free access to knowledge.MIT OpenCourseWare continues to build on this foundation. With a new web platform, ever-growing content, and collaborations across the vibrant open education ecosystem, we're creating a world of more equitable and inclusive education for all.MIT OpenCourseWare is a free and open collection of material from thousands of MIT courses, covering the entire MIT curriculum.Knowledge is your reward. Use OCW to guide your own life-long learning, or to teach others. MIT does not offer credit or certification to users of OCW – and asks for nothing in return.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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• Lizness School Episode 22: Commencement

  Liz finishes up her year at Stanford DCI and heads home to Santa Monica CA but first Leah delivers a commencement speech. They also discuss a special episode coming up next - a final cut that is a combination of audio highlights from the year's worth of podcasts and some of Liz's writing n her memoir class. Lizness School Season 2 will come back at the beginning of the new school year. It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she does a year as a Fellow at ⁠⁠Stanford University⁠⁠'s ⁠⁠Distinguished Careers Institute⁠⁠. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. For more on Liz Dolan, go to ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to ⁠⁠Satellite Sisters⁠⁠ Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Spotify.⁠⁠ On Instagram, follow the show at ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/⁠⁠ and follow Liz at ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/⁠⁠. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use ⁠⁠[email protected]. ⁠⁠ The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. ⁠⁠Complete information here.⁠⁠ Email the podcast ⁠⁠[email protected] ⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• Lizness School Episode 22: Commencement

  Liz finishes up her year at Stanford DCI and heads home to Santa Monica CA but first Leah delivers a commencement speech. They also discuss a special episode coming up next - a final cut that is a combination of audio highlights from the year's worth of podcasts and some of Liz's writing n her memoir class. Lizness School Season 2 will come back at the beginning of the new school year. It's Lizness not business this year for Liz Dolan as she does a year as a Fellow at ⁠⁠Stanford University⁠⁠'s ⁠⁠Distinguished Careers Institute⁠⁠. Start at Episode 1 if you are new to Lizness School. For more on Liz Dolan, go to ⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠ For more on Liz's work in podcasting, go to ⁠⁠Satellite Sisters⁠⁠ Follow Lizness School on all podcasting platforms including ⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Spotify.⁠⁠ On Instagram, follow the show at ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/liznessschool/⁠⁠ and follow Liz at ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/satellitesisterliz/⁠⁠. Follow Producer and Millennial Mentor Leah Sutherland @leahhsutherlandd To email Lizness School with your own questions/thoughts/suggestions for Liz or Leah, use ⁠⁠[email protected]. ⁠⁠ The Distinguished Careers Institute is a unique program for late career people. Fellows are graduate students at Stanford University, able to take classes in any area. ⁠⁠Complete information here.⁠⁠ Email the podcast ⁠⁠[email protected] ⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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