How We Help Nonprofits with Navy Veteran Dan Goldenberg

Published: Nov. 12, 2018, 7 a.m.

b"Dan Goldenberg, who currently serves as a captain in the Navy Reserve, brings to the job 24 years of active and reserve military service.\\xa0 Similarly, Dan has more than a decade of business experience most recently serving as Sr. Vice President of Growth Partnership Services at Frost & Sullivan, a global research and management consulting firm.\\xa0 Prior to that Dan was a senior director and practice manager at CEB. Highlights of his military service include tours as a commanding officer, carrier-based naval flight officer, and special assistant to the Secretary of the Navy. For his work in support of veteran employment, he was named to The Mighty 25: Veterans to Watch in 2017.\\n\\n\\u201cYou have to be an incredibly efficient user of your time.\\u201d \\u2013 Dan Goldenberg\\n\\nDan Goldenberg- Graduate School Transition\\n\\nDan is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Harvard Business School and the Air Command and Staff College. Above all, his strong personal connection to veterans and understanding first-hand the impact they can have in the civilian workforce will drive the Endowments efforts to place veterans into high quality jobs.,\\xa0\\xa0Goldenberg is currently the Executive Director of the Call of Duty Endowment, an organization that focuses on aiding veterans in the U.S. and U.K. into meaningful employment following their service.\\n\\n\\u201cI needed some kind of transition vehicle, I needed to learn the language of business, I needed to understand what the different functions were, the different industries and really get some credibility so I wasn\\u2019t put in a box .\\u201d \\u2013 Dan Goldenberg\\n\\nThe Call of Duty Endowment (www.callofdutyendowment.org) is celebrating reaching 50,000 high quality employment placements for veterans in the U.S. and U.K. - a milestone reached one year ahead of schedule.\\nPassion to Mentor \\nDan had the opportunity during his reserve career to do what he loved by helping and mentoring sailors as they returned from Afghanistan.\\xa0 In addition he observed that his sailors were struggling to find meaningful work and wanted to help. Now Dan has the opportunity to help through the endowment and sharing with employers the value that veterans bring to the workforce.\\n\\n\\u201cWe are focused on finding and funding the highest performing nonprofits in the country that do veteran employment counseling.\\u201d \\u2013 Dan Goldenberg\\nRecognizing Veteran's Skills\\nWorking with recruiters to help employers recognize skills that veterans bring to the workforce is essential. \\xa0For instance, some employers are not risk takers and our job is to arm our recruiters to work with employers to see the value of veterans.\\n\\n\\u201cYou guys are order takers, you\\u2019re not creative, you\\u2019re a cultural class-fear of PTSD; overcoming these types of things is really important.\\u201d \\u2013 Dan Goldenberg\\n\\nTo hear more strategies for your business from Dan's, download this episode.\\n\\nDon\\u2019t forget to leave us a 5-star rating and review if you enjoyed the show. We would love to hear from you!\\n\\nCheck out these links for Dan Goldenberg:\\n\\n \\tWebsite\\n \\tLinkedIn\\n\\nDownload Joe Crane\\u2019s\\xa0Top 7 Paths to Freedom\\xa0or get it on your mobile device. Text VETERAN to 38470. \\xa0\\nJoin the Veteran on the Move on Facebook!\\nCheck out\\xa0Veteran on the Move on Facebook\\xa0to connect with our guests! It\\u2019s a great place where you can stay in touch with other veterans who are transitioning to entrepreneurship.\\xa0 Get updates and free gouge on the people, programs and resources to help you in your transition to entrepreneurship.\\n\\nVeteran On the Move\\xa0podcast has published over 200 episodes. Our listeners have the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host\\xa0Joe Crane\\xa0. The podcast features people, programs and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship.\\xa0 As a result,\\xa0Veteran On the Move\\xa0has over 1,000,000 verified downloads through\\xa0Stitcher Radio,\\xa0Sound Cloud,\\xa0itunes\\xa0and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today."