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Purchasing Made Personal Podcast

Purchasing Made Personal Podcast

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The Purchasing Made Personal Podcast takes you inside the world of cooperative purchasing through TIPS-USA, one of the nation’s leading cooperatives. Each episode features insights from the TIPS team, TIPS Members, and Awarded Vendors—sharing stories, strategies, and practical “tips” to make procurement simpler, faster, and more effective.TIPS-USA Economics
Episodes
  • Say Yes to the Request: Becoming a Strategic Procurement Partner

    Say Yes to the Request: Becoming a Strategic Procurement Partner
    Jul 21 2026

    In this episode of the Purchasing Made Personal Podcast, Mariel Reed, Founder and CEO of Pavilion, explains how public procurement teams can move beyond the “Department of No” and become proactive, strategic partners to the departments they serve. Michael and Mariel discuss improving stakeholder relationships, simplifying compliant purchasing, using cooperative contracts more effectively, and creating procurement processes that help public agencies work faster without sacrificing compliance.
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    47 mins
  • Getting Personal with Stacey McPherson

    Getting Personal with Stacey McPherson
    Jul 14 2026

    TIPS is built on relationships, and our Program Managers are at the heart of it. In this episode, we sit down with Program Manager Stacey McPherson to learn about his work with members and vendors across South Central US.
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    46 mins
  • Understanding ESPCs for Public Entities

    Understanding ESPCs for Public Entities
    Jul 7 2026

    In this episode of the Purchasing Made Personal Podcast, Michael Tucker is joined by Tom Ferrentino from TIPS Construction to discuss Energy Savings Performance Contracts, or ESPCs. Tom explains how ESPCs can help schools, municipalities, and other public agencies evaluate facility costs, improve energy efficiency, and plan for long-term building performance through smarter public procurement and cooperative purchasing.
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    35 mins
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