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Helping leaders and Their People Build Personal Trust, Engaged Community, and Healthy Culture

Why We Built Zipcast

People flourish when they’re connected, aligned, and engaged in a common mission.

But schools are struggling to reach their students’ parents to keep them informed and engaged. The leaders of national associations and large distributed organizations have trouble building trust and familiarity with their local teams, staff, and members to grow their organizational culture from headquarters.

Current communications are failing…

Emails missed in overloaded inboxes
Videos require too much time and undivided attention
Portals are easily forgotten and ignored
Podcasts are too long and not personalized with poor analytics
Printed newsletters lost in piles and thrown away

We set out to create the most personal and human way for organizations to communicate at scale.

ZipCast helps organizational leaders connect with their people and deliver their message in their own voice, cutting through the noise of modern communication to build personal trust, an engaged community, and a healthy culture. And we help their people, oversaturated with content, hear what matters, when it matters, from the voices that lead them.

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Leading the Charge for Human Connection in Organizational Communication

Dr. W. Davies Owens

ZipCast Founder & CEO
Dr. W. Davies Owens has invested more than 25 years into helping leaders, educators, and parents communicate with purpose and clarity.

As Founder & CEO of ZipCast, Davies is pioneering a new model for organizational communication—helping schools, associations, and mission-driven organizations strengthen trust and engagement through an innovative audio platform that delivers short-form, personalized, voice-based media that respects everyone’s time and interests.

As a seasoned voice in organizational leadership and classical Christian education, Davies has served as the head of a large national education association, head of school, professor, speaker, and entrepreneur—guiding others to lead with conviction and communicate with care.

He is the host of BaseCamp Live, a long-running podcast equipping parents and educators with practical wisdom for raising the next generation. And he teaches in the master’s program for classical school leadership at Gordon College and serves on the board of academic advisors for the Classic Learning Test (CLT). He holds an MDiv from Duke Divinity School and a doctorate from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Co-founders & Strategic Advisers

Peter Kraus

Chief Executive Officer at Rellify
Twenty-five years in enterprise software product and executive leadership (Concur, SAP, Family Digital, Rellify)

John Frendl

Founder & CEO at cappital
Twenty years of technology and executive experience, including launching and operating major media platforms (DailyWire, PragerU, THINQ, Cru)

The ZipCast Team

Daniel Copetillo

Director of Content & Strategic Operations

Kate Stillman

Project Manager

Priya Kanaparti

Technical Product Manager

Hannah Brusven

Client Services & Sales

Ashton Lawrence

Client Services

Amy Dent Beebe

Syndicated Content Editor

Logan Green

Chief Audio Engineer

What Do People Think of ZipCast?

“Just keep doing what you’re doing!”

“Just keep doing what you’re doing! My favorite part is where you defend a classical Christian education and the “why” behind a lot of the things we do. As a parent, it’s so hopeful to get the regular reminders of why it’s worth the extra sacrifices to send our kids to this school vs. giving them a free public education.

Emily Richards
Madison Christian School
“A great addition to our community”

“Zipcast has been a great addition to our school community, adding a different option for parents to engage and get information other than every school's everlasting emails!”

John Smith
Providence Classical Christian School
Oxford, Georgia
“It has been very helpful to me”

“I have thoroughly enjoyed the information each week. It has been very helpful to me, a grandmother raising a 9 yr old. I anxiously await what ZipCast will bring each week!”

Maria Gutierrez
Charlotte, North Carolina
“Just keep doing what you’re doing!”

“Just keep doing what you’re doing! My favorite part is where you defend a classical Christian education and the “why” behind a lot of the things we do. As a parent, it’s so hopeful to get the regular reminders of why it’s worth the extra sacrifices to send our kids to this school vs. giving them a free public education.

Emily Richards
Madison Christian School
“A great addition to our community”

“Zipcast has been a great addition to our school community, adding a different option for parents to engage and get information other than every school's everlasting emails!”

John Smith
Providence Classical Christian School
Oxford, Georgia
“It has been very helpful to me”

“I have thoroughly enjoyed the information each week. It has been very helpful to me, a grandmother raising a 9 yr old. I anxiously await what ZipCast will bring each week!”

Maria Gutierrez
Charlotte, North Carolina
“Just keep doing what you’re doing!”

“Just keep doing what you’re doing! My favorite part is where you defend a classical Christian education and the “why” behind a lot of the things we do. As a parent, it’s so hopeful to get the regular reminders of why it’s worth the extra sacrifices to send our kids to this school vs. giving them a free public education.

Emily Richards
Madison Christian School
“A great addition to our community”

“Zipcast has been a great addition to our school community, adding a different option for parents to engage and get information other than every school's everlasting emails!”

John Smith
Providence Classical Christian School
Oxford, Georgia
“It has been very helpful to me”

“I have thoroughly enjoyed the information each week. It has been very helpful to me, a grandmother raising a 9 yr old. I anxiously await what ZipCast will bring each week!”

Maria Gutierrez
Charlotte, North Carolina
“Just keep doing what you’re doing!”

“Just keep doing what you’re doing! My favorite part is where you defend a classical Christian education and the “why” behind a lot of the things we do. As a parent, it’s so hopeful to get the regular reminders of why it’s worth the extra sacrifices to send our kids to this school vs. giving them a free public education.

Emily Richards
Madison Christian School
“A great addition to our community”

“Zipcast has been a great addition to our school community, adding a different option for parents to engage and get information other than every school's everlasting emails!”

John Smith
Providence Classical Christian School
Oxford, Georgia
“It has been very helpful to me”

“I have thoroughly enjoyed the information each week. It has been very helpful to me, a grandmother raising a 9 yr old. I anxiously await what ZipCast will bring each week!”

Maria Gutierrez
Charlotte, North Carolina
“Just keep doing what you’re doing!”

“Just keep doing what you’re doing! My favorite part is where you defend a classical Christian education and the “why” behind a lot of the things we do. As a parent, it’s so hopeful to get the regular reminders of why it’s worth the extra sacrifices to send our kids to this school vs. giving them a free public education.

Emily Richards
Madison Christian School
“A great addition to our community”

“Zipcast has been a great addition to our school community, adding a different option for parents to engage and get information other than every school's everlasting emails!”

John Smith
Providence Classical Christian School
Oxford, Georgia
“It has been very helpful to me”

“I have thoroughly enjoyed the information each week. It has been very helpful to me, a grandmother raising a 9 yr old. I anxiously await what ZipCast will bring each week!”

Maria Gutierrez
Charlotte, North Carolina
"They Want It Twice a Week"

“My kids are asking to hear ZipCast twice a week!”

Andrew Bolder
School of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, MO
“Tears of Gratitude”

“I was teary listening to my colleagues articulate such good truth and vision for the school!! I have listened to the episode several times already! We appreciate you!”

Michelle Thompson
Hand in Hand Christian Montessori
Roseville, MN
“More Personal Than a Newsletter”

“It has given us a way to connect with our parents on a more personal level than our weekly newsletter allows.”

Jessica DellaVecchia
Veritas Classical School
St. Augustine, FL
"They Want It Twice a Week"

“My kids are asking to hear ZipCast twice a week!”

Andrew Bolder
School of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, MO
“Tears of Gratitude”

“I was teary listening to my colleagues articulate such good truth and vision for the school!! I have listened to the episode several times already! We appreciate you!”

Michelle Thompson
Hand in Hand Christian Montessori
Roseville, MN
“More Personal Than a Newsletter”

“It has given us a way to connect with our parents on a more personal level than our weekly newsletter allows.”

Jessica DellaVecchia
Veritas Classical School
St. Augustine, FL
"They Want It Twice a Week"

“My kids are asking to hear ZipCast twice a week!”

Andrew Bolder
School of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, MO
“Tears of Gratitude”

“I was teary listening to my colleagues articulate such good truth and vision for the school!! I have listened to the episode several times already! We appreciate you!”

Michelle Thompson
Hand in Hand Christian Montessori
Roseville, MN
“More Personal Than a Newsletter”

“It has given us a way to connect with our parents on a more personal level than our weekly newsletter allows.”

Jessica DellaVecchia
Veritas Classical School
St. Augustine, FL
"They Want It Twice a Week"

“My kids are asking to hear ZipCast twice a week!”

Andrew Bolder
School of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, MO
“Tears of Gratitude”

“I was teary listening to my colleagues articulate such good truth and vision for the school!! I have listened to the episode several times already! We appreciate you!”

Michelle Thompson
Hand in Hand Christian Montessori
Roseville, MN
“More Personal Than a Newsletter”

“It has given us a way to connect with our parents on a more personal level than our weekly newsletter allows.”

Jessica DellaVecchia
Veritas Classical School
St. Augustine, FL
"They Want It Twice a Week"

“My kids are asking to hear ZipCast twice a week!”

Andrew Bolder
School of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, MO
“Tears of Gratitude”

“I was teary listening to my colleagues articulate such good truth and vision for the school!! I have listened to the episode several times already! We appreciate you!”

Michelle Thompson
Hand in Hand Christian Montessori
Roseville, MN
“More Personal Than a Newsletter”

“It has given us a way to connect with our parents on a more personal level than our weekly newsletter allows.”

Jessica DellaVecchia
Veritas Classical School
St. Augustine, FL
“Our Monday Morning Anchor”

“ZipCast has become an anchoring aspect of my family’s Monday morning pre-school day routine.”

Jen Graham
Providence Classical Christian School
Oxford, GA
“Timely Encouragement”

“God has used it in timely ways in my life… Thank you for all that you do to further the kingdom.”

Amy-Lynn Barton
Providence Academy
Rockwell, TX
“Wonderful Encouragement”

“Thanks for all your work with ZipCast. It has been a wonderful encouragement to SCCS!”

Lauren
Seattle Classical Christian School
Seattle, WA
“Our Monday Morning Anchor”

“ZipCast has become an anchoring aspect of my family’s Monday morning pre-school day routine.”

Jen Graham
Providence Classical Christian School
Oxford, GA
“Timely Encouragement”

“God has used it in timely ways in my life… Thank you for all that you do to further the kingdom.”

Amy-Lynn Barton
Providence Academy
Rockwell, TX
“Wonderful Encouragement”

“Thanks for all your work with ZipCast. It has been a wonderful encouragement to SCCS!”

Lauren
Seattle Classical Christian School
Seattle, WA
“Our Monday Morning Anchor”

“ZipCast has become an anchoring aspect of my family’s Monday morning pre-school day routine.”

Jen Graham
Providence Classical Christian School
Oxford, GA
“Timely Encouragement”

“God has used it in timely ways in my life… Thank you for all that you do to further the kingdom.”

Amy-Lynn Barton
Providence Academy
Rockwell, TX
“Wonderful Encouragement”

“Thanks for all your work with ZipCast. It has been a wonderful encouragement to SCCS!”

Lauren
Seattle Classical Christian School
Seattle, WA
“Our Monday Morning Anchor”

“ZipCast has become an anchoring aspect of my family’s Monday morning pre-school day routine.”

Jen Graham
Providence Classical Christian School
Oxford, GA
“Timely Encouragement”

“God has used it in timely ways in my life… Thank you for all that you do to further the kingdom.”

Amy-Lynn Barton
Providence Academy
Rockwell, TX
“Wonderful Encouragement”

“Thanks for all your work with ZipCast. It has been a wonderful encouragement to SCCS!”

Lauren
Seattle Classical Christian School
Seattle, WA
“Our Monday Morning Anchor”

“ZipCast has become an anchoring aspect of my family’s Monday morning pre-school day routine.”

Jen Graham
Providence Classical Christian School
Oxford, GA
“Timely Encouragement”

“God has used it in timely ways in my life… Thank you for all that you do to further the kingdom.”

Amy-Lynn Barton
Providence Academy
Rockwell, TX
“Wonderful Encouragement”

“Thanks for all your work with ZipCast. It has been a wonderful encouragement to SCCS!”

Lauren
Seattle Classical Christian School
Seattle, WA
“Just keep doing what you’re doing!”

“Just keep doing what you’re doing! My favorite part is where you defend a classical Christian education and the “why” behind a lot of the things we do. As a parent, it’s so hopeful to get the regular reminders of why it’s worth the extra sacrifices to send our kids to this school vs. giving them a free public education.

Emily Richards
Madison Christian School
“A great addition to our community”

“Zipcast has been a great addition to our school community, adding a different option for parents to engage and get information other than every school's everlasting emails!”

John Smith
Providence Classical Christian School
Oxford, Georgia
“It has been very helpful to me”

“I have thoroughly enjoyed the information each week. It has been very helpful to me, a grandmother raising a 9 yr old. I anxiously await what ZipCast will bring each week!”

Maria Gutierrez
Charlotte, North Carolina
"They Want It Twice a Week"

“My kids are asking to hear ZipCast twice a week!”

Andrew Bolder
School of the Ozarks
Point Lookout, MO
“Tears of Gratitude”

“I was teary listening to my colleagues articulate such good truth and vision for the school!! I have listened to the episode several times already! We appreciate you!”

Michelle Thompson
Hand in Hand Christian Montessori
Roseville, MN
“More Personal Than a Newsletter”

“It has given us a way to connect with our parents on a more personal level than our weekly newsletter allows.”

Jessica DellaVecchia
Veritas Classical School
St. Augustine, FL
“Our Monday Morning Anchor”

“ZipCast has become an anchoring aspect of my family’s Monday morning pre-school day routine.”

Jen Graham
Providence Classical Christian School
Oxford, GA
“Timely Encouragement”

“God has used it in timely ways in my life… Thank you for all that you do to further the kingdom.”

Amy-Lynn Barton
Providence Academy
Rockwell, TX
“Wonderful Encouragement”

“Thanks for all your work with ZipCast. It has been a wonderful encouragement to SCCS!”

Lauren
Seattle Classical Christian School
Seattle, WA

The Next Generation of Organizational Communication

“They didn’t read the newsletter. They didn’t download your podcast. But 95% of your people listened to their ZipCast.”
— based on average analytics from all ZipCast customers

For Schools

Keep parents and students informed, aligned, and engaged while they’re “on-the-go” with short, weekly audio messages from their school leadership and curated experts, automatically personalized for each family.

ZipCast for Schools

For Associations

Associations communicate to their members and local leaders at every layer of their organizational structure, equipping their people each week through the personal voice of leadership highlighting and directing members to longer form resources.

For Organizations

Create direct touch-points with your people and align mission by equipping listeners each week to stay connected and go deeper with your organizational resources.

“I was teary listening to my colleagues articulate such good truth and vision for the school!! I have listened to the episode several times already! We appreciate you!”

Michelle Thompson

Hand in Hand Christian Montessori

“ZipCast has become an anchoring aspect of my family’s Monday morning pre-school day routine.”

Jen Graham

Providence Classical Christian School

“Just keep doing what you’re doing! My favorite part is where you defend a classical Christian education and the “why” behind a lot of the things we do. As a parent, it’s so hopeful to get the regular reminders of why it’s worth the extra sacrifices to send our kids to this school vs. giving them a free public education.

Emily Richards

Madison Christian School

“I have thoroughly enjoyed the information each week. It has been very helpful to me, a grandmother raising a 9 yr old. I anxiously await what ZipCast will bring each week!”

Maria Gutierrez

“My kids are asking to hear ZipCast twice a week!”

Andrew Bolder

School of the Ozarks

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