#80: Learning As A Tool For Social Transformation

“Leaders must build ecosystems that support learning and ones that create safe places for trial and error during the implementation of learning. ”
— Traci Warnberg-Lemm

Are you confident that your learning efforts helping you achieve your organizational goals? Are...

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#79: Are you Prioritizing the Important Work?

Do you run around putting out fires each day?  Do you feel like you are on the hamster wheel and not sure when you will get off?   When you are letting the days run you, instead of you running the day, you most likely are not getting to the important work.  The important work is...

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#78: Tilling the Soil for Equity Leadership

“We all do better when we all do better”
— Paul Wellstone

Are you taking some of the important steps needed to support diversity, equity and inclusion goals in your organization?  Do you review & actively live into your organizational mission, vision and...

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#77: Learning as a Tool for Social Transformation

“A leader’s most important role is supporting the development of others to better equip them to scale their impact and create social transformation.”

— Traci Warnberg-Lemm
 

Do you wish you had a leadership superpower that created results and impact?  Do...

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#76: 4 Quick Ways to Shift Your Mindset

 

“When you change the things you look at, the things you look at change.”

— Wayne Dyer

Do you know when you need to shift your mindset?  What tools do you have that help you quickly do that?  This week we are going to talk about 4 simple ways to shift...

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#75: The Role of Inspiration in Leadership

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love - it will not lead you astray. ”

— Rumi

Do you find yourself inspired on a consistent basis?  Do you inspire others?  Do others inspire you?  Inspiration can be the catalyst...

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#74: Social Enterprise Check-Up: A 6-part framework to increase sustainability

“You have to work on a sustainable business model first so your social enterprise will have the impact you want.”

Do you know if your social enterprise is sustainable?  Do you know what you need to strengthen?  Where do you start?  In this episode we answer...

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#73: Encore Episode: Culture and White Body Supremacy

It is February 2021 in the U.S. which is Black history month. With humility and respect we do recognize Black history is actually American history. This month serves as a reminder of that history and the contributions Black Americans have made; many of these contributions under challenging and...

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#72: Converging for Change: Democratization of Energy Markets

Are you curious about how you can better engage and support clean energy efforts in our communities? What is the democratization of energy and what does that mean for everyday citizens?  What innovations are having an impact on the energy industry? Today, our guest is Nina Axelson, the vice...

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#71: Partnering with Government: 7 Strategies to Create Change

Do you want to support good governance & good government?  What can you do as a social change leader to effectively partner with government agencies on shared community goals?  Join us and hear 7 strategies to partner with the government and create change. Download the tip sheet ...

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Better Communication to Scale Your Idea and Have More Impact - Tips from Brenden Kumarasami

Be insane or be the same! 

- Brenden Kumarasami

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Are you communicating effectively to best scale your ideas and have more impact? Communication is a critical skill of social change leaders. Today we are talking with Brenden...

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Creating a Vision and Plan for 2021

Tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. 

- African Proverb

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Have you started planning your 2021? Today Stephanie and Traci continue the conversation about transitioning from 2020 to 2021. In this episode, we...

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12 Year-End Reflection Questions for Social Innovators

From quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

Peter Drucker 

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Have you taken time to reflect on 2020? The new year is a time many reflect on the year that has passed and begin planning for the one ahead. ...

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Holy Days: A Season For All Faiths and Cultures

This is the season when people of all faiths and cultures are pushing back against planetary darkness.  We string bulbs, ignite bonfires and light candles and we sing. 

- Anita Diamant. 

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Did you know that the term...

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Understanding Abolitionism and Transformative Justice: A conversation with Jason Sole

Bring your gifts to the work, dig in and enjoy it.

 Jason Sole

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“Defund the Police” has become a popular phrase used this past year and elicits strong reactions.  In this episode we move beyond this phrase to talk...

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Answering a call: Sarah Symons Founder of Her Future Coalition

If you call and no one answers, go anyway.

- Rabindranath Tagore

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Trafficking of women for sexual exploitation is an international human rights crisis. How do girls and women that have been exploited overcome the trauma and create a...

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Launching and Growing Impact-Driven Businesses: With Connie Rutledge, CEO of FINNOVATION Labs

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

James Baldwin

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There has been a growing ecosystem to support social entrepreneurs and social businesses in the U.S and...

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Challenging Ourselves to Reconcile Thanksgiving

May we grow back not to what was, but instead toward what we can become. 

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This episode is being released on the third Thursday in November of 2020 which is Thanksgiving in the U.S.  Many of us will be preparing large meals...

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Being Grateful Because of 2020

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Be grateful for the hard times too.  They have opened your eyes to the things you weren’t paying attention to. 

- Anonymous

Has it felt hard to be grateful in 2020?  As you end the year are you thinking about all...

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Health Equity Leadership: A Conversation with Dr. Veronica Svetaz

We all do better when we all do better 

Paul Wellstone 

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As social change leaders work to be more inclusive and address structures and systems of racism and oppression in our communities, we take a look at one of the...

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Civic Series Part 3: Trusted Healers and the Path to Improving Health

The reason we do what we do is because everyone matters.

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How does the U.S. Healthcare System compare to other countries?  Can we really improve care and cut costs at the same time? Who is the best advocate for our own...

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