Civic Series Part 2: Skills for Democracy

We fight for lost causes not because we always think we are gonna win, but because someone needs to keep the battle going.

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Election season always brings to light important civic topics and this year, big questions.  Is voter...

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Civic Series Part 1: Reflections and Questions

Good Governance Depends on the Ability to take responsibility by both administrations as well as people. 

 - Narendra Modi

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As we approach the U.S. 2020 elections, where many big elections are occurring in all levels of...

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Blending Passion with Purpose: A Conversation with Junita Flowers

 

Pursuing purpose Is less about skillset and everything about your mindset. Believe bigger

- Junita Flowers

 

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Specifically,  in our conversation we:

  • Hear about Junita’s early fascination...
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Reflections on One Year of Podcasting

One year = 365 Opportunities

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The Social Change Leaders Podcast is one year old!  We look back at some of our episodes, share our reflections and what we have learned. In our conversation, we discuss:

  • The importance of...
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Understanding and Coping When You are ‘Hitting a Wall’

If you can’t imagine getting through whatever you are going through…...just try imagine getting through the next tiny little bit, the next 5 minutes, hour or day, whatever feels manageable.

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Are you running out of...

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Now is the Time to Build Something New - 7 Trends and Opportunities in Social Change

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, 

not on fighting the old but on building the new.” 

Socrates 

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The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed the systemic inequalities of our global economic...

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Self Awareness as the Key to Leading with Impact

“It is self-awareness that allows the best business-builders to walk the tightrope of leadership: projecting conviction while simultaneously remaining humble enough to be open to new ideas and opposing opinions.” 

-“How Leaders Become Self-Aware” by Anthony K. Tjan

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Three Ways to Integrate Social Impact Into Your Life and Work

“All of us, whichever job or project we choose to take on, do something to change the culture.  That social impact, positive or negative is our choice.  It turns out that all of us are social entrepreneurs.  It’s just that some people are choosing to make a bigger (and...

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Using Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation to Improve the Lives of All Seniors

Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. 

Martin Luther King 

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How can a large organization use social entrepreneurial principles in its everyday work? How can social innovation and human centered design be...

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What Type of Social Change Leader Are You?

 

The best leaders don't know just one style of leadership - they're skilled at several, and have the flexibility to switch between styles as the circumstances dictate.

Daniel Goleman

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Welcome to the 50th episode of the Social...

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Lessons Learned After 50 Podcast Episodes

You many never know what results come from your action.  

But if you do nothing, there will be no result.

-Gandhi

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This podcast started out as a labor of love for social change leaders.  Next week will be our 50th...

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Partnering for Culturally Specific Services

When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.

- Ethiopian Proverb

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Social innovators solving community challenges are recognizing more and more the importance that culture plays in developing solutions. ...

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Collaboration for Social Impact

Unity is strength ... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved 

- Mattie Stepanek

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In today's episode we discuss collaboration. Collaboration is a skill that social...

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Top 10 Time Management Tips for Social Innovators

Run the day or the day runs you.

Jim Rohn

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Are you making the most out of the time you have available?  How are you figuring out how the important work gets done that is going to move you and your social initiative...

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5 Common Mindset Blocks for Social Impact Leaders

Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside changes along with it. 

- Steve Maraboli

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As we continue to do socially impactful work, there are some common mindset traps that all social impact leaders can fall into on a...

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6 Types of Outside Support That Can Maximize Your Social Impact

Be Strong enough to stand alone,

smart enough to know when you need help, 

and brave enough to ask for it.

 - Anonymous

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Social change leaders like you are doing important work.  But as you launch, develop and more deeply...

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Taking Time to Work ‘On not In’ Your Social Enterprise

Most entrepreneurs fail because they are working in their business rather than on their business. 

-  Michael Gerber 

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As you launch and grow your social change work do you often find yourself drowning in all your...

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Supporting and Celebrating Black Male Educators

If you think you are beaten, you are

If you think you dare not, you don't,

If you like to win, but you think you can't

It is almost certain you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you're lost

For out of the world we find,

Success begins with a fellow's will

It's all in the state of mind.

If you...

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Sustaining Hope and Action for Social Change

“Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?”

- Michelle Obama 

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Today we discuss how to social change leaders can sustain hope and action. In our conversation we:

  • Discuss the...
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Thoughts from Minneapolis: How did we get here? Where will we go?

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In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent protests and reactions in the Twin Cities and around the world, we wanted to invite Carl Young back to the podcast. Carl is a social change leader, a mental wellness...

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Episode Encore: Increasing a Capacity’s Consciousness and Capacity to Address Race

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“A collection of the proper knowledge for the proper purpose is an incalculable and powerful assortment of assets with no force too mighty to conquer.”  

- Black Topographical Center 

Just a few...

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