The Social Change Career Podcast

From school dropout to PhD.  Meet one of the worlds tops experts in Peace Education: Phill Gittins. Phill has received multiple awards for his contributions to peace and social change, including the Rotary Peace Fellowship. In Episode 13 of Season 6, Phill shares how he has lived, worked, and travelled in over 50 countries across 6 continents and taught in schools, colleges and universities in 8 countries. He currently serves as the Education Director for World BEYOND War and is a Peace Ambassador for the Institute for Economics and Peace.   To hear the episode click here. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. Key Links: World Beyond War New Gen Peace Institute for Economics and Peace Related topics Have you seen the new PCDN.global  We love changemakers and our mission is to support your journey to change the world while making a living.   PCDN Coaching Services. We love to help you because of your commitment to change. Helping the world is a tough business.  So let us help you so you continue your mission. Book a 15 minute free consult.   Need career advice? Need it now? Join PCDN Career Helping Line. Go ask your questions, help answer others and participate in fruitful discussion to advance your social change career.   Almost 20k individuals and organizations already receive this amazing resource to keep them up to date and ready to put their passion into action. Subscribe to new and improved Daily or Weekly Newsletter   This episode was brought to you thanks to the Rotary Peace Fellowship: Are you an existing or emerging peace leader looking to take your career to the next level? You might be eligible to receive full funding to pursue a MA or professional certificate in peace & conflict studies. Learn more about Rotary Peace Fellowships at www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships    

If issues like structural inequality, race, class and gender deeply interest you, Erin William’s career in feminist issues as a radical listener, trust-based grant-maker and change manager is exactly what you have been looking for. Erin Williams has over 15 years of experience fighting for social justice.   In Episode 12 of Season 6, Erin talks about how she informs her trust-based grantmaking practice with her many years of direct field experience, grassroots and volunteer work in Canada, the US, Jamaica, Botwsana, Cameroon, Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa. She currently is the Program Director for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights at the Global Fund for Women. To hear the episode click here. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.   Key Links: Global Fund for Women World University Services of Canada Masters of Social Work   Related topics Have you seen the new PCDN.global  We love changemakers and our mission is to support your journey to change the world while making a living.   PCDN Coaching Services. We love to help you because of your commitment to change. Helping the world is a tough business.  So let us help you so you continue your mission. Book a 15 minute free consult.   Need career advice? Need it now? Join PCDN Career Helping Line. Go ask your questions, help answer others and participate in fruitful discussion to advance your social change career.   Almost 20k individuals and organizations already receive this amazing resource to keep them up to date and ready to put their passion into action. Subscribe to new and improved Daily or Weekly Newsletter   This episode was brought to you thanks to the Rotary Peace Fellowship:         Are you an existing or emerging peace leader looking to take your career to the next level? You might be eligible to receive full funding to pursue a MA or professional certificate in peace & conflict studies. Learn more about Rotary Peace Fellowships at www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships    

The heart wants what the heart wants.  Even if you graduate from MIT as an electrical engineer. Nancy Chan found her way into the mission-driven field of social good.   In Episode 11 of Season 6, Nancy shares her interesting career trajectory. From working for a while in the tech world to ultimately discovering her passion for good and starting a super comprehensive a search for her graduate degree to graduating with a Masters in Public Policy.  Post graduation, Chan applied her analytical skills with her passion and excelled in the worlds of nonprofits, philanthropy, ultimately working for tech companies for social good.  She currently works in Strategy and Evaluation at the Justice & Opportunity Initiative of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. To hear the episode click here. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.   Key Links: Masters in Public Policy Arabella Advisors Catalyte Chan Zuckerberg Initiative     Related topics Have you seen the new PCDN.global  We love changemakers and our mission is to support your journey to change the world while making a living.   PCDN Coaching Services. We love to help you because of your commitment to change. Helping the world is a tough business.  So let us help you so you continue your mission. Book a 15 minute free consult.   Need career advice? Need it now? Join PCDN Career Helping Line. Go ask your questions, help answer others and participate in fruitful discussion to advance your social change career.   Almost 20k individuals and organizations already receive this amazing resource to keep them up to date and ready to put their passion into action. Subscribe to new and improved Daily or Weekly Newsletter   This episode was brought to you thanks to the Rotary Peace Fellowship: Are you an existing or emerging peace leader looking to take your career to the next level? You might be eligible to receive full funding to pursue a MA or professional certificate in peace & conflict studies. Learn more about Rotary Peace Fellowships at www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships    

How do you change the world through digital story-telling? While story-telling is as old as humanity itself, the job title Digital Story-teller wasn’t even invented until a few years ago. Is digital storytelling just a fancy word for marking, or is it a more authentic form of engagement and how can use the process to advance positive social change? What are the key skills and careers paths for those who want to work at the intersection of technology, media and stories? In Episode 10 of Season 6, Matt Scott shares about how built a career as a digital storyteller. Matt has been fascinated by the role of narrative in driving global impact, stemming from his previous work in the sexual assault advocacy space. For the past five years, he has been involved in multiple social media for social change initiatives with some of the leading organizations in the world. Matt is also the creator of 180 of Impact a storytelling project to reverse engineer social change through conversations with 180 change makers and social entrepreneurs worldwide. To hear the episode click here. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. Key Links: Second Muse 180 of Impact Hotmommas Project Digital Advocacy Related topics Have you seen the new PCDN.global  We love changemakers and our mission is to support your journey to change the world while making a living. PCDN Coaching Services. We love to help you because of your commitment to change. Helping the world is a tough business.  So let us help you so you continue your mission. Book a 15 minute free consult. Need career advice? Need it now? Join PCDN Career Helping Line. Go ask your questions, help answer others and participate in fruitful discussion to advance your social change career. Almost 15k individuals and organizations already receive this amazing resource to keep them up to date and ready to put their passion into action. Subscribe to new and improved Daily or Weekly Newsletter This episode was brought to you thanks to the Rotary Peace Fellowship: Are you an existing or emerging peace leader looking to take your career to the next level? You might be eligible to receive full funding to pursue a MA or professional certificate in peace & conflict studies. Learn more about Rotary Peace Fellowships at www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships    

Building a successful career as an anti-corruption expert can be seen as the enormous challenge of creating sustainable systems for accountability at a global level. Transforming the widespread and often accepted practice of corruption at many levels to systems based on transparency and accountability that foster increased participation and trust between citizens and public actors is an ambitious goal  that Blair Glencorse is dedicated to achieving in his work.   A seasoned international development professional and social entrepreneur with significant experience across issues of governance, accountability, institutional reform and political economy transitions, Glencorse is making governance work for people. Blair is an Echoing Green Fellow and also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Anti-Corruption, the Lead of the Anti-Corruption Working Group of the C20, the global civil society network affiliated with the G20; and a member of the World Bank’s Expert Advisory Council on Citizen Engagement. He has worked around the world with governments, the private sector, philanthropists and civil society to improve lives. In Episode 9 of Season 6, Glencorse shares with us how he fights corruption for a living and how he is disrupting the way anti-corruption work is conducted.  A key innovation of his organization is moving away from a focus on only naming and shaming to change behavior and policy. Instead, the Accountability Lab, prefers to name and fame those that are giving back and working with integrity. To hear the episode click here. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. Key Links: Accountability Lab SAIS The World Bank   Related topics Need career advice? Need it now? Join PCDN Career Helping Line. Go ask your questions, help answer others and participate in fruitful discussion to advance your social change career. Almost 16k individuals and organizations already receive this amazing resource to keep them up to date and ready to put their passion into action. Subscribe to new and improved Daily or Weekly Newsletter This episode was brought to you thanks to the Rotary Peace Fellowship: Are you an existing or emerging peace leader looking to take your career to the next level? You might be eligible to receive full funding to pursue a MA or professional certificate in peace & conflict studies. Learn more about Rotary Peace Fellowships at www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships      

Who is the best person to write about the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights and Ethics? It is Flynn Coleman, one of the world's leading experts who is a writer, international human rights attorney, public speaker, professor, and social innovator. She recently released her groundbreaking cutting edge book: A Human Algorithm. In Episode 8 of Season 6, Coleman shares with us what are the key skills to be successful in this world of algorithms and AI and discusses the essential role of social impact professionals to help develop policies, laws and oversight as the impact of artificial intelligence on our lives and societies increases. To hear the episode click here. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. Key Links: A Human Algorithm On Being Flynn Coleman   Related topics Have you seen the new PCDN.global  We love changemakers and our mission is to support your journey to change the world while making a living. PCDN Coaching Services. We love to help you because of your commitment to change. Helping the world is a tough business.  So let us help you so you continue your mission. Book a 15 minute free consult. Need career advice? Need it now? Join PCDN Career Helping Line. Go ask your questions, help answer others and participate in fruitful discussion to advance your social change career. Almost 16k individuals and organizations already receive this amazing resource to keep them up to date and ready to put their passion into action. Subscribe to new and improved Daily or Weekly Newsletter This episode was brought to you thanks to the Rotary Peace Fellowship: Are you an existing or emerging peace leader looking to take your career to the next level? You might be eligible to receive full funding to pursue a MA or professional certificate in peace & conflict studies. Learn more about Rotary Peace Fellowships at www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships  

Andrew Russell has over three decades working at the UN in conflict-affected and transitional societies on peacebuilding, civil society development, crisis prevention, policy reform and strategic organizational change management. This is a very special edition of the podcast as many of the questions were audience-generated in the PCDN Social Change Career Helping Line. In Episode 7 of Season 6, we discussed many practical and ethical questions which Andrew patiently and wisely answered delivering a definitive guide to working for the UN. With topics that ranged from surviving bureaucracy; to opportunities and limitations for activism within the UN system; as well as difference between field and headquarters based careers, as well as many other key topics. To hear the episode click here. Check out our previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. Key Links: CIDA- Canadian Development Agency How to contact Andrew Russell  UN Junior Development Program Related topics Have you seen the new PCDN.global  We love changemakers and our mission is to support your journey to change the world while making a living. PCDN Coaching Services. We love to help you because of your commitment to change. Helping the world is a tough business.  So let us help you so you continue your mission. Book a 15 minute free consult. Need career advice? Need it now? Join PCDN Career Helping Line. Go ask your questions, help answer others and participate in fruitful discussion to advance your social change career. Almost 16k individuals and organizations already receive this amazing resource to keep them up to date and ready to put their passion into action. Subscribe to new and improved Daily or Weekly Newsletter This episode was brought to you thanks to the Rotary Peace Fellowship: Are you an existing or emerging peace leader looking to take your career to the next level? You might be eligible to receive full funding to pursue a MA or professional certificate in peace & conflict studies. Learn more about Rotary Peace Fellowships at www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships

What happens when the worlds of design and social change merge?  How do you become a socially conscious designer? To answer these and many other questions I sit with social impact designer Marlyn Martínez.   In Episode 6 of Season 6, you hear the career journey of Marlyn, from getting a BA in Industrial Designer to then working as a designer for  corporate America; to becoming a graduate of the MFA in Design for Social Innovation in NYC. You will also hear first-hand how Marlyn is using her systems thinking and social impact design skills to help create an ecosystem of entrepreneurs in her native Puerto Rico. To hear the episode click here. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.   Key Links: Marlyn’s site MFA in Design for Social Innovation Ideo.org   Related topics Have you seen the new PCDN.global  We love changemakers and our mission is to support your journey to change the world while making a living. PCDN Coaching Services. We love to help you because of your commitment to change. Helping the world is a tough business.  So let us help you so you continue your mission. Book a 15 minute free consult. Need career advice? Need it now? Join PCDN Career Helping Line. Go ask your questions, help answer others and participate in fruitful discussion to advance your social change career. Almost 20k individuals and organizations already receive this amazing resource to keep them up to date and ready to put their passion into action. Subscribe to new and improved Daily or Weekly Newsletter      

When your father is from the Check Republic, your mum is from Panama and you are raised in Germany, you truly get a global lens through which to navigate life (and work). In Episode 5 of Season 6, you hear from Larissa Demel-Anguizola who is currently an MA candidate in Public Policy at LSE.  With an impressive work trajectory that started at AISEC as country director and ended up Global Head of Impact; to private sector experience, to regional leadership of youth engagement at the Special Olympics. Beyond being a successful young professional, which she is by all accounts, Larisa shares how does she find meaning in the work that she does and why it is so important to not only rise to the top but to be an agent of change for this “unfinished world”. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. Key Links: AISEC Special Olympics Masters of Public Policy at the London School of Economics Related topics Have you seen the new PCDN.global  We love changemakers and our mission is to support your journey to change the world while making a living. PCDN Coaching Services. We love to help you because of your commitment to change. Helping the world is a tough business.  So let us help you so you continue your mission. Book a 15 minute free consult. Need career advice? Need it now? Join PCDN Career Helping Line. Go ask your questions, help answer others and participate in fruitful discussion to advance your social change career. Almost 20k individuals and organizations already receive this amazing resource to keep them up to date and ready to put their passion into action. Subscribe to new and improved Daily or Weekly Newsletter      

If you think that engineers and STEM students overlook the social, cultural and environmental impact at their work, let me prove you wrong.  I bring you to Dr. Mira Olson, remarkable on all accounts.  An engineering professor, talented researcher, teacher and advisor, mother of 3, musician and also co-founder of the newly established and super cutting-edge Peace Engineer Program at Drexel University. In Episode 4 of Season 6, you hear from Dr. Olson who tells us about her life, education, research, and how she is changing the world with her work at the Peace Engineering program. Why are engineers learning about the fundamentals of peacebuilding and qualitative methods in addition to their calculus? No discipline is superior, there are no hard and soft skills, it is about a constant exchange of approaches and skills to improve the quality and generate positive social change in the world. Key Links: Drexel University Masters in Peace Engineering at Drexel University Peacetechlab   Related topics Have you seen the new PCDN.global  We love changemakers and our mission is to support your journey to change the world while making a living.   PCDN Coaching Services. We love to help you because of your commitment to change. Helping the world is a tough business.  So let us help you so you continue your mission. Book a 15 minute free consult.   Need career advice? Need it now? Join PCDN Career Helping Line. Go ask your questions, help answer others and participate in fruitful discussion to advance your social change career.   Almost 20k individuals and organizations already receive this amazing resource to keep them up to date and ready to put their passion into action. Subscribe to new and improved Daily or Weekly Newsletter