The Social Change Career Podcast

How can one tackle poverty, disease and climate change with a finance career and become a social good champion? Devin Thorp who left the world of financing (in this case a whole career in the world of finance (as an investment banker, CFO, treasurer and mortgage broker) and turned it around to become an author, educator and speaker and ultimately a social good champion. Episode 4 of Season 5 is brought to you by The Rotary Peace Fellowship. In Episode 4 you will learn about Devin's social good initiatives such as Yourmarkonyourworld.com and his podcast The Social Impact Podcast, his books read by million about using money for good, crowdfunding and CSR. Don't miss this change to explore this amazing exploration on all things career transition and beyond. Key links: Your Mark on the World The Social Impact Podcast DevinThorpe.com Forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe Youtube.com/devinthorpe 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. We have a 15% discount until end of December 2019 to celebrate the launch of the new site. Book now. 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

How can one tackle poverty, disease and climate change with a finance career and become a social good champion? Devin Thorp who left the world of financing (in this case a whole career in the world of finance (as an investment banker, CFO, treasurer and mortgage broker) and turned it around to become an author, educator and speaker and ultimately a social good champion. Episode 4 of Season 5 is brought to you by The Rotary Peace Fellowship. In Episode 4 you will learn about Devin's social good initiatives such as Yourmarkonyourworld.com and his podcast The Social Impact Podcast, his books read by million about using money for good, crowdfunding and CSR. Don't miss this change to explore this amazing exploration on all things career transition and beyond. Key links: Your Mark on the World The Social Impact Podcast DevinThorpe.com Forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe Youtube.com/devinthorpe 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. We have a 15% discount until end of December 2019 to celebrate the launch of the new site. Book now. 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

How can one tackle poverty, disease and climate change with a finance career and become a social good champion? Devin Thorp who left the world of financing (in this case a whole career in the world of finance (as an investment banker, CFO, treasurer and mortgage broker) and turned it around to become an author, educator and speaker and ultimately a social good champion. Episode 4 of Season 5 is brought to you by The Rotary Peace Fellowship. In Episode 4 you will learn about Devin's social good initiatives such as Yourmarkonyourworld.com and his podcast The Social Impact Podcast, his books read by million about using money for good, crowdfunding and CSR. Don't miss this change to explore this amazing exploration on all things career transition and beyond. Key links: Your Mark on the World The Social Impact Podcast DevinThorpe.com Forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe Youtube.com/devinthorpe 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. We have a 15% discount until end of December 2019 to celebrate the launch of the new site. Book now. 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

It's time we get real and talk about unemployment in the social change sector. You do everything right, you send the applications, you write the letters, you apply to a multitude of places. This was the case of Matthew Johnson. Master's educated, published author, activist, educator Mat couldn't land a job in social change. Episode 3 of Season 5 is brought to you by The Rotary Peace Fellowship. In Episode 3 you will learn about Matthew's process of searching for a social sector job. But even more fascinating, learn how Mat didn't let unemployment define him. Instead, he wrote extensively about his experience, he will tell you what is the most important thing to do when employment and will share about his thoughts on embarking on a career change. Key links: Guide to Employment (upcoming on a PCDN.global blogpost) Who Moved My Cheese 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. We have a 15% discount until end of December 2019 to celebrate the launch of the new site. Book now. 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

Lets talk about privilege. How do you succeed in life when you are born female, black and belong to one of the poorest most acutely affected areas by the armed conflict in Colombia? Yineth Rentería´s life and career will tell you how. She is no ordinary changemaker. With only 22 years old, she is a professional accountant and recepient of many national and international awards, like a full scholarship to complete her undergrad and a Martin Luther King Jr. Fellowship. Episode 2 of Season 5 is brought to you by The Rotary Peace Fellowship In Episode 2 you will listen Yineth's humble beginnings and hear about the unwavering support of her family to pursue an education. She surpassed many obstacles and knocked many doors, and failed many times but never stopped pursuing and achieving her dreams. At the time of the recording she was the director of operations of Mentor4U a startup where education, social innovation, entrepreneurship and youth leadership intersects. She is currently the National Leader for Mentoring at ICETEX (The Government of Colombia's educational credit organization). Her goal is to become Minister of Education. Try stopping her. Key links: Mentor4U Icetex 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. We have a 15% discount until end of December 2019 to celebrate the launch of the new site. Book now. 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

We open Season 5 with an amazing stubborn optimist. Marcela Fernández and Fito (her companion dog who also joined in) not only dropped out of college and fought family and societal pressures to find what made sense to her. And what worked for her may not work for you but still, its worth a listen how she has so far founded 5 companies, speaks several languages, has travelled to 67 countries (with Fito). Episode 1 of Season 5 is brought to you by The Rotary Peace Fellowship In Episode 1 you will listen how Marcela became a digital nomad, a Tedex speaker and Flow Consultant- and how she saves glaciers in her downtime. Learn about her transition from entrepreneur to employer brand Ambassador of Selina- – one of the world's top startups serving the rapidly growing Digital Nomad Community Key links: Selina Tedx Marcela Fernandez (en español) Pazabordo Chiva por la paz 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. We have a 15% discount until end of December 2019 to celebrate the launch of the new site. Book now. 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 week's guest is Juliana Gutierrez. She has focused her career in international cooperation for the development and sustainability, working, volunteering and leading different social and environmental causes in public, private and academic sector in organizations like UN-Habitat, UNDP, Amnesty International, AIESEC, La Ciudad Verde, among others. In Episode 9 of Season 4 hear about Juliana's earlier years playing with rural kids while her parents worked in remote areas; being totally lost after high school and applying for everything under the sun. Learn the fascinating journey of how Juliana has become a nationally and internationally recognized climate change professional and entrepreneur. Episode 9 of Season 4 is brought to you by The Rotary Peace Fellowship and the Graduate Program in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence at the Heller School for Social Policy at Brandeis University. In this episode we discuss: Juliana's story from when she was 5 year old and how she developed her social awareness Juliana reflects on her education (finance and IR background and grad school) How working for the city of Medellin alerted her of the environmental gap in the city's development agenda Why this led her to work and go to grad school to gain environmental skills For her second masters, she got a scholarship and focused her research on climate change in global southern cities How she met a think-do tank La Ciudad Verde (Green city) Juliana's tactical urbanism by painting illegal bike lanes who later became Medellin's official bike lines we enjoy today How she quit her stable job and transition from working on creating awareness to becoming an entrepreneur How Low-Carbon City was born in late 2015 and why it focuses on citizen engagement The process of applying for the Echoingreen fellowship How to get into the environmental scene according to Juliana How to connect your skill/professional to an environmental mission Key skills for a green career Catalina's (not so good idea) for a campaign to reduce car ridership in Medellin Juliana's real examples of climate change activism campaigns Career advice for women in social change from Juliana Links: AISEC Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University Echoingreen Join Low Carbon City Related topics 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. Are you ready for the future of work? Please Join PCDN 2019 Career Series to learn about the future of work and how to best prepare you. 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 our free Daily Newsletter ----------- This episode was brought thanks to the Rotary Peace Center and Brandeis University: 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 RotaryPeace Fellowships at www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships The MA in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence at Brandeis University, where you gain the practical, hands on skills you need to become a peacebuilding professional in the U.S. and abroad.

Growing up in a civil war is –unfortunately- no that uncommon for many of us. But raising someone to break the cycle of vengeance and hate in the midst of war is remarkable. This was the childhood of today's guest. Born and raised in the midst of Beirut's 15-year cruel civil war, Hanadi Mehdi, learned from her parents the value of education and on-the-ground peace and reconciliation. In Episode 8 of Season 4 hear about her experience in the Graduate Program at the Heller School for Social Policy & Management and what she is doing now to bring about positive social change through her work at the International Committee of the Red Cross. Episode 8 of Season 4 is brought to you by The Rotary Peace Fellowship and the Graduate Program in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence at the Heller School for Social Policy at Brandeis University. In this episode we discuss: War as "normalized" day-to-day practices for Hamadi as she grew up Hamadi becomes a teacher and how she dealt with the problems of how to tell "the history of the war" While Hamadi's always wanted to be a humanitarian worker, she studied to have a degree in English Literature and became a teacher. How volunteering became her entry point to doing humanitarian work How a good mentor was the key for Hamadi's finding her graduate program (Heller School for Social Policy) Hamadi's take on why to do a graduate degree Hamadi's first job after graduation in South Sudan with ICRC Reasons why ICRC didn't hire Hamadi when she first applied From South Sudan, to Iran and back to Beirut with the ICRC A day in the work of Hamadi (in Irak and Beirut) Growing her family and returning to Beirut Top three things to pursue a career in the humanitarian/social good space How Hamadi copes with the stressful nature of her job Links: Heller School for Social Policy International Committee for the Red Cross Related topics 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. Are you ready for the future of work? Please Join PCDN 2019 Career Series to learn about the future of work and how to best prepare you. 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 our free Daily Newsletter This episode was brought thanks to the Rotary Peace Center and Brandeis University. 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 RotaryPeace Fellowships at www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships

A kid from the 1980's who rode his bicycle without a helmet and benefited from an outdoor childhood grew up to develop a very successful career on sustainability as it intersects with business. In Episode 7 of Season 4 you will learn how Kevin grew to become one of the world's pre-eminent business consultants and teachers in the field of sustainability. He is the CEO of Sustainable Business Consulting, a consulting firm focused on demonstrating the bottom-line business benefits of sustainability and then leading companies through successful implementation. Episode 7 of Season 4 is brought to you by The Rotary Peace Fellowship and the Graduate Program in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence at the Heller School for Social Policy at Brandeis University. In this episode we discuss: Growing up outdoorsin the 1970s with no helmets (or seatbelts) The college backpack trip that started Kevin's passion for the environment and all things green How a kayaking trip prompted Kevin to develop a sense for business as it intersects with green environmental practices Academic credentials versus on-the-job skills Key skills for a career in sustainability As a sustainability consultant how does Kevin's day look like? Kevin's strategy to narrow your job searchfor a sustainability job On dealing with rejection and moving forward Who gets jobs, according to Kevin Understanding Corporate Sustainabilitythrough the story of Seattle's professional soccer team becoming carbon neutral Corporate Sustainability or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) If you are NOT making money on your sustainability efforts you are doing it wrong 6 steps for a company to start its path on sustainability Top 3 things to develop a career of impact and sustainability Links: Books by Kevin: Sustainability Jobs– How to Land Your Dream Green Job, Making Sustainability Stick, Return on Sustainability. Kevin's sustainability consulting firm Related topics New PCDN service: 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. Are you ready for the future of work? Please Join PCDN 2019 Career Seriesto learn about the future of work and how to best prepare you. 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 our free Daily Newsletter This episode was brought thanks to the Rotary Peace Center and Brandeis University: 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 RotaryPeace Fellowships at www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships The MA in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence at Brandeis University, where you gain the practical, hands on skills you need to become a peacebuilding professional in the U.S. and abroad.

While originally from Medellin, Colombia, Federico has worked all over the world developing partnerships and is an organizational management expert focused on youth and leadership development. As a child, de wasn't learning Chinese and practicing for standardized tests, in fact he played a LOT of video games growing up, traded college for adventures with pink dolphins and now co-directs the newly Impact Hubin Medellin. In Episode 6 of Season 4, he talks about his passion for global youth engagement at the largest scale, the Sustainable Development Goals and how he one of the key figures behind the biggest most interesting social innovation labs in South America. Episode 6 of Season 4 is brought to you by The Rotary Peace Fellowship and the Graduate Program in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence at the Heller School for Social Policy at Brandeis University. In this episode we discuss: Born in 1989 in Envigado, Colombia. Learned English, geography and history while watching video games Webinar in the AM and swimming with pink dolphins in the afternoon: Federico's college experience How he started travelling with the organization AIESECand connecting the dots for his passion on engaging youth and the SDGs Up until 2015 Federico was focus on a career in corporate and even applied for a job in Nintendo… but then the SDGs happened and also the birth of his niece Federico's aha! moment in the airplane: Youth 4 Global Goals(YFGG) was created 600 million people reached with YFGG, UN, ADB and more than 5,000 projects and 200,000 youth engaged in those projects The Young Persons Guideline to Changing the World Why Federico returned to Colombia after a successful career abroad Impact Hub and the creation of an global impact community in Medellin Diversity as a MUST in the ecosystem of impact entrepreneurs Key skills for the future of impact work Life wisdom and avocado truth from Federico Links: AISEC Youth 4 Global Goals Asian Development Bank The Young Persons Guideline to Changing the World Impact Hub Medellin Bandeja Paisa (photo) Related topics New PCDN service: 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. Are you ready for the future of work? Please Join PCDN 2019 Career Seriesto learn about the future of work and how to best prepare you. 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 our free Daily Newsletter This episode was brought thanks to the Rotary Peace Center and Brandeis University. 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 RotaryPeace Fellowships at www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships The MA in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence at Brandeis university, where you gain the practical, hands on skills you need to become a peacebuilding professional in the U.S. and abroad.