The Social Change Career Podcast

Featuring Innovator, Peacebuilder, Artist, Nonprofit Management Specialist and Rotary Peace Fellow (from Uppsala University) Marcus Tan de Bibiana. Marcus shares strategic ways in which his personal interests such as art, wellness & conflict resolution became professional areas. Over his career to date, Marcus has engaged in diverse roles including project management, peer learning, & art. In challenging environments, his past few years consulting involved peacebuilding & resilience planning & assessment, decolonized learning, humanitarian operations, participatory processes & photovoice. To access the 100+ previous episodes  https://pcdn.global/listen/ If you prefer to watch the live recorded episode  

Behind the Canadian-career consulting firm and very popular Tweeter account MomentswithBren is the amazing Brenda McWilson-Okorogba.   Originally from Nigeria, Brenda is an award-winning service and learning experience designer, grant writer, facilitator and an applied positive Psychology coach with over 9-years of experience ideating, designing and delivering outcome-based programming for diverse learners across industries, sectors and geographies. In this episode Brenda will talk about her very own Skill Assessment Tool, To Don't lists; how to nail Mentoriships; the Anti-Goals and the Documentation Approach to Networking.  Simply, the best career tips you could ever receive. Telling anything more will spoil the episode.  Sit back, relax and enjoy Brenda's wisdom and unparallel energy and then follow her on Tweeter, Medium and Linkedin. Interested in watching it? Click here for the Linkedin video or go to PCDN's Youtube channel. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. Become a member of the PCDN Career Campusto get daily access (to job opportunities) community(network with other impact professionals); learning with sector-experts and receive guidance from PCDN Career Coaches.  Book a session PCDN Coaching Services  Subscribe to PCDN.global’s Weekly Newsletter This episode was brought to you thanks to the Rotary Peace Fellowship      

Episode 3 of The Social Change Career Podcast explores the links between sustainability and investing with with Zach Stein. Zach is the co-founder of Carbon Collective which utilizes finances to solve climate change.  This episode talks about how he started as a worm farmer to co-founding Carbon Collective.  Zach shares his experience and tips on sustainable investing. If you are seeking to explore how to link your finances to social impact (which should be all of us as we only have one planet) or if you are interested in building a career in this growing sector, take a listen to today's episode. Zach began his post-college career with a fellowship on an urban farm. That spun out to worm farming, which led him into aquaponics, then aquaculture with his first tech startup, Osmo Systems. And in 2020, Zach set out to build a new climate company to better collectivize individual climate actions. He has the pleasure of working on it with his oldest friend as his cofounder. Zach currently lives in the East Bay Area with his wife and son. Episode recorded April 12th, 2022.  Interested in watching it? Click here for the Linkedin video or go to PCDN.global Youtube channel This podcast episode is supported by the Rotary Peace Fellowship. Every year, 130 individuals are selected to receive a generous award from The Rotary Foundation that funds tuition, living expenses, international field experience, and research/conference opportunities at one of the Rotary Peace Centers, located within eight leading universities around the world. Check out The PCDN Career Campus, group career coaching, networking sessions, expert -led webinars, daily newsletters with tons of jobs and opportunities in the impact sector; office hours.  

Are purpose and profit incompatible or possible? Adriana Dawson sits with Dr. Craig and Dr. Catalina to share how her vast experience in different sectors led her to her current position as Head of Community Engagment in one of the biggest private telecomunication corporations in the U.S. "Honor your skills" in terms of identifying what you bring to the table and "improve your narrative", learn how to effectively communicate your achivements; are some of Adriana's tips of how to suceed and create change within a private corporation.    

In Episode 1 of Season 9 we sit down to interview Balkis Chaabane and explore how being a recipient of numerous Fellowships has helped leverage her impact career.   Originally from Tunisia, Balkis is currently doing her MA at the Lebanese American University and has received multiple prestigious fellowships.  In this conversation, she shares very honestly what do you gain when you end up in the NO pile.  And why its important to learn through rejection, tips to make a winning application and reasons to take advantage of fellowships and how upskilling, networking with fellowships are essentials these days to navigate a successful career of impact.

Closing Season 8 I sit with Dr. Joshua Weiss who is one of the top scholars in the field of Negotiations in the U.S. and probably the world. If you are thinking about a career in negotiation, look no further.  A grad of the PhD Program at the Carter Center (GMU University), Dr. Weiss is the co-founder of the Global Negotiation Initiative at Harvard University. He is also the director and creator of the Master of Science Degree in Leadership and Negotiation at Bay Path University.   In Season's 8 finale, listen how Josh attributes his career to a combination of luck and being focused.  Listen how he has successfully combined being a researcher, consultant, practitioner, author and still have time for his daughters’ games.    Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.  ***Episode recorded on May 3rd  2021   Key Links Bay Path University Harvard Negotiation Project Josh’s Linkedin   ***New product*** PCDN.global is launching our first ever online workshops on all this career of change. First workshop was February 1st, stay tuned for more information on the next career PCDN.global career workshop.   Join our free PCDN Impact Career Chats Book a session PCDN Coaching Services Become an insider and join the PCDN Career Helping Line   Subscribe to PCDN.global’s 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 https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/peace-fellowships

Not a straight line. Not a boring life. The quest for meaning is not easy but is attainable as is the fabulous story of Jim O'Neil. After twists and turns Jim leaves his once engineering career to become an International Development professional for major INGOS such as CRS and Mercy Corps.   In Episode 19 of Season 8, listen how Jim leaves his engineer career, becomes an environmental activist; starts a Master’s Degree in Conflict Resolution, joins the Peace Corps which will lead him to become an Emergency Response Manager in a major INGOs. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.  ***Episode recorded on May 3rd, 2021   Key Links  International Development Fellows Program at CRS Mercy Corps Jim’s LinkedIn   ***New product*** PCDN.global is launching our first ever online workshops on all this career of change. First workshop was February 1st, stay tuned for more information on the next career PCDN.global career workshop. Join our free PCDN Impact Career Chats Book a session PCDN Coaching Services Become an insider and join the PCDN Career Helping Line   Subscribe to PCDN.global’s 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 https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/peace-fellowships

How does a career in public policy look like? How can a PhD help enhance a career in public policy? To help answer these questions listen to Sergio Hernandez Mendoza story. Sergio has 10 years planning, monitoring and evaluation public policies with international organization and in his native Mexico. He was appointed as Senior Policy Adviser to the Minister of Education in Mexico.  Sergio is currently finishing a PhD in Education Policy. In Episode 18 of Season 8, listen how Sergio has successfully received funding to conduct studies all while completing his doctoral studies and hear how he plans to use his PhD to contribute to advance education policy research. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.    ***Episode recorded on April 30th, 2021 Key Links University of Glasgow Research in Educational Peacebuilding: Mexico and Colombia Sergio’s LinkedIn   ***New product*** PCDN.global is launching our first ever online workshops on all this career of change. First workshop was February 1st, stay tuned for more information on the next career PCDN.global career workshop.   Join our free PCDN Impact Career Chats   Book a session PCDN Coaching Services   Become an insider and join the PCDN Career Helping Line     Subscribe to PCDN.global’s 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 https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/peace-fellowships

Eric Ressler is the founder and creator of Cosmic by Design, a design agency that helps social impact organizations look better, tell their stories better and become digital wizards and overall increase their engagement and impact. In Episode 17 of Season 8, listen to how Eric dropped out of college and freelanced his way to creating a super successful design agency whose sole purpose is to assist mission driven organizations win in the attention economy and master digital tools for positive change. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.  ***Episode recorded on April 29th, 2021 Key Links Cosmic by Design Eric’s LinkedIn One of Eric’s favorite campaigns ***New product*** PCDN.global is launching our first ever online workshops on all this career of change. First workshop was February 1st, stay tuned for more information on the next career PCDN.global career workshop.   Join our free PCDN Impact Career Chats Book a session PCDN Coaching Services Become an insider and join the PCDN Career Helping Line   Subscribe to PCDN.global’s 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 https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/peace-fellowships

Dr. Josefina Echavarria has one of the coolest jobs on the planet.  She oversees the implementation and verification of Peace Agreements.  If peace processes were forests, she would be the “The Peace Ranger”.  This is the first time a university-based research center has played such a direct role in supporting the implementation of a peace agreement, and the first-time researchers have measured the implementation of a peace accord in real time. Josefina is Associate professor of practice, and Director of the Peace Accords Matrix, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at Notre Dame University.  In Episode 16 of Season 8, listen to Josefina’s earlier years during the worst of the violence in her native Medellin; her career as an academic in Europe and how her team of scholar-practitioners are studying, measuring, evaluating and making sure peace agreements fulfill their obligations.   Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.  ***Episode recorded on April 14th, 2021   Key Links Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies Peace Accords Matrix Josefina’s Linkedin ***New product*** PCDN.global is launching our first ever online workshops on all this career of change. First workshop was February 1st, stay tuned for more information on the next career PCDN.global career workshop.   Join our free PCDN Impact Career Chats Book a session PCDN Coaching Services Become an insider and join the PCDN Career Helping Line   Subscribe to PCDN.global’s 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 https://www.rotary.org/en/our-programs/peace-fellowships