The Social Change Career Podcast

Devon is a Bay Area-native capacity builder with 12+ years of partnering with social entrepreneurs and founders. Be it a refugee crisis, youth empowerment, education, philanthropy, network building, systems change, and climate crises.  Devon is there to co-create strategy and implementation solutions for greater equity. In Episode 15 of Season 8, listen to Devon’s grounding, honest and real journey in life and how she developed an impressive set of sought-after skills related to co-creating strategies, working with boards, creating virtual communities, facilitating networks, among many.  Oh, and listen how she “takes over” this interview and witness us co-creating.    Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.  ***Episode recorded on April 13th, 2021   Key Links Devon Davey   Possibility Project Devon’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

“If you have privilege, use it to do good” is just one of the many tips that came out of an amazing conversation with poverty and development researcher Dr. Soumya Balasubramanya. Soumya’s research focuses on poverty and development challenges in Asia and Africa at the nexus of water, food, health and energy.  Her methods include program evaluation, micro-econometrics and non-market valuation.  Her lenses through which she does her work are gender, equity and the environment. In Episode 14 of Season 8, learn about Soumya’s middle class Indian upbringing and how she couldn’t become a volcano expert so she became an economist instead. Soumya reflects on her amazing research career after her PhD from Duke University; how she uses research to inform policy, works with diverse stakeholders including governments and civil society, and to course-correct ongoing investments and programs. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.  ***Episode recorded on April 12th, 2021   Key Links Soumya Balasubramanya  CGIAR- global research partnership Soumya’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 www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships

Nonprofit executive turned parallel entrepreneur.  Yes.  Because life and careers turn up a bit different than plans.  Kelly Nagle, has over a decade of experience working as a senior NGO officer in leadership and development capacities and currently is running not one but two social enterprises. In Episode 13 of Season 8, listen to Kelly’s fascinating career transition story.  From her days as an NGO executive, to completing her Masters in Political Science, to how her career plans were affected by covid and how she how she pivoted to the social enterprise sector. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.  ***Episode recorded on April 7th, 2021 Key Links Teen Think Tank Project The Uncharted Territory Kelly’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 www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships  

How does a career fighting social inequality look like? Look no further as I sit down with one of the world’s expert in social inequality: Ben Phillips. Ben Phillips is the author of the book How to Fight Inequality. He advises the UN, governments and civil society organizations. He is Launch Director of the Fight Inequality Alliance. He has lived and worked in four continents and a dozen cities. He has led programs and campaigns teams in Save the Children, the Children's Society, the Global Call to Action Against Poverty and the Global Campaign for Education.  In Episode 12 of Season 8, listen how Ben’s passion for inequality started as a young activist in the Mamelodi township, South Africa, in 1994, just after the end of apartheid. I also asked him about his book; his take on social entrepreneurship and his very honest answer on how to get paid by doing good.  Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.  ***Episode recorded on March 18thd, 2021   Key Links  How to Fight Inequality Book Fight Inequality Alliance Ben’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 www.rotary.org/peace-fellowshipsocial change venture that works to bring about structural changes that will fundamentally shift the systems

This week’s guest story starts with a healthy food business and evolves into one of the biggest most successful business philanthropy efforts working with 3k business and over 220M giving impacts called B1G1. Masami Sato is originally from Japan. Masami has lived in over 30 countries in 5 continents. She is a teacher, translator, natural food chef (and a farmer!), author and award-winning entrepreneur as well as a mother of two teenage children. In Episode 11 of Season 8, listen the non-linear and authentic path that is Masami’s career and life.  From backpacking in Central America, to starting a healthy food business and living above her industrial kitchen to becoming an award-winning entrepreneur, two-time TEDx speaker and book author. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.  ***Episode recorded on March 11rd, 2021   Key Links B1G1 Masami’s page Masami’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 www.rotary.org/peace-fellowshipsocial change venture that works to bring about structural changes that will fundamentally shift the systems

If you ask me who is the face of the XXI century peacebuilder professional, I would say its Manal El Tayar. Manal is a Rotary Peace Fellow, trilingual development professional with 7+ years of experience in project management and monitoring and evaluation skills in the fields of economic development and peace & justice transformation. Manal has represented Lebanon in a number of regional and international competitions as a national level track and field athlete.  In Episode 10 of Season 8 you learn how Manal moved over 20 times in her childhood and youth years as a result of living in war-ravaging Lebanon and how she ran as a coping mechanism.  Behind every successful professional, there is a story of pain and resilience. This is Manal’s story. Currently, Manal is the Cora Weiss Peacebuilding Fellow GNPW (Global Network of Women Peacebuilding); Fragile States Peacebuilding Advisor at Tearfund and Founding Member and Director of Programs at UI (Unconventional International). Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. *Episode recorded on March 3rd, 2021 **I lost count, we are on Episode 10 not 9,  Ooops.  My bad.   Key Links Rotary Peace Fellowship Cora Weiss Peacebuilding Fellow Unconventional International Tearfund   ***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 www.rotary.org/peace-fellowshipsocial change venture that works to bring about structural changes that will

How you can become an art curator, produce global art exhibits that travel the world and work with Peace Laureates. Sounds amazing right? It’s hard but very possible and Ashley Woods tells you how he is doing it. Ashley Woods is an internationally recognized curator, project manager and producer. From his “Making Peace” exhibit that has been to 13 countries; to his Martin Luther King Jr exhibit in Stockholm; to his global human trafficking campaign to how he is working in Atlanta’s bid to host the 2022 World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates; you get a comprehensive and compelling story of how to use the arts for peace and make a living doing so. In Episode 9 of Season 8 you learn where Ashley grew up, how he started working with non-profits to improve their communications with the use of photography and his globally recognized campaigns for social change.    Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.  ***Episode recorded on February 23rd, 2021   Key Links:   Martin Luther King, Jr Making Peace Campaign Ashley Wood’s Linkedin Contact Ashley   ***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 www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships    

Episode 8 of Season 8 is possible thanks to the support of The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution and Coexistence. At the cutting edge of peacebuilding/development research and practice; winner of 2020 Book of the Year by the Conflict Research Society with the book “Reclaiming everyday peace: local voices in measurement and evaluation after war”; associate professor of the COEX program (Conflict Resolution and Coexistence) at Brandeis University; Episode 8 explores the life and career of Dr. Pamina Firchow. In Episode 8 listen how an internship launched her career in peacebuilding and how Dr. Firchow and her team are infusing local knowledge to generate indicators that can improve the effectiveness of peace and development initiatives.  Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.  ***Episode recorded on February 17th , 2021 Key Links: Everyday Peace Indicators Pamina Firchow’s site Heller School for Social Policy and Manegement **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 www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships  

After over a decade working in the medical humanitarian field, Ayako Tsujika, transitioned to work full time in peacebuilding. She is currently working at the Africa Department of JICA, Japan International Cooperation Agency, as a country officer since last summer, and is going to work on its governance and peacebuilding programs in Ivory Coast (in March of 2021).  Ayako has also worked with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders, a humanitarian and medical NGO, in Africa, Asia, and Central America and has been involved in the management of the organization’s humanitarian programs in different contexts. In Episode 7 of Season 8 learn how Ayako made this transition possible.  How becoming a Rotary Peace Fellow allowed her to do a Masters in Peace and Conflict Studies from Uppsala University and how she transferred her humanitarian skills into the peacebuilding sector. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.  ***Episode recorded on February 16th, 2021   Key Links: Japan International Cooperation Agency Médecins Sans Frontières Ayako’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 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 www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships

Where philanthropy, impact investment, peace and equality meet we find Randy Newcomb. With a career trajectory that spans for decades in areas that range from urban local community-based organization (CBO) work in the city of San Francisco; to globally expanding the organization, Humanity United, which focuses on peacebuilding and human trafficking. In 2019, Randy accepted the position of Senior Advisor at the Omidyar Group.  The Omidyar Group is a diverse of global companies, organizations, and initiatives founded by Pierre and Pam Omidyar that strive to catalyze social impact globally.  In this role Randy explores diverse perspectives, future trends, and emergent solutions to address the complex challenges facing our world in the 21st century. In Episode 6 of Season 8 learn what venture philanthropy is; how is re-shaping the world of traditional philanthropy.   Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast.  ***Episode recorded on February 12th, 2021   Key Links: Humanity United   Omidyar Group Randy’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 www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships