Humans of Purpose

Karen Mahlab This week I’m thrilled to welcome Karen Mahlab to the podcast. Karen is the Founder and CEO of Pro Bono Australia. Since 2000, Pro Bono Australia has shared news, careers and resources to help purpose-driven people and organisations grow their impact. With over 1.5 million people using their site each year, there is no question that Pro Bono News is the number one news outlet for Australia’s social economy. Humans of Purpose Listeners Survey (HoPES) 2022 Be part of our annual survey to help us improve the podcast. This year 2 of the first 20 survey respondents will have the opportunity to appear as guests on the podcast representing themselves and/or their organisation! This is generally offered exclusively as part of our promotional packages and valued at around $1,000 per podcast opportunity. More about this below in Promotional Packages below. Please lend me 5 minutes to complete the survey, it is open as of the release of this podcast and all you need to do is hit this Complete Survey link to participate. The survey closes on Friday 23rd September at 5pm. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose. We would welcome your support and partnership to help us take the podcast forward. More about this below in Promotional Packages below. Promotional Packages Our promotional packages enable us to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enables you to reach our global listener audience comprising over 10,000 episode listens per month and our growing social media community. This is your chance to connect with our wonderful socially conscious audience of whom 76% are 25-44 years old and 74% are senior professionals in their field. We offer up to 10 opportunities per year for values aligned organisations to do so, with just a few opportunities left for 2022. Join the great folks at Creative Natives, Strategic Grants, SAMSN and more to book your 2022 Humans of Purpose promotional package. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package that will get you the results you seek. HoP Membership Love Humans of Purpose? We are a social enterprise and we rely on your support to cover our costs of production. You can help sustain our work by Signing Up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Advertising-free all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes 5 Key Insights from all episodes Audio notes on all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andrew Kuypers Andrew is the Creative Director of A1 Studio. A1 Studio is a Melbourne-based full service design studio specialising in brand identities, art direction and photography. They help brands launch, evolve, grow and stand out in an ever-changing landscape. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose. Promotional Packages Our promotional packages enable us to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enables you to reach our global listener audience comprising over 10,000 episode listens per month and our growing social media community. This is your chance to connect with our wonderful socially conscious audience of whom 76% are 25-44 years old and 74% are senior professionals in their field. We offer up to 10 opportunities per year for values aligned organisations to do so, with just a few opportunities left for 2022. Join the great folks at Creative Natives, Strategic Grants, SAMSN and more to book your 2022 Humans of Purpose promotional package. Click here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package that will get you the results you seek and pop us a note at hello@humansofpurpose.com. HoP Membership This is your last chance to get 30% off in the last few days of our winter sale! Until the end of August you can sign up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff at a significant discount. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Advertising-free all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes 5 Key Insights from all episodes Audio notes on all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Help us ensure the sustainability of Humans of Purpose and get the great perks listed above every week too. Sign up here via our new member platform, Supercast. Hot Ko-fi? We've just joined up to Ko-fi, a great little site that enables you to shout us a coffee (about $5) if you particularly enjoyed this podcast episode or have been enjoying Humans of Purpose more generally. You can do so as a one-off or on a monthly basis! Just click here to share your gratitude. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 Useful Thoughts (Part 2 of 2) As we are taking 2 weeks off the podcast, I'm using this time to experiment by sharing across 2 episodes 10 of my most useful thoughts or pieces of wisdom that I've accumulated over the past few years of creating Humans of Purpose. The Last 5 (Summary) 'The fox knows many thing but the hedgehog knows one big thing' - Archilochus 'I walk into the fire always, and come out more alive.' - Anaïs Nin The Pareto principle, also known as the 80/20 rule - A theory maintaining that 80 percent of the output from a given situation or system is determined by 20 percent of the input. 'You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible' - Anton Chekhov 'Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself' - Rumi Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 Useful Thoughts (Part 1 of 2) As we are taking 2 weeks off the podcast, I'm using this time to experiment by sharing across 2 episodes 10 of my most useful thoughts or pieces of wisdom that I've accumulated over the past few years of creating Humans of Purpose. The First 5 (Summary) The 5 x 5 Rule - "You shouldn’t spend more than five minutes worrying about something that won’t matter in five years." - Anon Giving Enriches - "No one has ever become poor by giving" - Anne Frank Listen More - "We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak." - Epictetus Consult Others - “To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.” - Herodotus Future Plan - “If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.” - Seneca Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaitlin Tait Kaitlin is the Co-Founder and Head of Learning at ygap. ygap is an international organisation that creates positive change by making entrepreneurship more inclusive. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose. Promotional Packages Our promotional packages enable us to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enables you to reach our global listener audience comprising over 10,000 episode listens per month and our growing social media community. This is your chance to connect with our wonderful socially conscious audience of whom 76% are 25-44 years old and 74% are senior professionals in their field. We offer up to 10 opportunities per year for values aligned organisations to do so, with just a few opportunities left for 2022. Join the great folks at Creative Natives, Strategic Grants, SAMSN and more to book your 2022 Humans of Purpose promotional package. Click here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package that will get you the results you seek and pop us a note at mike@humansofpurpose.com. HoP Membership Welcome to our 30% off winter sale! Until the end of August you can sign up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff at a significant discount. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Advertising-free all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes 5 Key Insights from all episodes Audio notes on all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Help us ensure the sustainability of Humans of Purpose and get the great perks listed above every week too. Sign up here via our new member platform, Supercast. Hot Ko-fi? We've just joined up to Ko-fi, a great little site that enables you to shout us a coffee (about $5) if you particularly enjoyed this podcast episode or have been enjoying Humans of Purpose more generally. You can do so as a one-off or on a monthly basis! Just click here to share your gratitude. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Manny Hendrix Manny is the Director of Basketball at the Collingwood Basketball Association. Collingwood Basketball Association is a not-for-profit community based basketball club which offers young and older players in inner city Melbourne the opportunity to participate in a variety of competitions and programs. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose. Promotional Packages Our promotional packages enable us to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enables you to reach our global listener audience comprising over 10,000 episode listens per month and our growing social media community. This is your chance to connect with our wonderful socially conscious audience of whom 76% are 25-44 years old and 74% are senior professionals in their field. We offer up to 10 opportunities per year for values aligned organisations to do so, with just a few opportunities left for 2022. Join the great folks at Creative Natives, Strategic Grants, SAMSN and more to book your 2022 Humans of Purpose promotional package. Click here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package that will get you the results you seek and pop us a note at mike@humansofpurpose.com. HoP Membership Welcome to our 30% off winter sale! Until the end of August you can sign up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff at a significant discount. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Advertising-free all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes 5 Key Insights from all episodes Audio notes on all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Help us ensure the sustainability of Humans of Purpose and get the great perks listed above every week too. Sign up here via our new member platform, Supercast. Hot Ko-fi? We've just joined up to Ko-fi, a great little site that enables you to shout us a coffee (about $5) if you particularly enjoyed this podcast episode or have been enjoying Humans of Purpose more generally. You can do so as a one-off or on a monthly basis! Just click here to share your gratitude. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mike Davis Mike is Head of Strategic Partnerships and Communications at Infoxchange and also Chief Podcaster at Humans of Purpose. Infoxchange is a not-for-profit social enterprise that has been delivering technology for social justice for over 30 years. We are currently hiring for a Strategic Communications and Engagement Manager in my team, if you are a strategic communicator, inspiring storyteller and partnership builder please check out the job ad and get in touch! Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose. Promotional Packages Our promotional packages enable us to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enables you to reach our global listener audience comprising over 10,000 episode listens per month and our growing social media community. This is your chance to connect with our wonderful socially conscious audience of whom 76% are 25-44 years old and 74% are senior professionals in their field. We offer up to 10 opportunities per year for values aligned organisations to do so, with just a few opportunities left for 2022. Join the great folks at Creative Natives, Strategic Grants, SAMSN and more to book your 2022 Humans of Purpose promotional package. Click here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package that will get you the results you seek and pop us a note at mike@humansofpurpose.com. HoP Membership Welcome to our 30% off winter sale! Until the end of August you can sign up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha and Sarah at a significant discount. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Advertising-free all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes 5 Key Insights from all episodes Audio notes on all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Help us ensure the sustainability of Humans of Purpose. Sign up here via our new member platform, Supercast. Hot Ko-fi? We've just joined up to Ko-fi, a great little site that enables you to shout us a coffee (about $5) if you particularly enjoyed this podcast episode or have been enjoying Humans of Purpose more generally. You can do so as a one-off or on a monthly basis! Just click here to share your gratitude. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Margo Lydon Margo has been the CEO of Superfriend for over 12 years and is now acting as Chief Mental Health Advisor as she transitions to a new opportunity in the workplace mental health advisory space. Superfriend advocates for, equips and empowers profit-to-member superannuation funds and insurers to achieve mentally healthy workplaces for their staff and members. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Get your free 1-hour digital strategy consultation with full notes (valued at $300), just email josh@neontreehouse.com and pop Humans of Purpose in the subject line. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose. Get your 15% discount on any order at their website today, by just entering discount code humansofpurpose on checkout. Promotional Packages Our promotional packages enable us to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enables you to reach our global listener audience comprising over 10,000 episode listens per month and our growing social media community. This is your chance to connect with our wonderful socially conscious audience of whom 76% are 25-44 years old and 74% are senior professionals in their field. We offer up to 10 opportunities per year for values aligned organisations to do so, with just a few opportunities left for 2022. Join the great folks at Creative Natives, Strategic Grants, SAMSN and more to book your 2022 Humans of Purpose promotional package. Click here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package that will get you the results you seek and pop us a note at mike@humansofpurpose.com. HoP Membership Welcome to our 30% off winter sale! Until the end of August you can sign up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha and Sarah at a significant discount. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Advertising-free all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes 5 Key Insights from all episodes Audio notes on all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Help us ensure the sustainability of Humans of Purpose. Sign up here via our new member platform, Supercast. Hot Ko-fi? We've just joined up to Ko-fi, a great little site that enables you to shout us a coffee (about $5) if you particularly enjoyed this podcast episode or have been enjoying Humans of Purpose more generally. You can do so as a one-off or on a monthly basis! Just click here to share your gratitude. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Felicity Green Felicity and I became fast friends after crossing paths in the for purpose sector about 8 years ago. She is bright, bubbly, whip smart and a great exemplar of the modern consultant. So much so that I followed her to work in her team at Spark Strategy in my last job, where she was Co-Founder and CEO. She has since begun a new chapter as Co-Founder and Director of Ensemble Strategy. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Get your free 1-hour digital strategy consultation with full notes (valued at $300), just email josh@neontreehouse.com and pop Humans of Purpose in the subject line. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose. Get your 15% discount on any order at their website today, by just entering discount code humansofpurpose on checkout. Promotional Packages Our promotional packages enable us to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enables you to reach our global listener audience comprising over 10,000 episode listens per month and our growing social media community. This is your chance to connect with our wonderful socially conscious audience of whom 76% are 25-44 years old and 74% are senior professionals in their field. We offer up to 10 opportunities per year for values aligned organisations to do so, with just a few opportunities left for 2022. Join the great folks at Creative Natives, Strategic Grants, SAMSN and more to book your 2022 Humans of Purpose promotional package. Click here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package that will get you the results you seek and pop us a note at mike@humansofpurpose.com. HoP Membership Welcome to our 30% off winter sale! Until the end of August you can sign up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha and Sarah at a significant discount. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Advertising-free all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes 5 Key Insights from all episodes Audio notes on all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Help us ensure the sustainability of Humans of Purpose. Sign up here via our new member platform, Supercast. Hot Ko-fi? We've just joined up to Ko-fi, a great little site that enables you to shout us a coffee (about $5) if you particularly enjoyed this podcast episode or have been enjoying Humans of Purpose more generally. You can do so as a one-off or on a monthly basis! Just click here to share your gratitude. oUznVCBoOpcydnAWZLJo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Ramantanis Sarah is heavily involved in the world of philanthropy and is a marketing and communications professional by trade. She has just started a new role at General Sir John Monash Foundation and previously worked at Philanthropy Australia and is actively involved with Nexus Australia, Australia Youth Affairs Coalition and Kids in Philanthropy. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Get your free 1-hour digital strategy consultation with full notes (valued at $300), just email josh@neontreehouse.com and pop Humans of Purpose in the subject line. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose. Get your 15% discount on any order at their website today, by just entering discount code humansofpurpose on checkout. Promotional Packages Our promotional packages enable us to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enables you to reach our global listener audience comprising over 10,000 episode listens per month and our growing social media community. This is your chance to connect with our wonderful socially conscious audience of whom 76% are 25-44 years old and 74% are senior professionals in their field. We offer up to 10 opportunities per year for values aligned organisations to do so, with just a few opportunities left for 2022. Join the great folks at Creative Natives, Strategic Grants, SAMSN and more to book your 2022 Humans of Purpose promotional package. Click here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package that will get you the results you seek and pop us a note at hello@humansofpurpose.com. HoP Membership Welcome to our 30% off winter sale! Until the end of August you can sign up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben and Misha at a significant discount. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Advertising-free all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes 5 Key Insights from all episodes Audio notes on all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests Help us ensure the sustainability of Humans of Purpose. Sign up here via our new member platform, Supercast. Hot Ko-fi? We've just joined up to Ko-fi, a great little site that enables you to shout us a coffee (about $5) if you particularly enjoyed this podcast episode or have been enjoying Humans of Purpose more generally. You can do so as a one-off or on a monthly basis! Just click here to share your gratitude. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.