We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits 160. Disruption for Good + The Business of Changing the World - Raj Kumar
Meet Raj. He's not just the Founding President & Editor-in-Chief of Devex, he's noticed the little guy ever since he was a boy playing soccer in the streets of India. This former political strategist built Devex, a global news platform, in grad school alongside his friends to inform development professionals and aid workers all over the world. Today we launch Season 4 exploring the new era of global development and how to set zero goals for yourself (we had to have him define that too, but we were LOVING the answer). Tune in🎧
Today’s Guest: Raj Kumar, Founding President and Editor-in-Chief at Devex
Episode Highlights
- Raj’s story and journey to where he is today (2:30)
- An overview of Devex (5:00)
- Leading a global social enterprise in the middle of a time such as this (9:00)
- The new era of global development (9:40)
- The lens you should use as a funder to identify what organizations to support (10:45)
- Raj’s Book: The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Aid Industry (17:00)
- Embracing this season of innovation and change in the nonprofit sector: shift the focus to zero goals. (21:00)
- Evaluate your programs to ensure they are truly doing the most good (24:00)
- Fostering a global mindset in your corner of the world (30:00)
- A powerful moment of philanthropy in Raj’s life (35:00)
- Raj’s One Good Thing: Listen more. Don’t assume that you understand the context of how it all works. Go and talk to the source. (41:00)
For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/160
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