The Social Change Career Podcast

Kerstin Tebbe is the networking whisperer. An international development/humanitarian response professional interested in non-traditional approaches to change across all sectors. If you think networking is just to there to help you get jobs, you are in for a huge surprise. Networking is skill, a strategy to advance your career and also a tool to affect positive social change. If you want to hear from a truly network expert, someone building networking as a field of knowledge, you need to listen to this episode. In Episode 10 of Season 7, you hear about how, during Kerstin's earlier work years, she discovered the need for capacity building in networks (for impact professionals in general). Kerstin shares her career as an independent consultant and ultimately the process of founding her own organization Collective Minds, dedicated to changing the world through networks. Listen to a wonderful, real and informative conversation with Kerstin Tebbe. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. *Episode recorded on August 21st , 2020 Key Links: Collective Mind Inter-agency Network for Education Emergencies Kerstin Tebbe's Linkedin Related Topics ***COVID-19*** PCDN.global wants to be there for our community in these trying times. Please join for free EVERY THURSDAY at noon EST PCDN Impact Career Chats. Learn from some of the world leader innovators about advancing your career of impact. Connect with other professionals. 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. Book a 15 minute free consult. 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 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

If you ever wondered what is an academic entrepreneur, this is your episode. Dr. Patricia Marquez, serves in a dual role at the University of San Diego as the Associate Provost for Academic Planning and Innovation and as Dean of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies. Getting into and completing a PhD is hard. Finding tenure work as an academic is even harder, try being a woman, an immigrant, and imagine becoming Dean and Associate Provost of a top US School. In Episode 9 of Season 7, you hear her growing up in her native Caracas; the remarkable influence of women in her life to instill a love for learning and a constant and lifelong state of curiosity. Dean Patricia is very clear on her why and that has marked who and how she works. Listen how she has successfully built successful academic careers in higher education settings in both Venezuela and the U.S. Listen to her career tips; her view on the future of higher education and how to bring, positivism, grit and tenacity to your life and work. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. *Episode recorded on August 14th , 2020 Key Links: Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies 2020 Fowler Global Social Innovation Award Patricia's Ted Talk IESA Related Topics ***COVID-19*** PCDN.global wants to be there for our community in these trying times. Please join for free EVERY THURSDAY at noon EST PCDN Impact Career Chats. Learn from some of the world leader innovators about advancing your career of impact. Connect with other professionals. 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. Book a 15 minute free consult. 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 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

Forbes30under30, Ashoka Fellow, CEO and co-founder of a social enterprise, brilliant engineer from Carnegie Mellon University, Pablo Santaeufemia is by all measures a bright impact professional. Beyond degrees, languages spoken and accomplishments, Pablo is very intentional of how he wants to expand the space of entrepreneurship for all. In Episode 8 of Season 7, you hear how his social enterprise, Bridge for Billions, is breaking the inequality gap in the eco-system. Also, Pablo shares his earlier years and how his humble origins inspire what he does. With great humility he walks us through his brilliant career as an engineer working globally and how he ultimately pivoted and co-founded his ever-expanding social enterprise, Bridge for Billions. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. *Episode recorded on August 7th , 2020 Key Links: Bridge for Billions Innovate with Purpose Podcast United World College Related Topics ***COVID-19*** PCDN.global wants to be there for our community in these trying times. Please join for free EVERY THURSDAY at noon EST PCDN Impact Career Chats. Learn from some of the world leader innovators about advancing your career of impact. Connect with other professionals. 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. Book a 15 minute free consult. 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 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

A career in the arts is hard enough, a career in the arts as a tool for positive social change is even harder. If you are passionate about how to build a successful career integrating the arts into social change, you need to listen to Sara Lahayne's story. A life-long dancer who channeled her love for the arts and created an incredible organization, Move This World, an award winning ed-tech company that delivers social and emotional learning tools directly to students. In Episode 7 of Season 7, Sara tells us her aha! moment during her Fullbright days in Bogotá that led to the creation of Move this World. Sara's career, together with all her (too many to list) accolades is an inspiration to all of us who want to create change through the combination of arts and technology. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. *Episode recorded on July 28th , 2020 Key Links: Move This World Sara's site Free resources for mental health during Covid-19 Related Topics ***COVID-19*** PCDN.global wants to be there for our community in these trying times. Please join for free EVERY THURSDAY at noon EST PCDN Impact Career Chats. Learn from some of the world leader innovators about advancing your career of impact. Connect with other professionals. 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. Book a 15 minute free consult. 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 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

Frustrated by the field experience requirement? Curious how to get your first field work assignment? You need to sit down and listen to Hana' Abdullah Raja Jum'ah who has accrued over 113 months in humanitarian, fragile and development contexts including Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Algeria and Tunisia. In Episode 6 of Season 7, you listen how Hana, while studying Geology, developed a taste for volunteering and has one of the most remarkable stories of volunteerism in peace & social change; her tenure at Generations for Peace; and ultimately developing a wide range of skills and field work experience leading her to work with OIM, Mercy Corps, FHI360, Queen Rania Foundation, Oxfam and others. Hana reflects on the future of field work in the covid-19 reality; how it is to be a field worker as a woman and her tips for starting a career in the field. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. *Episode recorded on July 20th , 2020 Key Links: Generations for Peace Hana's LinkedIn Related Topics ***COVID-19*** PCDN.global wants to be there for our community in these trying times. Please join for free EVERY THURSDAY at noon EST PCDN Impact Career Chats. Learn from some of the world leader innovators about advancing your career of impact. Connect with other professionals. 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. Book a 15 minute free consult. 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 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

What do bagels, podcasts and law have in common? Ken Frankel is the right answer. Fellow podcaster, with an impressive career as a lawyer, 5 years as the OAS (Organization of Americas States) legal counsel, law professor at Belgian and American Universities. Currently the President of the Canadian Council for the Americas, Kenneth N. Frankel "Ken" is equal parts as impressive, as he is grounded and very, very witty. In Episode 5 of Season 7, Ken shares how his upbringing in northern New Jersey shaped his career to a great extent. From his experience as a lawyer working in Miami during the "Miami Vice" years; to how he jumped into the private sector; to his tenure with the OAS, this is a great episode for those wondering how do you change the world as a lawyer. Most importantly, learn all about Ken's life-long passion for all things Latin American and his unwavering support for New York Bagels. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. *Episode recorded on July 14th , 2020 Key Links: Canadian Council for the Americas Two Gringos with Questions Podcast Organization of Americas States 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. Book a 15 minute free consult. Become a member of the PCDN Career Campus to get daily access (to job opportunities) community (network with other impact professionals); learning with sector-experts and receive guidance from PCDN Career Coaches. 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

Frustrated by the field experience requirement? Curious how to get your first field work assignment? You need to sit down and listen to Hana' Abdullah Raja Jum'ah who has accrued over 113 months in humanitarian, fragile and development contexts including Iraq, Yemen, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Algeria and Tunisia. In Episode 6 of Season 7, you listen how Hana, while studying Geology, developed a taste for volunteering and has one of the most remarkable stories of volunteerism in peace & social change; her tenure at Generations for Peace; and ultimately developing a wide range of skills and field work experience leading her to work with OIM, Mercy Corps, FHI360, Queen Rania Foundation and others. Hana reflects on the future of field work in the covid-19 reality; how it is to be a field worker as a woman and her tips for starting a career in the field. She is the currently the Economic Recovery Coordinator for Oxfam in Iraq. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. *Episode recorded on July 20th , 2020 Key Links: Generations for Peace Oxfam Hana's LinkedIn Related Topics ***COVID-19*** PCDN.global wants to be there for our community in these trying times. Please join for free EVERY THURSDAY at noon EST PCDN Impact Career Chats. Learn from some of the world leader innovators about advancing your career of impact. Connect with other professionals. 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. Book a 15 minute free consult. 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 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

If you want to listen a no-nonsense approach to systemic change, listen to Satyam. He has spent over a decade in education, skills development and social entrepreneurship in rural India. In Episode 4 of Season 7 hear about Satyam's aha! moment; his deep experience in the nonprofit education system in India and the process of establishing his own social enterprise which focuses on workforce development and thought leadership, Arthan. Satyam is equal parts brilliant and good human being. A THNK fellow, Satyam holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Delhi University and executive degrees in social entrepreneurship and leading successful social programs from Stanford Business School and Harvard Kennedy School. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. *Episode recorded on July 8th , 2020 Key Links: Arthan Building Civil Society Organizations Thnk Related Topics Become a member of the PCDN Career Campus to get daily access (to job opportunities) community (network with other impact professionals); learning with sector-experts and receive guidance from PCDN Career Coaches. 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. Book a 15 minute free consult. 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

Author of the Book "The Values String: A book of Transitional Life, Compelling Fulfillment, and Profound Peace". Ukpeme Akpan Okon is a lawyer, arbitrator, adjudicator, author, mediator, Ambassador for Peace and musician. In Episode 3 of Season 7, Ukpeme shares about her 15 year long career as a lawyer. A pioneer in her work and founder of many organizations including: GAIN (Guild of Adjudicators in Nigeria); Mediators and Advocates of Peace (Lampaix) , Coordinator of Justice, Development and Peace Commission; former Assistant General Secretary of International Federation of Women Lawyers, Abuja Branch. She has served on the Zero Draft sub-committee of Non-Governmental Organization / United Nations Convention on the Status of Women. This is what an African peacebuilder looks like. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. *Episode recorded on July 3rd , 2020 Key Links: The Values String book Article about Ukpeme Listen to Ukpeme's music Related Topics ***COVID-19*** PCDN.global wants to be there for our community in these trying times. Please join for free EVERY THURSDAY at noon EST PCDN Impact Career Chats. Learn from some of the world leader innovators about advancing your career of impact. Connect with other professionals. 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. Book a 15 minute free consult. 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 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

Wainright defied the inherent odds of socio-economic inefficiencies, and now works every day to empower the thousands of young people who are vulnerable and victims of the failed education and workforce development systems through his very own edutech incubator: TRIBE. In Episode 1 of Season 7 Wain will tell you how to build not only your career of impact, but how to do so as a West African young entrepreneur. Wain shares his own background, his undergrad and work experience in Liberia; his studies in the U.S. (including becoming a Watson Scholar) and how he founded his own social enterprise. You will leave this podcast feeling like there are no excuses to build our own future. Check out previous seasons & episodes of our Award-Winning Social Change Career Podcast. *Episode recorded on July , 2020 Key Links: Tribe Watson Scholar Lynn University Related Topics ***COVID-19*** PCDN.global wants to be there for our community in these trying times. Please join for free EVERY THURSDAY at noon EST PCDN Impact Career Chats. Learn from some of the world leader innovators about advancing your career of impact. Connect with other professionals. 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. Book a 15 minute free consult. 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 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