People Helping People

Send us a text David Aspinall, CEO of Auticon US shares how companies can thrive hiring employees on the spectrum who excel in technology. Auticon is a technology company focused on creating jobs for people with autism by tapping into their natural skills and abilities. As the company developed, they found a great model for those on the spectrum to overcome barriers to employment and thrive in bet...

Send us a text Saif Ali shares the story of how Dastgry is transforming the Pakistan economy with technology and the amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs. Dastgyr is a tech platform that helps emerging and local businesses manage their inventory more effectively. Read the full transcript and show notes Visit People Helping People Visit Dastgyr

Send us a text Dr. Lynda of Ever Widening Circles Takes You Through the Four Shifts Needed to See an Entirely Different World on Media Platforms.  She lays out principles of changing how you interact with the internet to get a different response from the algorithm, and plug into a greater worldview. She started the media platform, Ever Widening Circles and the Conspiracy of Goodness Network. Both...

Send us a text Tony Rothacker is the co-founder at Youngster.co, which provides job opportunities to youth and empowers elders to use technology better. Tony Rothacker speaks about keeping open communication and discusses building mutual benefit into a social enterprise. Youth assist elders with learning new technology they may need to interact with the world, or programs they may need help to use...

Send us a text Allison Chaney CEO of the Breakthrough Accelerator imagines the world and business being a place where we can go-exist mindfully. Breakthrough Accelerator is a business accelerator that helps create stronger efforts through intentional business development and accelerating results. She talked about the valuable impact that can occur for initiatives both internally and externally. In...

Send us a text Joe DeLoss started Hot Chicken Takeover as a restaurant chain with really awesome chicken that prioritizes fair chance employment. This fast-casual fried chicken restaurant uses business as a vehicle to create opportunity. No matter what somebody's resume or alternative resume from their past looks like, the intention is to offer an opportunity. Hot Chicken Takeover provides an envi...

Send us a text Rich Brubaker of Collective Responsibility explains sustainability and what's happening in Asia. Rich’s portfolio is versatile, but he is one of Asia's most recognized authorities on sustainability, innovation and responsible leadership. Portions of his work include being the managing director of Collective Responsibility , the executive volunteer of HandsOn China and as an adjunct...

Send us a text Gabriele Donati shares TimeRepublik, the world’s first purpose-driven social network centered around time banking. With a global reach, TimeRepublik built a strong online community of users that value their social network platform.  Gabriele described TimeRepublik’s function as “a digital platform where you can exchange time instead of money.” He followed up, explaining that there’s...

Send us a text Cory and Annie of Grow Ensemble provide social impact businesses with tools they need to grow their audience and the reach of their impact. Grow Ensemble is a content and media company inspiring businesses and individuals to consider more sustainable business and life choices in support of the impact economy. Cory and Annie also train and consult other purpose-driven businesses to a...

Send us a text Jen O’Ryan from Double Tall discussed diversity and inclusion as it relates to the LGBTQ community, and how companies can welcome diversity. Double Tall provides service as a consulting firm for strategy, design, and implementation. Jen also placed her knowledge in her book “ Inclusive AF: A Field Guide for ‘Accidental’ Diversity Experts ”, which explains how to cultivate a more wel...

Send us a text Bruce Waltuck shares how Freethinc for a Change helps social entrepreneurs build an efficient and inclusive process to grow social ventures.  He holds three decades of experience from real-life settings and academia, which he spent improving business processes, teaching business courses, and being active in the U.S. Department of Labor. Bruce discussed methods social entrepreneurs c...

Send us a text Jodie and Grace share their social enterprise Paws and Pause, a doggy daycare assisting those recovering from mental health and addiction.  The pair first started working together when running a project for St. Mungo’s, a homelessness organization in London. This is where they first began incorporating dogs in their work, which would lead to launching Paws and Pause in 2019. Read th...

Send us a text Rich shares how the Harwood Institute helps you to collaborate in your local communities to create effective long term change.  He founded the Harwood Institute in 1988 with work centered around developing community change-centered conversations. A philosophy of civic faith and community-driven solutions fueled this initiative’s efforts for more than 30 years. Read the full transcri...

Send us a text Kaiti Burkhammer shares the story of how 3 Tree is helping people create sustainable habits that save the planet and help the environment. A new company started during the GiveBackHack Global event last fall, they shared their strategy for developing a product that will help individuals create environmentally friendly habits. They started by getting feedback from friends and family...

Send us a text Nohelia Rambal runs social enterprise GoodFind, a directory of sustainable brands helping consumers easily find an ethical alternative to everything. She speaks on her experience of quitting a corporate job to become a marketing consultant for impact organizations.   Ideally, the directory was created so that anyone could find an alternative for anything. Items in the directory rang...

Send us a text Sheila Fuentes spoke on the mindset lessons she learned while building her sustainable retail brand, SI'LO. Sheila is based in the Philippines, and pivoted her career from banking with an economics background to the fashion industry. One of the leading concerns for SI'LO is sustainability, but Sheila also mentioned the issue of unethical labors. Adopting new mindsets would help her...

Send us a text Cameron Cooper talks about her sustainability work through Cooper's Refillery. Society has tried numerous ways to reduce plastic use and promote recycling, but the amount of waste is still largely unaccounted for. Cooper's Refillery is working to reduce plastic waste by focusing on the circular economy of plastics and rethinking sustainable production and consumption. In their work,...

Send us a text Ashley Connell reveals how reentering the workforce can be better understood with her work from The Prowess Project. Women looking to get back into the workforce can engage with this initiative that acts as an employment agency. While with the agency, women can also build relationships, and learn skill development in EQ to mesh the right opportunities for better employment. Among wo...

Send us a text When Maxime Dücker arrived in Melbourne, Australia, she found inspiration in the thriving world of social & eco-focused enterprises seeking to change the world.  So, she set out to wield her marketing and branding expertise to create change and launched Our Good Brands as an entertainment hub for brands and worldwide consumers to make better decisions. Our Good BrandsWith topics...

Send us a text Dalia Kamar established her work in Egypt as she develops entrepreneurs to maneuver barriers. No matter if the barrier is geographic or linguistic, Dalia worked to empower entrepreneurs of the Middle East to flourish in their own communities. She is not opposed to global interactions and details her own global experience. Being open to finding serendipitous opportunities helped Dali...

Send us a text Anna Alaman spoke with us about her work in responsible and sustainable tourism through the Open Eyes Project. Anna was determined to build a social enterprise in India and focused on tourism. She shared the experiences that led her to establish the project, including lessons on “learning while doing” and the differences between “having the academic point of view and also the practi...

Send us a text Emily Stuhldreher shared insights into getting social enterprises up and running after years of work with GiveBackHack. There’s an entire community of social enterprises in Ohio that connect to GiveBackHack, including previous guests and myself. Emily talked through a lot of what it takes to build and validate the ideas we start with when embarking on the road of social enterprise....

Send us a text Lynnette Cook spends this episode discussing the Rootstrike program Hopeless to Fearless. We have a history with the initiative from our previous episode with Rootstrike’s Dave Parker. Through the program, frontline and mid-level professionals can use practical tools and resources to navigate challenging circumstances. We discussed the Nova membership looping informative experts, im...

Send us a text Callee Ackland discussed how her commitment to a zero-waste lifestyle developed into Bestowed Essentials and Hippie Haven. Interest in sustainable products came to Callee in 2016 after a purchase of hand-made soap. From then on, Callee stayed mindful of the ingredients and sources of the skincare she used in her daily life. She gave herself one year to develop her soap-making busine...

Send us a text Galicia Gordon discussed her work with Leading Learners, and gave her thoughts on how she was able to start building the initiative at 16 years old. Galicia Gordon’s experience with launching and developing Leading Learners became an amazing conversation to kick off this month’s theme of clarity and new possibilities for creating change. The initiative, based in Vancouver, CA, works...