People Inspired By Purpose - Purposely Podcast

Welcome to Purposely SHORT, a weekly episode, featuring one of our friends or past guests and their expertise on a certain topic. This weeks episode features Emma Brown CEO of Duke of Edinburgh's International Award New Zealand. Emma talks about her leadership journey and how she values resilience over everything else when it comes to thriving as a CEO. Emma was diagnosed with breast cancer an...

Welcoming Thomas Smith, CEO of the Halberg Foundation, to Purposely, where he shares his organisation's mission to empower young people with disabilities through sport. The foundation also hosts an annual awards ceremony, a premier event in New Zealand, recognizing and honouring outstanding achievements in sports. Thomas, or Tom as he is known, offers insights into his life and career journey,...

Welcome to Purposely SHORT, a weekly episode, featuring one of our friends or past guests and their expertise on a certain topic. This weeks episode features Ian Bird CEO of & Community Foundations of Australia (current) & Canada (formerly). Ian dives into secrets of successful Network Leadership.

Welcoming Ezekiel Raui, the new Head of the One New Zealand Foundation, to the Purposely Podcast. Ezekiel shares his organisation's mission as well as his remarkable journey from Head Boy to social entrepreneur and nonprofit leader. Even before his university days, Ezekiel Raui had already stacked up a lifetime's worth of achievements. As head boy at Taipa College in the Far North of New Z...

Welcome to Purposely SHORT, a weekly episode, featuring one of our friends or past guests and their expertise on a certain topic. This weeks episode features Sarah Dann-Hoare CEO of Project Employ.

Welcoming Kylie Wallace, co founder and CEO of Seedling Giving to Purposely Podcast where she shares their founder journey and her personal career highlights.

Welcome to Purposely SHORT, a weekly episode, featuring one of our friends or past guests and their expertise on a certain topic. This weeks episode features Sarah Manley CEO of the Sir John Kirwan Foundation.

Welcome Robyn Scott to Purposely, where she shares her organization's mission and her career and life journey focused on purpose. Robyn serves as the Executive Director of J R McKenzie Trust, a grant-making foundation established by retailer John McKenzie. John, hailing from Australia, first visited New Zealand in 1909 during a motorcycling holiday. Enchanted by the country's charm and its...

Welcome to Purposely SHORT, a weekly episode, featuring one of our friends or past guests and their expertise on a certain topic. This weeks episode features Ah-Leen Rayner CEO of Breast Cancer Foundation NZ. .

Welcome Wayne Howett to Purposely, where he shares his organisation's mission and his career and life journey. Wayne is the CEO of Ronald McDonald House Charities® New Zealand (RMHC NZ), an organisation dedicated to providing practical help and compassionate care to families of hospitalised children. Wayne has experience of having a sick child and this lived experience led him to the work he d...

Welcome to Purposely SHORT, a weekly episode, featuring one of our friends or past guests and their expertise on a certain topic. This weeks episode features philanthropy expert and author Peter Winneke.

Welcoming Emma Brown, CEO of The Duke of Edinburgh's Hillary Award , to Purposely, where she shares her organisation's mission and her career journey, from public relations executive to non-profit leader. Emma shares details of her recent cancer diagnosis, how she coped with the news, and how she has navigated work while leading an organisation and receiving treatment. Born and raised in A...

Welcome to Purposely Short, a weekly episode, featuring one of our friends or past guests and their expertise on a certain topic. This weeks episode features Kate Brown CEO of Westminster Foundation

Welcoming Nicola Nation, CEO of The Ākina Foundation, to Purposely, where she shares her personal and career journey as a consultant specialising in procurement across corporate and public sectors and more recently non-profit leadership. The word Ākina means to encourage or urge onwards in the Māori language, and the foundation is a ‘for purpose’ consultancy that works with social enterprises, bus...

We are delighted to welcome Ian Bird, the new CEO of Community Foundations Australia (CFA), to the Purposely Podcast. In this episode, Ian shares his vision for the future of Australian community foundations, drawing from his extensive experience as the former CEO of Community Foundations of Canada and his remarkable career as an Olympic hockey player. Interestingly, Ian represented Canada in fiel...

Welcome to Purposely Short, a weekly episode, featuring one of our friends or past guests and their expertise on a certain topic. This weeks episode features Eric Ressler founder of Cosmic a creative agency for social impact organisations and brands.

Welcome to Purposely Short, a weekly episode, featuring one of our friends or past guests and their expertise on a certain topic. This weeks episode features Tracy Clark CEO of Young Gloucestershire

Welcoming Jon Tanner, a former international hockey player and the co-founder of Coach For Life Foundation to Purposely where he shares his organisation's mission to inspire and educate the next generation of sports coaches. Founded in January 2021, the Coach For Life Foundation aims to elevate the quality of youth sport coaches in New Zealand. Their mission is clear: to inspire and empower co...

Welcome to Purposely Short, a weekly episode, featuring one of our friends or past guests and their expertise on a certain topic. This weeks episode features Vicki Cardwell

Helen Robinson, the Auckland City Missioner, recently shared insights into her career and the Mission's unwavering commitment to helping those in need with Purposely. Rising from the ranks, Helen was promoted to the role of CEO in April 2021, succeeding Chris Farrelly as the Missioner. Growing up in Johnsonville, Wellington, amongst a family of five, Helen describes her upbringing as one fille...

Welcome to Purposely Short, a weekly episode, featuring one of our friends or past guests and their expertise on a certain topic. This weeks episode features Derek Bardowell, Author and CEO of philanthropy advice and education company Ten Years’ Time. Derek lays down a challenge to the philanthropy world to embrace meaningful change and redress power imbalances and live up to its meaning - Phil me...

In a recent episode of the Purposely Podcast, we had the pleasure of hosting Jilly Tyler, CEO of Talking Matters New Zealand , where we posed the fundamental question: "Why does talking matter?" Jilly underscored the critical role of early childhood, especially within the first 1,000 days, in shaping a child's development. Drawing upon international research, she highlighted a striki...

Welcome to Purposely Short, a weekly episode, featuring one of our friends or past guests and their expertise on a certain topic. This weeks episode features the key elements of contemporary and successful philanthropy. Guest Stacey Thomas stresses the importance of; - Not doing harm - Putting the people you are wanting to serve at the heart of your decision making, intervention planning and servi...

Liz Greive is the visionary behind Share My Super, a charitable organisation that facilitates donations to support marginalised young people and their families throughout New Zealand. Originally from the Lake District in the United Kingdom, Liz began her career as a social worker, developing a strong sense of justice and a deep passion for helping young people and their families. Life took Liz on...

Welcome to Purposely SHORT, a weekly episode, featuring one of our friends or past guests and their expertise on a certain topic. This weeks episode features Sarah Vibert CEO of National Council of Volunteer Organisations (NCVO) , a charity that has been supporting thousands of voluntary and community sector charities and non-profits in England for over 100 years. Episode Highlights Challenges and...