Superpowers for Good: Empowering Changemakers for Social Impact via Regulated Investment Crowdfunding from the SuperCrowd.

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Shri Ajvalia, Global Medical Affairs, Project Management at Janssen Pharmaceuticals (a subsidiary of our sponsor Johnson & Johnson), has conducted two successful crowdfunding campaigns on CaringCrowd. He joined us to share his passion and insights. In two separate campaigns, Shri raised money to fight human trafficking and gu...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2O2aspl . Inspired by Visa’s cooperative ownership structure, Michael Dillhyon, founder and board member of Healthbank Cooperative, has created a novel way for people to keep and own their health and medical records. Envisioned as a global solution and b...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Jason Lewis, an expert nonprofit fundraiser and author of The War for Fundraising Talent and How Small Shops Can Win, joined me for a disscussion about his insights from the book. Jason encourages nonprofits to build real relationships with donors who can give significant amounts of money, sharing a story of a career highligh...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . One of the world’s leading experts on philanthropy, Phil Buchanan, president of the Center for Effective Philanthropy and author of the book Giving Done Right, joined me to share insights about philanthropy. His fundamental premise is that giving effectively is more difficult than getting money for most philanthropists. He fi...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Jaclyn Lindsey knows more about kindness than any living human. Her organization, Kindness.org , seeks to be the singular authority on kindness, including scientific research on the benefits and results of kindness. Her goal is to catalyze more kindness everywhere. Her theory of change concludes that all social problems--even...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Stephen McKeon joined us to talk about security tokens. As the chief strategy advisor for Security Token Academy, he is an expert in the issuance of security tokens. Stephen explains that security tokens are digital securities, built on blockchain technology. The advantages of security tokens include the ability to trade them...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Dr. Heidi Stieglitz Ham, an expert in cognitive psychology with a focus on autism, is working to put adults on the autism spectrum in greater control of their lives. The nonprofit she founded, Spectrum Fusion, works to help provide meaningful, strategic connections to people who often feel isolated and alone. She calls the ex...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Novica is delivering handmade items from artisans around the world to customers here in the United States. This has enabled them to send almost $90 million to those producers in the developed world, creating a sustainable model and impact on diverse communites around the globe. The business started with a focus on serving the...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Impact Shares is an innovative nonprofit financial firm that has created several exchange traded funds or ETFs that ordinary investors to easily purchase in their existing stock portfolios. I am so excited about this opportunity I intend to add these to my personal investment portfolio. While my purchases will be small, I’ll...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Arlene Cogen, author, certified financial planner and philanthropy consultant, joined me to discuss her three tips for better philanthropy. She suggests working with your advisor to find a simple way to endow a gift--and to lead by example. Be sure to tune in the hear all her great advice. The following is the pre-interview w...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Paula Froehle, co-founder and CEO of Chicago Media Project, joined me to discuss the organization’s work. The group starts as an angel investor group for documentary film but it doesn’t stop there. The group also helps to drive innovation in the field and hosts both public and member-only events. The following is the pre-inte...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Isabelle Hau, a former investment banker at Morgan Stanley (where I originally met her more than a decade ago), now serves as the investment partner for US Education at Omidyar Network. She joined me to discuss a recent report showing the importance of educational intervention at a remarkably early age. Beginning at 18 months...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Mark Durstewitz, the vice president and creative director for MadElf Arts and Education, discovered the power of music to spread a message when he wrote a rock musical about divorce that resonated with audiences. Or the past two decades, he’s been applying his skills to create and share a musical that encourages discussion ab...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2U0SxBN . John Kluge, 35, founder and managing director for the Refugee Investment Network or the RIN, created this matchmaking service between impact investors and impact actors in the refugee space with a key group of people in mind: the 70 million ref...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Amy Eisenstein, the CEO of Capital Campaign Toolkit, says there are three keys to a successful campaign. One will surprise you. She says you don’t need a campaign consultant to reach your fundraising goal. Tip 1: You can raise major gifts without any "new" donors. Tip 2: You don't need a capital campaign consultant to lead a...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Dr. Joanna Rubinstin, president and CEO of World Childhood Foundation USA, joined me for a discussion about a newly issued report that shows child sexual abuse and exploitation is a hidden public health epidemic. Tune in to hear why we need to be talking about this. Click the following link to learn my insider secrets to medi...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Bob Dalton, the CEO and founder of Sackcloth & Ashes, started the business after seeing his own mother experience homelessness. Suddenly, he appreciated how easily good people fall into homelessness through no fault of their own. Sackcloth & Ashes is a social enterprise that sells beautiful blankets. For each blanket sold, it...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2DETnwU . Suzanne DiBianca, chief philanthropy officer and executive vice president of corporate relations at Salesforce, was among the first employees at the company and has championed social impact from the beginning. Building a $50 million impact inve...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Open Road Alliance is perhaps unique in the philanthropic and impact investing world. The organization is a private philanthropic initiative that funds solutions to roadblocks in social projects. Maya Winkelstein, executive director, and Caroline Bressan, director of social investments, explain that Open Road Alliance funds s...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Ludovic Grosjean, the founder and principal consultant at OceanX Group has launched a nonprofit effort leveraging his relationship with Rotary International and its clubs to use technology to identify and remove pollution from the ocean. He was recognized by Rotary at its annual event at the United Nations for his innovative...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Kristin Nimsigner, CEO of Social Solutions, may be typical of hard-charging Silicon Valley CEO’s, driving an actual racecar to work every day, but she’s less typical of young mothers racing at the track. Her competitive spirit has helped Social Solutions to attract a $59 million investment from Microsoft founder Steve Ballmer...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Read the full Forbes article and watch the interview here: http://bit.ly/2SwImr4 . Michael Leoni didn’t set out to make a documentary film. A playwright, he had produced a play about homeless teens and would occasionally invite young people from the street to see the play and provide feedback to keep the show authentic. Two o...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Samson Williams, who serves on the Crowdfunding Professionals Association board of directors with me and is an anthropologist at Axes and Eggs who focuses on cryptocurrencies, joined me to share some tips for successful offerings. He suggests you never forget you are crowdfunding--which is a regulated activity, to avoid puffe...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . ShariaPortfolio, Inc., operates a halal compliant investment platform that provides a socially responsible investment screen, excluding a variety of “sin” stocks, including alcohol, tobacco and gaming. The investment criteria also exclude highly levered stocks, resulting in some measurable downside protection. Be a hero! Join...

Never miss another interview! Join Devin here: http://bit.ly/joindevin . Aditya Kasana, founder of Josh Pano, a socia enterrpise selling affordable, titanium eye glasses and working to prevent or cure blindness by funding cataract surgeries in India. The frames manufactured in Japan, are stylish and contemporary. For every ten pair sold, Josh Pano funds a cataract surgery. Josh Pano is seeking fun...