The Social Change Career Podcast

  Introduction On Episode 14 of The Social Change Career Podcast, guest speaker Arthur Woods, a social entrepreneur, LGBTQ activist, and neurodiversity advocate, joins host Craig Zelizer to discuss the future of diversity, equity, inclusion in tech, and recruiting. Arthur shares valuable insights and recommendations for listeners interested in pursuing a career in this field. The episode kicks off...

Episode Description Introduction On Episode 13, Season 10 of The Social Change Career Podcast, hosts Craig Zelizer and Catalina Rojas interviews Catalina Cock Duque, co-founder of Fundacion Mi Sangre and the Weaving Lab , a community of network weavers. Catalina shares her experience as a social entrepreneur and the skills necessary for her work, including empathy, creativity and a systems-thinkin...

Introduction On Episode 12, Season 10 of  The Social Change Career Podcast, host Craig Zelzer speaks with Darius Graham , Program Director at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, about his experience in philanthropy, social justice, and innovation. Darius shares insights on how to get hired for non-profit roles and emphasizes the importance of skills like problem-solving and managing unpred...

Introduction On Episode 11 of Season 10 of The Social Change Career Podcast,  Craig Zellzer  interviews Spencer Campbell to unravel the secrets from a seasoned recruiter.  From the Peace Corps to finding fulfillment in the recruitment field, Spencer cover topics such as negotiating salaries, the job search process, and switching careers. He stress the importance of continuous learning, networking,...

Introduction On Episode 10 of Season 10 of The Social Change Career Podcast, we talk with Joan Maria Godoy , the founder of Radical Partners , a Miami-based social impact accelerator that helps build and scale up innovative social ventures. We hear about her journey from studying clinical psychology to eventually pursuing a development career focusing on social psychology and communities. We also...

Introduction On this episode of The Social Change Career Podcast, the conversation focused on the need for diversity and inclusivity in current investment and work practices due to the pandemic. The guest speaker, Madison Marks, discusses her journey in entrepreneurship, development, innovation, and startups in the Middle East and around the world. Madison highlights the importance of validating p...

Summary: On Episode 8 of Season 10 of The Social Change Career Podcast, host Craig Zalizer from PCDN.global interviews Manuela Guzman , a serial innovator and entrepreneur, about building a career in sustainability. The main topic of discussion is the urgency of addressing climate change and the importance of systemic solutions, such as renewables, for companies regardless of industry. The speaker...

Summary On Episode 7 of Season 10 of The Social Change Career Podcast, host Craig Zellzer interviews data policy curation expert, Karla Yee Amezaga. Karla sheds light on the importance of ethical use of technology and handling data, potential harms associated with AI and machine learning technologies, and the future direction of data governance towards better regulation and alignment. The discussi...

Julia Roig  is one of the world's most innovative social change practitioners.  In this episode she shares her deep insights and recommendations for changemakers in an age of rapid transition and uncertainty. Rather than running away from the critical challenges facing people and the planet, whether it be inequality, conflict, divisions, poor leadership and the immense climate challenges, Julia sh...

In Episode 5, Season 10,   Lual Mayen shares his unique journey working at the intersection of tech, gaming, migration, peacebuilding and impact.  From building his skills as a coder and developer in resource constrained environments to becoming a video games and tech expert using his skills to facilitate learning, connections and behavioral change. Lual talked about the key trends in gaming for c...

In Episode 4 of Season 10, Craig sat down with Il ana Milkes Espinosa , serial entrepreneur, who is working at the forefront innovative startups at the cutting edge of the future of work, technology and sustainability. Ilana talked about how she founded two startups, including World Tech Makers which conducts pioneering work in Colombia to democratize access to education   and more recently ePione...

In Episode 3 of Season 10,  Faith Edem , Economic Advisor at Environment Canada explores the radical (and much needed) growth in careers at the intersection of policy and sustainable economics. Building on her own rich experience engaging and shaping environmental policies in  Environment Canada and globally she shares insights on the wide range of career paths that are critical to addressing one...

In Episode 2, Craig and Catalina sat down with Aniqa Nawabi who is the Executive Director of the  Muslim Community Network . Aniqa shared her insights working for more than 2 decades in the social impact sector, helping to build innovative programming supporting local and international change in a wide variety of sectors. This will include the skills needed to build a high-impact community based o...

Opening Season 10 we sit down with Monica Perez who has more than two decades of experience at the  Director level leading governmental, foundation, nonprofit and private sector organizations in Latin America and the US.  She has led and managed teams of 300+, led execution of transformational programs over $10 million USD per year, and led communication and market strategies for leading companies...

Season 9 closes with perhaps one of the most important topics in the world of work in terms of areas of growth -not to mention relevance: Climate-related jobs and careers.  In fact, climate is going to be bigger than the Internet.  So how to build your career in this new world? to answer this critical question we sat down with Ashuman Tapma , serial entrepreneur and founder of Terra.do, the global...

In Episode 13 of Season 9  learn from innovator, founder and social entrepreneur Paul Breloff . Paul has been working in the social impact sector for over 2 decades in a variety of innovative roles including currently as CEO and Co-Founder of Shortlist , a leading search, recruiting and upskilling startup connecting impact talent to opportunity across Africa and beyond.  Paul shares his rich exper...

In Episode 11 of Season 9,    Key insights for aspiring impact professionals based in the Global South , learn from innovator and career expert Lucille Jade Galvan . Jade has been working in career advising, recruitment and talent management for over 15 years in a wide-variety of roles in leading institutions in Singapore, Bangladesh, and the Philippines. Her current role is Career Services Direct...

Episode 10 of Season 9 features leading social innovator and author of "THe New Reason to Work"  Roshan Paul . Roshan has been working at the intersection of leadership, innovation, social entrepreneurship, upskilling and convening for impact for more than 15 years including at his current role as Director of Leadership Practice at IREX . Roshan shares deep insights from working around the globe h...

In this episode , learn from innovator and educator Diana Suarez founder and CEO of GLOT . Diana has been working at the intersection of education and social impact for more than a decade.  In this episode session Diana shares her rich experience working on innovation and impact in a wide-variety of education roles including in the nonprofit, public and higher education sectors. She discusses her...

Curious about how to build a career with finance and climate? In episode 8 of Season 9 this session Dimitry shares key tips for finance and non-finance people who strive to work at the intersection of finance, planet and impact. This is an area of tremendous growth as there is a desperate need to not only move capital out of destructive industries and investing, but also to radically scale investm...

In episode 7 of Season 9  Lydia Cardona  key tips and lessons from building a career in the growing but still highly competitive social impact space.  She highlights how to develop skills, advance networks and find the right (often) winding path, while building a career across diverse sectoral areas.  In addition, she discusses strategies for dealing with the ups and downs that frequently occur an...

Aditi Pathak shares key lessons from working on advancing change in a wide-range of sectors including sustainability, building the capacity of thousands of educators and students through her work with the UN, her applied research experience and working on innovative solutions to advance educational opportunities for those from low resource contexts. She also explores paths to advance skills, how t...

Featuring Innovator, Peacebuilder, Artist, Nonprofit Management Specialist and Rotary Peace Fellow (from Uppsala University) Marcus Tan de Bibiana. Marcus shares strategic ways in which his personal interests such as art, wellness & conflict resolution became professional areas. Over his career to date, Marcus has engaged in diverse roles including project management, peer learning, & art. In chal...

Behind the Canadian-career consulting firm and very popular Tweeter account MomentswithBren is the amazing B renda McWilson-Okorogba.   Originally from Nigeria, Brenda is an award-winning service and learning experience designer, grant writer, facilitator and an applied positive Psychology coach with over 9-years of experience ideating, designing and delivering outcome-based programming for divers...

Episode 3 of The Social Change Career Podcast explores the links between sustainability and investing with with Zach Stein. Zach is the co-founder of Carbon Collective  which utilizes finances to solve climate change.  This episode talks about how he started as a worm farmer to co-founding Carbon Collective.  Zach shares his experience and tips on sustainable investing. If you are seeking to explo...