O2 Conference
O2 Conference Proves Students with Big Ideas Have the Power of Gathering Community David White IV founded the O2 Conference, which gives students an opportunity to bring their ideas to life. Based in Hilliard, Ohio, …
Social Good Blueprint | Inspiring Buys
[1] ConsciousCBUS Shopping Guide Spoke with Heide Rembold on this week’s podcast – a conscious business activist here in Columbus, Ohio. She’s just released her holiday guide to purchasing conscious gifts – and I recommend checking …
ConsciousCBUS
Heide Rembold is a conscious business activist here in Columbus, Ohio. She’s passionate about reducing waste, making purchasing decisions that have an impact, and social entrepreneurship. She’s just released her holiday guide to purchasing conscious …
Social Good Blueprint | Tasty Good
[1] Seize The Good The latest People Helping People podcast is with Stephanie Page, host of a fellow social impact podcast, Seize the Good. If you need a blast of enthusiasm, and some great ideas, …
Seize The Good
Stephanie Page started the Seize the Good in 2019 to share positive stories highlighting non-profit organizations, businesses doing good, social movements and success stories of people helping people. Talking to her, I realized we share …
Social Good Blueprint | Second-Hand Sunshine
[1] Rootstrike Labs This week on the People Helping People Podcast, we spoke with Dave Parker who has had a long career in helping non-profits develop social enterprises. Now he’s launching Rootstrike Labs to help …
Rootstrike Labs
Dave Parker has long been at the forefront of social innovation. He’s a former director of the National Center for Social Entrepreneurs, and in 1999, Dave founded CauseImpact, a consultancy that worked with nonprofits to …
Social Good Blueprint | B Inspired
[1] B Inspired Patrick Pichette, former CFO of Google, argues there is evidence that Milton Friedman’s doctrine is incorrect, that it’s not the case that “There is one and only one social responsibility of business …
Social Good Blueprint | Construction, Socks and Soup
[1] Brilliant Bonus I had such a great time speaking with Mariette Fourmeaux about her project Brilliance Inside, that I had to include a short bonus podcast about the courage it takes to walk the …
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Courage to Walk the Path
Following our conversation about Brilliance Inside, Mariette Fourmeaux had a sidebar discussion with me about having the courage to walk the path, and I enjoyed it so much, I wanted to share it as a …
Social Good Blueprint | Brilliance
[1] Brilliance Inside This week on the podcast, I spoke with Mariette Fourmeaux, founder of Brilliance Inside – a mission working with prison populations to heal society’s cycle of violence. She shares this journey in …
Brilliance Inside
Healing Society’s Cycle of Violence I dove into the heart of healing society’s cycle of violence with Mariette Fourmeaux, founder of Brilliance Inside – a mission working with prison populations to do just that. Coming …
Social Good Blueprint | Seize the Good
[1] Seize the Good Discovered Stephanie Page’s podcast, Seize the Good, with her enthusiasm and joy, is infectious. She’s reaching out to changemakers making a difference and making the world a better place. (Plus she …
IFF – Mission-Driven Lender
I sat down with CEO Joe Neri, and the Senior Lender of the Columbus Office, Omar Elhagmusa to talk about IFF – a mission-driven lender, real estate consultant, and developer that helps communities thrive. They …
Social Good Blueprint | Turning Point
[1] Lamar Peoples: Change Through Politics The People Helping People Podcast is back up with episode 41: Lamar People: Change Through Politics. Listen in for an interesting discussion into Lamar’s experience running for office, and …
Fair Chance Employment
2019 Aspire Social Entrepreneur Awards On Wednesday, September 18th, I attended Aspire – the 7th annual social entrepreneurship awards for central Ohio. We were honored that Wild Tiger Tees was nominated and picked as a …
Social Good Blueprint | Aspire 2019
[1] 2019 Aspire Social Entrepreneurship Awards Aspire returned for their 7th year of Central Ohio Social Entrepreneurship Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements for businesses creating social impact, hosted by Roosevelt Coffeehouse, the Metropreneur and Columbus Underground. …
Lamar Peoples: Change Through Politics
Lamar Peoples is the outreach coordinator at the Star House, a drop-in center for youth experiencing homelessness here in Central Ohio. Lamar’s has spent his career on the ground reaching out to people, and he’s …
Social Good Blueprint | Sea Change
On Wednesday night, 6 of the 14 SEA Change teams pitched their ideas and collectively won $100,000 to take their ventures forward. It was an inspiring evening and fun to see some fellow social entrepreneurs, …
Social Good Blueprint | Save The Planet
Keep your eyes open for a special edition covering the recent pitches from the 2019 Cohort of the SEA Change social entrepreneurship accelerator… this is where change is happening! [1] Business as Usual Will Not …
Social Good Blueprint | Sunshine
[1] Solar Trains Riding Sunbeams, in addition to being one of the coolest company names I’ve heard in a while, is a social enterprise working to build and connect the world’s first-ever full-scale community & …
Social Good Blueprint | They Noticed
[1] They Noticed Kyle Westway said it best, in his popular Weekend Briefing, that a “powerful group dropped a bombshell of a statement redefining corporate purpose to include all stakeholders and not just shareholders. […] …
Social Good Blueprint | Spice Up
[1] Chef Miguel Spices It Up On Saturday night, we attended the Spice Up Inaugural dinner – an innovative dinner concept sharing stories and culture of immigrant chefs, to help build cultural ties in the …
Social Good Blueprint | Ocean View
[1] Greta Thunberg Joins Movement to Clip Airline Sector’s Wings Teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is sailing to the UN Climate summit… and has garnered support from others, bringing light to the environmental damage …
Social Good Blueprint | Good Soup
[1] Columbus Soup Columbus Soup is an awesome live crowdfunding event. It started as a few friends getting together for soup, and pitching some money into a pot, and voting for a local cause for …
Social Good Blueprint | Spice It Up
[1] Spice Up This year, at Give Back Hack, I joined a project called Spice Up – their mission to share culture over dinner, hosting dinner events that are for a small group (space is …
Social Good Blueprint | Resources of Change
[1] Year Here – Testing & Building Solutions Just came across the organization Year Here which recruits fellow to tackle social issues. Go ahead and Meet The Fellows: Their Tenth Cohort of Year Here. Here …
Social Good Blueprint | Magnifying Change
This week I asked myself how you go about magnifying change. What I found were groups building communities, sharing stories and looking at how people from different backgrounds can work together to solve the needs …
Social Good Blueprint | It’s Getting Warmer
Are you depressed reading news about climate change and the ineptitude of government to do anything about it? Here is some refreshment with people taking other approaches to save our planet from doom. [1] Climate …
Social Good Blueprint | Hacking for Good
There aren’t many movements in the world that I am die-hard passionate about, but Give Back Hack is one of them. It takes the goodness of Startup Weekend and mashes it with making a difference, …
Social Good Blueprint | The Perfect Postpartum Present
I went through SEA Change in 2018 with Emily Lawrence. She’s starting a great company helping moms called Lilac Pack and I’m so excited to have her on the podcast because she’s so open about …
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Supporting Moms with Lilac Pack
Emily built the company Lilac Pack from the ground up – a true “moms helping moms” company, providing care packages to support women in their postpartum period (the first 6-8 weeks after childbirth), with their …
Social Good Blueprint | Look Out 2019
I started Social Good Blueprint to examine how others are creating awesome social change… I wanted some inspiration and thought you might too. If you don’t want to miss this, you can sign up below …
Social Good Blueprint | First Edition
Starting the new year with a newsletter for inspiration and some uplifting ideas to take my mind off politics. Because great stuff is happening and I want to hear about it, and I suspect you …
Investment Insight with Alan Grodin
In this episode we dive deep into investment insight, on how to save for your future. The People Helping People podcast is back after a long break. Over the last year, I went to Give …
“B the Change” with B Corps
In this episode, Jason Moore, founder, and principal of Fulcrum Creatives, explains what a Certified B Corporation is, how companies can qualify and what it means for not only businesses but communities. What is Fulcrum …
SEA Change: Supporting Social Entrepreneurs
SEA Change—The Social Enterprise Accelerator—is an organization that supports social entrepreneurs by helping them develop a sustainable business model, access funding and solidify their meaningful impact. In this episode, we talk with Lauren Edwards, the …
Lighting the Way with Eleventh Candle Co
Eleventh Candle Co is a social enterprise that seeks to redeem, restore, empower and equip those vulnerable to human trafficking, abuse, exploitation, and addiction. It is a way to employ women and empower them through …
Celebrating Zero Waste with Tyler Bonner
There are so many issues for us to collectively tackle – but perhaps above all is the environment, because if we destroy our home, where are we going to live? What is Zero Waste? Zero Waste …
Serving with a Social Twist: Columbus Gives Back
Where do you go when you want to meet people, and yet do something good at the same time? Columbus Gives Back. Who are they? Columbus Gives Back is a non-profit which provides social volunteer …
How to Drive Success with EmpowerBus
You’re in for a ride today. I know we’ve been digging into some serious podcasts around trafficking, but this podcast is about a different kind of traffic: transportation. Who is EmpowerBus? I met with Aslyne …
Cleaning with Purpose: Clean Turn
Clean Turn is a cleaning company with a purpose — not only do they provide quality cleaning services; they employ people who have been affected by trafficking, domestic violence, and other vulnerable populations and work …
A Story of Human Trafficking with April Thacker
Recently, we spoke with Paul Haines of Freedom a la Cart – a social enterprise bringing hope to survivors of human trafficking so they can build a new life of freedom and self-sufficiency. In this …
The Secrets of Creating Purpose Driven Companies with Storyforge & Haley Boehning
“87% of consumer believe that business needs to place equal weight on society’s interest as it does its own business interest. Not only do they want their jobs to have meaning but they want the …
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Tackling Human Trafficking with Freedom a la Cart & Paula Haines
Human trafficking is a complicated social issue — it’s difficult to speak about, which makes it harder to raise awareness, but it’s even more challenging for one to survive and get back on their feet. …
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The Inside Story of Refugee Resettlement with US Together & Nadia Kasvin
“We’re not here to help people to survive – they survived without us. We’re here to give them tools that will help empower them to succeed.” — Nadia Kasvin Who is US Together? US Together …
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Empowering Dreamers through DACA Time
Brook Kohn and Nathali Bertran brought their frustration with the DACA application process to the Columbus Give Back Hack — a 54-hour hack-a-thon aimed at developing sustainable social enterprises. There, they put together a team …
Transforming Entrepreneurship with the Unreal Collective & Jay Clouse
So what is the Unreal Collective? Jay Clouse runs the Unreal Collective – he brings together talented individuals, entrepreneurs, freelancers… awesome people working on interesting projects, for a 12-week program for each to take their …
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Overcoming Addiction with Yoga & Taylor Hunt
Three percent. That’s your chance of recovery, once you’ve stuck a needle in your arm. Where does this story start? Taylor Hunt had a rocky start – alcohol & drugs – to the point that …
How the Columbus Foundation Advanced Social Entrepreneurship with Emily Savors
“So it started right at the end of 2008, which was the start of the Great Recession. We became concerned that nonprofits were facing unfavorable year ends with giving decreasing, so we decided to step …
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