[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 …
[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, …
[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 …
[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 …
[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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[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 …
[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 …
[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 …
[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. …
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, …
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 …
[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 & …
[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. […] …
[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 …
[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 …
[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 …
[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 …
[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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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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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 …
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 …