Do you see yourself as a leader? What type of leader are you? Are you looking to improve your skills and have more impact as a leader? In this episode we talk about one of the most effective things you can do as a leader; to become self-aware. By doing this you can not only have more impact in your work but you will be more effective with your team, as a communicator and in setting important boundaries. We will go through some important steps to build deeper levels of self-awareness.

Have you wondered how you can earn money while also having a positive impact on the community? You can! On today’s episode we share the three main ways to have an impact on the social and/or environmental problem that you are helping to solve while also generating revenue.

How can a large organization use social entrepreneurial principles in its everyday work? How can social innovation and human centered design be integrated into the work done to solve big community challenges? Listen to this dynamic conversation with Lisa Marsh Ryerson about how these important principles are used by AARP Foundation as they address challenges faced by today’s seniors living in the United States.

Are you a social change leader? Are you leveraging your natural leadership type to have impact? Today’s problems and challenges are very complex requiring nimble social change leaders. Are you leveraging your natural leadership style? Take our quiz to find out more!

On today’s episode we will look back and discuss what we have learned launching and doing a weekly podcast. We share some of the secrets from behind the scenes, lessons learned and answered some of the questions we have received from people about doing a podcast.

In this episode we have a conversation with Angela Reed. Angela is the Director of Support Services at Turning Point, a Minneapolis-based organization that provides culturally specific chemical health, housing, supporting services and training for the African American community. Angela will talk to us about culturally specific services and ways organizations can partner with culturally specific organizations to be more culturally responsive and competent.

Collaboration is a skill that social change leaders must acquire and constantly improve in order to engage and energize individuals and groups to accomplish mutual goals. Collaborative leadership involved bringing the right stakeholders together --- to do the right things to meet community goals.

Are you making the most out of the time you have available? How are you figuring out how the important work gets done that is going to move you and your social initiative forward? On today’s episode, Stephanie and Traci talk about their top 10 list of time management strategies and actions to make sure you are making the most of your time.

As we continue to do socially impactful work, there are some common mindset traps that all social impact leaders can fall into on a regular basis. Getting stuck in these mindset blocks can have a big impact on many areas of our life: not only the work we are doing but our confidence, energy, relationships, health, fulfilment and success. If we can learn to understand more about these common pitfalls and get strategies for how to avoid them, we can change our mindset and change the results we are getting in almost every area of life.

Social change leaders like you are doing important work. But as you launch, develop and more deeply engage in your social impact efforts, you may find you hit some road blocks or stall out a bit. This is the perfect time to bring in additional support and assistance and perspective from the outside. On today’s episode we will give you six ways you can best use outside support to amplify and maximize your social impact.

As you launch and grow your social change work do you often find yourself drowning in all your 'to dos' that are urgent, but rarely being able to work on what is important? When you are launching and operating your work around social change it is easy to get caught up in all the things you need to do. But it is equally critical for social change leaders to work ‘on’ their business or organization and not only ‘in’ it.

Black Male Educators are faced with many challenges in the field of education. From isolation, racial bias, racial inequities, self hate, tokenism and the simple fact that the system was never designed for people of color let alone black men. Jonathan C. W. Jones is developing a socially innovative approach to supporting all educators, especially Black male educators, so that they can better serve all students.

Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent protests and reactions in the Twin Cities and around the world, we wanted to invite Carl Young back to the podcast. Carl is a social change leader, a mental wellness professional who does a lot of community-based work and a black man living in Minneapolis.

Recently, the murder of George Floyd took place and since that time, Minnesota, the country and the world is once again grappling with issues of white supremacy, justice, white privilege, and racism. This week, we release an encore of a previous episode focused on the work of Bukata Hayes and Stacy Wells. They discuss their Write on Race initiative that was born out of a Minnesota community wrestling with how to be better prepared for a racist incident - exactly like what we are experiencing right now.

This week, we are participating in #podcastblackout in solidarity with others protesting the mistreatment, violence and murder happening in this country.

Have you been thinking about how your work can make more of a social impact. Or starting a social enterprise?  Or launching a program that benefits the people and planet?  Stop delaying yourself from taking action!  Now is the time to be the change you want to see in the world.  Listen to this replay of our virtual workshop to walk you through the 3 questions you need to ask yourself first

Have you wondered why your idea for that social enterprise, nonprofit or social impact business is still inside your head? On this episode, Stephanie and Traci talk about the most important part of launching that idea to earn money by doing good things for people and the planet - GETTING STARTED!

Have you wondered how you can earn money by doing good things for people and the planet?  It is possible!  On this episode, Stephanie and Traci talk about the different ways that people can make money while also providing a benefit to the collective.

Do you have a little voice inside you that is nudging you to finally launch that thing or take that leap into having more impact?  Or maybe you have wanted to take the leap into going out on your own.  On today’s episode, Stephanie and Traci will be talking about why NOW is the perfect time to start that social enterprise, launch that nonprofit or social impact business that makes a contribution to the collective.