Giving Back Podcast

Welcome to the 61st episode of Giving Back Insights, my Thursday solo show where I talk about how our guests and their charities serve others, to explore actions each of can take to make a difference in people’s lives and to share. Today I’m discussing awesome Freedym Mastermind LA meetup. Listen to today’s episode and don’t forget to give your feedback and valuable comment. Enjoy!

I have just returned from the awesome Freedym Mastermind LA. Full of awesome talented successful and collaborative people Led by Ryan Lee

Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich had a profound effect on the business world and the way in which people conduct business.

CHAPTER 10 POWER OF THE MASTER MIND THE DRIVING FORCE

Napoleon told magic happens when we get together and share our resources. And this is the thing when you meet freaking smart and successful people and have opportunities to ask questions, surely magic happens.

Economic advantages may be created by any person who surrounds himself with the advice, counsel, and personal cooperation of a group of men who are willing to lend him wholehearted aid, in a spirit of PERFECT HARMONY. This form of cooperative alliance has been the basis of nearly every great fortune. My 2018 focus is to connect people.

Ryan is a great leader. He’s authentic, he has integrity, and he sees the opportunity that fits your wheelhouse. What’s the power? Collective SHARED knowledge. Gathering with the intent to serve one another. Know everyone’s name, that’s how focused on EACH OTHER we were. I worked hard before. I worked hard during. I’m working hard after. Alannah Avelin, branding goddess. Bless her heart, she is helping me process and iterate and stay my course. For all the work there, it’s about moving forward. Time to hit it! Remember: Always err on the side of love & kindness. Look what it does for you!

Love & Gratitude, Rob

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Freedym Mastermind

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Brooke Erol left her home country in Turkey with her husband and son to expatiate to the United States. While she was here, she was amazed by how giving back was so ingrained in the American culture and wanted to bring some of these customs back to Turkey.  This was one of the reasons why Bridge to Turkiye Fund (BTF) was established in 2003 by Turkish American volunteers and remains a close place in Brooke’s heart, where she’s been a volunteer since 2010. Their mission is to make a difference, to improve life, and to cultivate social change for the common good in Turkey. Find out more from Brooke on this week’s episode! 

Key Takeaways:

[6:35] What is the Bridge to Turkiye Fund about? 

[11:35] A school was named after Brooke’s grandparents to honor them for the humanitarian work that they did. Brooke has always had a dream to follow in their footsteps.

[16:15] What are some of the projects that Bridge to Turkiye works on? 

[22:35] Brooke gives a lot of credit to the board members of Bridge to Turkiye. They’re so passionate and creative when it comes to coming up with ideas for new projects to help the community. 

[24:45] What is a giving circle and how does it work? 

[31:25] It is very hard to find volunteers in Turkey compared to the U.S.. In fact, Brooke was a bit surprised by the cultural differences and the importance Americans put on giving back when she first came here. 

[41:55] What are some of the things that Brooke does to help create a better workplace? 

[47:05] We owe it to ourselves to put our strengths to good use! 

[51:45] We need much more EQ in the workplace than IQ. 

[53:15] Businesses have to get onboard with being more purposeful and ethical because customers these days do not want to buy from companies that treat their employees poorly. 

Mentioned in This Episode:

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Purposeful Business

Brooke Erol on LinkedIn

Bridge to Turkiye Fund

A Whole New Mind, by Daniel Pink

Welcome to the 60th episode of Giving Back Insights, my Thursday solo show where I talk about how our guests and their charities serve others, to explore actions each of can take to make a difference in people’s lives and to share.

KAREN is a New York City-based portrait photographer whose photography has been shown in numerous gallery exhibitions, magazines, and newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Daily News, Huffington Post, Cosmopolitan. Haberberg has also curated numerous exhibitions and collaborated with well-known photographers such as Annie Leibovitz, Elliot Erwitt, Joyce Tenneson, Gillian Laub, Bruce Davidson, among others.

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An Ordinary Day: Kids With Rare Genetic Conditions is an amazing book.

An Ordinary Day is a documentation of the personal lives of courageous kids who have rare genetic conditions and their families who love and support them at all cost.

How Karen Haberberg started this project? Karen Haberberg had a sad story on her own family about rare genetic conditions. For this reason, her family was connected to the community. Karen always thinks how she could give back to the community. An Ordinary Day is a life-changing event for Karen. An Ordinary Day: Kids With Rare Genetic Conditions is an amazing book is one of a kind.

Karen is personally connected to all families that have children in her book Karen raised $29,000 dollars from her Kickstarter campaign for this amazing project Rare genetic diseases are actually fairly common – one in 10 Americans is affected, while 95% do not have an FDA approved drug treatment.

Karen is not only raising money, she is also raising awareness.

An Ordinary Day sheds an important and compassionate light on these existences.

Karen is giving away 100% of her profit to the research charity of rare genetic condition. Meet Karen on February 15th in Manhattan, and celebrate Rare Disease Day on Feb. 28th.

Remember: Always err on the side of love & kindness. Look what it does for you!

Love & Gratitude, Rob

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Karen Haberberg

Bryan Luoma is the Founder and CEO of Cadsourcing, a global leader in Telecom Drafting Services. Bryan has family ties to the Philippines and he knew could use his company to help provide high-paying jobs into the local economy. Companies in his industry often experience high turnover after the 8 to 10-month mark, but Bryan has avoided that problem entirely. How does he do it? Find out on this week’s episode of the Giving Back Podcast. 

Key Takeaways:

[3:55] What’s Bryan’s background and why did he start Cadsourcing? 

[12:40] Typically, it’s hard to keep people in the BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) industry for more than 8 to 10 months because people get burned out, but Bryan himself has not had that problem at all. 

[14:35] How does Bryan find his talent?

[17:20] Bryan and his team have a ‘Cadgiving’ initiative setup. Their current project is to re-do the computer lab at a local Filipino school. 

[20:20] The second largest income producer in the Philippines is Filipino expatriates living overseas and sending money back home. The BPO industry would be number one. 

[20:55] Young students feel like they have to leave the country in order to get a good life. 

[21:55] In fact, a large percentage of Bryan’s Filipino employees have worked overseas in the past just to find work. 

[22:20] Cadsourcing is able to hire local Filipino talent, which means the employees get to stay in the Philippines with their families and support network. On top of that, the average age of a Cadsourcing’s employee is between 25 and 30 years old and 80% of them are the main breadwinners in their household of more than 5. 

[25:10] To Bryan, it’ more than just building a company for profit. He is working in a global community to raise the standard of living for everyone. 

[26:00] Clients love working with a company that treats their staff right. It’s been good business overall. 

[30:35] How is Bryan implementing Cadgiving and how do his clients get involved?

[33:45] One of the main objections from business owners is that they ‘have to focus on the business right now’ and that’s why they don’t have a giving initiative set up. What are Bryan’s thought on this? 

[36:25] Bryan has talked about the impact a company like his has on the local communities, so what kind of impact has it made on Bryan personally? 

[39:45] What advice does Bryan have for business owners who want to start this giving back initiative, but are afraid of their bottomline? 

Mentioned in This Episode:

Giving Back Podcast

Cadsourcing

Bryan Luoma on LinkedIn

Welcome to the 59th episode of Giving Back Insights, my Thursday solo show where I talk about how our guests and their charities serve others, to explore actions each of can take to make a difference in people’s lives and to share.

We have a special guest today on Giving Back Insights.  She is the Founder and CEO of Social Payments company Goodworld and on a mission to make payments a force for good. Goodworld makes charitable giving on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram frictionless, viral and secure and is used by over 3500 of the world's top charities. Goodworld was recently named one of the World's Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company magazine and was awarded a Timmy as DC's Best Tech Startup.

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Who is Dale Pfeifer?

Goodworld is making a huge impact on the charitable sector.

What is Goodworld?

Why did Dale Pfeifer start Goodworld?

Why is Dale very very grateful to their charitable partner at Goodworld?

What it means to “#Donate”? And how it is impacting our world?

How can nonprofits, influencers and brands raise money directly on social media for thousands of great causes?

What is the positive impact of donating directly to social media?

Talking about others is a massive way to give back and sharing the impact.

How Goodworld works and why it is so powerful to give back using social technology?

Dale Pfeifer has a great impact on society and in different lists, she is awarded as the most powerful lady. But did she imagine Goodworld will make such impact when she started it?

What is Dale super passionate about?

How can a person be more connected in the virtual world?

What’s next for Goodworld? What’s next for Dale?

This year, Goodworld wants to interact with people where they live on social media, making payments social and easy.

Dale shares some great organizations story that is impacting our world. Remember: Always err on the side of love & kindness. Look what it does for you!

Love & Gratitude,

Rob

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Goodworld

Reshma Patel is the Executive Director of Impact Network, an non-profit organization that serves over 4,000 students across rural Zambia, and provides them with quality education. For just $3 a month per student, Impact Network is able to provide a child with quality resources  and tools to learn. On the show, Reshma discusses how they are able to make their programs sustainable in rural and poor Zambia, the positive impact it has on communities, and so much more.  

Key Takeaways:

[3:25] Reshma shares who she is and a little bit about her background.

[6:10] How does Impact Network help children and schools? 

[10:35] Reshma found out that not only did these poor and rural communities need schools built, but they also needed resources to pay teachers and get the right supplies. How could Reshma and her team make this sustainable? 

[17:15] Children in Zambia have to walk 2km to school and they face a lot of external obstacles just to get to school. This is why the learning plans have to be active and engaging to keep the dropout rate low. 

[19:10] Aside from providing education, how does Impact Network help combat these external obstacles the children face?

[21:00] It only takes $3 a month to help a student. $3 a month! 

[21:25] According to the American University’s evaluation of Impact Network, the charity was able to increase numeracy and literacy in their students by about a third of the cost of government schools. 

[25:35] Impact Network makes an active effort to work with the local government to help improve quality of life for everyone. 

[31:30] What has the impact been like on the children? What kind of feedback has Reshma received so far?

[37:15] Despite working really demanding financial jobs in the past, Reshma believes this is the most challenging job she has ever had…and she loves it. 

[42:45] What lessons has Reshma learned after being a part of Impact Network for the last 4+ years? And, what’s next for Reshma? 

Mentioned in This Episode:

Giving Back Podcast

Impact Network

Reshma Patel on LinkedIn

World Food Programme

Welcome to the 58th episode of Giving Back Insights, my Thursday solo show where I talk about how our guests and their charities serve others, to explore actions each of can take to make a difference in people’s lives and to share. Today I’m discussing Lessons to share with Callum. Listen to today’s episode and don’t forget to give your feedback and valuable comment. Enjoy!

Talking with my editor Callum Crowe about putting all this learning I’m doing into a book Steve Stone and the two commandments from Jesus Matthew 25:34-40, serving each other is serving God. How simple is that? And how beautiful!

What are some of the most important lessons I want to share with Callum if I were his life coach: My oldest son Carson contributes the video game philosophy, “If you’re encountering obstacles, you’re on the right path.” Bonus: about giving, a little or a lot. Carson says: do both. And he’s right. That way it’s easy AND significant. Wow.

Kate Schell, my accountability coach. The most important part that I want to be accountable for is my focus on serving. What I shared with her about what I get out of giving: I traded a mid-life crisis for a mid-life awakening and am reaping the rewards of a renewed marriage and deeper connection to my children than ever before.

JC Cavanaugh in Freedym just this morning: Comparison is the thief of joy. Yeah, put aside the comparison and enjoy. Live your gratitude by joyfully sharing with others.

Last and maybe the most important, from Cecilia: It’s not how stunted your growth is, it’s how expansive the experience of giving is. Amazing words of wisdom from an amazing lady.

It’s all around us, we just need to be open to receive. Remember: Always err on the side of love & kindness. Look what it does for you!

Love & Gratitude, Rob

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Jacqueline Herrera and Pollyanna Salas-Uruena founded Kitechild in 2010 to help orphaned and vulnerable children all over the world obtain stable and safe lives. Jacqueline became more familiar with the foster care system when she became a foster parent to her young brother when she was 24 years old. This experience propelled her into the work that she’s doing today with her Co-Founder and is one of the reasons why 100% of all donations to a sustainable project goes to that specific project. 

Key Takeaways:

[3:45] What does Jacqueline do and why did she create Kitechild? 

[5:35] When Jacqueline was 24, she became a foster parent to her younger brother. 

[6:20] Children go into foster care or orphanage services for so many different reasons. Sometimes the parents are suffering from medical issues and are not able to care for their children or they’re living in extreme poverty. 

[10:10] How did Kitechild first get started? 

[13:05] How did the name Kitechild come up? Where was the inspiration for it? 

[14:45] How do Jacqueline and her team come up with different projects that people can donate to and support? 

[18:00] Jacqueline has tried replicating the same types of projects throughout different countries and it just doesn’t work as well. Each place is unique. 

[20:00] Kitechild has really thought through how they can make each project and community sustainable for years and years to come. Teenagers are now able to seek work and develop their skills based on the initiatives Kitechild has done. 

[24:35] Since founding Kitechild in 2010, what has the journey been like for Jacqueline?

[27:00] For the staff and volunteers at Kitechild, how does the work that they do impact them personally? 

[32:20] What kind of feedback has Jacqueline received from the people who are running the orphanages or are working in child protective services? 

[38:30] Because Kitechild is a relatively small NGO, they’re able to move in quickly and help more easily in the field. 

[39:40] How does Jacqueline approach potential sponsors? 

[46:35] Local partnerships are very, very important for Kitechild as it helps them get these sustainable projects up and running faster. 

[46:55] 100% of all funds invested in a sustainable project goes to that specific project. How does Jacqueline support herself? 

[51:00] What’s next for Jacqueline and Kitechild? 

[53:45] What three words would Jacqueline use to describe her commitment to giving back?

Mentioned in This Episode:

Giving Back Podcast

Kitechild

Jacqueline Herrera on LinkedIn

Welcome to the 57th episode of Giving Back Insights, my Thursday solo show where I talk about how our guests and their charities serve others, to explore actions each of can take to make a difference in people’s lives and to share. Today I’m discussing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., his life, his lessons and his legacy. Listen to today’s episode and don’t forget to give your feedback and valuable comment. Enjoy!

Last show I mentioned starting 2018 by stretching outside of my comfort zone: my first FB Live and I recorded a show at the same time. Not as bad as I thought once I got started, like most obstacles. This is a great lesson for me: Think of where I would be if I’d started FB Live on 4th of July like I wanted! So here we go, let’s do it again and see what happens. I’m a big fan of trying things twice, the second time around to make sure the first time wasn’t a fluke. Recording the Giving Back Insights show live and in the video felt pretty good, so let’s have another go, shall we? Today’s show is about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., his life, his lessons and his legacy. He said "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'" That’s a big question and big bold statement for any of us. And it leaves me thinking: How can I be of service to others? I am surrounded by greatness, those who serve others and make a difference in so many lives. Remarkable: kind, smart, hard-working and ambitious. I see myself best served by helping them to grow their service mission, to serve MORE people. My role is the Storyteller, being mindful of my mission to serve and mindful of my audience to effectively draw them into the stories of kindness that change the world. Remember: Always err on the side of love & kindness. Love & Gratitude, Rob

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Anna Lopes is the Founder of the non-profit organization, Million Dollar Smiles. The organization was created to help provide support for families with children facing adversity from life-threatening illnesses. In the 10 years they’ve been around, they have not turned down one single child. The organization does not rely on any grant money whatsoever and is supported solely by donations. How did Anna do it? Find out in today’s episode! 

Key Takeaways:

[3:25] Million Dollar Smiles celebrates their 10th anniversary this year! They’ve built 200 playgrounds so far. 

[6:05] What does Million Dollar Smiles do and who is Anna?

[9:15] Anna and her volunteers have gotten the process down pat that they can build a playground in 6 hours. 

[16:50] How does Anna coordinate everything with the volunteers?

[21:50] Anna and her team only have one purpose, to create smiles. 

[22:35] Anna does not rely on grants; everything is supported by fundraising. How does she do it? 

[25:25] For those who are donating to the cause, how has Million Dollar Smiles impacted their lives? 

[30:00] Million Dollar Smiles does a Halloween gala every year, and for the last 4 years they’ve sold about 800 tickets. 

[35:35] Because of word of mouth, Million Dollar Smiles has experienced a ripple effect of donations and volunteers. They’ve never had to refuse a child in the 10 years of doing this, and they’ve haven’t even had to ask for sponsors in 7 years. 

[41:35] What kind of obstacles has Anna encountered? 

[45:35] What plans does Anna have for the future? 

Mentioned in This Episode:

Giving Back Podcast

Million Dollar Smiles

Milwaukee ToolThompson’s Water Seal.com

Nuun Life