IMPACT LEARNING

Today, Maria interviews David Nebinski, the host of the Portfolio Career podcast and fellow coach at The Podcasting Fellowship. David shares his life story, the ups and downs, the defining moments and decisions as well as his experience with the Podcasting Fellowship, as a student and then as a coach. Tune in for an authentic and important conversation about how we can disrupt our lives and create a meaningful portfolio career.

Today, Maria interviews Seth Godin, a Stanford Business School graduate, international bestselling author and host of the Akimbo podcast. Seth has written over 7000 blog posts read by more than a million people and was inducted in the Marketing Hall of Fame in 2018. Seth shares his learning journey that led him to create the Akimbo workshops, a set of online community-based learning spaces that help thousands of people address their fear for change and create meaningful work in our fast-changing world.

On this host on mic episode, Maria reflects on her podcasting journey so far, including the challenges along the way and the skills she is developing. She talks about her experience during The Podcast Fellowship created by Seth Godin and Alex DiPalma and how the community has become a source of inspiration and strength. She concludes with sharing why she chose the podcast medium to launch her Impact Learning journey.

Today, Maria interviews Melissa Emler. ‘Missy’ is one of the owners of Modern Learners, an online network dedicated to serving school leaders and educators to change the way they teach and facilitate learning for the future. Together they talk about her journey joining Modern Learners, building the community and coaching over 1000 school leaders in 22 countries. Missy shares her deep insights about the way each of us can disrupt the way we teach, learn and help students create their own learning journey.

This week, Maria interviews Alexandra DiPalma, a friend and a podcast producer as well as the co-creator of The Podcasting Fellowship with Seth Godin. They talk about the importance of timing in life and work, how The Podcasting Fellowship was born and what has happened since launching it. They also zoom in the power of the community that this online learning workshop has created. Alex shares her experience working with Seth Godin on this project but also on his podcast Akimbo. Last but not least, Alex talks about her vision around her newly launched podcast company, Domino and the importance of working with a handful of trusted friends and freelancers.

In today’s episode, Maria interviews Julie-Roxane Krikorian, the Impact Learning podcast producer and a fierce Impact Learner. They met recently at The Podcasting Fellowship, an online workshop by Seth Godin and Alex DiPalma. From there, their relationship has blossomed into a creative partnership around this podcast. JR shares her unconventional life and career story and explores different ways that Impact Learning has been guiding her decisions all along. They also discuss her first online learning experience that led her to build her new podcasting business.

In this very first episode of the season, Maria discusses the concept of Impact Learning; why she created this podcast, and who it’s for. She shares her story to show you that it’s possible to build a good career and a meaningful life when we leverage all resources available to us and explore all possibilities.

Can learning transform your life?

This is Impact Learning with Maria Xenidou.

On this journey, Maria will reveal the future of learning and work through the stories of people who are already disrupting how we learn, work, and live in the connection economy. Together with her guests, she will teach you how to design your learning journey and create the life you want. The podcast puts full ownership of learning and work in the hands of students and professionals determined to build a better future for themselves and society.

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"We can talk about learning, we can design it, or we can do both. This is Impact Learning." - Maria Xenidou