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#impact | Social Impact, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Good

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#impact | Social Impact, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Good episodes

  • #7: Think Facebook for Social Good.

    In this episode, you hear from Alvin Li, Adrian So and Jodie Chan, the inspiring bunch at Givo. Givo is the world’s first all-in-one news, social media and donation platform for charities. Think Facebook for Social Good. Find show notes at www.hashtagimpact.com/podcast7 Givo was co-founded in September 2015 by two high school friends who have the same passion...

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    32 min
  • #7: Think Facebook for Social Good. - #impact Podcast
    In this episode, you hear from Alvin Li, Adrian So and Jodie Chan, the inspiring bunch at Givo. Givo is the world’s first all-in-one news, social media and donation platform for charities. Think Facebook for Social Good. Find show notes at www.hashtagimpact.com/podcast7
    Givo was co-founded in September 2015 by two high school friends who have the same passion for making a difference in the world. Givo is a social enterprise based in Hong Kong setting out to revolutionise the way giving is done.
    How? You will find out in this episode, but it has a lot to do with their app (available for download here ) which makes donating and following causes people care about more fun and accessible.
    In this interview Givo’s co-founders Alvin and Adrian and their charming head of communications Jodie talk about their inspiration, their challenges and what they wish they would have known before starting out. Hear how their business will improve engagement between charities and their donors. They also share a lot of valuable advice for aspiring changemakers out there.
    #BONUS message from your host

    * Check out their happy colour sunshine shirts. This was the day we recorded.
    *  We met just ahead of their very first event and you can follow us all the way to the opening. That night, they partnered up with So in So Good (featured in Episode #4)  and Room to Read (featured in Episode #5) for an engaging discussion on education. Education thought leaders from Dr Coach  and Polytechnical University Institute for Entrepreneurship  at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University also joined the panel that day.
    * We recorded at Playground Work , a very cosy co-working space right in heart of Sheung Wan, Hong Kong. Coming from Vienna, celebrating coffee is part of my culture, so their in-house barrister preparing coffee in the background while we were recording made me feel right at home.

    Follow Givo on Facebook, Instagram and their official website. Don’t forget to check out their app here. It makes giving really easy!
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    32 min
  • #6: Countering the stigma of depression and anxiety.

    In this episode you hear from Dr Jamie Chiu, founder of The Brightly Project. In 2016 she rightly made it on the Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur list and was also selected as one of Hong Kong’s 100 most influential young leaders in the Hong Kong Tatler’s Generation T. Find show notes at www.hashtagimpact.com/podcast6  As...

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    28 min
  • #6: Countering the stigma of depression and anxiety. - #impact Podcast
    In this episode you hear from Dr Jamie Chiu, founder of The Brightly Project. In 2016 she rightly made it on the Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur list and was also selected as one of Hong Kong’s 100 most influential young leaders in the Hong Kong Tatler’s Generation T. Find show notes at www.hashtagimpact.com/podcast6 
    As a clinical psychologist and counsellor, she has worked with hundreds of at-risk teens struggling with depression and anxiety. She spent her doctorate years researching the factors of youth depression and suicide and investigating the effectiveness of school-based mental health programs.

     
    In this interview, for the very first time, she shares details of her newest initiative #IWTK, an anonymous question-asking platform for every unsure moment and difficult situation in teenage life. “This is for all the times we wished we had someone to turn to. Someone who will not judge us, or make us feel unimportant”, it reads on her website. No matter what the question, Jamie shares her experience, advice, and support to help youngsters get through it all.
    She is talking us through her inspiration when founding The Brightly Project, her marketing strategies, biggest challenges and things she would have wanted to know before starting out. You will also find out why a guy people in Hong Kong refer to as the Flyer King is such an inspiration to her.
    #MENTIONED in this episode

    * A useful resource for her lean social startup: Justin Wilcox: FOCUS Framework: How to Find Product-Market Fit
    * Here is the picture of the beautiful LOGO of the #IWTK initiative we discuss towards the end of the interview, taken on the day we met in December last year.

    Follow Jamie and her amazing work with The Brightly Project on their official website and Facebook. Jamie is also blogging on Medium. Her posts are thought-provoking. Head over and check them out here.
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    28 min
  • #5: Investing in the lives of 15 million children.

    In this episode you will hear from Cherry Ng, Development Associate, Asia Pacific at Room to Read, a Non-Profit Organisation. Room to Read is all about bold goals. They envision a world in which all children can pursue a quality education. Since its’ founding, they impacted more than 10 million children worldwide with the libraries...

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    24 min
  • #5: Investing in the lives of 15 million children. - #impact Podcast
    In this episode you will hear from Cherry Ng, Development Associate, Asia Pacific at Room to Read, a Non-Profit Organisation. Room to Read is all about bold goals. They envision a world in which all children can pursue a quality education. Since its’ founding, they impacted more than 10 million children worldwide with the libraries and schools, which Room to Read has helped to build. They aim to invest in the lives of at least 15 million children by 2020.

    Cherry shares how Room to Read’s founder John Wood left his successful corporate career at Microsoft to found Room to Read. She tells us about her most challenging and memorable moments working for this incredible organisation and who inspires her most.
    In this episode, Cherry also mentions a few resources that influenced her growth as a person and a professional, like creating a vision board. If you want to know why they work and how to make one, you can find some tricks here.
    Follow Room to Read’s amazing work on Facebook, Twitter  and on their official website.
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    24 min
  • #4: The most energetic green and social entrepreneur enablers in town.

    In this episode Bérénice Guinel, Clément Tran and Dinh-Long Pham from So in So Good share how they help social and green startups scale. So in So Good is part of INCO, a global organisation that manages the first impact investment fund for social and green startups. They just started their incubation programme in Hong Kong a couple of months...

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    26 min
  • #4: The most energetic green and social entrepreneur enablers in town. - #impact Podcast
    In this episode Bérénice Guinel, Clément Tran and Dinh-Long Pham from So in So Good share how they help social and green startups scale. So in So Good is part of INCO, a global organisation that manages the first impact investment fund for social and green startups. They just started their incubation programme in Hong Kong a couple of months ago and it is pretty amazing what they achieved so far.
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    We talk about social entrepreneurs they met and supported along the way and the most inspiring business ideas with #impact they encountered. They give advice to those who are aspiring to become social entrepreneurs and also share some fun moments during their journey with So in So Good. Like that moment when their signature caps collided.
    So in So Good is all about networking and spreading the word on the fabulous work of the startups enrolled in their incubation programme. These are some of the companies that So in So Good supports and that are mentioned in this episode: Novus Technology, Rainbow School, Tiostone, FoodCycle+, Sit & Shower, Chears, MyDrCoach, Social Career 
    Follow So in So Good here: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Blog
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    26 min
  • #3: A new dad on a mission to reduce waste.

    In this episode, I meet with Patrick Kosiol, Founder & CEO Swap it. Patrick says: “Hong Kong produces 15,000 tonnes of waste every day. That equals the weight of 6,500 Mercedes S Class Cars. So yes, if Swapit can provide a platform where people can trade their used stuff with others nearby, and it removes the need...

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    30 min
  • #2: Urban Farming between skyscrapers.

    Pol Fàbrega is Co-Founder of Rooftop Republic, a social enterprise revolutionising the food system with their urban farms. In this episode, you will follow us up on the rooftop of Fringe Club where we check out their impressive Flagship Farm in the centre of Hong Kong, one of the most densely populated places in the world. Rooftop Republic’s...

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    34 min

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