#impact: Social Impact | Social Entrepreneurship | Social Good

Ever wanted to be behind the scenes of a big event? So did we! As attendees of live events and conference junkies, #impact Podcast had the great privilege of being at TEDxTinHauWomen's for this very inspiring and meaningful live event!

What matters now? That's the question that TEDxTinHauWomen – a women dedicated TEDx community in Hong Kong – is seeking to explore and answer.

TEDxTinHauWomen is an annual TEDx event in Hong Kong. It is a platform for women to share their ideas, thoughts, and solutions with the world. They believe that each one of us has something interesting to say, and they want their audiences to hear it. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that brings people together to share a TEDx experience. It's dedicated to big ideas and powerful storytelling.

And it was our great pleasure to record for #impact live at their most recent event.

If I would ask you What matters now? What would you answer? What comes to mind? First.

Many women and men courageously stepped into a recording booth that Booqed put up for #impact at this incredible TEDxTinHauWomen event. A celebration of what matters now, hundreds of people felt the energy in a theater. Thanks to the bold and brilliant speakers and the many volunteers that built a bridge of connection. What you will hear in this episode is inspired by the times we live in.

Hosted by #impact founder Regina Larko, we've focused on creating an open and safe space everyone who stepped into the recording booth that day, could openly discuss their thoughts on what matters to them. Our intention is not simply to have an audience listen to what they shared—it is to allow you, the listener to feel inspired to uncover what you carry in your heart too as you listen to their beautiful stories – and how it all relates to the worlds most pressing issues at large that we discuss in our Season 5 (Sustainable Development Goals).

We're all about making an IMPACT.

And that's a great thing. Because we all want to be change-makers. We want to create and leave our mark, to have an effect on the world around us.

But time is short. The pace of change is overwhelming. The issues are complex and getting more so every day.

The question isn't just how do we make an impact. It's what kind of impact do we want to make?

As we pause and reflect, it's important to ask ourselves what matters to us, what inspires us, what moves us forward, where do we want to go from here?

So let's get started with this episode from TEDxTinHauWomen in Hong Kong! We hope you'll get inspired by the colorful ambitions and limitless hopes for the future of today's guests on our Podcast.

• Captured at TEDxTinHauWomen December 2021. Follow TEDxTinHauWomen on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.

• HomeGrown
• The Entrepre女ers Podcast — The Entpre女ers Network
• Find more #impact LIVE Recordings here.

• Thanks to the amazing team at TEDxTinHauWomen for making this such a special recording!
• Thanks to Booqed for the Recording Booth.

This episode is unlike anything we have done here on the channel, and we have done a lot.

We recorded on rooftops, in elevators, in front of sold out theatres and in teeny tiny boiling hot meeting rooms, We recorded across timezones with our talented co hosts spread across the world to like very recently at a recording booth at one of the best TEDx events in town.

We planned, we scheduled, we strategised so it fits in with our ongoing themes. But this time is nothing like that. This time we get really raw. Listen in as your host and founder of #impact – Regina Larko – records this very raw and personal message from her home of 7 years in Hong Kong to reflect on what this Podcast means to her.

And how it has kept her sane.

• Regina Larko | #impact founder host and producer. Connect with her here.
• Regina's husband/children/mom/dad/stepmom/stepdad/grandparents/brother/sister in law/in-laws.

• TO YOU!

If you are tuning in here for the first time, you might not be ready for whats to come in this episode so feel free to also listen to some of our other amazing Podcasts where we feature inspiring changemakers making the world a better place.

If you are a long time listener you might also not be ready for whats to come in this episode. But if you do listen all the way to the end you might just discover something new about yourself too.

Thank you for listening and Happy 2022!

Audio is a medium that allows telling stories in an impactful, intimate way.

Today you meet the creators behind four of Hong Kong's most popular podcasts in a unique panel about podcasting as an alternative approach to storytelling.

How do these Podcasters approach their subjects, how do they tackle sensitive topics like (mental) health, resilience, and belonging as they are setting out to make a positive impact on their audience in Hong Kong and beyond? What are the hurdles and setbacks? What are the (unexpected) rewards?

Moderated by #impact Podcast host Regina Larko with panelists Cissy Radford (In The Changing Room), Emery Fung (Awkward Turtle At Work), and the Juhi Gagaramani of KELY Support Group's Podcast (This Hong Kong Life).

• 5:30 – Cissy's approach to storytelling and how it evolved since she first started her Podcast
• 7:56 – How did Emery get started with his Podcast
• 10:45 – Creating a safe space for guests to share their stories from Juhi's point of view.
• 14:04 – Building relationships with your listeners
• 16:30 – What impact the Podcast has on the creators
• 19:00 – The biggest surprises and rewards in Podcasting
• 21:45 – Community Building enabled by Podcasts
• 26:00 – How to overcome Imposter Syndrome as a Podcast host and guest
• 30:58 – The most difficult episodes we ever recorded – and how we made it work anyway.
• 36:42 – Questions from the audience: Why do you choose audio as a medium?
• 41:56 – How to handle remote online recordings when you can't see people in person?
• 44:56 – How much time do you have to invest in each episode?
• 47:53 – How can introverted people get their voice out there? How do you overcome the initial inhibition? (Goosebumps when someone in the audience shared her answer)
• 52:09 How to stay motivated – especially in the beginning when you starting from scratch and you are feeling you are not making the impact you try to make

• Cissy Radford | In the Changing Room – Listen here
• Emery Fung | Awkward Turtle at work – Listen here
• Juhi Gangaramani | KELY Support Group's Podcast: This Hong Kong Life – Listen here

• Find more #impact LIVE Recordings here.

• A special thanks to Catherine Platt and her brilliant team at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival for inviting us, thanks to Asia Society Hong Kong Centre for hosting, to Rachel Smith of Hong Kong Stories Podcast for all the support on the day of and all the people in the audience.

• 4:30 – What is the OSDG tool and how did it start?
• 9:53 – The tool in action – we put it to the test
• 18:02 – How can you integrate the different actors in the research process?
• 22:26 – The community building around this open source initiative
• 25:54 – The community dataset results that is open for everyone to use
• 39:47 – The moment that surprised Nuria most when working on the project
• 30:39 – Where OSDG.AI is going next – making it a multi-purpose tool

• Dr. Nuria Bautista Puig | Connect with her here
• Gusté Statuleviciute | Connect with her here

• Open Source Tool OSDG.AI OSDG.AI. Find out more here.
• UNDP SDG AI Lab. More here.
• Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Visit here. Spanish Version available here.
• Researchers mentioned: Ismael Rafols and Rodrigo Lozano
• OSDG Community Dataset – the results from the Community Platform. Available here.
• OSDG Community Platform. Visit here.

• #impact Season 5 celebrates the Sustainable Development Goals. What are the Sustainable Development Goals, why do they matter and how do they relate to you? Listen here.

• A big thanks Brandon Stover from Evolve Podcast for the lovely shout out for #impact on his show. Start listening to Evolve here.

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Special thanks to the Asian American Podcasters Association for organising the Asian Podcast Festival and bringing us all together!

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