Preparing young people with the skills and tools for an uncertain future of work. Terry Shubkin, Chief Excitement Officer of Young Enterprise Trust, on building financial literacy for young entrepreneurs. Hosted by New Zealand’s food organiser Rebecca Stewart.

Pat is totally a magician for sustainably building One Percent Collective to inspire generosity and simplify regular giving. Over the last five years he's built a powerful model for ensuring 100% of giving goes directly to rigorously selected local charities. Find out how he did it, and the importance of user experience design, in this 'about 30 minutes' show.

Kate built a freelancer platform, Ollie sported entrepreneurial squiggles, Lingy sunk incubator hoops, and David summed it up at the end. Why the Venture Up programme is one of the premier young entrepreneur incubator programmes around, gently prodded to reveal in their own (tightly edited) words.

What if there was an easier and more meaningful way to give gifts, and with no waste. Christine Langdon, CEO at The Good Registry chats with Rebecca about how her new social enterprise The Good Registry is working to change people’s gift-giving habits, and on being a catalyst for doing good.

Wellington Mayor Justin Lester generously chatted liveable cities, the growth of the local tech sector, his own entrepreneurial journey, and a bunch of personal stories including why he loves Wellington. This the 2nd of 2 episodes chatting about his striving to make positive dents on society. Guest co-host Victoria Spackman.

72: Life’s Not Straightforward, with Justin Lester Wellington Mayor

Justin Lester generously shared some of his last 18 months as Wellington Mayor, chatting liveable cities, genuine engagement through a strong selfie game, getting things done, and the importance of culture. This 1st of 2 episodes with him, 2nd publishes in a week. Guest co-host Victoria Spackman.

#71: Enabling Peoples Dreams with Justin Lester Wellington Mayor

Kate Frykberg and Scott Miller chat philanthropic and volunteering perspectives covering: reinventing work, some of their unusual journeys to now, broken dreams of becoming an yuppie, open government partnerships, and rounding out with an incredible personal story from Kate. Catch them in their first episode #69 published last week to make the box-set. 

Kate and Scott swam effortlessly in the philanthropy and volunteering hot tub of generosity and sharing (in figurative not literal terms). Their deep dive, encouraged by our pointed questions, got to the heart of some of the debates around both of their areas of expertise.

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Poppy and Ceara chat about how and why their Tinder for volunteering [without regrets] Collaborate app can help connect hard to reach digital-native volunteers with meaningful opportunities. Poppy showed strength through being vulnerable, talking about depression and how it has acted as a catalyst for her to build community.

Some of the focused conversations:

• The evolving volunteer sector
• Remote volunteering
• Why social enterprise
• Changing definitions of success
• Product design
• Gender equity
• Advice for impact/giving back
• Depression and community
• Some of their journeys to now (from about 30mins)

Episode support from: BizDojo Wellington, Collider Wgtn

Show notes and links:

Initiatives of Change New Zealand - Home | Facebook

Social Change Collective

Creative HQ - New Zealand's Innovation Experts

Kōkiri: Calling all Māori entrepreneurs and innovators | Scoop News

Springload | Digital strategy

People:

Poppy Norton: Instagram | LinkedIn

Ceara McAuliffe Bickerton: Instagram | LinkedIn

Collaborate: website | Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin

twice | Talks With Innovators, Creatives & Enterprisers: Twitter @twicepodcast | Instagram @twicepodcast

David Binstead: Twitter @david_binstead

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#68: Ceara and Poppy on Digital Volunteering with Collaborate App | Hosted, independently produced, and ©43words/David Binstead 2018, all rights reserved. From Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand, since August 2015.

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