"Start by volunteering. There are many ways to contribute in your community that you can align yourself with and support."

Episode #48 of Season 2 of The Social Impactors Podcast features #SocialImpactor Rosemary Powell, Executive Director of the Toronto Community Benefits Network.

Rosemary and I talk about the importance of civic engagement and volunteering within your community, how you can align yourself with causes and other people to amplify your impact, and why she believes social impact is one of the most important skills in the world today.

Big shoutout to #SETSISummit for letting me podcast on site and learn more about the incredible work that is being done in Toronto to build more social procurement, more opportunities, and elevate vulnerable populations across the region.

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"Pay attention to your passions. Sometimes the first thing to start off with is what do I want my legacy to be?"

Episode #47 of Season 2 of The Social Impactors Podcast features #SocialImpactor Brent Brodie, Regional Manager at Buy Social Canada, an organization that works with communities, the private sector, and government to encourage social procurement across Canada.

Big shoutout to #SETSISummit for letting me podcast on site and learn more about the incredible work that is being done in Toronto to build more social procurement, more opportunities, and elevate vulnerable populations across the region.

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"No business operates in a vacuum, you have to interact with people to make money. Whether businesses realize it or not, anything that you do as a business has an impact on community."

Episode #46 of Season 2 of The Social Impactors Podcast features #SocialImpactor Sam Ncube, Co-Founder and Community Builder of Find Your Tribe. Find Your Tribe is Ottawa's community hub for People of Colour, providing professional development opportunities through workshops, panel discussions and networking events. We create and curate inclusive events that bring together both People of Colour and Allies, centred around professional development.

Sam and I talk about the importance of finding your community, building a platform to stay connected and invite other groups to participate in mearning conversation, and how her journey led her to buid Ottawa's most active community hub for people of colour.

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"All business should have a social impact. That is the direction that we should be moving towards, and business should be valued based on the amount of social impact they are creating, and not solely based on the shareholder money they're making."

Episode #45 of Season 2 of The Social Impactors Podcast features #SocialImpactor Rudradeb Mitra, Founder of Omdena, a global collaborative platform that provides practical experience to AI enthusiasts from diverse backgrounds through real-world projects. He’s been working with AI since 2002, and he has interest in seeing how AI can create value for the society.

Rudradeb and I talk about the importance of harnessing global impact and working with diverse talent across the world, how hosting challenges and working with marginalized communities can make substantial community change, and why he believes AI can be used to create good for people around the world.

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"Sometimes we forget to look sideways, and that's really important because some of the biggest opportunities are sometimes not forward. It's in front of us or around us."

Episode #44 of Season 2 of The Social Impactors Podcast features #SocialImpactor Trishala Pillai, Partnerships Manager of AI + Voice Channel Partners at Myplanet, where she is working with big and emerging tech companies to help the world's most influential organizations take complex business problems and understand where AI can be useful. Trishala is also the Partnerships Chair for the B Local Committee for East-Central Canada where she looks at bridging the gap between the B Corp community and key stakeholders across all sectors outside of the community to expand our reach and amplify our impact. 

Trishala and I talk about the importance of building local communities, why social enterprises will lead the future of work and build better companies for tomorrow, and how her career in tech has made her realize that technology is advancing faster than human wisdom, and that the only way to address the challenges of our lifetime, is to stay closely tied to our communities and to never forget to look sideways.

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"If you as an individual or as a business, have a goal to have a social impact in the world; it can be as easy as spreading awareness.  Even a small act can go a long way and can have a ripple effect."

Episode #43 of Season 2 of The Social Impactors Podcast features #SocialImpactor Sarah Clarke, Founder & Owner of Dufferin Media. 

Dufferin Media was founded in 2012 by a dynamic team of entrepreneurs in Orangeville, Ontario.  The founders and team members all have lengthy experience in online marketing, and a passion for business & entrepreneurship. Dufferin Media was created to help small & medium sized businesses who struggle to keep up with their social media posts & accounts.  Starting off with a small portfolio of local businesses, Dufferin Media has now grown to service a large amount of organizations both locally and internationally. Most clients in their portfolio are small to medium sized businesses, with a few National Brands amongst the mix. At their core the team believes in helping your business grow through BRANDING, STRATEGY and IMPLEMENTATION.  We match all of our efforts directly to your goals. Check out more information on the incredible team and services Dufferin Media offers: https://www.dufferinmedia.com/.

Sarah and I talk about how to leverage social media and your brand presence online, why it is important to implement charitable work or help other organizations serving a purpose in your business strategic goals, how her team is helping businesses succeed online, and her advice for other entrepreneurs to make a social impact in the world.

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"GoPeer is a vehicle for positive impact. You don't always need to pay $500 or $600 a month for private tutoring for your second grader. Often a College student who is super passionate and bring that energy to their tutoring can be incredibly effective."

Episode #42 of Season 2 of The Social Impactors Podcast features #SocialImpactor Ethan Binder, Co-Founder of GoPeer. GoPeer pairs peer tutors at universities with students between the ages of 5-18 for personalized tutoring lessons. Their mission is to make high-quality tutoring accessible and affordable for all students through their unique near-peer learning model.

Ethan and I talk about how effective near peer tutoring can be for youth learning, how the private tutoring market is overpriced and inaccessible for many people, and how his vision is to employ an underutilized market while helping our youth grow, learn, and excel.

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"The federal government in Canada spends $20 billion a year buying stuff. In the next 10 years they're going to spend $180 billion on infrastructure. We can add a social value to that, so government spending is really getting the best value for the taxpayer."

Episode #41 of Season 2 of The Social Impactors Podcast features #SocialImpactor David LePage, Managing Partner at Buy Social Canada, a network of partners across Canada which advocates for and promotes a supportive public policy environment and the practice of leveraging community value from existing procurement.

David focuses on contributing to creating a social value market place, where trading generates community capital rather than merely economic capital. His work involves the developing and advocacy for social enterprise, social procurement and social value investing.

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"A practice and a way of living in the world that understand the social and environmental connections that are around us really does contribute to a great quality of life."

Episode #40 of Season 2 of The Social Impactors Podcast features #SocialImpactor Mike Toye, Executive Director of CCEDnet, a national association of organizations and people throughout Canada committed to strengthening communities by creating economic opportunities that enhance social and environmental conditions.

Mike and I talk about the importance of looking at holistic business models, his interpretation of social impact businesses and strengthening communities through localized supports, and why he believes social impact and business are unequivocally connected.

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"Our purpose is not something that you can ignore. The ideas that you have are not coincidences."

Episode #39 of Season 2 of The Social Impactors Podcast features #SocialImpactor Naomi Haile, Co-Founder of Find Your Tribe, and Podcast Host of the Power of WHY Podcast.

Naomi and I talk about the importance of honing in and embracing your gifts, why you can't ignore your purpose in life, and how she uses her skills in building community to foster movements like Find Your Tribe.

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