YouMeWe Amplified - Conversations w Wave-Making Women: Transforming Lives with Social Solutions

YouMeWe Amplified - Conversations w Wave-Making Women: Transforming Lives with Social Solutions

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  • Unconscious biases: How labelling people creates biases
    Here is the thing about labeling people, it can hold us back, as labels are often attached to history, expectations, experiences, and possibly a bias.
    In this episode…Consider how to make your contribution count:
    Why do I use labels to define someone?
    What would happen if society removed labels?
    How could I be more inclusive if I eliminating labels?
    9 min
  • Unconscious biases:How names can create biases
    What is your name? Do you ever think you have been discriminated against because of it? Perhaps you didn’t receive a job interview because of it. Or you did receive a job interview because of its sweet sound to the job recruiter. How would you ever know if a recruiter is name bias?
    6 min
  • Emily Stevenson, Co-founder, Beach Guardian
    Emily Stevenson, 23, is a marine biologist and the co-founder of the award-winning social enterprise: Beach Guardian. Powered by passion, Emily is also a budding environmental reporter, with her weekly ‘Tune in Tuesday’ video blog reaching over 2 million people worldwide and regularly features on the BBC.



    1. Gain insight on how to garner a multinational to embrace your recommendation.
    2. What branding technique creates a massive ripple effect
    3. How to make a difference within minutes, at no financial cost
    4. How to engage volunteers in a movement
    5. How to start a non-profit.
    Subscribe and watch/read/listen https://podcast.youmewe.ca/emily-stevenson-beach-guardian/
    55 min
  • Madeleine Shaw, Co-Founder, Aisle
    Madeleine Shaw is a serial social entrepreneur best known as the Co-Founder of Aisle (previously Lunapads), the best place in the world for sustainable, inclusive periods. Providing safe, effective & sustainable menstrual options designed for comfort.

    INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS:
    • How to take an essential product and create an inclusive, environmentally friendly ethos that represents feminism.
    • How to upcycle waste.
    • Creating a social impact doesn’t need to cost a customer more money; how to do it and market it.
    • How to engage your employees in contributing to what they care about
    • Guidance on what you need to make your vision a reality.



    Subscribe and watch/read/listen https://podcast.youmewe.ca/madeleine-shaw-aisle/
    57 min
  • Njeri Thubei, Founder of Upendo Women’s Foundation
    Njeri Thubei is the Director of Women’s Relations for Rumble Worldwide Africa. She has a strong background in international relations and sustainable community development. Founder of Upendo Women's Foundation.

    INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS:
    • The most significant barrier to girls’ education in many developing countries, and what you can do about it.
    • How to engage youth into an international initiative
    • How do you ensure your beneficiary is receiving a product in a developing country?
    • How to get people involved in a nonprofit without doing a fundraising event?
    • How to run a nonprofit, a social enterprise, and have a career?
    Subscribe and watch/read/listen https://podcast.youmewe.ca/njeri-thubei-upendo-womens-foundation/
    56 min
  • Peggy Shaughnessy, CEO & Founder of Whitepath Consulting
    Peggy Shaughnessy is a captivating and inspirational speaker. Connecting the disconnected, her advocacy, and activism on resolving the people's struggles with mental health and addiction have blessed her with a powerful gift for positive change.

    Interview highlights:
    • When to pivot your business model
    • How to tap into your unsavory past to frame your future
    • How to build interdependent social enterprises
    • The benefit of having a social enterprise collaborate with nonprofits.
    • When dealing with the opioid crisis, where does the healing start?
    Subscribe and watch/read/listen https://podcast.youmewe.ca/peggy-shaughnessy-whitepath/
    44 min

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YouMeWe Amplified podcast features conversations with Wave-Making Women Entrepreneurs Transforming where WE live & work with Sustainable Social Solutions.

In each episode, be empowered to…