Assumptions can be biases and will be barriers to engagement and innovation for your organization. What can you do to ensure your assumptions stay in check, and don’t influence your perception of another person or situation?

Exploring unconscious biases. Although we all have biases, we need to be aware of how we can consciously minimize the way we treat others based on those biases.

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.

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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.

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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?

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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?

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Shelby Taylor is an entrepreneur on a mission to create good for the world through nutritious, organic meal options. Chickapea is a B-Corp in Canada producing organic pasta from chickpeas and lentils.

Interview highlights:

• What is a crucial step to make a social enterprise’s vision a reality?
• How can you build conscious-contributions into your business when you launch and before being profitable? And why would you want to?
• How does contributing collectively with your employees increase morale and retention?
• How can distribution channels elevate your social impact?
• Who are the best collaborators?

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Roxanne Joyal, CEO and Co-Founder, ME to WE —a B-Corp social enterprise that supports the sustainable development projects of its charitable partner, WE Charity.

Interview highlights:

• How do you engage an entire community to provide economic empowerment for all?
• What do you need to consider if you want to create an authentic travel experience that helps and doesn’t hurt?
• How do you pivot a social enterprise to continue to have an impact on the beneficiary during times of the pandemic?
• What are the three most important initiatives to keep a social impact sustainable?
• How do you engage collaborators locally and internationally long-term?

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Amazi Foods is a mindful food company selling healthy, made-in-Uganda snacks. Amazi is committed to going a step beyond ethical sourcing, and toward building more connected supply chains by keeping value-addition in-country.

Interview highlights:

• What are the benefits of producing products in developing countries and exporting to the West?
• How many people does it take to create an international brand?
• How can engaging youth transform a community?
• How can you collaborate in a developing country to empower locals?
• And near the end of the interview, Renee shares the best piece of advice she ever received. It is not what you would expect, but essential to consider if you’re an entrepreneur.

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Kuli Kuli is the world's leading moringa brand. Kuli Kuli has planted over 12.6 million moringa trees, partnered with over 2,400 farmers, and has provided $4.4M in income to women-led farming cooperatives, nonprofits, and family farms.

Highlights:

• Do consumers care about consumer goods having a social impact?
• What is the most challenging element of running a social impact business?
• The secret to leadership success?
• What is something a few CEOs will do but can make a difference in the success or failure of your business? …and more

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