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The Carbon Curve
We need to stand up for carbon removal in a turbulent 2025 to build on the gains of the past few years

The Carbon Curve

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 37:18


Episode 50 is a special AMA style episode with Na'im Merchant and Rahima DosaniIn this special “ask me anything” episode of the Carbon Curve podcast, the tables are turned and Na'im is interviewed by his wife, Rahima Dosani, to discuss the past year's accomplishments and challenges, as well as future plans for 2025 in the carbon removal space. With Na'im leading Carbon Removal Canada, he shares insights on policy achievements, the growth of the sector, and the balancing act of managing an organization and parenthood. The conversation covers significant policy milestones and Na'im shares frustrations about the negative discourse aimed at carbon removal technologies, future goals and personal priorities for 2025, and a leadership framework needed to address climate change as a complex systems problem. In this episode, Na'im and Rahima discuss:* Discussion about the challenges and experiences of running a carbon removal organization, including balancing work and family life.* Highlights of exciting experiences in 2024 and a review of policy wins and successes.* Anticipating the future: looking ahead to 2025 and addressing criticisms of carbon removal.* Sharing future plans for the Carbon Curve and sharing personal goals and reflections.Relevant links in the episode:* Carbon Removal Canada website* Write-up following Na'im's Mammoth visit: We've come a long way. We have a long way to go.* Episode on adaptive leadership with Josh Albert (Konu)About Rahima Dosani: Rahima is the Director of Strategy, Learning, and Innovation at Global Health Visions, a women owned and operated global health consulting firm.She previously worked for the Center for Innovation and Impact at USAID and the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Myanmar and Malawi, after she did strategy consulting in New York City. Rahima holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from the Harvard Business School, and a master's in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health.This episode was created and published by Na'im Merchant. Episode production and content support provided by Tank Chen.Na'im Merchant is the co-founder and Executive Director of Carbon Removal Canada, a policy initiative focused on scaling carbon removal in Canada. He is on the advisory board of the Carbon Removal Standards Initiative and Terraset, and a former policy fellow with Elemental Impact. He previously ran carbon removal consulting practice Carbon Curve, and publishes The Carbon Curve newsletter and podcast. Every two weeks, Na'im will release a short interview with individuals advancing the policies, technologies, and collective action needed to scale up carbon removal around the world.Tank Chen is the Head of Content and Community at CDR.fyi, a public benefit corporation dedicated to accelerating carbon removal through transparency. He is also the co-founder of CDRjobs, a career platform for the carbon removal industry. Based in Taiwan, Tank is a carbon removal advocate focused on educating policymakers, corporate leaders, and the public on the importance of carbon removal, using data-driven insights to support communication and policy advocacy.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast on your favorite podcast app or subscribe via The Carbon Curve newsletter here. If you'd like to get in touch with Na'im, you can reach out via LinkedIn. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carboncurve.substack.com

Building Ideas
Episode 81_Kate Schroder

Building Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 42:12


Kate Schroder joined Interact for Health as its fourth President and CEO in January 2022. In this role, she works with Interact for Health's staff and board to provide leadership, direction, and vision to the organization and to develop strategies to address some of the most pressing health needs in Greater Cincinnati. A native of Cincinnati, Kate has experience leading health initiatives locally and internationally. Prior to joining Interact for Health, she oversaw a regional collaborative effort to increase COVID-19 vaccination throughout 14 counties in Greater Cincinnati and to address disparities in vaccination rates while working at The Health Collaborative.In 2020, Kate was a candidate for Congress in Ohio's 1st District, running on a platform to expand access to affordable health care and economic mobility. For 12 years before that, she held various leadership roles with the Clinton Health Access Initiative, a 1,400-person organization spanning 35 countries. As a Vice President leading child health programs, she helped reduce drug prices by 40% and increased the number of children receiving correct treatment by 50 million in four focus countries: India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda. She led teams with 75 staff members and budgets of more than $80 million.Kate holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Indiana University and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Results from her work to reduce childhood mortality and to strengthen health systems in low-resource settings have been published in several academic journals, including the British Medical Journal and The Lancet.In 2011, Kate was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, an experience that she says helps fuel her passion for improving health care—knowing firsthand what it feels like when one's survival is dependent on access to quality care. She remains active in patient advocacy and helping to support research as a member of the Executive Leadership Committee of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.Kate and her husband, John Juech, live in Cincinnati with their two children. She is active in community and civic affairs and served on the Cincinnati Board of Health from 2016 to 2022. Outside of the office, she coaches youth soccer and concentrates her service around her passions for health, children, education, and building stronger communities. She serves on the boards for the Cincinnati State Foundation and OneNKY Alliance and the advisory board for the NKU Institute for Health Innovation.

The Carbon Curve
Cascade Climate is working to realize the "good movie version" of enhanced rock weathering

The Carbon Curve

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 38:55


Episode 38 is with Dai Ellis (Co-founder and CEO) and Vilas Rao (Co-founder) of Cascade Climate.Today Na'im speaks with Dai Ellis and Vilas Rao about how Cascade Climate is working to address key challenges in open-system carbon dioxide removal (CDR), particularly around quantification of enhanced rock weathering (ERW), why a community-built quantification standard is key to increase consistency in MRV practices across the ERW market, and how to encourage industry adoption and data sharing to advance understanding of ERW.In this episode, Na'im, Dai, and Vilas discuss:* The co-founders' vision for launching and building Cascade;* The problem Cascade was founded to solve;* The reason for focusing on ERW and the key challenges associated;* The current state of net removal quantification and the reason for creating a community-built standard;* Incentives to encourage adoption and implementation of the community-built standard;* The importance of having data-access and encouraging data-sharing in driving shared learning and building trust;* The role policymakers play in ERW;* Responsible deployment of ERW in the Global South; and* The good-movie and the bad-movie versions of open-system climate intervention.Relevant Links:* Carbon Curve Podcast Ep. 3 - “Dai Ellis on what scaling up HIV medicines can teach us about building a thriving carbon removal market”* The Great Unwind - Substack by Dai Ellis* Carbon Travels - Substack by John Sanchez* Foundations for a Healthy ERW Market Cycle - Blog Post* Cascade Climate on OpenAir's This is CDR webinar series* Cascade Climate websiteAbout Dai:Dai Ellis is CEO and co-founder at Cascade Climate. Dai is an entrepreneur with deep experience founding and scaling high-performing nonprofit and for-profit ventures across climate, health, and education. He has co-founded five different ventures and paid forward what he's learned the hard way as an executive coach to climate tech founders and CEOs. Earlier in his career, Dai led the Clinton Health Access Initiative's pioneering work on market shaping for drugs, vaccines, and other health products in the Global South. More recently, he has been at the forefront of efforts to import learning and tools from global health market shaping into climate tech.About Vilas:Vilas Rao is a co-founder at Cascade Climate. Vilas has been growing businesses in the agriculture technology space for the past decade, looking for ways to apply technology to agricultural production systems to drive a more sustainable and secure food supply. Prior to Cascade, Vilas was the Chief Revenue Officer for Arable Labs, which delivers a real-time crop monitoring solution for farming. Earlier in his career, Vilas led the scale up of FieldView, the largest data platform and partner ecosystem in agriculture while at The Climate Corporation. Vilas got his start in agriculture working with smallholder farmers in Nepal, which led to his lifelong fascination with the connections between the food system, economic opportunity, and our planetary footprint.About Cascade Climate:Cascade Climate works to accelerate progress in climate interventions that leverage Earth's natural systems—from soils to oceans to glaciers—to stabilize our climate. As a philanthropically-backed nonprofit, Cascade coordinates and resources ambitious initiatives across science, industry, philanthropy, and policy to overcome the core bottlenecks that are holding back the most promising open-system climate interventions. Its initial focus is advancing the development of a healthy market for enhanced rock weathering (ERW), underpinned by its scientific evidence base and its potential for durable, gigaton-scale carbon dioxide removal.This episode was created and published by Na'im Merchant. Episode production and content support provided by Tank Chen.Na'im Merchant is the co-founder and Executive Director of Carbon Removal Canada, a policy initiative focused on scaling carbon removal in Canada. He is also a policy fellow with Elemental Excelerator. He previously ran carbon removal consulting practice Carbon Curve, and publishes The Carbon Curve newsletter and podcast. Every two weeks, Na'im will release a short interview with individuals advancing the policies, technologies, and collective action needed to scale up carbon removal around the world.Tank Chen is a carbon removal advocate based in Taiwan whose focus is on communicating the importance of carbon removal to policy makers, corporate leaders, and the broader public through education, communications, and policy advocacy.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast on your favorite podcast app or subscribe via The Carbon Curve newsletter here. If you'd like to get in touch with Na'im, you can reach out via LinkedIn. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carboncurve.substack.com

SRI360 | Socially Responsible Investing, ESG, Impact Investing, Sustainable Investing
Social Finance's CEO Shares Everything You Need To Know About Social Impact Bonds | Adam Swersky, CEO, Social Finance (#037)

SRI360 | Socially Responsible Investing, ESG, Impact Investing, Sustainable Investing

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 85:53


In the pursuit of social change, every bit of investment can make a difference. Learn how Social Finance is leading the charge through social impact bonds.Today, I'm interviewing Adam Swersky, CEO of Social Finance (UK), the non-profit enterprise responsible for creating the world's first social impact bond. He's here to talk all about social impact bonds and has been at the forefront of designing solutions that bring together finance with social impact since he joined the organization in 2014. After studying economics at Cambridge, Adam became a project leader at the Boston Consulting Group, where he advised private, public, and not-for-profit organizations on strategy and transformation. There, he was seconded to the Clinton Health Access Initiative in West Africa to support Niger in accessing a subsidy for malaria medication.Now as CEO of Social Finance, Adam shares how this organization, which predates the term "impact investing," leads the effort of designing solutions to solve social challenges beyond mere investment.  He also details how they have broadened beyond investment to involve data collection and analysis, philanthropy, building new ventures, government advisory, and beyond. From the mechanics of how social impact bonds function to several real-life examples of social bonds at work, this episode delivers a deep look into social impact financing. We also touch on the capabilities and limitations of private capital in addressing social challenges, and Adam's insights on leading an impact-focused business.This conversation is a deeper exploration of how social impact bonds serve as a partnership between social investors, governments, and providers to design solutions to social challenges.Feeling intrigued? Listen now to learn how Adam and Social Finance are pioneering the path for impactful investing. —Show notes: https://sri360.com/podcast/https-sri360-com-podcast-adam-swersky/—About the SRI 360° Podcast: The SRI 360° Podcast is focused exclusively on sustainable & responsible investing. In each episode, I interview a world-class investor who is an accomplished practitioner from all asset classes.—Connect with SRI360°: Sign up for the free weekly email update: https://sri360.com/newsletter/Visit the SRI360° PODCAST: https://sri360.com/podcast/Visit the SRI360° WEBSITE: https://sri360.com/Follow SRI360° on X: https://twitter.com/SRI360Growth/Follow SRI360° on FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/SRI360Growth/—Key TakeawaysIntro (00:00)Adam Swersky's background and start at Boston Consulting Group (03:03)An overview of Social Finance: How they began & what they do (18:07)How Social Finance produces transformative social impact (30:11)A look into the world's first social impact bond for Peterborough inmates (35:59)The Mental Health and Employment Partnership Program (45:51)A detailed look into the workings of social bonds (50:39)Measuring outcomes and managing risks for social impact bonds (57:58)The evolution of social impact bonds (01:07:57)Adam's thoughts on leadership & rapid fire questions (01:19:54)—Additional Resources Learn more about Social Finance here. Connect with Adam Swersky:LinkedIn X/Twitter Medium

World of DaaS
Neil Buddy Shah, Clinton Health CEO: AI, Data & Public Health

World of DaaS

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 41:00


Dr. Neil Buddy Shah is the CEO of the Clinton Health Access Initiative and the former managing director of GiveWell. In this episode of World of DaaS, Auren and Buddy dive into all things data, public health, and AI. Buddy discusses innovative solutions for data scarcity in low-income countries, such as using machine learning algorithms to better target social and medical aid. He also explores the potential of low-cost surveys and the role of cell phones in data collection. Buddy is a longtime member of the effective altruism movement and the former managing director of GiveWell, a EA-focused organization that evaluates charities based on their cost-effectiveness. He shares some nuanced insights on the EA movement's strengths and weaknesses, and where he'd like to see it improve. Auren and Buddy also discuss the impact of economic growth and governance on public health, the decline in HIV/AIDS lethality, the decline in trust of experts, and the Forbes Under 30 list. World of DaaS is brought to you by SafeGraph & Flex Capital. For more episodes, visit safegraph.com/podcasts.You can find Auren Hoffman on X at @auren and Buddy on X at @NeilBuddyShahFollow World of DaaS @WorldOfDaaS Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)

The Carbon Curve
A carbon removal New Year's special

The Carbon Curve

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 48:44


Episode 32 is with Na'im Merchant and Rahima Dosani.Building off of the special episode they did a year ago, Na'im and Rahima are back to reflect on all things carbon removal in 2023 and what's in store for 2024. They also get into launching Carbon Removal Canada, the role Canada can play in scaling carbon removal (CDR), managing changing professional demands, and other personal questions that Na'im was clearly not prepared for!We hope you enjoy the episode and wish everyone a happy 2024!About Rahima DosaniRahima Dosani is the Director of Strategy, Learning, and Innovation at Global Health Visions, a woman-owned and operated company helping to improve access to global health products and services in low-income countries. She previously worked for the Center for Innovation and Impact at USAID and the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Myanmar and Malawi after doing strategy consulting in New York City. Rahima holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from the Harvard Business School, and a masters in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health. She spends her spare time teaching yoga and being a private chef, and recently graciously agreed to relocate to Toronto, Canada with Na'im.Special note: A huge thanks to Tank Chen for his support with The Carbon Curve podcast over the last few months and I'm excited about the next set of episodes we're working on together. If you're interested in collaborating with a brilliant and dedicated individual on your carbon removal company or project, do reach out to him on LinkedIn!This episode was created and published by Na'im Merchant. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely Na'im Merchant's and do not reflect those of any other individual or entity.Na'im Merchant is the co-founder and Executive Director of Carbon Removal Canada, a policy initiative focused on scaling carbon removal in Canada. He is also a policy fellow with Elemental Excelerator. He previously ran carbon removal consulting practice Carbon Curve, and publishes The Carbon Curve newsletter and podcast. Every two weeks, Na'im will release a short interview with individuals advancing the policies, technologies, and collective action needed to scale up carbon removal around the world.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast on your favorite podcast app or subscribe via The Carbon Curve newsletter here. If you'd like to get in touch with Na'im, you can reach out via LinkedIn. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carboncurve.substack.com

Takin' Care of Lady Business
S2Ep89: The Rise of Muse: Disrupting the Job Search and Breaking fundraising barriers with Kathryn Minshew

Takin' Care of Lady Business

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2023 42:43


Kathryn Minshew is the CEO & Founder of The Muse, a career platform used by over 70 million people to find jobs at companies whose people, benefits, and values align with their unique professional needs. Under her leadership The Muse has pioneered the concept of values-based job search and was recently named one of Fast Company's 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World.   In 2022, Kathryn led The Muse's acquisition of Fairygodboss.com, the largest online career community for women. Fairygodboss serves over 10 million women with a supportive community, tactical advice, live and virtual events, and over 50,000 employee reviews on gender equity and womens' experience inside thousands of companies.   Kathryn is the host of The Muse's podcast, The New Rules of Work, and her first book, “The New Rules of Work: The Muse Playbook for Navigating Your Career” (Crown Business, April 2017), was a Wall Street Journal national bestseller. She has spoken at MIT and Harvard, contributed to The Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review, and appeared on TODAY and CNN. In addition, Kathryn & The Muse have been named to Deloitte's Technology Fast 500, Marie Claire's The New Guard, SmartCEO's Future50 Visionary CEOs, New York on Tech's Disruptors and Innovators, Inc.'s 30 Under 35 and Female Founders 100, One Young World's Entrepreneur of the Year and many more.   Before founding The Muse, Kathryn was previously at McKinsey & Company and also worked on vaccine introduction and healthcare infrastructure in Rwanda and Malawi with the Clinton Health Access Initiative.   Here is what to expect on this week's show: How female entrepreneurs face formidable challenges in Silicon Valley, navigating gender biases and stereotypes while establishing their businesses. Venture capitalists' emphasis on high-risk, high-reward investments pushes founders to grow rapidly, secure significant funding, and heavily invest in growth-related activities. Risk Tolerance and Investment Decisions: Founders should carefully consider their risk tolerance when making decisions about offers from investors. Some investors may push entrepreneurs to turn down offers with potentially high returns due to the risk involved. Learn the difference between Venture Capital vs. Private Equity and their pros and cons. Why founders must comprehend their company's potential outcomes in both favorable and challenging markets, guiding them to make well-informed decisions that match their risk tolerance. Why redefining personal definitions of success beyond financial milestones is important.   Quotes: "The way people conceive of work and how it fits into their life has changed dramatically." – Kathryn Minshew "If you, as an employer, have this mindset that you're lucky just to be paid, you cannot get great people to do your job." – Kathryn Minshew "There's a lot of upside and a lot of downside to this approach [of venture capital]. The upside is they can take chances; they don't have to bet on a sure thing... The flip side... is that most investors would rather increase the chance of you being a billion-dollar company a little bit, even if it massively increases the chance of you going bankrupt." – Kathryn Minshew This episode is sponsored by Medjet. Medjet is the top-rated air medical transport and crisis response membership for travelers. If you're hospitalized while traveling or your safety is threatened abroad, they get you home. Join Medjet before your next trip at Medjet.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest Life
Guest Life Podcast Episode 48 - Hairstyling and Community Support with Lohifa Pogoson-Acker.

Guest Life

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2023 41:33


Lohifa is a passionate entrepreneur, connector, hair artist, and volunteer who is dedicated to improving the Hamilton community. She is the founder of LoDidThat, a unique hair studio in Hamilton, which has attracted a diverse clientele, including members of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and a stint on Canada's Drag Race.Lohifa has worked in International Development, focusing on Health System Strengthening projects with reputable organizations such as the Clinton Health Access Initiative, the United States Agency for International Development, and the Department for International Development. She leverages her previous healthcare experience and current business ownership to offer innovative solutions to her clients and the community.In addition to her business ventures, Lohifa currently supports the philanthropy and communications team at the YWCA Hamilton. She also serves as a director on the boards of The HWDSB's Hamilton Foundation for Student Success, BLK Owned and The Hamilton Chamber of Commerce.Lohifa's dedication to people, community, and learning is truly inspiring, and she is a valued member of the Hamilton community. This is the story of how Lohifa supports and grows our city. We're excited to share it with everyone.Organization: LodidthatSocial: @lodidthatEmail: lodidthat@gmail.comPhone: (905) 387-0840

The Nonlinear Library
EA - Our Progress in 2022 and Plans for 2023 by Open Philanthropy

The Nonlinear Library

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2023 14:16


Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Our Progress in 2022 and Plans for 2023, published by Open Philanthropy on May 12, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. 2022 was a big year for Open Philanthropy: We recommended over $650 million in grants — more, by far, than in any other year of our history. [More] We hired our first program officers for three new focus areas in our Global Health and Wellbeing portfolio. [More] Within our Longtermism portfolio, we significantly expanded our grantmaking and used a series of open calls to identify hundreds of promising grants to individuals and small projects. [More] We ran the Regranting Challenge, a novel experiment which allocated $150 million to outstanding programs at other grantmaking organizations. [More] We nearly doubled the size of our team. [More] This post compares our progress with the goals we set forth a year ago, and lays out our plans for the coming year, including: A significant update on how we handle allocating our grantmaking across causes. [More] A potential leadership transition. [More] Continued growth in grantmaking and staff. [More] Continued grantmaking Last year, we wrote: We aim to roughly double the amount [of funding] we recommend [in 2022] relative to [2021], and triple it by 2025. In 2022, we recommended over $650 million in grants (up from roughly $400 million in 2021). We changed our plans midway through the year, due to a stock market decline[ref]This just reflects a decline in the market; our main donors are still planning to give away virtually all of their wealth within their lifetimes.[/ref] that reduced our available assets and led us to adjust the cost-effectiveness bar we use for our spending on global health and wellbeing. When we wrote last year's post, we had tentatively planned to allocate $500 million to GiveWell's recommended charities; the actual allocation wound up being $350 million (up from $300 million in 2021). Currently, we expect to recommend over $700 million in grants in 2023, and no longer have a definite grantmaking goal for 2024 and 2025. Highlights from this year's grantmaking This section outlines some of the major grants we made across our program areas. In grants to charities recommended by GiveWell: $10.4 million to the Clinton Health Access Initiative to support their Incubator program, which looks for cost-effective and scalable health interventions. $13.7 million to New Incentives for conditional cash transfers to boost vaccination rates in Nigeria. $4.4 million to Evidence Action to support their in-line chlorination program in Malawi. We also made a $48.8 million grant to the same program with funds from our 2021 allocation. Many other grants we haven't listed here (see our full list of GiveWell-recommended grants). In potential risks from advanced AI: Redwood Research to support their research on aligning AI systems. Center for a New American Security to support their work on AI policy and governance. A number of projects related to understanding and aligning deep learning systems. In biosecurity and pandemic preparedness: Columbia University to support research on far-UVC light to reduce airborne disease transmission. Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense to support work on biodefense policy in the US. The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security to support their degree program for students pursuing careers in biosecurity. In effective altruism community growth (with a focus on longtermism): 80,000 Hours (marketing and general support) for its work to help people have more impact with their careers. Support for the translation of effective altruism-related content into non-English languages. Bluedot Impact to run courses related to several of our priority cause areas. Asterisk to publish a quarterly journal focused on topics related to effective altruism, among others. A program open to applicat...

NTEB BIBLE RADIO: Rightly Dividing
NTEB PROPHECY NEWS PODCAST: Chelsea Clinton, Bill Gates And The WHO Launch ‘The Big Catch-Up'

NTEB BIBLE RADIO: Rightly Dividing

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2023 92:33


Chelsea Clinton, though her family's health nonprofit, is working alongside the likes of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Health Organization, and UNICEF in what she hopes will become “the largest childhood immunization effort ever.” That's why the Clinton Health Access Initiative and like-minded organizations will be working with the WHO to bridge the gap, in an effort dubbed The Big Catch-Up, Clinton said Tuesday at Fortune's Brainstorm Health conference in Marina del Rey, Calif. Lol, silly human, and you thought the forced injections were all over, didn't you? They're coming for your children now. On this episode of the NTEB Prophecy News Podcast, millions of people across America and around the world have rightly and accurately rejected the COVID mRNA gene editing injection, and that's good news. But compare that to billions of people globally who took multiple rounds of it. The dramatic and sudden rise in heart issues, strokes, blood clots and all those who ‘died suddenly' speak for the results. Who do we see at the forefront of ‘The Big Catch-Up'? Oh, just the usual cast of characters who all hung out with Jeffrey Epstein on his pedophile island, these same people now want to ‘protect the children'. Is it just me, or is there something wrong with this picture? Massively wrong. Here on Day 1,148 of 15 Days To Flatten The Curve, the war still rages as the New World Order comes at it from a different angle. Will they succeed? On this episode of the Prophecy News Podcast, we give you a full breakdown of ‘the Big Catch-up' and all the rest of the end times shenanigans currently underway. TO THE FIGHT!!!

Inspired Nonprofit Leadership
206: Youth Initiative Changes Lives

Inspired Nonprofit Leadership

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2023 34:39


My guest for this episode is Devika Narayanan. Devika is a university student studying Manufacturing Engineering in India. For the past few years, she has been helping build and scale a non-profit organization named Nostos Homes. Nostos builds innovative homes for families that have lost their homes due to climate disasters like floods or cyclones.  Providing safe and secure homes and medical and social infrastructure for families that have been forcibly displaced allows them to rebuild their lives and restore their privacy and personal dignity. This is a cause very close to Devika's heart. Growing up in Kerala (a state in India), she witnessed severe flooding every monsoon season. Some years, when the floods were particularly ruthless, close relatives and friends had their homes washed away, leaving absolutely nothing behind.   Devika noticed that forcible displacement didn't just mean losing a home. It also meant that these families lost their jobs and education and often fell ill without access to sanitation or clean water. Devika knew she had to do something to help these families and millions of other such families grappling with the realities of forcible displacement.   This motivated her to join Nostos Homes as its Chief of Staff at its inception to help provide homes to such families across the world. Every day at Nostos, she works towards a world where everyone, even those in the most vulnerable communities, has a safe and secure home.    Devika realized that homes were important, but it wasn't the end of these families' worries. She was also moved by healthcare inaccessibility due to either geographical remoteness or financial barriers. This has led her to focus professionally on increasing equitable access to healthcare.   Devika has interned with the Clinton Health Access Initiative to decrease Tuberculosis drug resistance in India and with the corporate strategy team at Cipla. At the latter, she worked on identifying strategic opportunities to combat antimicrobial resistance. She has also worked with Pfizer, where she built pipelines to improve access to critical medicines and vaccines in some key markets.  Here's what to expect during the episode: What organizations or agencies are currently working to provide homes to displaced people worldwide? How can individuals and communities get involved in supporting efforts to provide homes to displaced people? How does providing homes to displaced people affect their long-term well-being and the surrounding community? What are some of the most common natural disasters that result in people losing their homes?  What impact does losing a home have on children and their families? Connect with Devika Narayanan! Website: https://www.nostoshomes.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nostoshomes/ |  https://www.linkedin.com/in/devika-narayanan-325440186/ Free guide: 6 Steps You Must Know to Unleash the Potential of Your Nonprofit Board, go to https://hilandconsulting.org  to get that. Mary's book is available on Amazon or wherever books are sold: Love Your Board! The Executive Directors' Guide to Discovering the Sources of Nonprofit Board Troubles and What to Do About Them.  Be sure to subscribe to Inspired Nonprofit Leadership so that you don't miss a single episode, and while you're at it, won't you take a moment to write a short review and rate our show? It would be greatly appreciated!   Let us know the topics or questions you would like to hear about in a future episode. You can do that and follow us on Facebook.  Connect with Mary! LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryhiland Inspired Nonprofit Leadership Facebook Group: https://tinyurl.com/inspirednonprofitleadership Company Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hilandconsulting Website: https://www.hilandconsulting.org  

The Carbon Curve
Special Episode: My path into the carbon removal field and lessons learned along the way

The Carbon Curve

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 57:32


This is a special episode with Rahima Dosani (my amazing wife) who interviews me about my career transition from working in international development to carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and my thoughts on the CDR field more broadly.Over the last few years, countless people have asked me about my journey from working in global health to working on climate and the steps I took to shift into this field. Over the holiday break, Rahima and I recorded a special episode to reflect on that journey, including what I've learned along the way, what I think about the CDR field more broadly (as well as challenges and opportunities), and the personal impacts of this career transition. We hope this episode offers helpful insights for people looking to make a career move to working on climate in 2023.About Rahima:Rahima Dosani works in global health at the US Agency for International Development, where she helps scale up access to cutting-edge health interventions for some of the world's poorest countries. She also worked for the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Malawi, which is where we first met, and in Myanmar after doing healthcare strategy consulting in New York City. Rahima holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Harvard Business School, as well as a Master's in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. She spends her spare time teaching yoga and being a private chef in Washington, DC.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast on your favorite podcast app or subscribe via The Carbon Curve newsletter here. If you'd like to get in touch with Na'im, you can reach out via Twitter and LinkedIn.Na'im Merchant, Founder and Managing Director of Carbon Curve, is an advisor and thought partner to start-ups, policy groups, and research organizations on scaling up climate technologies to meet the monumental challenge of removing billions of tons of CO2 from the atmosphere. Every week, Na'im will release a short interview with individuals advancing bold new ideas and taking a collective action approach to scaling up carbon removal. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carboncurve.substack.com

First Move with Julia Chatterley
Feature interview: Emerging markets maven Mark Mobius

First Move with Julia Chatterley

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2022 45:46


In a world of uncertainty over global recessionary risks, inflation, rising interest rates, currency pressures and the pandemic hangover of high government spending, investors have been left hunting for opportunities. Those looking to embrace emerging markets would be advised to listen to today's featured guest, Mark Mobius, who calls himself the "Indiana Jones of emerging markets investing."  Also on today's show: Since its inception in 2002, The Global Fund has raised over $55 billion to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Joining Julia to discuss is The Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands and Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Health Access Initiative.  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Healthy DEvelopments
Reimagining health systems for a billion people with disabilities

Healthy DEvelopments

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022 22:12


With much publicity, the world's population reached eight billion on 15th November 2022. What has been much less publicised is that at least a billion of these people live with disabilities - an enormous group that, according to the just launched WHO Global Report on Health Equity for Persons with Disabilities, is often underserved or overlooked when it comes to health care. In this ‘Healthy Developments' podcast, Frederick Dove – who is himself one of the billion – talks to people who are personally affected and people working to change and improve health care for people living with disabilities. We hear about the key messages of an important new report that has just been published: ‘Reimagining Health Systems that expect, accept and connect one billion people with disabilities'. Co-authored by the Missing Billion Initiative and the Clinton Health Access Initiative, with funding by GIZ on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the report draws attention to the unmet health needs of people living with disabilities and draws up roadmap for action to ensure they are ‘expected, accepted and connected'.

YAP - Young and Profiting
Kathryn Minshew: Crush Your Career, Beat Burnout, and Learn to Navigate the New Rules of Work | EP 191

YAP - Young and Profiting

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 56:24


The rise of social media has made it easier than ever to seek out other job opportunities. Hence, countless people are seeing all that the job market has to offer and they're leaving their jobs to pursue something that is better aligned with their personal values.  When it comes to value alignment in the workplace, there are few people as knowledgeable as Kathryn Minshew. Kathryn's goal is to help people find careers that are aligned with their preferences and hobbies and assist companies in solidifying their company culture in order to attract the right employees. In this episode, Kathryn and Hala discuss some hot topics in career news, like quiet quitting and shift shock. They talk about how to pull yourself out of burnout at work and what it means to work in alignment with your values. Additionally, Kathryn explains how to evaluate a company's culture before working there and how to know when it's time to quit your current job.  Topics Include: - Kathryn's early passion for politics and international relations  - The effects of The Great Resignation  - The shifting power dynamic between workers and employers  - Quiet quitting  - The two approaches to work  - Pulling yourself out of burnout at work  - Shift shocks  - How to evaluate company culture  - The cost of quitting  - How do you know when to quit your job?  - Refining your résumé - And other topics… Kathryn Minshew is the co-founder and CEO of The Muse, which supports over 75 million people looking to build fulfilling careers and helps employers attract employees that align with their organization's core values. The Muse was named one of Fast Company's 50 Most Innovative Companies worldwide and the #3 Most Innovate Company for Enterprise. Prior to starting The Muse, Kathryn assisted in introducing the HPV Vaccine in Rwanda with the Clinton Health Access Initiative.  She released her first novel, The New Rules of Work, in 2017, which helps its readers land a job that aligns with their values through quick exercises, personal advice, and actionable tips. It was a Wall Street Journal national bestseller. Resources Mentioned: The Muse's Website: https://www.themuse.com/  Kathryn's Book, The New Rules of Work: https://www.kminshew.com/book-the-new-rules-of-work  Kathryn's Website: https://www.kminshew.com/  Kathryn's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathryn-minshew/ Kathryn's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kminshew/  Kathryn's Twitter: https://twitter.com/kmin  Kathryn's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/minshew Sponsored By:  JustWorks - Take a look at Justworks' transparent pricing by visiting justworks.com/pricing  Sabio - Go to sabio.la/yap and save $125 on your total bootcamp cost Ethos - Go to ethoslife.com/YAP to get your free life insurance quote today Shopify - Sign up for a free trial at shopify.com/profiting Connect with Young and Profiting:  Hala's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/     Hala's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/yapwithhala/     Hala's Twitter: https://twitter.com/yapwithhala  Website: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/  Text Hala: https://youngandprofiting.co/TextHala or text “YAP” to 28046 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FLF, LLC
Daily News Brief for Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 [Daily News Brief]

FLF, LLC

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 15:27


This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Tuesday, September 27th, 2022. I hope you and your family had a great weekend with you and yours, so here’s what you may have missed, over the weekend! First… FLF Conference Plug: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and the Word didn’t stay in Heaven. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory of the Father, full of grace and truth. Grace and Truth became flesh. The Word became flesh. The story of God’s grace became flesh. And it is that Word, that truth, that story that will fill the world. That is why this year’s Fight Laugh Feast Conference in Knoxville Tennessee is on Lies, Propaganda, storytelling, and the serrated edge. The Word is a sword. The Word is our glory. So join us, October 6-8, as we fight, laugh, and feast, with beer & psalms, speakers including Pastor Doug Wilson, George Gilder, Ben Merkle, Jared Longshore, and Pastor Toby Sumpter, Chocolate Knox will be doing a round table with the Wilsons and Merkles on why stories are so potent for building family cultures that wine, all culminating in a live show with Megan Basham and Jason Whitlock talking Lies and Journalism. And we just announced a one day Saturday-only pass for 99$. Find out more and register or become a vendor at fightlaughfeast.com. https://www.foxnews.com/world/vladimir-putin-grants-full-russian-citizenship-edward-snowden Vladimir Putin grants full Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden Russian President Vladimir Putin granted full Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden on Monday. Snowden, 39, fled the United States to Russia after revealing information about extensive surveillance operations being conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA). He is now a Russian citizen by presidential decree, Reuters reported Monday. The announcement comes roughly two years after Russia granted Snowden permanent residency in the country. The country first granted Snowden asylum in 2014 and has since resisted calls to extradite him to the U.S. Snowden faces espionage charges that could land him in prison for up to 30 years in the U.S. Strategic intelligence expert and author of "Putin’s Playbook" Rebekah Koffler says the move likely signals that Snowden is working more closely with the Russian government. She says he is likely now subject to Putin's mobilization order but will be assisting Russian intelligence rather than serving on the front lines. Snowden stated in 2019 that he would be willing to return to the U.S. on the condition that he got a fair trial. "That is the ultimate goal, but if I’m going to spend the rest of my life in prison then my one bottom-line demand that we all have to agree to is that at least I get a fair trial," Snowden told "CBS This Morning" at the time. Former President Donald Trump had stated he was considering Snowden's case for a potential pardon in 2020 but never took action. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has been one of Snowden's major allies in the U.S., saying the whistleblower unveiled schemes by the U.S. government to surveil American citizens both here and abroad. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congress-flirts-government-shutdown-manchin-permitting-bill-drag-down-funding-package On to our government here at home: Congress flirts with government shutdown as Manchin permitting bill may drag down funding package The government is days away from shutting down, and the Senate may not have the votes to pass the initial version of its funding bill as top Democrats press ahead on a deal with Sen. Joe Manchin that may fail Tuesday. Manchin, D-W.Va., agreed to help Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., pass Democrats' social tax and spending bill last month. In exchange, Schumer promised Manchin a vote on an energy permitting reform to speed new projects. They are combining that with a government funding bill that must pass by Friday night or else trigger a government shutdown. However, with a major test vote with a 60-vote threshold set for Tuesday night, the legislation may not have the support to pass, with opposition coming from both parties. Manchin's office says he is still optimistic. Schumer has also insisted he will follow through on his deal with Manchin. He said Thursday he is "working hard to have it pass." If the vote fails, Congress will be forced to scramble to pass a government funding bill before midnight Friday. That could be a tall task with three legislative days to spare. It is possible that Manchin's permitting reform provision will be stripped from the funding bill if it fails Tuesday night, so lawmakers can advance the rest of the package later in the week. However, that timing could be close. Among options to help avert a shutdown, lawmakers could pass a one-day or two-day funding bill before passing a bigger package to keep the government funded until after the elections. Another possibility would be both parties in the Senate could cooperate to speed along the funding bill and beat the Friday night buzzer. Other issues may also impact votes on the funding bill. According to a source, the package will include disaster relief for Jackson, Mississippi, winter heating assistance, Food and Drug Administration user fee reauthorization and more than $12 billion in new assistance for Ukraine. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is pushing fellow liberal Democrats to oppose the bill because he does not want to speed along new fossil fuel projects. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., says she wants permitting reform and the funding bill voted on separately. Additionally, the more moderate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said he is upset about language that would give special treatment to the Mountain Valley Pipeline project in West Virginia. None of those Democrats have explicitly said yet that they will vote against the government funding package over the permitting reform bill. Even if more Republicans break ranks and vote for the funding bill with Manchin's permitting reform, it is still unclear if it will be enough for the bill to clear the 60-vote filibuster threshold. Smart Pricing Table: Do you own a business and write a lot of proposals? If so, you should check out SmartPricingTable.com. Smart Pricing Table allows you to create quick and accurate proposals; and it's loaded with features like recurring fees, quantities and line item upsells. When your prospect is ready, they can e-sign and you're off to the races. Visit SmartPricingTable.com and mention Cross Politic to get 25% off your first 2 months https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/09/26/gates-foundation-funds-clinton-china-initiative/ Gates Foundation Funds Clinton Initiative to Force China Reliance On Developing World. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding a Clinton Health Access Initiative aimed at making developing countries reliant on China for healthcare and medical products, The National Pulse can reveal. The Microsoft co-founder’s foundation authorized a $560,021 grant to the Clinton Health Access Initiative in September, which will run for 18 months. The Clinton Health Access Initiative was originally a part of the controversial Clinton Foundation started by former President Bill Clinton but spun off into a separate organization in 2010 though Chelsea Clinton – the daughter of the former president and his wife Hillary – joined the initiative’s board in 2011. The purpose of the grant is “to leverage manufacturing capabilities in China to increase supply security and enhance the supply of key health commodities in low- and middle-income countries.” While the foundation omitted any further details on how the objective would be accomplished, the grant will likely boost China’s manufacturing capabilities and make countries reliant on the communist nation for “key” healthcare items. The grant comes amidst China rolling out its controversial “Belt and Road” initiative, a key component of the regime’s efforts to expand its control globally through predatory infrastructure loans. As the U.S. State Department has warned, Beijing “uses the Belt and Road Initiative and other undertakings to expand foreign markets for Chinese companies and as a means of drawing nations, particularly their political and economic elites, into Beijing’s geopolitical orbit.” China has been accused of using similar tactics amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, engaging in “healthcare diplomacy” to broaden its influence over developing countries. Products manufactured in the country also often have poor efficacy and are tainted with toxic chemicals. The Gates Foundation grant appears to aid the Chinese Communist Party’s ambitions to intertwine itself within the healthcare infrastructure of countries across the world. The unearthed grant follows Bill Gates’s long history of working with the Chinese Communist Party on business and philanthropic ventures. His foundation appears to demonstrate a similar affinity for the Communist regime, sending sizable grants to additional Chinese entities, including those with ties to the lab believed to be the birthplace of COVID-19. https://thepostmillennial.com/alex-baldwin-likely-to-face-charges-in-shooting-death-of-cinematographer-halyna-hutchins?utm_campaign=64487 In entertainment news… Alex Baldwin likely to face charges in shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins Alec Baldwin is likely to be charged for shooting and killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his low budget movie Rust in Bonanza City, New Mexico on October 21, 2021. The Daily Mail reports that Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies submitted a letter on August 30 to the New Mexico financial board, asking for funding to indict four defendants and that it was recently approved. In the letter Carmack-Altwie wrote, "One of the possible defendants is well known movie actor Alec Baldwin." Carmack-Altwie asked for $635,000 to prosecute and said that murder charges were on the table along with other weapons related offenses. She said that a "final piece of evidence" was Baldwin's phone, as authorities were waiting results from its analysis. After the shooting, Baldwin had issued a statement: "There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours." The movie was filming at the Bonanza Creek Ranch, a popular production location south of Santa Fe. Baldwin was also a producer on the film and previously said he doesn't blame himself for the accident. "I feel that someone is responsible for what happened, and I can't say who that is, but I know it's not me," Baldwin previously said. He said that 24-year-old armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed handed him the gun and he thought it was prepared properly. Gutierrez-Reed has denied she did anything wrong but she was named by Hutchins' family in a wrongful death lawsuit as being responsible for the tragedy In August, an FBI analysis concluded that Alec Baldwin pulled the trigger of the gun that killed cinematographer Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza. And now… it’s time for my favorite topic, sports! https://mynorthwest.com/3614418/rantz-sounders-fans-coach-throw-player-under-bus-over-different-political-opinion/ Sounders fans, coach throw player under bus over different political opinion An online mob of radical Seattle Sounders FC fans went after the team’s star defender. And his coach threw him under the bus. Xavier Arreaga (ARI-AGA) posted a political cartoon to his Instagram account. It depicted a TV sending rainbows into the brains of two kids, while handing the boy a dress, and the girl men’s pants. Behind the kids, two parents are tied up. The point was to call out the media for trying to influence or confuse kids on gender identity. Intolerant fans slammed Arreaga for not holding a position they disagree with. Some pretended the cartoon was “violence,” while others criticized him for being religious. Some want the Sounders to kick him off the team. And his fate may be determined by how he reacts to shameful, intolerant re-education attempts by the head coach. Arreaga’s position, in as much as the comic represented it, is mainstream. While culture warriors on the Left aim to bully folks into submission, there is widespread concern that the media (along with educators and activists) is pushing adult issues on children. They’re indoctrinating kids with extreme left-wing views on gender, claiming gender is fluid and biology doesn’t matter. Whether or not you subscribe to this criticism is immaterial: it’s a common position that people of all political stripes hold. But in Seattle, you must hold the “right” position — the one the city’s most extreme activists demand you hold. Sounders fans are disproportionately progressive and socialist. A subsection of the group is irredeemably aggressive in their demands that you think exactly as you do. The overwhelmingly white group of activists gets especially angry when a racial or ethnic minority strays from the script. And they came out in full force against Arreaga. After Twitter uproar, and what some speculate was a conversation with the Sounders communications staff, the Ecuadorian defender responded with an apology. “Dear Fans – Last night I reposted a post of a famous Christian artist in my Instagram stories which at the time seemed normal to me and without thinking that this image was going to cause [sic] and hurt the people of our community, which never it [sic] was my intention. I want to express that I respect the way of life and thinking of all people. Thank you,” Arreaga wrote. Head coach Brian Schmetzer is a nice guy and a talented coach. But when he spoke to bloggers demanding he react to Arreaga’s post, Schmetzer came off as a condescending, ideological bigot. He’s the literal White Knight who is demanding the Ecuadorian think differently. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=external&v=620965259559336 - Play 0:00-1:04 This has been your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief. If you liked the show, hit that share button for me down below. If you want to come to our conference next week, if you want to sign up for a club membership, or sign up for a magazine subscription, you can do all of that at fightlaughfeast.com.

Daily News Brief
Daily News Brief for Tuesday, September 27th, 2022

Daily News Brief

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 15:27


This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Tuesday, September 27th, 2022. I hope you and your family had a great weekend with you and yours, so here’s what you may have missed, over the weekend! First… FLF Conference Plug: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and the Word didn’t stay in Heaven. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory of the Father, full of grace and truth. Grace and Truth became flesh. The Word became flesh. The story of God’s grace became flesh. And it is that Word, that truth, that story that will fill the world. That is why this year’s Fight Laugh Feast Conference in Knoxville Tennessee is on Lies, Propaganda, storytelling, and the serrated edge. The Word is a sword. The Word is our glory. So join us, October 6-8, as we fight, laugh, and feast, with beer & psalms, speakers including Pastor Doug Wilson, George Gilder, Ben Merkle, Jared Longshore, and Pastor Toby Sumpter, Chocolate Knox will be doing a round table with the Wilsons and Merkles on why stories are so potent for building family cultures that wine, all culminating in a live show with Megan Basham and Jason Whitlock talking Lies and Journalism. And we just announced a one day Saturday-only pass for 99$. Find out more and register or become a vendor at fightlaughfeast.com. https://www.foxnews.com/world/vladimir-putin-grants-full-russian-citizenship-edward-snowden Vladimir Putin grants full Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden Russian President Vladimir Putin granted full Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden on Monday. Snowden, 39, fled the United States to Russia after revealing information about extensive surveillance operations being conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA). He is now a Russian citizen by presidential decree, Reuters reported Monday. The announcement comes roughly two years after Russia granted Snowden permanent residency in the country. The country first granted Snowden asylum in 2014 and has since resisted calls to extradite him to the U.S. Snowden faces espionage charges that could land him in prison for up to 30 years in the U.S. Strategic intelligence expert and author of "Putin’s Playbook" Rebekah Koffler says the move likely signals that Snowden is working more closely with the Russian government. She says he is likely now subject to Putin's mobilization order but will be assisting Russian intelligence rather than serving on the front lines. Snowden stated in 2019 that he would be willing to return to the U.S. on the condition that he got a fair trial. "That is the ultimate goal, but if I’m going to spend the rest of my life in prison then my one bottom-line demand that we all have to agree to is that at least I get a fair trial," Snowden told "CBS This Morning" at the time. Former President Donald Trump had stated he was considering Snowden's case for a potential pardon in 2020 but never took action. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has been one of Snowden's major allies in the U.S., saying the whistleblower unveiled schemes by the U.S. government to surveil American citizens both here and abroad. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congress-flirts-government-shutdown-manchin-permitting-bill-drag-down-funding-package On to our government here at home: Congress flirts with government shutdown as Manchin permitting bill may drag down funding package The government is days away from shutting down, and the Senate may not have the votes to pass the initial version of its funding bill as top Democrats press ahead on a deal with Sen. Joe Manchin that may fail Tuesday. Manchin, D-W.Va., agreed to help Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., pass Democrats' social tax and spending bill last month. In exchange, Schumer promised Manchin a vote on an energy permitting reform to speed new projects. They are combining that with a government funding bill that must pass by Friday night or else trigger a government shutdown. However, with a major test vote with a 60-vote threshold set for Tuesday night, the legislation may not have the support to pass, with opposition coming from both parties. Manchin's office says he is still optimistic. Schumer has also insisted he will follow through on his deal with Manchin. He said Thursday he is "working hard to have it pass." If the vote fails, Congress will be forced to scramble to pass a government funding bill before midnight Friday. That could be a tall task with three legislative days to spare. It is possible that Manchin's permitting reform provision will be stripped from the funding bill if it fails Tuesday night, so lawmakers can advance the rest of the package later in the week. However, that timing could be close. Among options to help avert a shutdown, lawmakers could pass a one-day or two-day funding bill before passing a bigger package to keep the government funded until after the elections. Another possibility would be both parties in the Senate could cooperate to speed along the funding bill and beat the Friday night buzzer. Other issues may also impact votes on the funding bill. According to a source, the package will include disaster relief for Jackson, Mississippi, winter heating assistance, Food and Drug Administration user fee reauthorization and more than $12 billion in new assistance for Ukraine. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is pushing fellow liberal Democrats to oppose the bill because he does not want to speed along new fossil fuel projects. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., says she wants permitting reform and the funding bill voted on separately. Additionally, the more moderate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said he is upset about language that would give special treatment to the Mountain Valley Pipeline project in West Virginia. None of those Democrats have explicitly said yet that they will vote against the government funding package over the permitting reform bill. Even if more Republicans break ranks and vote for the funding bill with Manchin's permitting reform, it is still unclear if it will be enough for the bill to clear the 60-vote filibuster threshold. Smart Pricing Table: Do you own a business and write a lot of proposals? If so, you should check out SmartPricingTable.com. Smart Pricing Table allows you to create quick and accurate proposals; and it's loaded with features like recurring fees, quantities and line item upsells. When your prospect is ready, they can e-sign and you're off to the races. Visit SmartPricingTable.com and mention Cross Politic to get 25% off your first 2 months https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/09/26/gates-foundation-funds-clinton-china-initiative/ Gates Foundation Funds Clinton Initiative to Force China Reliance On Developing World. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding a Clinton Health Access Initiative aimed at making developing countries reliant on China for healthcare and medical products, The National Pulse can reveal. The Microsoft co-founder’s foundation authorized a $560,021 grant to the Clinton Health Access Initiative in September, which will run for 18 months. The Clinton Health Access Initiative was originally a part of the controversial Clinton Foundation started by former President Bill Clinton but spun off into a separate organization in 2010 though Chelsea Clinton – the daughter of the former president and his wife Hillary – joined the initiative’s board in 2011. The purpose of the grant is “to leverage manufacturing capabilities in China to increase supply security and enhance the supply of key health commodities in low- and middle-income countries.” While the foundation omitted any further details on how the objective would be accomplished, the grant will likely boost China’s manufacturing capabilities and make countries reliant on the communist nation for “key” healthcare items. The grant comes amidst China rolling out its controversial “Belt and Road” initiative, a key component of the regime’s efforts to expand its control globally through predatory infrastructure loans. As the U.S. State Department has warned, Beijing “uses the Belt and Road Initiative and other undertakings to expand foreign markets for Chinese companies and as a means of drawing nations, particularly their political and economic elites, into Beijing’s geopolitical orbit.” China has been accused of using similar tactics amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, engaging in “healthcare diplomacy” to broaden its influence over developing countries. Products manufactured in the country also often have poor efficacy and are tainted with toxic chemicals. The Gates Foundation grant appears to aid the Chinese Communist Party’s ambitions to intertwine itself within the healthcare infrastructure of countries across the world. The unearthed grant follows Bill Gates’s long history of working with the Chinese Communist Party on business and philanthropic ventures. His foundation appears to demonstrate a similar affinity for the Communist regime, sending sizable grants to additional Chinese entities, including those with ties to the lab believed to be the birthplace of COVID-19. https://thepostmillennial.com/alex-baldwin-likely-to-face-charges-in-shooting-death-of-cinematographer-halyna-hutchins?utm_campaign=64487 In entertainment news… Alex Baldwin likely to face charges in shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins Alec Baldwin is likely to be charged for shooting and killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his low budget movie Rust in Bonanza City, New Mexico on October 21, 2021. The Daily Mail reports that Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies submitted a letter on August 30 to the New Mexico financial board, asking for funding to indict four defendants and that it was recently approved. In the letter Carmack-Altwie wrote, "One of the possible defendants is well known movie actor Alec Baldwin." Carmack-Altwie asked for $635,000 to prosecute and said that murder charges were on the table along with other weapons related offenses. She said that a "final piece of evidence" was Baldwin's phone, as authorities were waiting results from its analysis. After the shooting, Baldwin had issued a statement: "There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours." The movie was filming at the Bonanza Creek Ranch, a popular production location south of Santa Fe. Baldwin was also a producer on the film and previously said he doesn't blame himself for the accident. "I feel that someone is responsible for what happened, and I can't say who that is, but I know it's not me," Baldwin previously said. He said that 24-year-old armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed handed him the gun and he thought it was prepared properly. Gutierrez-Reed has denied she did anything wrong but she was named by Hutchins' family in a wrongful death lawsuit as being responsible for the tragedy In August, an FBI analysis concluded that Alec Baldwin pulled the trigger of the gun that killed cinematographer Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza. And now… it’s time for my favorite topic, sports! https://mynorthwest.com/3614418/rantz-sounders-fans-coach-throw-player-under-bus-over-different-political-opinion/ Sounders fans, coach throw player under bus over different political opinion An online mob of radical Seattle Sounders FC fans went after the team’s star defender. And his coach threw him under the bus. Xavier Arreaga (ARI-AGA) posted a political cartoon to his Instagram account. It depicted a TV sending rainbows into the brains of two kids, while handing the boy a dress, and the girl men’s pants. Behind the kids, two parents are tied up. The point was to call out the media for trying to influence or confuse kids on gender identity. Intolerant fans slammed Arreaga for not holding a position they disagree with. Some pretended the cartoon was “violence,” while others criticized him for being religious. Some want the Sounders to kick him off the team. And his fate may be determined by how he reacts to shameful, intolerant re-education attempts by the head coach. Arreaga’s position, in as much as the comic represented it, is mainstream. While culture warriors on the Left aim to bully folks into submission, there is widespread concern that the media (along with educators and activists) is pushing adult issues on children. They’re indoctrinating kids with extreme left-wing views on gender, claiming gender is fluid and biology doesn’t matter. Whether or not you subscribe to this criticism is immaterial: it’s a common position that people of all political stripes hold. But in Seattle, you must hold the “right” position — the one the city’s most extreme activists demand you hold. Sounders fans are disproportionately progressive and socialist. A subsection of the group is irredeemably aggressive in their demands that you think exactly as you do. The overwhelmingly white group of activists gets especially angry when a racial or ethnic minority strays from the script. And they came out in full force against Arreaga. After Twitter uproar, and what some speculate was a conversation with the Sounders communications staff, the Ecuadorian defender responded with an apology. “Dear Fans – Last night I reposted a post of a famous Christian artist in my Instagram stories which at the time seemed normal to me and without thinking that this image was going to cause [sic] and hurt the people of our community, which never it [sic] was my intention. I want to express that I respect the way of life and thinking of all people. Thank you,” Arreaga wrote. Head coach Brian Schmetzer is a nice guy and a talented coach. But when he spoke to bloggers demanding he react to Arreaga’s post, Schmetzer came off as a condescending, ideological bigot. He’s the literal White Knight who is demanding the Ecuadorian think differently. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=external&v=620965259559336 - Play 0:00-1:04 This has been your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief. If you liked the show, hit that share button for me down below. If you want to come to our conference next week, if you want to sign up for a club membership, or sign up for a magazine subscription, you can do all of that at fightlaughfeast.com.

Fight Laugh Feast USA
Daily News Brief for Tuesday, September 27th, 2022 [Daily News Brief]

Fight Laugh Feast USA

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 15:27


This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Tuesday, September 27th, 2022. I hope you and your family had a great weekend with you and yours, so here’s what you may have missed, over the weekend! First… FLF Conference Plug: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God, and the Word didn’t stay in Heaven. The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory of the Father, full of grace and truth. Grace and Truth became flesh. The Word became flesh. The story of God’s grace became flesh. And it is that Word, that truth, that story that will fill the world. That is why this year’s Fight Laugh Feast Conference in Knoxville Tennessee is on Lies, Propaganda, storytelling, and the serrated edge. The Word is a sword. The Word is our glory. So join us, October 6-8, as we fight, laugh, and feast, with beer & psalms, speakers including Pastor Doug Wilson, George Gilder, Ben Merkle, Jared Longshore, and Pastor Toby Sumpter, Chocolate Knox will be doing a round table with the Wilsons and Merkles on why stories are so potent for building family cultures that wine, all culminating in a live show with Megan Basham and Jason Whitlock talking Lies and Journalism. And we just announced a one day Saturday-only pass for 99$. Find out more and register or become a vendor at fightlaughfeast.com. https://www.foxnews.com/world/vladimir-putin-grants-full-russian-citizenship-edward-snowden Vladimir Putin grants full Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden Russian President Vladimir Putin granted full Russian citizenship to U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden on Monday. Snowden, 39, fled the United States to Russia after revealing information about extensive surveillance operations being conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA). He is now a Russian citizen by presidential decree, Reuters reported Monday. The announcement comes roughly two years after Russia granted Snowden permanent residency in the country. The country first granted Snowden asylum in 2014 and has since resisted calls to extradite him to the U.S. Snowden faces espionage charges that could land him in prison for up to 30 years in the U.S. Strategic intelligence expert and author of "Putin’s Playbook" Rebekah Koffler says the move likely signals that Snowden is working more closely with the Russian government. She says he is likely now subject to Putin's mobilization order but will be assisting Russian intelligence rather than serving on the front lines. Snowden stated in 2019 that he would be willing to return to the U.S. on the condition that he got a fair trial. "That is the ultimate goal, but if I’m going to spend the rest of my life in prison then my one bottom-line demand that we all have to agree to is that at least I get a fair trial," Snowden told "CBS This Morning" at the time. Former President Donald Trump had stated he was considering Snowden's case for a potential pardon in 2020 but never took action. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has been one of Snowden's major allies in the U.S., saying the whistleblower unveiled schemes by the U.S. government to surveil American citizens both here and abroad. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congress-flirts-government-shutdown-manchin-permitting-bill-drag-down-funding-package On to our government here at home: Congress flirts with government shutdown as Manchin permitting bill may drag down funding package The government is days away from shutting down, and the Senate may not have the votes to pass the initial version of its funding bill as top Democrats press ahead on a deal with Sen. Joe Manchin that may fail Tuesday. Manchin, D-W.Va., agreed to help Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., pass Democrats' social tax and spending bill last month. In exchange, Schumer promised Manchin a vote on an energy permitting reform to speed new projects. They are combining that with a government funding bill that must pass by Friday night or else trigger a government shutdown. However, with a major test vote with a 60-vote threshold set for Tuesday night, the legislation may not have the support to pass, with opposition coming from both parties. Manchin's office says he is still optimistic. Schumer has also insisted he will follow through on his deal with Manchin. He said Thursday he is "working hard to have it pass." If the vote fails, Congress will be forced to scramble to pass a government funding bill before midnight Friday. That could be a tall task with three legislative days to spare. It is possible that Manchin's permitting reform provision will be stripped from the funding bill if it fails Tuesday night, so lawmakers can advance the rest of the package later in the week. However, that timing could be close. Among options to help avert a shutdown, lawmakers could pass a one-day or two-day funding bill before passing a bigger package to keep the government funded until after the elections. Another possibility would be both parties in the Senate could cooperate to speed along the funding bill and beat the Friday night buzzer. Other issues may also impact votes on the funding bill. According to a source, the package will include disaster relief for Jackson, Mississippi, winter heating assistance, Food and Drug Administration user fee reauthorization and more than $12 billion in new assistance for Ukraine. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is pushing fellow liberal Democrats to oppose the bill because he does not want to speed along new fossil fuel projects. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., says she wants permitting reform and the funding bill voted on separately. Additionally, the more moderate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said he is upset about language that would give special treatment to the Mountain Valley Pipeline project in West Virginia. None of those Democrats have explicitly said yet that they will vote against the government funding package over the permitting reform bill. Even if more Republicans break ranks and vote for the funding bill with Manchin's permitting reform, it is still unclear if it will be enough for the bill to clear the 60-vote filibuster threshold. Smart Pricing Table: Do you own a business and write a lot of proposals? If so, you should check out SmartPricingTable.com. Smart Pricing Table allows you to create quick and accurate proposals; and it's loaded with features like recurring fees, quantities and line item upsells. When your prospect is ready, they can e-sign and you're off to the races. Visit SmartPricingTable.com and mention Cross Politic to get 25% off your first 2 months https://thenationalpulse.com/2022/09/26/gates-foundation-funds-clinton-china-initiative/ Gates Foundation Funds Clinton Initiative to Force China Reliance On Developing World. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding a Clinton Health Access Initiative aimed at making developing countries reliant on China for healthcare and medical products, The National Pulse can reveal. The Microsoft co-founder’s foundation authorized a $560,021 grant to the Clinton Health Access Initiative in September, which will run for 18 months. The Clinton Health Access Initiative was originally a part of the controversial Clinton Foundation started by former President Bill Clinton but spun off into a separate organization in 2010 though Chelsea Clinton – the daughter of the former president and his wife Hillary – joined the initiative’s board in 2011. The purpose of the grant is “to leverage manufacturing capabilities in China to increase supply security and enhance the supply of key health commodities in low- and middle-income countries.” While the foundation omitted any further details on how the objective would be accomplished, the grant will likely boost China’s manufacturing capabilities and make countries reliant on the communist nation for “key” healthcare items. The grant comes amidst China rolling out its controversial “Belt and Road” initiative, a key component of the regime’s efforts to expand its control globally through predatory infrastructure loans. As the U.S. State Department has warned, Beijing “uses the Belt and Road Initiative and other undertakings to expand foreign markets for Chinese companies and as a means of drawing nations, particularly their political and economic elites, into Beijing’s geopolitical orbit.” China has been accused of using similar tactics amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, engaging in “healthcare diplomacy” to broaden its influence over developing countries. Products manufactured in the country also often have poor efficacy and are tainted with toxic chemicals. The Gates Foundation grant appears to aid the Chinese Communist Party’s ambitions to intertwine itself within the healthcare infrastructure of countries across the world. The unearthed grant follows Bill Gates’s long history of working with the Chinese Communist Party on business and philanthropic ventures. His foundation appears to demonstrate a similar affinity for the Communist regime, sending sizable grants to additional Chinese entities, including those with ties to the lab believed to be the birthplace of COVID-19. https://thepostmillennial.com/alex-baldwin-likely-to-face-charges-in-shooting-death-of-cinematographer-halyna-hutchins?utm_campaign=64487 In entertainment news… Alex Baldwin likely to face charges in shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins Alec Baldwin is likely to be charged for shooting and killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of his low budget movie Rust in Bonanza City, New Mexico on October 21, 2021. The Daily Mail reports that Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies submitted a letter on August 30 to the New Mexico financial board, asking for funding to indict four defendants and that it was recently approved. In the letter Carmack-Altwie wrote, "One of the possible defendants is well known movie actor Alec Baldwin." Carmack-Altwie asked for $635,000 to prosecute and said that murder charges were on the table along with other weapons related offenses. She said that a "final piece of evidence" was Baldwin's phone, as authorities were waiting results from its analysis. After the shooting, Baldwin had issued a statement: "There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours." The movie was filming at the Bonanza Creek Ranch, a popular production location south of Santa Fe. Baldwin was also a producer on the film and previously said he doesn't blame himself for the accident. "I feel that someone is responsible for what happened, and I can't say who that is, but I know it's not me," Baldwin previously said. He said that 24-year-old armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed handed him the gun and he thought it was prepared properly. Gutierrez-Reed has denied she did anything wrong but she was named by Hutchins' family in a wrongful death lawsuit as being responsible for the tragedy In August, an FBI analysis concluded that Alec Baldwin pulled the trigger of the gun that killed cinematographer Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza. And now… it’s time for my favorite topic, sports! https://mynorthwest.com/3614418/rantz-sounders-fans-coach-throw-player-under-bus-over-different-political-opinion/ Sounders fans, coach throw player under bus over different political opinion An online mob of radical Seattle Sounders FC fans went after the team’s star defender. And his coach threw him under the bus. Xavier Arreaga (ARI-AGA) posted a political cartoon to his Instagram account. It depicted a TV sending rainbows into the brains of two kids, while handing the boy a dress, and the girl men’s pants. Behind the kids, two parents are tied up. The point was to call out the media for trying to influence or confuse kids on gender identity. Intolerant fans slammed Arreaga for not holding a position they disagree with. Some pretended the cartoon was “violence,” while others criticized him for being religious. Some want the Sounders to kick him off the team. And his fate may be determined by how he reacts to shameful, intolerant re-education attempts by the head coach. Arreaga’s position, in as much as the comic represented it, is mainstream. While culture warriors on the Left aim to bully folks into submission, there is widespread concern that the media (along with educators and activists) is pushing adult issues on children. They’re indoctrinating kids with extreme left-wing views on gender, claiming gender is fluid and biology doesn’t matter. Whether or not you subscribe to this criticism is immaterial: it’s a common position that people of all political stripes hold. But in Seattle, you must hold the “right” position — the one the city’s most extreme activists demand you hold. Sounders fans are disproportionately progressive and socialist. A subsection of the group is irredeemably aggressive in their demands that you think exactly as you do. The overwhelmingly white group of activists gets especially angry when a racial or ethnic minority strays from the script. And they came out in full force against Arreaga. After Twitter uproar, and what some speculate was a conversation with the Sounders communications staff, the Ecuadorian defender responded with an apology. “Dear Fans – Last night I reposted a post of a famous Christian artist in my Instagram stories which at the time seemed normal to me and without thinking that this image was going to cause [sic] and hurt the people of our community, which never it [sic] was my intention. I want to express that I respect the way of life and thinking of all people. Thank you,” Arreaga wrote. Head coach Brian Schmetzer is a nice guy and a talented coach. But when he spoke to bloggers demanding he react to Arreaga’s post, Schmetzer came off as a condescending, ideological bigot. He’s the literal White Knight who is demanding the Ecuadorian think differently. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=external&v=620965259559336 - Play 0:00-1:04 This has been your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief. If you liked the show, hit that share button for me down below. If you want to come to our conference next week, if you want to sign up for a club membership, or sign up for a magazine subscription, you can do all of that at fightlaughfeast.com.

Hey Fintech Friends, by This Week in Fintech
Hey Fintech Friends #5 ft Ray Besiga & Michael Schwartz

Hey Fintech Friends, by This Week in Fintech

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2022 43:41


Available on Spotify, Apple, and anywhere else you listen to podcasts!Timestamps:Intro‘Fin-techionary' of the Week: Moblie Money Pay (1.31)News (2.27)Interview with Ray & Michael about their experience and current work at Opareta (5.01)Ray & Michael Interview each other (26.34)Quick Fire Questions with Ray & Michael (32.09)Signals Fintech Founders: Qanlex's Yago Zavalia on Building Fintech in Inefficient Markets (42.11)Transcript:Hey FinTech friends. Hey FinTech friends. My name is Helen Femi Williams, and I'm your host of this new podcast. Hey FinTech friends!This podcast is brought to you by This Week in FinTech, which is on the front page of global FinTech news, fostering the largest FinTech community through newsletters, thought leadership, and events. Oh, and now podcasting. So let's talk about the structure of this podcast.First, we're going to go through the news. And if you're a subscriber to the this week in FinTech newsletter, you're in luck, because this is the audio version. Then we're going to have a chat with this week's friends. And yeah, it's plural friends, Michael Schwartz and Ray Besiga from Opareta. And this episode besties is a little bit different from previous episodes, that is due to some internet issues, but it makes a really good interesting chat because there are times when Michael and Ray are actually interviewing each other, and there are other times where we're having like a really interesting three-way conversation. And lastly, I'll tell you a little bit about the latest Signals article Dez Fleming interviews Yago to understand how his company is turning lawsuits into investable financial assetsFin-techionaryThis weeks, ‘fintechtionary', which is our dictionary definition of a fintechy word is:Mobile Money PayAccording to the World Bank, at the most basic level, mobile money is the provision of financial services through a mobile device. This broad definition encompasses a range of services, including payments (such as peer-to-peer transfers), finance (such as insurance products), and banking (such as account balance inquiries). In practice, a variety of means can be used, such as sending text messages to transfer value or accessing bank account details via the mobile internet. Special “contactless” technologies are available that allow phones to transfer money to contactless cash registersAlthough mobile phones are central to all these uses, mobile money is more than just technology—it needs a cash-in, cash-out infrastructure, usually accomplished through a network of “cash merchants” (or “agents”), who receive a small commission for turning cash into electronic value (and vice versa). But first this week in Fintech

The Carbon Curve
Dai Ellis on what scaling up HIV medicines can teach us about building a thriving carbon removal market

The Carbon Curve

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2022 40:50


The third episode of The Carbon Curve podcast is with Dai Ellis.Today's discussion is about sketching out a vision for the carbon removal market. Creating that market is going to be really tricky. Unlike other climate technologies carbon removal, for the most part, doesn't deliver a product or service besides its climate benefit. But the market for carbon removal can't exist without large purchasers creating consistent demand.In recent months we've seen the private sector take up that mantle by banding together with other companies to create advance market commitments (or AMCs) to buy CDR, establishing much needed demand for this nascent industry.The model is fashioned after AMCs that were used in the global health space to scale up access to vaccines, HIV medicines, and other life saving health products in low income countries.Dai Ellis was instrumental in helping shape some of those markets back when we both worked at the Clinton Foundation (referred to as the Clinton Health Access Initiative or CHAI in this episode) well over 10 years ago. Now he's thinking about market shaping in the context of new climate technologies. He wrote a series of four articles on his newsletter (subscribe here) sharing his lessons in global health to the early carbon removal market. Despite some key differences that Dai points out, there's some really valuable lessons that we can apply from global health to scaling up CDR. This episode will shed some light on those lessons.Dai Ellis is an entrepreneur and executive coach to climate tech founders and CEOs. He helps companies through inflection-point moments of rapid growth, typically in the Series A to C phase, and his current clients include a range of leading climate tech companies like Arcadia, Sealed, Running Tide, and David Energy.Climate tech is Dai's third career chapter after long stints in healthcare and education. Most recently, he co-founded a VC-backed startup in Africa called Nova Pioneer, building the first pan-African network of K-12 schools offering world-class education at affordable tuition levels.Even more relevant to what we'll be talking about today, Dai previously led the Clinton Health Access Initiative's (CHAI) work on creating and shaping markets for drugs, vaccines, and other health products in the developing world. During that stretch of his career he also chaired the Global Fund's Market Dynamics Committee and served as an advisor to the Gates Foundation.In this episode, Na'im and Dai talk about:What an advance market commitment (AMC) is, and how it was used in creating a market for vaccines and HIV medicines in low income countriesFeatures and challenges of these global health markets vs. the early CDR market todayKey similarities and differences between AMCs from the global health space and AMCs that have emerged to scale up CDRDai's six building blocks for not just creating, but shaping a healthy, thriving CDR market and the 2 building blocks we need to stand up most urgentlyRead Dai's excellent full series here:Frontier and its AMC progenitorAdventures in market shapingFrontier as a CDR market stewardToward a vision for the CDR marketRead my recent report with CarbonPlan on the barriers to scaling the carbon removal industry.You can connect with Dai Ellis on LinkedIn or Twitter or shoot him an email at ellisdai [at] gmail [dot] com.If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to this podcast on your favorite podcast app or subscribe via The Carbon Curve newsletter here. If you'd like to get in touch with Na'im, you can reach out via Twitter and LinkedIn.Na'im Merchant is an advisor and thought partner to start-ups, policy groups, and research organizations on scaling up the climate technologies to meet the monumental challenge removing billions of tons of CO2 from the atmosphere to combat climate change. Every two weeks, Na'im will release a short interview with individuals advancing bold new ideas and taking a collective action approach to scaling up carbon removal. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carboncurve.substack.com

Woman Inc.
The Career Muse Paving the Path to Dream Jobs with Kathyrn Minshew, CEO & Founder, The Muse

Woman Inc.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2022 39:19


Kathryn Minshew is The Muse's CEO and co-Founder as well as co-author of “The New Rules of Work: The Modern Playbook to Navigating Your Career.” (https://www.kminshew.com/book-the-new-rules-of-work)Kathryn has spoken at MIT and Harvard, appeared on The TODAY Show and CNN, and contributes on career and entrepreneurship to the Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review. She has also been named to SmartCEO's Future50 Visionary CEOs, Forbes 30 Under 30 and Inc.'s 35 Under 35. Her startup, The Muse, a value-based job search and career advice site, has been named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies. Before founding The Muse, Kathryn worked on vaccines in Rwanda and Malawi with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and was previously at McKinsey.  

Centered in the City
Episode 111: Sustainable and Centered Abortion Activism

Centered in the City

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 38:36


Today's podcast is essential for our humanity's well-being. I interview Kia Guarino, the executive director of Pro Choice Washington, to discuss how to manage our emotions and take purposeful action to fight for reproductive freedom. Kia gives us a clear snapshot of what is happen with abortion rights from a macro and micro level across the country and more specifically in Washington state. We discuss how to manage our emotions and stay politically active from a purposeful place and ditch the reactive energy that will  lead to burnout.  Kia also shares many ways to get involved and create impact. Take a listen, share this episode with a friend and check out the resources below. Let's remember that taking care of yourself is essential during these times because the world needs each one of us to be showing up. Showing up doesn't have to be exhausting, but instead it can be empowering. If you are looking for more ways you can take care, check out Centered in the City so that you can have access to a holistic library of over 200 + mindfulness based resources at your fingertips whenever and wherever you are. Learn more and sign up for your 7-day free trial at CenteredintheCity.org. (Scholarships are available for those in need.)   ***** Kia Guarino (she/her) joined as executive director with Pro Choice Washington in October 2020 because of her dedication to the advancement of reproductive freedom and social justice. Kia joined Pro-Choice Washington from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she served as Program Officer for Family Planning and Gender Equality Advocacy since 2017. Kia brings a background of global health and international development, economics, policy, and advocacy, having previously worked with Albright Stonebridge Group, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, and Amnesty International. Kia also served as Program Manager for the Africa Region with Operation Smile, working across ten countries. In this role, Kia organized and implemented large-scale programs, as well as managed existing and launched new country offices in close partnership with local governments and key stakeholders. Kia earned a MsPH in Global Health, International Health Systems from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and a MA in International Development and Economics from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. She also earned her BA in Communication Studies and International Studies from Boston College. Resources:   Finding Care: To find a legitimate provider and clinic, you can visit abortionfinder.org and  INeedAnA.com The Washington Department of Health also has good resources for finding an abortion in Washington state Abortion Funds: You can find donate to abortion funds in your area Our local fund is Northwest Abortion Access Fund, and you can donate here and sign up volunteer here Indigenous Women Rising is a national group that focuses on support abortion access to indigenous folks across the country Local Clinics (WA): To donate to local abortion clinics, like Cedar River Clinics, All Women's Health, and All Women's Care Local Policy & Legislative Change: Our rights are dependent on our local policies and lawmakers now – and it takes a lot of work to mobilize for change at the local level. Check out the State Abortion Access Network to find local grassroots groups At Pro-Choice Washington, here are five ways for you to get involved, including through donations SURGE Reproductive Justice is another local partner working on community engagement with Black and other communities of color

Makers on a Mission
#11 How Align Impact Finances Your Sustainable Business

Makers on a Mission

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2022 41:45


Jarrod and Olivier speak with Yihana von Ritter, the Associate Director of Private Market Investments at Align Impact. She joined Align Impact in 2019 after completing her graduate studies at Yale and holding impact investing roles at Agora Partnerships in Colombia and Investing for Good in the United Kingdom. Previously, Yihana had gained extensive experience working with various non-profit organizations in the United States, Panama, and Colombia. She was the Country Associate for Clinton Health Access Initiative where she led national-level operations in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, and El Salvador. Yihana also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay as a Community Mobilizer and Health Educator. Yihana holds an MBA and a Master of Global Affairs from Yale University and a BA from Stanford University.⁠We discuss what makes Align Impact unique from the rest of the impact investing industry, the myth of having to sacrifice financial return for ESG impact, how to lower financial risk as entrepreneurs, how to measure impact accurately, actions being taken to scale impact investing, what we can do as entrepreneurs to attract impact investments, and how you can invest your own money responsibly: As You Sow.Website: alignimpact.comLinks to Resources:Catalytic InvestmentConcessional FinanceProfessor Timothy Swanson, The Willingness to Pay for Property Rights for the Giant Panda: Can a Charismatic Species Be an Instrument for Nature Conservation?Basic EconomicsForest Trends - Pioneering Finance for ConservationThe Rockefeller FoundationThe MacArthur FoundationGlobal Impact Investing NetworkProgram-Related InvestmentsIRISSustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)B Corporation CertificationBlended FinanceR20 (R20 Regions of Climate Action)Convergence - The Global Network for Blended FinanceThe UK Sets the Scene for Mandatory ESG Laws in the Western WorldAs You SowFollow us on Instagram at @makers_on_a_mission!Visit Makers on a Mission to explore more.

The Nonlinear Library
EA - Neil Buddy Shah has been appointed CEO of the Clinton Health Access Initiative by GiveWell

The Nonlinear Library

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2022 1:35


Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Neil Buddy Shah has been appointed CEO of the Clinton Health Access Initiative, published by GiveWell on April 20, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. I am excited to share that GiveWell Managing Director Buddy Shah has been appointed CEO of the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), a major global health organization working across a range of issues including malaria prevention and maternal and neonatal health. This news is bittersweet for me. I'm sad to be losing the talent, advice, and thought partnership Buddy brought to GiveWell, but I'm thrilled that he is taking up this position—the global health sector will be stronger for it. CHAI is gaining a great leader in Buddy. But perhaps more importantly for GiveWell and our supporters, this appointment is a signal that effective giving is contributing to more corners of the global health landscape than ever before. Buddy is a strong champion of impact maximization, and I am excited that he will apply this lens in his new role. I am also pleased that this transition does not mark the end of Buddy's relationship with GiveWell. It is important that GiveWell maintain strong connections with leading organizations in the global health sector. With Buddy at the helm of CHAI, there will be another important voice advocating for programs that increase health outcomes as much as possible per dollar spent. We wish our best to Buddy in his new role, and we look forward to maximizing impact together for many years to come. Elie Hassenfeld, GiveWell Co-Founder and CEO Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.

Wishes Granted--The Social Enterprise Fundraising Podcast
Crypto for Good Fund: crossing the crypto hype gap

Wishes Granted--The Social Enterprise Fundraising Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2022 40:02


Kenneth Kou is the Crypto Lead at Mercy Corps Ventures. They have recently launched the Crypto For Good Fund to deploy $1M to 10 startups building crypto solutions for financial inclusion in emerging markets. Learn more about the Crypto For Good Fund here: https://bit.ly/C4G_Fund_MCV Ken has worked across the developing world in Lagos, Laos, Rwanda, Indonesia and at organizations like Dalberg, Clinton Health Access Initiative and Julo, a fintech lender for underbanked individuals, among others. He has an MBA from INSEAD and before that a Bachelor's in Math, so quite a well rounded individual Mercy Corps Ventures: https://medium.com/mercy-corps-social-venture-fund/fintech/home LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kennethkou/ ------- If you liked this podcast please subscribe here: https://www.wishesgranted.media/p/newsletter/ Music: Cali by Wataboi

Diversify In Path
Episode : Dan Milner MD MSc MBA

Diversify In Path

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2022 61:42


Hi friends, this is Dr. Michael Williams and welcome back to another episode of the diversify in path podcast. This podcast explores how investing in diversity can lead to a high return of investment in pathology and laboratory medicine by learning from the knowledge and experiences of diverse voices within our field.My next guest is Dr. Dan MilnerDr. Milner completed his MD at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2000 and his residency/fellowship in Anatomic Pathology/Clinical Pathology/Microbiology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in 2005. His masters of science in epidemiology is from the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health were he remains an adjunct professor. He completed his masters in business administration from the UAB Collat School of Business. Dr. Milner began working in Africa in 1997 as a medical student and has built an international reputation as an expert in cerebral malaria. In parallel with this, he has been heavily involved in pathology capacity building in many countries and, most notably, led the team that built an anatomic pathology laboratory in Rwanda and Haiti for advance cancer diagnostics. Before joining ASCP in 2016, Dr. Milner spent 11 years at the Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School where he taught pathology, microbiology, and infectious disease; was the primary lead for infectious disease consultations in AP/CP; and was the recipient of numerous research grants in the areas of malaria and HIV. Dr. Milner is the author of over 150 publications and has presented national and internationally on his work in more than 25 countries. At ASCP, Dr. Milner is responsible for medical oversight of all organizational activities. He provides vision, direction, and execution of ASCP's Center for Global Health programs including communicable and non-communicable diseases. Dr. Milner and the CGH manage over 80 active collaborations with governments, NGOs, industry, academic centers, and international organizations with activity in more than 30 countries. Dr. Milner's leadership roles/experience with global efforts is extensive and he serves as a direct collaborative consultant in the area of diagnostic pathology for global health to Partners in Health, Mount Sinai, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Clinton Health Access Initiative, American Cancer Society, BIO Ventures for Global Health, Bristol-Myers Squibb, World Health Organization, World Economic Forum, World Child Cancer, Perkin-Elmer, International Collaboration for Cancer Reporting, International Cancer Control Partnership, City Cancer Challenge, and the Union for International Cancer Control.Twitter: @damilnermdInstagram: danmilnermdInstagram: ASCP_CMOPodcast: ‎Inside the Lab on Apple Podcasts This episode is also in memoriam to Dr. Felix M. BrownFelix M. Brown, M.D. '93, a pathologist and associate director of surgical pathology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, died of cancer on May 27 at his home in Dedham, Mass., at the age of 36. In his honor, the Department of Pathology at Harvard has created an annual award to be presented to pathologists-in-training whose qualities of humanity, generosity and dedication complement their talent as physicians.https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/in-memoriam-62080/

Zimbabweans, What's Next?
12. Nyasha with Rudo Mudzi on the art of going back home (Zimbabwe) from overseas (America)

Zimbabweans, What's Next?

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 39:08


Welcome to the fresh, most progressively growing community of amazing young Zimbabweans in diverse professional spaces.  This episode we address one of the most difficult things to think about for everyone who's studied overseas.  How do I go back home to Zimbabwe and reintegrate? How do I bring change but also recognize I too will be changed?    Who better to talk about that than Rudo Mudzi, MSc at Uni of Ediburgh, BA Physics Mt Holyoke, who went to work at Clinton Health Access Initiative in the Harare, Zimbabwe office some years after undergrad?   Transcript: 0:00 Intro  1:30 How Rudo is doing  2:31 Difference between being at a girls high and being a women's college  4:13 Celebrating Africa Day  6:20 Rudo's return to Zimbabwe to work for the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Harare  11:41 Challenges Rudo faced working in Zim  13:54 The art of readjusting to Zimbabwe  18:20 Deciding on college major  21:35 The importance of getting research experience  26:00 If you wait too long to start graduate school, this may happen  27:47 What field would Rudo be in if she was not in Data Science  31:32 Learning that different people find meaning in different things in life  32:39 Rapid fire questions 36:00 How the norm is restricting ourselves to one job or profession  37:02 The seven spheres of influence - you don't have to settle for one field! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nyashazimunhu/message

PCTY Talks
Unlocking Future Talent Strategies

PCTY Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021 35:30


Join our host Shari Simpson (HR Program Manager, Paylocity) with guests Kathryn Minshew (Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, the Muse) as they talk about what talent strategies are going to be important now. Kathryn is the Muse's CEO and number one swashbuckler. Kathryn has spoken at MIT and Harvard, appeared on The TODAY Show and CNN, and contributes on career and entrepreneurship to the Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review. She has also been named to SmartCEO's Future50 Visionary CEOs and Inc.'s 35 Under 35. Before founding The Muse, Kathryn worked on vaccines in Rwanda and Malawi with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and was previously at McKinsey. Say hi on Twitter @KMin.

One Network Audio Experience
The Value of a Global Digitized Health Community - Purpose before Profit

One Network Audio Experience

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 78:43


In this episode we listen in on a recent webinar where three organizations discuss their use of a Digital Supply Chain Network to support a greater cause, world health. The guest panel includes: Chad Davenport, Chief Information Officer with Partnership for Supply Chain Management Cobus Rossouw, EVP Digital & Information Technology with Imperial Logistics René Berger, Senior Director, Supply Chain Management, with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and Greg Brady industry visionary and Founder and Chairman of One Network Enterprises. The video portion of the webinar can be viewed at Onenetwork.com. Go to Events, Webinars from the drop down menu. To learn more about this topic or how to create a Digital Supply Chain Network™ for your company send a note to nfa@onenetwork.com

Asian Hustle Network
Jason Y. Lee // Ep 61 // A New Culture of Empathy With Jubilee Media

Asian Hustle Network

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2021 52:03


Welcome to Episode 61 of the Asian Hustle Network Podcast! We are very excited to have Jason Y. Lee on this week's episode. We interview Asian entrepreneurs around the world to amplify their voices and empower Asians to pursue their dreams and goals. We believe that each person has a message and a unique story from their entrepreneurial journey that they can share with all of us. Check us out on Anchor, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play Music, TuneIn, Spotify, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a positive 5-star review. This is our opportunity to use the voices of the Asian community and share these incredible stories with the world. We release a new episode every Wednesday, so stay tuned! Jason Y. Lee is the founder and CEO of Jubilee Media. Jubilee Media creates experience to provoke a new culture of empathy. Known for viral series "Middle Ground," "Spectrum," and "Odd Man Out," Jubilee has developed an audience of 6M+ subscribers and garnered 1B+ views. As the world becomes more divided, Jubilee bridges people together to create empathy, discourse, and love. Prior to founding Jubilee, Jason was a consultant at Bain & Company. He also previously worked on the 2007 Obama Campaign and for the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Zambia. Jason is a proud Korean-American raised in Overland Park, Kansas and graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School. Please check out our Patreon at @asianhustlenetwork. We want AHN to continue to be meaningful and give back to the Asian community. If you enjoy our podcast and would like to contribute to our future, we hope you’ll consider becoming a patron. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/asianhustlenetwork/support

OneTAKE
Democratizing Data & Insight to Forecast the Future of Healthcare

OneTAKE

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 54:45


 “There’s a lot of data-rich, insight-poor environments that exist in the world. And part of our job at Kinsa, and part of the job of our public health colleagues, is to make the data accessible. It’s not data for data’s sake. It’s insight.”  – Inder Singh, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Kinsa  Welcome to OneTAKE Live! In this episode, host Ian Barkin sits down with Inder Singh, founder and CEO of Kinsa, to discuss the entrepreneurial journey of Kinsa from idea to product, why it’s important to democratize information and insights, the value data holds for the future of healthcare, and much more.     Did you know you can help save the world just by taking your temperature?     With Kinsa’s revolutionary smart thermometers, every time a user checks their temperature, that data is tracked and added to real-time viral heat maps that enable customers to track and avoid areas where illnesses are spreading. And through careful scientific analysis and data forecasting, that information isn’t just being used to track epidemics, pandemics, and spreadable disease — it’ll eventually help to prevent the spread of illness entirely. That’s the power of data at work, but more than that, it’s the power of collaboration, as Inder explains:    “You want to solve any problem in the world? Any big hairy problem in the world? Whether it’s climate change, or whether it’s getting ahead of outbreaks? You need a coalition: a network of people who are cooperating and collaborating — and that’s the core of what we’re creating … that’s why giving insights back to individual households is so important.”     Prior to founding Kinsa in 2012, Inder served as an executive vice president of Access Programs and Market Dynamics for the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (an initiative of the Clinton Foundation). A data science and healthcare expert, he continues to further his goal of contributing to better public health through the innovative products and services Kinsa creates.     Join us and discover how technology and data science are creating a better future for healthcare on this episode of OneTAKE Live!   Episode Resources SYKES    Jobs.SYKES.com    SYKES Quarterly    Inder Singh (Wikipedia)  Inder Singh (Twitter) 

The Work in Sports Podcast - Insider Advice for Sports Careers
A Human-Centered Approach to Sports Business, Benny Tran, LAFC

The Work in Sports Podcast - Insider Advice for Sports Careers

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 41:49


Hey everybody, I'm Brian Clapp, VP of Content and Engaged Learning at WorkInSports.com and this is the Work In Sports podcast… What would you do if someone asked you to build a new pro sports brand from the ground up, AND build a new stadium in LA? Your budget is 350 million -- go! Me? I'd probably roll up in the fetal position and cry myself to sleep. This is a massive undertaking.  Wrong steps have enormous ramifications. And I am known for my wrong steps, it's part of my charm. You can't do over a brand, it is a living breathing thing that gets established then takes on a life of its own through the local community and sports ecosystem. You can't wing it on a stadium build, there are layers and layers of decisions that will have an impact felt for decades. Benny Tran, EVP of Corporate Strategy and Operations for LAFC is the mind behind these monumentally important aspects I've outlined for you. When you hear Benny explain it, as you are about to, it seems like a calm walk in the park.  He is so even-keeled -- methodical, pragmatic -- but also gives off this vibe like he has his arms around everything just fine.  Me I feel like I'm constantly sticking my fingers in holes, Benny just has a different air about him. Can you tell I admire this guy? Maybe it's because in his life prior to sports, he worked on global initiatives like HIV/AIDS treatment in Southeast Asia, national health strategies and climate action.  When you have your hands in issues of this magnitude, what's getting a stadium built?  There is a lot in this conversation -- from business intelligence, facility management, brand identity, community involvement, the importance oof daily workers and more.  Here's Benny Tran, buckle up. Watch Benny Tran on the Work In Sports Podcast https://youtu.be/JyYpreggcd4 Questions for Benny Tran, EVP Corporate Strategy and Operations LAFC 1: Undergrad at Emory majoring in Middle Eastern Studies and Arabic, MPA in public policy from Princeton, over a decade with the Clinton Foundation working on climate initiatives and Clinton Health Access Initiative – anything was in reach for you at any moment, so why sports? Why was being a part of the LAFC story the right move for you?  2: October 30th 2014, MLS awards a new expansion club to Los Angeles after Chivas USA dissolved. You were hired a month later in December 2014 to be the SVP of Corporate Strategy and Development – early on, with so much to do, does it feel like trying to boil the ocean? How do you even start to prioritize and focus?   3: Much of your background, prior to sports, was in international development.   As you set forth to build a cutting-edge stadium in Los Angeles that would not only represent the city and the LAFC brand, but also employ thousands of people and open up the community – which proved harder your work in building public health infrastructure to treat people living with HIV/AIDS in SE Asia or getting a stadium built in LA?  4: I was reading through the stats of Banc of California stadium and I found myself saying “that's cool” or “what a cool idea!” a lot. Every seat is within 135 ft of the pitch, it is an LEED silver certified stadium, over 1,800 full-time jobs created…  As you consider all you and the LAFC team accomplished with this new organization and stadium in LA – what are you proudest of?  5: As you've watched this team develop from the beginning to what it is now, how much of an impact has it had on the local community? And is that something that doesn't get talked about enough in sports, the positive local impact?  6: Peter Guber owner and executive chairman of LAFC told the LA Times a few years back “When you build an organization, you build a culture, culture is your business plan.”  What does that mean to you, “culture is your business plan?”  7: The pandemic has affected sports in a myriad of ways, but one issue we don't talk about enough are the...

The Infection Prevention Strategy (TIPS)
Using the COVID-19 Shared Experience to Make Public Health Communication More Effective with Vanessa Lamers

The Infection Prevention Strategy (TIPS)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2021 79:19


Amidst the damage wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been given a potent tool that, if properly harnessed, could help us communicate more effectively about everything in public health. For effective communication, the very first thing we need to do is create a connection with our audience. For that, metaphors and shared experience are two of our most effective tools. These, however, are hard to come by and typically must be created anew for every audience. It's rare that we have a shared experience that touches everyone in a direct and visceral way. A shared experience that due to its sheer scope and severity, forces politicians, business leaders, and other key decision makers through a crash course on public health concepts like contract tracing, mass testing, vaccine development and deployment, health access and disparities, public health data infrastructure, non-pharmaceutical interventions, and many more. For public health and emergency preparedness communicators, prior to 2020 at least, this would have been a pipe dream. Yet here we are. The pandemic has taken so much away, but as with any catastrophe, buried in the ashes and rubble, if you care to look for it, you will find opportunity. That is what today's discussion is all about.   The Road to Making a Difference As a college student in the 2000s, Vanessa Lamers studied education and environmental science. Supplementing her academics, she also worked in Willamette University's security office and helped with emergency response and preparedness on campus. During that time, she observed the emergency response efforts to major environmental catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. Later, graduate studies lead her to Yale University where she continued to explore sustainability and environmental science, public health, and infectious disease. At the time, SARS and MERS provided real-world examples of the types of threats Vanessa wanted to help prepare us for. She tells us that “seeing all that happen in real-time and making those ties and realizing that, hey, I want to be one of the people that's helping prevent these disasters.”   Making a Connection Vanessa's unique combination of expertise in environmental science, public health, and infectious disease led to opportunities to hone her skills in Haiti and Zimbabwe. There Vanessa learned that, even with very limited resources, you can still drive amazing health outcomes. Similar to Richard Heinzl's observations in Episode #10, Vanessa realized that the strategic application of the tools you do have, combined with a hands-on, get out in the community approach, can be extremely effective. Vanessa tells us that they deployed community health workers to go door-to-door, seek out the most vulnerable people in the communities and figure out how to take care of them. “There's no need to recreate the wheel”, Vanessa adds, because public health efforts that lack resources often provide “great wrap-around services, building a community around the people who need it.” This approach, of course, is based on meeting people where they are, literally, and making a connection.   Visual Acuity Another important lesson came to Vanessa while she worked at the Yale University Art Gallery. There, she led educational tours of the gallery for everyone from 3rd graders in the New Haven Public School to Yale Medical and master's in public health (MPH) students. The goal was to strengthen visual acuity, a skill that can be very useful in all forms of communication. Vanessa describes it this way, “This skill of visual acuity. How do you look at something? What do you see? What pops out at you? What do you notice? Why are you noticing that first? Why didn't you notice this other thing and the painting? How do you then describe it to the other people that are in your group in terms that they're going to understand? How do you build a shared experience among a group of people when you're looking at the same?”. This experience allowed Vanessa to explore and strengthen her grasp of communication and connections in a variety of new ways.   The Ultimate Shared Experience The varied experiences on Vanessa's journey helped her to understand the importance of connection and the power of shared experience. And it was this understanding that helped her see “the big idea” we came together to discuss. It was another fortuitous occurrence where a lead poisoning audit in Milwaukee (being conducted by Vanessa and team at the Public Health Foundation), began before the pandemic and wrapped-up when were deep in the crisis. Vanessa explains “Pre-COVID I was really struggling to find what a shared experience would be, what metaphor I could use to explain some of the challenges that we were seeing”, but after months of the pandemic “all of these officials had now, unfortunately for them, had to build a full understanding of public health.” The shared experience and accompanying metaphors are very powerful and create the opportunity to say “you know how this was difficult with COVID. It's going to be difficult with lead poisoning.” And this might be data collection, contacting patients for follow-up, contact tracing, or a dozen other complex concepts that all of us now have at least a basic understanding of. This helps your audience create a mental picture to work with (tie-in visual acuity), and greatly increases the chance for connection, shared understanding, and progress. This was a nuanced conversation that explores, in a variety of ways, how to make your public health communication more effective. It's a skill that we should all strive to constantly improve, and we're certain everyone who listens will find something of value.   Vanessa Lammers Vanessa Lamers is the Assistant Director of Performance Management and Quality Improvement at the Public Health Foundation (PHF). She develops and leads programming to build the capacity of state, local, tribal, and territorial health departments and provides technical assistance and training around quality improvement, performance management, and accreditation preparation and maintenance. Ms. Lamers manages and supports a wide array of public health projects related to infectious disease and immunization, environmental health, substance abuse and misuse, and the social determinants of health. Prior to joining PHF in 2015, Ms. Lamers worked at the consulting firm Fresh Advantage on issues surrounding the Affordable Care Act and Community Health Needs Assessment Implementation. She also served as a Research Assistant with the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale and worked with the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Harare, Zimbabwe. Ms. Lamers holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oregon as well as a Master of Public Health and Master of Environmental Science, both from Yale University. Twitter: https://twitter.com/vlamers Email: vlamers@phf.org   Public Health Foundation (PHF) Healthy Practices. Healthy People. Healthy Places. The Public Health Foundation (PHF), a private, non-profit, 501(c)3 organization based in Washington, DC, improves public health and population health practice to support healthier communities. Since 1970, PHF has developed effective resources, tools, information, and training for health agencies, organizations, and individuals to help improve performance and community health outcomes. PHF is an independent, non-membership organization, governed by an 11-member Board of Directors composed of two state health officers, two local public health officers, one local board of health member, and six individuals from academic, private sector, and other public health agency settings. Resources Public health systems need access to data and applied public health research in order to make evidence-based policy decisions, strengthen their infrastructure, and improve their performance. To help build this science base, PHF:   Conducts applied research Compiles and presents data Advances the field of public health systems research   In addition to the reports discussed above, PHF offers resources through its online store, the Learning Resource Center, its online learning management system, TRAIN, the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, and the Public Health Improvement Resource Center. Programs One of PHF's specialties is assisting health departments in performance improvement. A number of tools and programs are available including technical assistance services, the Public Health Memory Jogger II, and the National Public Health Performance Standards Program.    Web: https://www.phf.org/ Twitter: @ThePHF Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PHFDC/ Make a free account on TRAIN.org

Art of the Hustle
Kathryn Minshew - Founder & CEO, The Muse

Art of the Hustle

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 46:50


Kathryn Minshew is the founder and CEO of The Muse, a career platform used by over 75 million people to research companies and careers. In 2018, The Muse was named one of Fast Company's 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World and #3 Most Innovative Company for Enterprise. Kathryn has spoken at MIT and Harvard, contributed to the Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review, and appeared on TODAY and CNN, among others. Kathryn worked on HPV vaccine introduction in Rwanda with the Clinton Health Access Initiative before founding The Muse and previously worked at McKinsey & Company. Her first book, "The New Rules of Work: The Modern Playbook for Navigating Your Career," was a Wall Street Journal national bestseller. She joins us to talk about what employees should be demanding from their employers, the future of the four-year university, and how contributing her writing without pay helped launch The Muse from it's "only eating ramen" phase to raising millions of dollars. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

Network Capital
Career Principles of Doctor, Social Entrepreneur and Harvard Kennedy School Graduate Ruha Shadab

Network Capital

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 48:41


Ruha Shadab is a doctor turned public health professional turned social entrepreneur. She is the Founder of LedBy Foundation, a unique leadership incubator that works on improving equity in the workplace. She is a recent graduate from Harvard University, where she received her Master in Public Policy on a full tuition scholarship. On graduation, she was awarded the Harvard Kennedy School Women’s Leadership Award: the first Indian to receive it. During her Master’s, she served as the Co-Chair of the India Conference at Harvard, worked at Yale University as first author for a medical ethics paper, and interned at the Gates Foundation on a global health strategy framework. Prior to Harvard, Ruha worked at the Government of India’s policy think-tank: NITI Aayog, chaired by the Prime Minister. There, she was part of the roll out of the world’s largest government health insurance scheme. She has also worked with the international health NGO: the Clinton Health Access Initiative, where she prepared the ground for public health interventions for maternal and child health. Ruha is an alum of Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi. She is skilled in strategy development, project management, and stakeholder engagement. Ruha cares about market-oriented solutions to accelerate the economy’s transition to a more cohesive, respectful, and inclusive model through eliminating entry and retention barriers for underrepresented women. When not working, Ruha can be found running, reading the Economist, or baking.

International Edition - Voice of America
Affordable HIV treatment coming to some children

International Edition - Voice of America

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020 30:00


Affordable treatment will soon be available for children living with HIV in low-and-middle-income countries thanks to an agreement between the global health agency UNITAID and the Clinton Health Access Initiative or CHAI. Plus, U.S. Attorney William Barr says the justice department found no fraud that would change the 2020 election.  And an update on Tigray.

A Shot in the Arm Podcast with Ben Plumley
Honoring World AIDS Day During COVID (S04 Ep03)

A Shot in the Arm Podcast with Ben Plumley

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 27:44


On this World AIDS Day, December the 1st 2020, we remember the lives lost to HIV as we fight a new global pandemic, COVID-19, and in this special episode we reflect on the impact diagnostics have had in driving the response to both pandemics, with Dr. Paul Baum, Head, Clinical Science at Roche Molecular Systems and Associate Professor at UCSF.More information:https://www.roche.com/https://www.unaids.org/en/World_AIDS_Dayhttps://bayareaglobalhealth.orghttps://coronavirus.ucsf.eduhttps://www.who.inthttps://www.cdc.govhttps://covid19.ca.govhttps://coronavirus.jhu.eduwww.ashotinthearmpodcast.comThis episode was made in partnership with the Bay Area Global Health Alliance. You can find this episode and past episodes of A Shot in the Arm Podcast with Ben Plumley on this (and other) podcast platforms. Please subscribe and give us 5 stars! Apple PodcastsGoogle PodcastsSpotifyiHeart RadioStitcherTuneIn (and Alexa enabled devices) #HIV, #AIDS, #SARSCoV2, #COVID19, #diagnostics, #PCR, #antibodytest, #antigentest, #pointofcare, #laboratory, #globalpublichealth, #ClintonHealthAccessInitiative, #PEPFAR, #GFATM

Who Would Have Thought - Digital Health Innovation
Mobile Technology Advancing Global Health - Interview with Kaakpema “KP” Yelpaala

Who Would Have Thought - Digital Health Innovation

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 23:23 Transcription Available


In this episode, we sit down with KP Yelpaala, Founder and CEO of access.mobile to discover how mobile technology is advancing global health and the bold path to develop innovative solutions that reduce health disparities. Discover how personalized multicultural mobile communication can meaningfully and effectively engage patients. Access.mobile is leading the push to give health access to those who need it most. Leading the mobile revolution for health systems around the globe. Kaakpema “KP” Yelpaala is a social entrepreneur with several years of experience in global health and international development, working in both the private and nonprofit sectors. He has lived and worked in several countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean, with organizations such as the Clinton Health Access Initiative and Dalberg Global Development Advisors. Kaakpema is an Adjunct Professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. Contact access.mobile:https://www.accessmobile.io/Connect with Kaakpema “KP” Yelpaala on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaakpema-kp-yelpaala-379b269/or by email kp@accessmobileinc.comSmartTab is driving the future of digital medicine by developing a superior patient-centered personalized drug delivery platform in the form of a wireless ingestible capsule. The patient experience fuels SmartTab's commitment to create novel, effective therapies that improve patient outcomes and compliance. For more information visit: https://www.smarttab.co/

Story in the Public Square
Inspiring the Next Generation Through Story with Chelsea Clinton

Story in the Public Square

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 27:53


President John F. Kennedy once said, “[one person] can make a difference.  And everyone should try.”  Chelsea Clinton is the author of a series of books for young readers inspired by that same sense of idealism. Chelsea Clinton is the Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation and works alongside her parents, President Bill Clinton and Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, to drive the vision and work of the Clinton Foundation.  Over the past 13 years, the Foundation has built partnerships with great purpose among governments, businesses, NGOs, and individuals everywhere to strengthen health systems in developing countries, fight climate change, expand economic opportunity in Africa, Latin America, and the United States, and increase opportunity for women and girls around the world.  Chelsea and Secretary Clinton co-lead the Foundation’s newest initiative, No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project, which helps advance the full participation of women and girls around the world.  Clinton also serves on the boards of the Clinton Health Access Initiative, the School of American Ballet, the Africa Center and the Weill Cornell Medical College, and is the Co-Chair of the Advisory Board of the Of Many Institute at NYU.  Clinton is the best-selling author of a series of books for young readers, including, “Start Now! You Can Make a Difference,” which empower the next generation of change makers to take action on some of the world’s most urgent challenges.

Why Am I Telling You This?
Paul Farmer Fights for Global Health Equity

Why Am I Telling You This?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2019 26:22


In this episode, pioneering physician, anthropologist, and Partners In Health co-founder Dr. Paul Farmer joins Chelsea Clinton to talk about his life’s work to deliver quality, comprehensive health care and fight devastating diseases in some of the poorest places on Earth. Paul has often found himself on the front lines to contain major public health and humanitarian crises in some of the most at-risk places in the world, helping to stop pandemics before they spread and, most importantly, caring for those affected. Together with co-founders Jim Yong Kim and Ophelia Dahl, Paul has forever changed the field of public health through his revolutionary approach to global health equity by supporting strong community-based health systems and partnering with institutions like Harvard Medical School and the Clinton Health Access Initiative to provide all people with world-class medicine. In this episode, Paul shares stories about what he has learned from combating HIV/AIDS, the 2014 Ebola outbreak, and building clinics in countries like Haiti, Rwanda, and Mexico – and why he is optimistic about the future of public health.

The Monica Kade Podcast: Health, Mindset, Career & Lifestyle
Ep95. You Deserve to Be As You Are with Avukile Zoya, Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls Series

The Monica Kade Podcast: Health, Mindset, Career & Lifestyle

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 35:05


Welcome to Episode 95 of The Monica Kade Podcast. This week we kick off a 5-week podcast series with The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG). My first OWLAG alumni guest is Avukile Zoya, who was born and raised in South Africa. She is the youngest of 4 siblings and was raised by her mom and sister—who was only four years older than her. Her acceptance into The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, was a powerful stepping stone enabling her to have the education she dreamed of. Then in 2017, she graduated from Colorado College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Molecular Biology and a minor in Spanish in the United States.  Our conversation is a deep dive into her life before OWLAG and the experiences to date, which have shaped her into the women she is today. Avukile's story is a powerful illustration of how having access to quality education and a tight-knit and empowering social circle further ignites the flame of our hearts desires. She reminds us that no matter where we come from, life is up to us. We choose how to respond to life and which direction we want to steer our ship—we must only tune into the whispers of our soul. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN What life looked like prior to OWLAG? What her relationship with her family is like The dreams and aspirations she held as a child growing up Why she wanted to attend OWLAG The rigorous submission process she went through to be considered a future student What it was like when she found out she was accepted into OWLAG We discuss self-doubt and how she navigates that feeling of 'Am I enough? Do I deserve this?' The life philosophy she leads her life with What was it like learning to listen to the ‘heartbreaking' and ‘challenging' life stories of her fellow OWLAG sisters What did attending OWLAG teach her about herself What she loves about the work she's been called to do with the Clinton Health Access Initiative in South Africa What it means to Avukile to be the best version of herself The person that inspires/supports her to rise into her best self daily How she finds inspiration and courage to keep going when life feels challenging   SIGNATURE QUESTIONS Sunset or sunrise and why? What is Avukile afraid of? The piece of wisdom she's been given that she lives by today. If you enjoyed this episode, I've absolutely love you to please rate and review this conversation on iTunes. It helps others like you find the podcast and listen to stories that elevate and empower individuals to be their best.  

Harvard CID
Improving Smallholder Farmers’ Livelihoods through Mobile Phone-Based Agricultural Advice

Harvard CID

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2019 14:52


The majority of the world’s 450 million smallholder farmers and the 2 billion people who depend on them live in rural villages in developing countries, growing crops at close to subsistence levels to feed their families. Small changes in agricultural practices can substantially improve productivity and profitability, but farmers continue to lack the advice they need to close the yield gap and maximize their incomes. However, mobile phone ownership and access to mobile phones are increasing in developing countries, presenting a huge opportunity to provide digital agricultural advisory services. Today on CID’s Speaker Series podcast, Jason Keene, student at the Harvard Kennedy School, interviews Jonathan Lehe, Director of New Programs at Precision Agriculture for Development, who discusses how PAD is working to improve the lives of farmers in developing countries. www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid Interview recorded on April 5, 2019. About Jonathan Lehe: Jonathan Lehe is PAD's Global Research Manager. Mr. Lehe holds a Masters in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) from the Harvard Kennedy School. He has more than 10 years of experience in the global health and education sectors, managing research projects and implementation of programs to scale up access to critical public services in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. He has previously worked at the Clinton Health Access Initiative, and consulted for the World Bank, Bridge International Academies, and MIT's Jameel Poverty Action Lab.

Rock the Boat
10 | Jubilee Media: Jason Y. Lee

Rock the Boat

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2019 33:35


This week, we speak with Jason Y. Lee, the founder and CEO of Jubilee Media, a digital media company for positive, purpose-driven millennials with a YouTube following of over 2.5 million. Prior to Jubilee Media, Jason was a consultant at Bain, one of the top consulting firms in the country. In this episode, Jason speaks with Lucia about: What it means to live a life true to yourself and not what others expect of you,
 Working for the Obama presidential campaign and how that inspired him,
 How he was able to pursue his childhood dream of storytelling,
 The challenges he faced building Jubilee Media,
 And his aspirations for creating the next wave of change-makers.
 -- Links to some of our favorite Jubilee Media videos: Love Language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyB_U9vn6Wk
 Hundred for Haiti (the video that started it all!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX6wQ6_t7nM
 Blind Devotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_99ySDoC1fw
 Official Trailer for Save My Seoul, a short documentary that Jason produced about South Korea’s rampant prostitution and sex-trafficking industry. For more information, visit savemyseoul.com or watch via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/save-my-seoul/id1225751930?mt=6&ign-mpt=uo%3D4
 Jason’s TED Talk at UC Irvine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCY_k3uka1E
 -- Jason’s bio: Jason Y. Lee is the founder of Jubilee Media, a media company that inspires young people to live for something greater. Jubilee Media has garnered over 30 million views online for various causes and featured in The Huffington Post, Buzzfeed, Mashable, The Queen Latifah show and more. In his former life, Jason was a consultant at Bain & Company and worked for Clinton Health Access Initiative in Zambia. He graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania – The Wharton School. -- Show Announcements: Thanks to our audio editors, Jeff Luong for editing and Molly Schulson for mixing this episode. Don’t forget to fill out our survey! Your feedback is really important to us and will help us make the podcast more relevant and engaging for Season 2. If you send us a voice memo, you might even hear it in our next episode! http://bit.ly/RTBMidseasonsurvey As always, please subscribe and share this episode with anyone who you think could benefit from it. Leave us a kind review and a 5-star rating :) We’re heading out to LA and SF at the end of the month and looking for folks with a fresh perspective or story in the media, entertainment, or tech industries. If you have suggestion for a Season 2 or Season 3 guest, email us at hello@gorocktheboat.com. You can follow our journey on Instagram and Twitter @rocktheboatnyc, and sign up for monthly newsletter updates on our website gorocktheboat.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rocktheboat/message

Health Hacker Life
#007: Healthie Selfie- Simple Ways to Track Your Nutrition, Build Accountability and Create a Healthier Relationship with Food with Erica Jain

Health Hacker Life

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2018 35:40


Erica Jain is the CEO of Healthie, the practice management and telehealth platform for nutrition and wellness professionals. Prior, Erica worked in the healthcare practice of the Boston Consulting Group and on the nutrition team of the Clinton Health Access Initiative in East Africa. Erica completed her undergraduate degree with honors in Health Disparities at Duke University and her MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.She comes on the show to talk about the evolution of nutritional care in America, the reactive to proactive shift happening and what this means for each individual consumer of the healthcare system. Show notes: Healthie's Platform Measure What Matters- chapter in the The Art of Health Hacking blog.gethealthy.com — for free resources Albert Einstein quote: “sometimes what matters most can’t be measured and what’s measured doesn’t matter” Hará Hachi Bu - Japanese phrase for quit eating when you're 80% full Quotes:23:15 - 23:22 - “It’s all about moderation and balance. You don’t have to have it all figured out but have it be something you work toward everyday.”27:15 - 27:21 - The importance of nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle cannot be overstated for long-term health and longevity.”

Young African Entrepreneur
025: Mira Mehta – The Tenacious Founder of Nigeria’s Tomato Jos

Young African Entrepreneur

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2018 62:49


Mira Mehta is the founder and CEO of Tomato Jos, a tomato paste company based in Kaduna, Nigeria. You can connect with her @ShoutsAndMiras and @TeamTomatoJos on Twitter. Mira was born and raised in New England in the US. Fresh out of college, she landed her first job at BlackRock, a large asset manager. Driven and ambitious, Mira quickly realized that she’d never have a leadership role, as her department was just a “line item” in the company’s P&L. She was looking to make more of an impact and joined the Clinton Health Access Initiative, which sent her to Nigeria. While she was once driving to Kano in northern Nigeria, Mira saw a glut of tomatoes lining the side of the road. The quantity of rotting tomatoes was so great that the road resembled a red carpet. The image lingered with her. Why was Nigeria, which imports hundreds of millions of dollars of tomato paste per year, not able to manufacture tomato paste locally from its domestic tomato crop? After finishing her MBA at Harvard, Mira still couldn’t shake the tomato processing idea, and she decided to bite the bullet. In 2014, Mira moved to Nigeria to set up her tomato processing company, Tomato Jos. Mira talks candidly about the difficulties and challenges inherent to Nigeria’s agroprocessing sector, why profitable farming is the key to any successful processing project (and explains why Dangote’s tomato paste factory rests idle), the ins and outs of her outgrower program, and how she works with her investors. Plus, Mira gave one of the most thought-provoking answers to one of my favorite questions about where she’d travel in Sub-Saharan Africa to improve her business --- so don’t miss her response. Without further ado, here’s my conversation with Mira Mehta.

Christopher Lochhead Follow Your Different™
169 Kathryn Minshew – No's to Get to Yes

Christopher Lochhead Follow Your Different™

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2018 62:18


Kathryn Minshew, founder and CEO of career discovery platform The Muse talks about what it was like to start a company at the age of twenty-six. She shares how she overcame not one, not two, but over a hundred no's to get a yes from venture capitalists. All that with everyone refuting her innovative ideas. "There are certain core things that I know and that I believe and those are remarkably consistent." - Kathryn Minshew Three Things We Learned Out with tired, uninspired branding One of the reasons why Kathryn started The Muse was she wanted a solution to a prevailing problem in the market. People type into search engines a job role and pull thousands of results that more often than not offer no help in truly advancing their careers. This transactional process had her thinking about how a brand built to support career-seekers in starting and growing in a community could be more effective. Trying something radical is bound to be challenging While she was still starting out, Kathryn encountered countless well-intentioned rejections from experts and experienced business owners. Her job-and-content branding idea was dismissed as impractical, risky, and unprofitable. Undeterred, she stuck to what she believed in, maintaining that she had seen something beyond what conformists did for all the times they remained boxed. Sometimes trusting your gut feel is the only way to go To a certain degree, internal arguments can be resolved by rationales backed by data and evidence-based market research. But there are instances, few and far between, when it's time to make the call based on your instincts despite what observed trends say. Kathryn has had way too many experiences with this, and she has proven that sometimes faith in what we believe in is all that we need to move forward. Kathryn is testament to how feeling strongly about one's idea of navigating the world can be key to success. This applies to many aspects of the human life and not just business. An awareness of where you stand in the grand scheme of things and an unwavering mentality to be consistent with it can make all the difference. Bio: Kathryn is the Founder and CEO of The Muse, a career discovery platform that helps over 50+ million people a year in their career search, and helps over 700 companies looking to hire talent and grow their employer brand. Kathryn is also the co-author of “The New Rules of Work: The Modern Playbook for Navigating Your Career” (Crown Business, April 2017). What's more interesting that fake IDs are now Scannable and will pass ultraviolet light tests in 2021. Top fake id makers will accept Bitcoin for their purchases & ship your packages within a week time. Prior to founding The Muse, Kathryn worked on vaccine introduction in Rwanda and Malawi with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and previously worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. When not at work, Kathryn is an avid globe-trotter and an adventurous cook. HONORS & AWARDS Marie Claire's The New Guard: America's 50 Most Influential Women – 2016 SmartCEO Future 50, Vistage Leadership Legacy Award – 2016 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 – 2016 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Finalist - 2016 New York Business Journal, Women of Influence – 2014 Business Insider's 30 Most Important Women Under 30 in Tech, 2013 L'Oreal Women in Digital Winner, 2012 Business Insider Silicon Alley 100, 2012 Mashable 41 Female Founders to Watch, 2012 Forbes 30 Under 30 - 2011 & 2012 Links: https://www.themuse.com https://www.themuse.com/thenewrulesofwork https://www.kminshew.com

Masters in Business
Kathryn Minshew, CEO of The Muse, Discusses Career Platforms

Masters in Business

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2018 59:17


Bloomberg View columnist Barry Ritholtz interviews Kathryn Minshew, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of The Muse. Kathryn has spoken at MIT and Harvard, appeared on The TODAY Show and CNN, and contributes on career and entrepreneurship to the Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review. She was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Media and Inc.’s 15 Women to Watch in Tech. Before founding The Muse, Kathryn worked on vaccines in Rwanda and Malawi with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and was previously at McKinsey.

Learn Educate Discover
Ep 105: International Development - Global Health, Uzo Osikhena, Clinton Health Access Initiative

Learn Educate Discover

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2018 66:43


Uzo Osikhena, former Senior Program Manager with Clinton Health Access Initiative and currently with Aspen Management Partnership for Health (AMP Health), describes what working in the field of International Development (Global Health is like). Uzo has an MBA from The Wharton School, with a focus on Finance and Management. Some of the things that Uzo touches upon in this episode include: 1. How Uzo's work in the international development practice at Accenture exposed her to the field and ultimately convinced her to work in Global Health full time 2. How there are several disciplines within International Development - Global Health, Finance, Agriculture, Public Policy & Governance, Environment, etc. 3. Examples of the kind of projects that someone would work in International Development 4. How to think about the kind of roles you can pursue in International Development 5. Uzo describes a project she worked on as part of the Clinton Health Access Initiative - Increasing access to family planning for women in Nigeria 6. How her project involved changing people's attitude towards family planning, and why that was challenging 7. Potential frustrations of working in International Development - financial tradeoffs vs other jobs such as banking, career trajectory can potentially plateau, it's not always the most efficient sector 8. How to identify what problems to work on: Go to the website of a large donor such as Gates foundation, and start researching the areas you see there to see what aligns with your interests. 9. Skills needed to do well on the job - Writing skills, ability to partner and build a sense of community, influence, communication and lots of compassion 10. Resources: devex.com , developmentaid.org - https://www.developmentaid.org/#!/home , websites of orgs such as WHO, Unicef, Gates Foundation Thank you for listening!! Follow the show on Twitter @LED_Curator Website www.learneducatediscover.com/ Like us on FaceBook at www.facebook.com/learneducatediscover/ Email us at hello@learneducatediscover. We will reply!! Subscribe to the show on iTunes itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/learn…ver/id1049159321

The Wealth Confidant
Martin Edlund (Malaria No More) and Jennifer DuHamel (DuHamel Architecture)

The Wealth Confidant

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2017 56:26


On this episode of The Wealth Confidant Podcast, I sit down with Martin Edlund and Jennifer DuHamel. This extremely bright, successful entrepreneurial couple is determined to use their time, energy, and talents to make an impact on the world around them. Martin is the CEO of Malaria No More, an organization backed by Bill and Melinda Gates, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, and many other global business leaders involved in the philanthropy space. As the name suggests, he and his team have set out to eradicate Malaria, one of the world's oldest and most deadly diseases. Over the last ten years, Malaria No More has made incredible progress, with over 7 million lives saved and a 70% reduction in child deaths from the disease. Jennifer is the owner of DuHamel Architecture, the Seattle based architecture design firm behind Molly Moon's Ice Cream, Union Coffee, and many other local favorites. Jennifer began her career working in advertising in New York City. It was after the devastating events of 9/11 that Jennifer had a career epiphany and shifted her pursuits to architecture. Her experiences working at top design firms in New York and her intuitive and thoughtful nature gives her the ability to create beautiful, aesthetically meaningful design for her clientele. Throughout our discussion, Martin and Jennifer share insights into how they work together to achieve balance while juggling two high-powered jobs and two kids. To learn more about turning meaningful wealth into a meaningful life filled with passion and purpose, connect with me on social media at @jcchristianson or send me an email at john@highlandprivate.com Music: "Day Is Gonna Come" by Royal Deluxe

So Money with Farnoosh Torabi
571: Kathryn Minshew, Founder & CEO of The Muse

So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2017 28:05


Our guest today received 148 rejections from investors when trying to launch her online company. She hardly gave up. Kathryn Minshew is the founder and CEO of The Muse, a career platform that is used by over 50 million people to land dream jobs, learn professional skills and take their careers to the next level. So much for rejection right? Not only is The Muse thriving, Kathryn is wearing the hat of author these days, out with a new book entitled The New Rules of Work: The Modern Playbook for Navigating Your Career. In the book, Kathryn and her business partner Alexandra Cavoulacos offer a guide for the modern workplace. More about Kathryn: Besides not being a quitter, she's been named to SmartCEO's Future50 and Inc's 35 under 35. Prior to founding The Muse, she worked in Rwanda with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and also worked as a consultant at McKinsey and Company. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com.

The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors
SaaStr 078: To Get Early Customers You Have To Make People Uncomfortable & Why Customer Success Should be Actively Involved In The Upsell Process with Kathryn Minshew, Founder & CEO @ The Muse

The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2016 28:21


Kathryn Minshew is the Founder & CEO @ The Muse, named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Media and Inc.’s 15 Women to Watch in Tech. Before founding The Muse, Kathryn worked on vaccines in Rwanda and Malawi with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and was previously at McKinsey. Kathryn has spoken at MIT and Harvard, appeared on The TODAY Show and CNN, and contributes on career and entrepreneurship to the Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: How Kathryn came to found The Muse? What was the a-ha moment for her? Why did Kathryn introduce a SaaS business model into the traditionally, transactional model of recruiting? What were the benefits and how did it alter her go to market? With no prior sales experience, how did Kathryn find the experience of running the sales team? What were the core takeaways? At what stage should the founder stop selling the product and hire a sales team? Why does Kathryn believe you have to make the customer feel slightly uncomfortable to be successful? What did Kathryn look for in her initial sales hires? Why did Kathryn hire 3 reps to start with and not 2, as usually suggested? How does Kathryn approach the customer success field at The Muse? When did Kathryn hire her first CS rep? What is Kathryn’s take on CS being involved in the sales process? 60 Second SaaStr What does Kathryn know now that she wishes she had known when she started? Biggest mistake SaaS companies are enacting with their recruiting process? Productivity tips and hacks? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented, you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings SaaStr Kathryn Minshew

DecodeDC
160: Trump and Clinton charities and the NY AG

DecodeDC

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2016 26:56


A recent Scripps investigation found that the New York Attorney General has the power to force the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Health Access Initiative to publicly disclose the names of foreign governments and the millions they donate each year to the charities, but he’s not doing it. In this episode we speak with investigative reporter Mark Greenblatt, who pored through IRS tax returns and required NY charity filings and found that year after year the Clinton charities have ignored New York law.

The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20VC: How To Win The Strategic Process Of Fundraising and Optimising Co-Founder Relationships and Break Ups with Kathryn Minshew, Founder & CEO @ The Muse

The Twenty Minute VC: Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2016 30:22


Kathryn Minshew is the Founder & CEO @ The Muse, named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in Media and Inc.’s 15 Women to Watch in Tech. Before founding The Muse, Kathryn worked on vaccines in Rwanda and Malawi with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and was previously at McKinsey. Kathryn has spoken at MIT and Harvard, appeared on The TODAY Show and CNN, and contributes on career and entrepreneurship to the Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review.   In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Kathryn came to be Founder of The Muse following charity work in Rwanda? 2.) Question from Adam Quinton (investor): What is it about Kathryn and Alex's relationship that works so well? How do they deal with founder disputes? 3.)  Prior to The Muse, Alex and Kathryn founded another business with 2 other founders. What did they learn from the breakup and how have they applied to The Muse? 4.) How has Kathryn managed to maintain startup ownership culture as the team has grown to over 100 people ? 5.) The Muse has now raised large Series A & B rounds. What were the lessons Kathryn learnt along the way and what would she do differently for the C round? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Kathryn’s Fave Blog and Newsletter: The Atlantic, The New York Times Kathryn’s Fave Book: Arcadia by Tom Stoppard  As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Kathryn on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Eve make 1 perfect mattress – made with 3 layer technology and next generation memory foam. It comes packaged in a beautiful box and arrives the day after you order. You get 100 nights to try it with free return pick-up – it really is the perfect mattress for everyone. Just go online to evemattress.co.uk and enter the code 20VC for £50 off. Everybody deserves the perfect start with Eve.   Did you know companies that regularly communicate with stakeholders regularly are 200% more likely to get follow on funding? Visible.vc is the leader in stakeholder communication & engagement powering updates & reports for over 1,600 companies including customers Amazon and Skyscanner. They integrate with apps you already use to run your business like Google Sheets, Quickbooks, Xero, Salesforce, Stripe and more. Listeners make sure to check out visible.vc/20 to get an exclusive deal just for you and schedule a call with your own data analyst.

I Share Hope: Chris Williams
Supply Chain of Hope with Prashant Yadav #isharehope Episode 80

I Share Hope: Chris Williams

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2016 18:13


  One of the world’s foremost experts on pharmaceutical supply chains in emerging markets, is a senior research fellow at the University of Michigan’s William Davidson Institute and director of the institute’s Health Care Research initiative. He was previously a professor of supply chain management at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program and a research affiliate at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. Prashant is an advisor and consultant to the World Bank, the World Health Organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development, and the Government of Zambia. Recently, he worked on a project in Tanzania to study suppliers’ incentives for making artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) drugs available and affordable for the treatment of malaria. The Clinton Health Access Initiative is sponsoring this project with funding from the Gates Foundation. Earlier in his career, Prashant served as a Senior Strategic Modeler at Health Products Research in New Jersey and as an Operations Consultant at KLG Systel and HOLTEC Consulting. He is a Chemical Engineer by training and has an MBA and PhD in Management Science.

How Positive Are You Podcast
Episode 109: It Takes a Pillage – Charles Ortel Tracks the Missing Clinton Foundation Funds, Audits and ‘AIDS’ Missions

How Positive Are You Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2016 61:03


The Clinton Health Access Initiative advertises its efforts to “help save the lives of millions of people living with HIV/AIDS . . . by dramatically scaling up antiretroviral treatment.” Charles Ortel finds scaled-up “fraud” at the Clinton Foundation.

How Positive Are You Podcast
Episode 109: It Takes a Pillage – Charles Ortel Tracks the Missing Clinton Foundation Funds, Audits and ‘AIDS’ Missions

How Positive Are You Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2016 61:03


The Clinton Health Access Initiative advertises its efforts to “help save the lives of millions of people living with HIV/AIDS . . . by dramatically scaling up antiretroviral treatment.” Charles Ortel finds scaled-up “fraud” at the Clinton Foundation.