Podcast appearances and mentions of mia scharphie

In this episode of the podcast, we talk about building more confidence, creativity, and clarity in your career, the bias associated with being a professional woman, taking risks, moving through fear, and so much more!Mia Scharphie is a career coach and strategist, and the founder of Build Yourself. She helps women in design, tech and innovation move from doing the work to setting the agenda. Her clients achieve results like moving into senior director roles, launching new, innovative programs, and achieving $25,000 raises. She aids women in moving past bias and making their industries and workplaces better places for women's talent. Links:3 Simple secrets to career growthConnect with Mia on Instagram

Are you designing your career? That's the question we'll start with Thursday on Context & Clarity LIVE. Jeff Echols and Katharine White MacPhail will welcome creative agent of change, design thinker, facilitator, and founder of Build Yourself, Mia Scharphie to Context & Clarity. Join the conversation this week as we explore the idea of designing your career. Have you ever thought about designing your own path forward? You do that for your clients, how about for yourself in a slightly different context? Share your experience and advice, and ask your questions, Thursday at 4:00 pm ET. Context & Clarity LIVE is live-streamed on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitch, and YouTube.

Episode 11: Should You Go Freelance? Welcome to the eleventh episode of the Cocktails & Content Creation Podcast! For this episode, we're talking about going freelance, a huge subject that many content creators face at some point in their careers. And we're chatting about it with Mia Scharphie, who coaches women at all points of their careers whether they're working the 9 to 5, thinking about going freelance, or have established their own business. In our eleventh episode you'll learn: What going freelance really means and why it isn't just about being able to “be your own boss” and “name your own workdays and salary” Why a huge step to going freelance is combating your inner critic as well as how to overcome those insecurities by pushing yourself to venture outside of your comfort zone Why you should have a long term vision with short term approaches to really understand what steps you need to talk to get there  How to rely on relationship building to get clients within your existing network  Why having a business bestie for accountability and to bounce ideas off of can be a huge help in your freelance career Why your first step to career happiness may be checking in with your boss before you make the jump to freelancing Why you should set boundaries with your clients, even when you're just starting out About our Guest: https://www.instagram.com/mia.scharphie (Mia Scharphie) is a creative agent of change, a do-er, and a big-picture thinker. She founded http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/ (Build Yourself) to help women in creative fields, design and engineering move past the obstacles that hold them back in their businesses and careers, and to make their industries and workplaces better places for women's talent. Named a 'cheerleader with devil horns' by students, Mia is skilled at helping ambitious and creative women see beyond limiting mindsets to envision--and achieve--more than they thought was possible for themselves--on their own terms. Mia is a trained facilitator, who's run a research effort on women in social impact design for the Harvard Business School. She's a founding member of the Equity Roundtable at the Boston Society of Architects and was named as one of https://alumni.gsd.harvard.edu/alumni_updates/alums-named-to-impact-design-hubs-40-under-40/ (Impact Design Hub's Social Impact Design 40 under 40).  Thanks for Listening! Join our https://www.facebook.com/groups/1051582601952303 (Facebook Community) for more tips and tricks on how to easily create content and chat with other content creators! And make sure to follow our https://www.instagram.com/cocktailsandcontentcreation/ (Instagram).  Links & Resources: http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/ (Build Yourself Workshop) https://twitter.com/miascharphie (Mia Scharphie on Twitter) https://www.instagram.com/mia.scharphie (Mia Scharphie on Instagram) https://www.linkedin.com/in/miascharphie (Mia Scharphie on LinkedIn) Email Mia http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/candc/ (Mia's Cocktails & Content Creation guide to identifying your top limiting beliefs) Until next time, cheers to your next cocktail and happy content creating! http://www.fashionablykateandcompany.com/ (Kate) & http://www.jessiewymanphotography.com/ (Jessie) Hosts of “The Cocktails and Content Creation Podcast”

Do you ever hear a shitty inner voice in your head that tells you that you aren't worthy of things, or that you can't accomplish something for one reason or another? That voice is called your Inner Critic. It's created by the voices you hear when you are in the formative years of your childhood. It could be the voice of your past, your mother, your father, an aunt, or a school bully. This voice can grow loud and paralyzing if you don't discover ways to silence. So, how do you arm yourself with ways to overcome this voice in your head - because not only is this voice a real asshole, it's a liar, liar pants on fire!  Welcome to Episode 25 where my special guest Mia Scharphie joins us to teach you how to silence your inner critic and move beyond the shitty narrative it plays in your head! Mia is a trained facilitator, the founder of the Build Yourself workshop- a programme that helps women build the dynamic, powerful and meaningful careers and businesses they want,​ and has run research efforts for the Harvard Business School. In this episode, we discuss why accountability and trust are key to building your career and how to find the “right” accountability partner for your business, why your inner critic does not serve you any functional purpose and how to mute that shitty voice. Your inner critic gives you a skewed perception of reality. Only you can acknowledge that this voice is not based in reality. If you write down the things that this voice says to you and then read them out loud, you will discover what complete and total bullshit it really is. Perhaps you should name your inner critic and then tell it to shut the fuck up repeatedly until it doesn't talk to you anymore. Tune in. We could help you do that! Drink of the Week: Rombauer Chardonnay I do not understand the ABC people - the anything but chardonnay people. I absolutely love it and this is one of my favorite Chardonnays. If you liked what you heard today, please leave a review and subscribe to the podcast. Also, please remember to share the podcast to help it reach a larger audience. And if you would like a shout out for tipping your bartender and contributing to the ever growing This Sh!t Works bar tab click ​https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JulieBrownBD?locale.x=en_US (HERE) to make a donation. No amount is too small, it will get drunk! Relevant Links: Mia Scharphie- https://www.instagram.com/mia.scharphie/?hl=en https://www.linkedin.com/in/miascharphie/ http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/ https://twitter.com/miascharphie?lang=en Mindset (Limiting Beliefs Guide) -​http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/jmindset  Accountability (Accountability Partnership Guide) -​http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/jaccountability JULIE BROWN https://juliebrownbd.com/ ​(Website) https://www.instagram.com/juliebrown_bd/ ​(Instagram) https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-brown-b6942817/​ (LinkedIn) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIwWVdayM2mYXzR9JNLJ55Q​ (Youtube) https://www.facebook.com/juliebrownbd/​ (Facebook) 

Today’s episode of the AEC Leadership Today podcast features Mia Scharphie, owner of Build Yourself Workshop, which aims to advance gender equity by helping women in AEC overcome systemic and personal obstacles to help advance their careers and overall success. The post Episode 035: Gender Equity in AEC: Winning the Mid-Career Moments appeared first on ActionsProve, LLC.

https://entrearchitect.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/miaheadshot.jpg ()How to Integrate Thought Leadership into your Architecture Business Growth Strategies As an expert in the architecture field, you have knowledge that gives you the authority to be a thought leader in your profession. What steps can you take to create a strategy to effectively communicate as a thought leader? This week on EntreArchitect podcast, How to Integrate Thought Leadership into your Architecture Business Growth Strategies with Mia Scharphie of Build Yourself. Learn more about Mia at http://buildyourselfworkshop.com (BuildYourselfWorkshop.com), or connect with her on https://twitter.com/MiaScharphie (Twitter) and https://www.linkedin.com/in/miascharphie/ (LinkedIn). http://BuildYourselfWorkshop.com/creativeearchitect (Click here) to access Mia’s cheat sheet to developing creative content. Are you a Gābl Member? https://preview.convertkit-mail.com/click/dpheh0hz/aHR0cDovL2VudHJlYXJjaGl0ZWN0LmNvbS9nYWJsbm93 (Gābl Members) is a way for you to help us build Gābl Media (our new media network for podcast and video production) into a network that will truly change the world. As a Gābl Member, you will always gain first access to new shows and have an opportunity to provide feedback on the content we currently have in development. We are building this media network for you, so you should have an opportunity to help us build it. If you are ready to support Gābl Media, just https://preview.convertkit-mail.com/click/78i7h8hv/aHR0cDovL2VudHJlYXJjaGl0ZWN0LmNvbS9nYWJsbm93 (click here) and join Gābl Members as a Charter Member for only $19 per year. Visit Our Platform Sponsors ARCAT has huge libraries of free content, Specs, CAD, BIM and more. No registration required. Want to collaborate with colleagues in real-time? Visit https://entrearchitect.com/arcat (EntreArchitect.com/ARCAT) and click Charrette for more information. Gusto offers easy online payroll, benefits, and HR built for modern small businesses like ours. Learn more at http://EntreArchitect.com/Gusto (EntreArchitect.com/Gusto) Monograph is a time tracking and project management tool built by architects for architects. Visit https://entrearchitect.com/monograph/ (EntreArchitect.com/Monograph) to learn more and try it for free today. Mentioned in this Episode https://entrearchitect.com/podcast/entrearch/public-interest-design-firms/ (EA148: Public Interest Design Firms) https://entrearchitect.com/podcast/entrearch/how-to-start-a-public-interest-design-firm/ (EA278: How to Start a Public Interest Design Firm) The post https://entrearchitect.com/podcast/entrearch/how-to-integrate-thought-leadership/ (EA336: How to Integrate Thought Leadership into your Architecture Business Growth Strategies) appeared first on https://entrearchitect.com (EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects).

Mia Scharphie is a career and business strategist, and the founder of Build Yourself. She helps women in design, tech and innovation move from managing the work to setting the agenda. She helps women move past bias and make their industries and workplaces better places for women's talent. Mia has trained national industry groups like the American Institute of Architects and Americans for the Arts, and works with leadership and staff at global design and innovation companies such as Stantec, Gensler and HOK. She's a former Harvard Innovation Lab resident, ran a research effort on women in social impact design for the Harvard Business School, and was named as one of Impact Design Hub’s Social Impact Design 40 under 40.  You can find Mia at Build Yourself, on Instagram, or on Linked In.  In this episode, we talk about: - Why online collaboration is more formal than it should be - How we will hopefully come out of this pandemic with new virtual ways to collaborate and get things done - but that you can’t learn what it feels like to have the sky as the ceiling in Google Earth - What we should all be doing to advance our careers during economic high and low times, and actions items to take now  - How to hold onto your career North Star during uncertain times - The concept of “Umbrella Careers”   For the toolkit that Mia mentions in the episode on finding and approaching mid-career mentors, check out: buildyourselfworkshop.com/designvoicementor

https://entrearchitect.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/GiladMeronMiaScharphie.png ()How to Start a Public Interest Design Firm Are you a business owner who who wants to transition your small architecture firm to a public interest design firm? Maybe you’re working for an architecture firm and want to influence your team to do more work like this? You could be a student who wants more information on how to get into public interest design! This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, How to Start a Public Interest Design Firm with Gilad Meron and Mia Scharphie of Proactive Practices. Learn more and get involved at http://ProactivePractices.org (ProactivePractices.org) and http://BuildYourselfWorkshop.com (BuildYourselfWorkshop.com). Connect with Gilad to get involved in the case studies at hello@proactivepractices.org or giladmeron@gmail.com. To get involved in coaching for women in design with Mia, reach out to Mia at mia@buildyourselfworshop.com and text buildyourseelf to 444999 to add yourself to Mia’s mailing list! Visit Our Platform Sponsors Gusto is making payroll, benefits, and HR easy for small businesses. Learn more at https://entrearchitect.com/Gusto (EntreArchitect.com/Gusto). Freshbooks is the easy way to send invoices, manage expenses, and track your time. Access your free 30-day trial at https://entrearchitect.com/freshbooks (EntreArchitect.com/FreshBooks). (Enter EntreArchitect) ARCAT has huge libraries of free content, Specs, CAD, BIM and more. No registration required. Want to collaborate with colleagues in real time? Visit https://entrearchitect.com/ARCAT (EntreArchitect.com/ARCAT) and click Charrette for more information. Referenced in this episode https://www.communitydesign.org/about (Association for Community Design (ACD)) The post https://entrearchitect.com/podcast/entrearch/how-to-start-a-public-interest-design-firm/ (EA278: How to Start a Public Interest Design Firm ) appeared first on https://entrearchitect.com (EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects).

Mia Scharphie believes in the power of a virtuous circle. It’s all about proactively cultivating the business allies within your realm who help take you to new heights -- in business and in life. In this episode, Mia shares exactly how she cultivates strong business allies by making asks, connecting over a virtual coffee date with people she admires, and so much more. The post EP 169: Leveraging The Wing Woman Effect With Build Yourself Workshop Founder Mia Scharphie appeared first on What Works.

Mia Scharphie joins Lou Blaser to talk about women empowerment, making the choices that are right for you and your career, and prioritizing actions that help you achieve your goals.

How can you expand your network and reach new people? Collaborating with others who share a similar mission, vibe, and audience can be one of the best ways to do that. But, how do you actually collaborate in a pre-planned way? What does that look like (webinars, FB Live, workshops, podcasts, etc.)? What does each person gain and, just as importantly, what does each person’s audience gain? My guest today is Baily Hancock, a Collaboration Consultant who teaches people how to collaborate with their community to achieve their goals. In this episode, Baily and I talk about: Tips for attending networking events, even if you’re an introvert Specific strategies and examples you can use to identify partners and reach out to them How to improve the likelihood that a potential partner will say “yes” Ideas for doing promotional partnerships that benefit both of you AND both of your communities The pros and cons (mostly cons) of being an affiliate for others The 20 speaking gigs Baily has done this year - why she does them and what she gets out of them   You’ll love Baily’s obvious passion and energy for collaboration and you’ll learn exactly what to do to get started. Your homework is to identify someone in your network you can collaborate with and reach out to them to get the conversation started.   I met Baily through a mutual friend, Mia Scharphie, who introduced us (the power of collaboration!). Mia was on the podcast in episode 46 (We All Need a Wingwoman), which is an excellent companion episode to this one. About My Guest: Baily Hancock is a Collaboration Consultant who teaches people how to collaborate with their community to achieve their goals, whether that's making a career change or growing their business.  A natural-born connector, Baily has spent her career growing and nurturing her network and finding ways to collaborate along the way. She works with entrepreneurs to help them amplify their company's reach and influence with partnerships, and with professionals to help them find happiness and fulfillment in their careers. A self-described, "Type-A with a dash of woo", Baily is equal parts strategic and supportive. Whether you're coming to her in need of direction in your career or you're looking for ways to make more revenue in your business, she's got your back. The Speaking Your Brand podcast is hosted by Carol Cox. At Speaking Your Brand, we help women entrepreneurs and professionals create their signature talks and gain more visibility to achieve their goals. Our mission is to get more women in positions of influence and power: on stages, in businesses, on boards, in the media, in politics, and in our communities. Check out our coaching programs and workshops at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com.   Links: Show notes at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/83 Get the free Partnership Outreach Email Template. Connect with Baily on her website, Instagram, and Facebook. Check out Baily’s program at http://www.expertiseforexposure.com/ Listen to Baily’s podcast "The Baily Hancock Show". Join the free Speaking Your Brand community at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/join/ or text the word SPEAKING to 444-999. Sign up for a Strategy Session at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/strategy. Ready to create your signature talk and framework? Email me at carol@speakingyourbrand.com or click here to schedule a call. Say hi to me on Instagram and Twitter: @CarolMorganCox. Subscribe to the podcast and leave a review!   Other Episodes and People Mentioned: Episode 46: We All Need a Wingwoman with Mia Scharphie Episode 34: Relationship Selling with Nikki Rausch Nikki Rausch’s blog/email newsletter as a great example of using stories Calendly.com for scheduling calls

Feeling drained is one reason we overeat and skip the gym. Mia and I discuss how she got out of really unhealthy sleep and work habits while becoming more productive, the “model calendar” we can use to better manage our time for more energy and tactic

Today on the show, we welcome Mia "Maya" Scharphie – creative career coach, designer, and agent of change. Mia founded Build Yourself to help women in creative fields move past the obstacles that hold them back in in their careers. This episode goes hand-in-hand with the previous few conversations we have been having on the podcast around competition versus community and what empowering women really looks like. Through Mia’s Build Yourself program, services, workshops and courses, she helps women to build confidence in their work and in their work environments – assisting them with practical things such as asking for a raise or a promotion, negotiating better and lead a healthier work-life balance. Mia also helps women understand and control their inner-critic and become comfortable with the fear of rejection and the heavily-weighted “No’s” that none of us want to receive. Mia also encourages us to find a wing woman and leverage the power of the women in our lives today. In this episode, we unpack our thoughts on empowering women and how we can make the changes necessary to tackle our self-sabotaging thoughts. Mia gives some really great, practical new routines and habits that you can start implementing in your life to see these changes and unlock the power of your own gifts. Thank you for listening! Please subscribe, rate and review The Strategy Hour Podcast on iTunes. Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated. For show notes go to thestrategyhour.com. To download the transcript of this episode head to: thestrategyhour.com.

What does it take to get known? How can you become the “go to” person for what you do? You know you need to be more visible in order to grow your business and network and to achieve your goals. But, there’s a lot of noise out there: not only competition, but things competing for people’s attention AND people not being clear about what exactly you do, who you do it for, and the outcomes you get for them. What you need are the 3 C’s of Visibility: Consistency, Courage, and Community (plus a bonus 4th C). I share with you the ways to be consistent for it to make an impact; why being an advocate and standing up can get you known (but why it’s scary to do so); and why having support can make all the difference, including places we need to show up where we might not be right now (hand raised). I do get on a bit of a soap box about why, as a society, we need you as a woman to be more visible and why you’re not the only one who benefits when you do. At the end of the episode, I share with you the key visibility areas for me that significantly grew my revenue last year. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this episode and where you’re going to focus in 2018! Join the free Speaking Your Brand community at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/join/ or text the word SPEAKING to 444-999. I encourage you to also listen to episode 45, where I go over four different visibility roadmaps you can use, depending on what stage your business is in, to identify where you should focus your time and efforts. The Speaking Your Brand podcast is hosted by Carol Cox.     Highlights: Why you need visibility for your business 3 C’s of Visibility = Consistency, Courage, Community 3 ways you need to be consistent Examples from my own business about the impact of consistency Why putting yourself out there and speaking up feels so vulnerable The physiological effects of vulnerability The ancestral memory we as women have of vulnerability Why we need more women in positions of power and leadership What those around you get from you being visible Having allies and advocates The 4th bonus C The key visibility areas for me that significantly grew my revenue last year   Links: Show notes at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/50 Join the free Speaking Your Brand community at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/join/ or text the word SPEAKING to 444-999. Sign up for a Visibility Strategy Session at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/getvisible. Ready to create your signature talk? Email me at carol@speakingyourbrand.com. Say hi to me on Twitter @CarolMorganCox Subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Other episodes mentioned: Your Visibility Roadmap (episode 45) Strategies to Get Visible (on-air coaching call) with Pam Andrews (episode 48) What It Takes to Do a TEDx Talk with Tammy Lally (episode 24) Why Women Need to Speak Up and Roar with Sophia Eng (episode 40) Natalie Eckdahl of Biz Chix (episode 35) Why We All Need a Wingwoman with Mia Scharphie (episode 46)

As women, we walk a tightrope between needing to advocate for ourselves, yet not wanting to come across as braggarts or overly promotional (yes, it’s that pesky double bind). How can we make sure we’re getting the visibility and opportunities we deserve for the amazing work I know we’re all doing? We need a wingwoman (or two or three)! In this episode, my guest Mia Scharphie shares what she has named “the wingwoman effect” and how as women entrepreneurs and professionals we can use it to advocate for others, foster collaboration, and gain more visibility. We talk about the difference between having a mentor and a sponsor, creating a recommendation circle, and a better approach to networking events. We also need your input! During our conversation, we talk about how we all need to have a coach, a cheerleader, and a challenger in our lives. Mia came up with an idea for a fourth archetype and we need a good “C” name for it! (I love alliteration.) After you listen, pop into the Speaking Your Brand Facebook group and share with us your ideas. About My Guest: Mia Scharphie is a creative agent of change, a do-er and big-picture thinker. She founded Build Yourself to help women in creative fields move past the obstacles that hold them back in the workplace, and to make those workplaces better places for their women’s often underutilized talent. Mia is a trained facilitator and has worked on women’s advocacy for over fifteen years. She’s run a research effort on women in social impact design for the Harvard Business School, is a founding member of the Equity Roundtable at the Boston Society of Architects, and was named as one of Impact Design Hub’s Social Impact Design 40 under 40. She has spoken extensively across the country including at the Association of Community Designers, and A Better World by Design, as well as the University of Pennsylvania and UT Austin. Mia received degrees from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and Brown University. Her writings on issues of equity in design have been published in the Christian Science Monitor and GOOD.   Highlights: How succeeding in school and the workplace are different, and what actions to take to make yourself memorable Why hearing ‘no’ is sometimes a really good thing to hear How people pleasing and needing approval hinder us from reaching our goals The difference between having a mentor and a sponsor How to start building your visibility today and why you shouldn’t wait to do it The importance of collaboration over competition What it means to have and to be a wingwoman How to take advantage of the opportunities you have to be creative and stand out   Links: Show notes at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/46 Get Mia’s free brainstorming guide to help you create more unique content: http://www.buildyourselfworkshop.com/speakingyourbrand Visit Mia’s website at http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/ and http://buildyourselfworkshop.com/double-vision-coming-soon/ Join the free Speaking Your Brand community at https://www.speakingyourbrand.com/join/ or text the word SPEAKING to 444-999. Say hi to me on Twitter @CarolMorganCox Subscribe to the podcast and leave a review!

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If you've ever wondered how you can have a bigger impact on your community, region, nation and the world through the power of design, you're going to love today's episode. Today we speak Mia Scharphie and Gilad Meron, 2 researchers who have spent the past 3 years studying the world's leading social interest and public interest design firms. They share their findings about the inner workings of these processes and these firms in a series of case studies which they have published at ProactivePractices.org. In today's episode you'll discover: How to use the power of community-based design to make an impact Leading architecture firms making a difference through community-based design The challenges and opportunities of community-based design for architects and designers

https://entrearchitect.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ScreenShot2016-12-08at10.40.28AM.png ()Public Interest Design Firms At EntreArchitect, we’re learning that we need to build a better business so we can be better architects. We want to make the work a better place. That’s why we became architects in the first place. We want to provide a positive social impact. What if by building better businesses we built a better world? What if a part of what we do benefits the public in an impactful way? Stay tuned as we share a new online resource to learn more on this idea. This week at EntreArchitect Podcast, Public Interest Design Firms with Mia Scharphie and Gilad Meron of Proactive Practices. Mia’s Origin Story Mia has a masters in landscape architecture but feels that she’s secretly a social worker with designer skills. She’s always been interested in people who get left out and how to bring them back in for most of her life. She worked at a nonprofit in San Fransisco, http://www.publicarchitecture.org/ (Public Architecture), that takes on design challenges that the private market doesn’t have an incentive to be involved in. Today she runs http://creativeagencyco.com (Creative Agency), a research and design consulting practice that works with affordable housing and arts organizations focusing on projects that use creative tools to make change and http://buildyourselfworkshop.com (Build Yourself Workshop), an empowerment workshop for women in creative fields teaching women how to negotiate, be an advocate, and be proactive. Gilad’s Origin Story Gilad has a background in design from a program called Design and Environmental Analysis, an interesting mix of social science research and architecture and design. He got involved in participatory planning and design as a method to shake the environments we live in. That led to public design or community design, as some like to call it. Currently he’s on the board at http://www.communitydesign.org (The Association for Community Design) doing research writing with nonprofits and foundations who do different types of community development work. Living in New Orleans, he started a small coworking space and design collective, https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiwh-qNiOXQAhUmw1QKHQXrCUMQFggeMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthebluehousenola.com%2F&usg=AFQjCNFa29xyUzZONItIhbOBlDxYtHRdVQ&sig2=QCA_95l_rLBgQFXvqeMcvQ (The Blue House), where others can come and have dialogue about civil issues. What is Proactive Practices? Proactive Practices is a web publication that collects case studies on socially impactful design firms. They’re mostly looking at the different ways that designers design for social impact and find ways to do that within their business models. They aren’t just telling the stories and the beauty of the project, but to look at the organizations that make these projects possible. They want to know how you can build a business where you can create social impact over and over again. What inspired you to do this? Mia, Gilad and Nick, their third teammate, had all previously worked or interned at Public Architecture in San Fransisco. At the time, with a limited amount of experience, they had to figure out what pieces were relevant for them to begin the work. Through that organization, they were connected with many people in the growing field of public interest design. There were a public interest projects in that area, but no examinations of the practices behind those projects. They wanted to understand how firms were being built to sustain practices that focused on this kind of work instead of doing just one random project. When they dove in further, they realized the complexity of research they needed to build an understanding. Over the last few years, they’ve gathered lots of insights as to what would be needed