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💬Voices for #impact - Communications, Education, Social Media 10/16/2026

💬Voices for #impact - Communications, Education, Social Media Share your voice at How are you making an impact? What are you building, creating, or changing in the world? And how can we support you? Between our in-depth conversations, we want to make space for more voices from around the world. Here are a few Voices of Impact we’ve received recently. We’d love to hear yours too. Share your voice at . 3 inspiring stories, 3 strong voices. And so much impact! Thank you for making an #impact, Misha! About Dr. Misha Kouzeh: Misha shares: I’m often called a “digital changemaker” because I believe social media can drive real social impact when it is used with intention. It often gets a bad reputation, and sometimes deservedly so. But social media can also educate, mobilize communities, elevate overlooked voices, and turn awareness into action. My work focuses on helping students, educators, marketers, and changemakers move beyond likes and visibility, and use digital platforms as tools for learning, connection, and meaningful change. Connect with Dr. Misha Kouzeh: Linkedin: Thank you for making an #impact, Adina! About Adina Deacu,: Adina shares she is social Entrepreneur; 0.5 feet in academia, 1.5 feet in practice; 80% practitioner, 20% mentor I’m an environmental psychology researcher, educator, urban planner, and social entrepreneur whose work bridges systems thinking, trauma-informed research, and regenerative design. I hold an MSc in Environmental Psychology from the University of Surrey and a BA+MA in Urban Planning and Design from the Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism. As the 2025 Klaus Töpfer Sustainability Fellow at the Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ (RIFS) in Potsdam, I explored how redefining “business” as “an entity that solves social issues and creates social value in a financially sustainable way” can help cities, economies, and communities become more inclusive. As the founder of Tianmei World Academy—a decentralized “network of classrooms” and cross-cultural, cross-disciplinary learning platform—I apply environmental psychology to nurture inclusive, healing environments. With 10+ years’ cross-functional experience (sustainability, architecture, sales, marketing, customer service, IT, operations), my work integrates urban planning, social entrepreneurship, education, and mental health. Connect with Adina: Website: 🌐 Linkedin: Thank you for making an #impact, Claudia! About Claudia Guerreiro: Marketing is often seen as a necessary evil — a driver of overconsumption, pressure, and manipulation. But entrepreneur Claudia Guerreiro sees it differently. She believes marketing can be part of the solution and a powerful driver of systemic change. To bring this vision to life, Claudia founded the Conscious Marketing Movement (CMM), an initiative dedicated to redefining marketing by putting people and the planet first. Through community-building, education, and direct support for organizations applying conscious marketing in practice, Claudia and her team promote a new standard for the industry rooted in ethics, impact, and responsibility. Their work directly contributes to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production. One of the organization’s major milestones has been securing two Erasmus+ EU grants for 2025 — a significant achievement that reflects the growing trust and recognition CMM is gaining across Europe. The first project, Voices for Climate Action, supports women entrepreneurs in amplifying their climate impact through podcasting and storytelling. More information here: The second project, Regenerative and Community-Based Tourism, explores how tourism marketing can actively support local communities, nature, and cultural preservation. Together, these initiatives reflect the values Claudia and her team are committed to bringing into the world through conscious marketing. More information: More information here: Connect with Claudia: Website: 🌐 LinkedIn: Connect with the #impact podcast team at: or email us at /episode/index/show/hashtagimpact/id/43320034

THE MISSING PIECE OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSFORMATION | ALICE SCHMIDT 09/29/2026

💬Voices for #impact - Identity and Belonging 08/17/2026

💬Voices for #impact - Identity and Belonging How are you making an impact? What are you building, creating, or changing in the world? And how can we support you? Between our in-depth conversations, we want to make space for more voices from around the world. Here are a few Voices of Impact we’ve received recently. We’d love to hear yours too. Share your voice at . 3 inspiring stories, 3 strong voices. And so much impact! Thank you for making an #impact, Imogen! About Imogen: Story has always been central to what I do. I wrote my first novel at sixteen (long before I understood storytelling!) and later spent twelve years in corporate communications across London, Sydney, and Hong Kong. Those years showed me how powerfully language shapes belief, behaviour, and momentum—especially in moments of change. Today, I run the Asia business for Write the Talk, working with leaders and organisations to help them navigate complexity with clarity and confidence. Alongside this, I’ve built a creative life as a writer and screen storyteller. I co-founded an Australian production company focused on telling fierce female stories, producing award-winning work that has reached audiences around the world. I have two novels coming out this year, published by independent publishers in the US and Europe. Across everything I do, story is the through-line. It’s how change becomes human, how leadership builds trust, and how people find the confidence to speak in their own voice. And perhaps most importantly, how we find our tribe. Connect with Imogen Short: Linkedin: Website: Thank you for making an #impact, Adetayo “Tutipsy”! About Adetayo “Tutipsy”: Adetayo “Tutipsy” Manuwa is a Nigerian-born musical artist, keynote speaker and founder of the One Community Project in Germany. His work uses music, dance, storytelling and small human encounters to build trust across cultures and generations. Through his award-winning community work, TEDx Talk The Power of Small Encounters, documentary Noch einmal Walzer and creative workshops with young people, seniors and children from vulnerable backgrounds, Adetayo explores how simple moments of connection can challenge prejudice, reduce loneliness and help people feel seen. Connect with Adetayo “Tutipsy” Manuwa: Website: 🌐 Instagram: Linkedin: Thank you for making an #impact, Tony! About Tony: Tony Loyd is a former Fortune 500 executive who knows what it means to endure. As a lifelong marathoner, Tony has raced across continents, always chasing something deeper than a finish line. But in 2025, everything changed. After cancer surgery reduced his lung capacity by 25 percent, he faced a different kind of endurance challenge: learning how to keep going when the path forward looks nothing like the one behind you. Now he’s training for the 2026 Age Group World Championship marathon—on a mission to discover what it takes to get 100 percent out of 75 percent of his lungs. That journey—equal parts grit, humility, and science—mirrors the message he brings to leaders around the world. Tony is a TEDx speaker, best-selling author, and host of Social Entrepreneur, a podcast ranked in the top 1 percent globally. Through keynotes, workshops, and executive coaching, he equips mission-driven leaders to endure, adapt, and create lasting impact. Tony’s message isn’t about “bouncing back.” It’s about moving forward—deliberately, authentically, and together. Because resilience isn’t an individual trait. It’s embedded in the organization’s texture. That is The Endurance Advantage. Connect with Tony Loyd: Website: Connect with the #impact podcast team at: or email us at /episode/index/show/hashtagimpact/id/42990638

🎤RAISING CHILDREN WITH RARE DISEASES | Sarah LaPham, Nina Aziz Justin | A Different Story 06/24/2026

🎤RAISING CHILDREN WITH RARE DISEASES | Sarah LaPham, Nina Aziz Justin | A Different Story In this episode of #impact, we hear from Sarah LaPham, director of A Different Story in Amsterdam. A Different Story was born out of our experience of parents to a little boy living with a rare neurological disease. From obtaining a diagnosis to finding quality care to fighting for accessible education and to building a supportive community, their experience in this journey is the foundation of A Different Story. Together in conversation with Sarah is Nina Aziz Justin, another mother from the same community, whose story holds an almost uncanny connection. The two first met in a global Facebook group for families navigating rare conditions only to later discover they live in the same neighbourhood in Amsterdam, with children the same age. What unfolds is a conversation about what often remains invisible: the quiet isolation that can come with raising a child whose needs don’t fit into familiar categories. The subtle, often unspoken shame that can arise not from the child themselves, but from a world that doesn’t always know how to meet differences with understanding. And the concept of “living loss” — the ongoing experience of holding deep love and deep grief at the same time, every single day. At the heart of it all is one clear thread: what changes when people are truly seen. Not fixed. Not pitied. But met in a real community. Through A Different Story, that kind of space has been growing in Amsterdam since 2022 — centering care intensity rather than diagnosis. Monthly in-person gatherings with childcare, online meetups, and spaces where children aged 8–16 can simply be children, while parents are given something many of them rarely experience: a breath. Sarah also makes an important call for what needs to follow — , so that this kind of support stops being the exception and becomes part of how we care for one another. There is something very humbling about seeing how a community can form like this. And then watching it grow into something that now reaches across cities and countries, holding people who might otherwise never find each other. Small moments of recognition. Someone saying: me too. I get it. After you listened, we have a feeling you will never look at community building the same way again. Connect with our guests: Sarah LaPham: | A Different Story: | | | Nina Aziz Justin: | | Nina's book: Connect with the #impact team #impact | | | | /episode/index/show/hashtagimpact/id/41790680

💬Voices for #impact: Conversations We Need More Of 06/22/2026

💬Voices for #impact: Conversations We Need More Of How are you making an impact? What are you building, creating, or changing in the world? And how can we support you? Between our in-depth conversations, we want to make space for more voices from around the world. Here are a few Voices of Impact we've received recently. We'd love to hear yours too. Share your voice at . We got a voice note! Thank you for being a voice for #impact! Thank you for making an #impact, Joanne! Joanne shares: I am a mom of two beautiful children - Skye (11 yo) and Harris (8 yo) I am a TEDx Speaker but I just did it last week so there is no official videos yet. I am an ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC), only 5% of ICF certified coaches are MCCs in the world. Connect with Joanne Hay: Linkedin: Instagram: Thank you for making an #impact, Rhoda! Rhoda shares: I am a specialist in the relational and organisational impact of work-related travel on couples and families. With over 20 years of first-hand experience being married to a frequently travelling partner — including time living apart in fragile contexts— I bring both professional and experiential insight into the intention required to sustain relationships, parenting, and careers across distance. My expertise includes supporting individuals and organisations in managing the relational, emotional, and practical dimensions of travel-heavy roles. I work at the intersection of family wellbeing, talent recruitment & retention, intercultural communication, and sustainable career pathways. Connect with Rhoda Bangerter: Website: 🌐 Podcast: Linkedin: Thank you for making an #impact, Nina! Nina shares: I am Malaysian, married to a Frenchman, have lived across multiple countries, and still haven’t found a simple satisfactory answer to the question, “Where are you from?” … but I’m equally happy discussing food, long distance running and why some of life’s biggest lessons arrive disguised as detours! Connect with Nina Aziz Justin: Linkedin: Website: Connect with the #impact podcast team at: or email us at Share your voice at /episode/index/show/hashtagimpact/id/42004760

🎤WHAT MAKES A CHANGEMAKER? | Stephanie Cox | Ashoka Austria 06/14/2026

💬Voices for #impact - Making Disabilities Visible 05/28/2026

💬Voices for #impact - Raising Kind and Caring Children 05/28/2026

💬Voices for #impact - Supporting Small Farmers and Local Communities 05/28/2026

💬Voices for #impact - Giving Mentorship Opportunities to Young Women in Rumania 05/28/2026

💬Voice - Taylor Thigpen - Doing Peace and Youth Development Work 05/28/2026

💬Voice - Jimmy Westerheim - Creating a Human Connection 05/28/2026

💬Voice - Sarah LaPham - "The demand for our work is growing" 05/21/2026

💬Voice - Fyiona Yong - Challenging the Way We Think About Leadership and Inclusion 05/20/2026

💬Voice - Nina Martin Da Silva - Financial Literacy for Kids (Vienna, Austria) 05/18/2026

💬 WHAT'S UP WITH ALL THESE VOICE NOTES HERE? 05/18/2026

💬Voice - A Family on the Way to the Museum (Vienna, Austria) 05/18/2026

💬Voice - Aziph Mustapha - Doing hard things & raising funds for Teach For Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 05/18/2026

YOUR VOICE on #impact | Real Voices. Real Impact. 04/29/2026

The Long Game of Impact | Dr. Shirley Gallagher 04/29/2026

The Long Game of Impact | Dr. Shirley Gallagher Today you meet Dr. Shirley Gallagher. She’s an Irish scientific communicator and sustainability professional with over 25 years of experience, someone who has spent her entire career asking one core question: how do we actually make systems more sustainable? Her journey started early. In 1986, the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl sparked her awareness of environmental issues, a moment that would go on to shape her life’s work. Since the 90s, she’s been working across contaminated land, water, energy, and now the circular economy, with a PhD focused on contaminated land. But this conversation doesn’t start in a lab. It starts on a small Irish island, Árainn Mhór, where Shirley grew up. She shares how island life shaped her: the deep sense of community, the self-reliance, and also the quiet confidence to think differently. To not just follow the system, but question it. And yet, her world is also deeply technical. We talk about what it means to work within (and sometimes push against) European directives, ISO standards, and highly regulated systems, while still holding onto a human, values-driven approach to sustainability. Shirley is someone who doesn’t just talk about community, she lives it. From biodiversity initiatives like Future Orchard in Cork, to sea swimming groups, to her work with EU Climate Pact Ambassadors, Voices for Climate Action, and Toastmasters, she’s constantly part of spaces where ideas turn into action. She’s also the COO of Second Life Battery Services Limited, where she’s working on a patent-pending approach to reusing waste batteries, turning what we discard into something usable again through digitally controlled systems. A real-life example of the circular economy in action. We also talk about Greenworks, a €1.6M European Social Fund programme she was part of—training over 1,500 people and helping launch 30 companies—and what it taught her about impact, sustainability, and what happens when funding ends. And then, at the end, we zoom out. Shirley shares what impact means to her (“making a difference”), who inspires her, and the one thing she keeps coming back to. Start listening to hear it all. Connect with our guest: Dr. Shirley Gallagher: | (will go live soon) Mentioned in this episode: Greenworks worked with , , and of course and Shirley also spoke about which still does wonderful educational programmes Connect with the #impact team: Reach out to us at Want to get your voice heard on #impact: Share your voice HERE: /episode/index/show/hashtagimpact/id/41058135

A Global Clean Up Movement (and it all started with a simple walk). | César González Fernández 03/17/2026

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Connecting the Dots on Your Own Doing Good Journey | Mabel Sieh 09/24/2025

Connecting the Dots on Your Own Doing Good Journey | Mabel Sieh Constant change, acceleration, ambitions and aspirations, so many of us are trying to balance the many layers of living in a complex world and creating our own meaning through impactful work. Mabel Sieh’s story is allowing us to take a big collective breath. Maybe even a sigh of relief. From her beginnings as a teacher and journalist to leading impactful initiatives in Hong Kong and most recently a transformative trip to Nepal, Mabel’s path is anything but linear, and that’s exactly what makes it so powerful. She speaks about letting go of the need to control every detail and instead staying open to life’s surprises. “The older I get, the more I feel, there’s just so much you can plan, but so much more you can’t,” she says. There’s a moment in the conversation where Mabel recalls being invited to a corporate event, seemingly insignificant, but that encounter eventually led her back to Nepal, where she felt all the pieces of her past start to click into place. “I have the privilege to experience a lot of things coming back to my life in a very good and positive way.” It’s this idea of serendipity that runs like a thread throughout the episode, not as something accidental, but as something that reveals itself when we slow down enough to notice. As you listen, you will not just walk away inspired by Mabel’s story, but invited to reflect on your own. Her advice? “Connect your own dots.” This is more than just a conversation, it’s a gentle, powerful reminder that our lives as well as our work don’t have to be perfectly planned to be deeply impactful. 🎧 Tune in to hear how Mabel Sieh lives a life shaped by curiosity, courage, and compassion and why that might be the most powerful blueprint of all. Connect with our guests: Mabel Sieh: Get in touch with #impact host Regina Larko at or connect on Want to share your voice on the podcast? You can: Want to start your own Podcast or use your voice with more courage and confidence? . /episode/index/show/hashtagimpact/id/38276560

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