storytelling

Top Twelve Popular Podcasts 2018, Matt Scott, Letโ€™s Care

MattScott asks if there is an easier way to tell your story and build your brand. Note: Between now and the end of the year, weโ€™re counting down the top twelve popular podcast interviews of 2018. It is a peopleโ€™s choice award, determined by the number of downloads. This interview originally aired on August 27, 2018. You have a message to share โ€“ a message that is as unique as you are. You want to tell the world, โ€œThis is who I am, and this is what Iโ€™m building.โ€ You recognize the power of storytelling, but these things take a lot of time, right? And, there are so many options!…

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Come to a Live Taping of Social Entrepreneur

Acara + Four Leading Social Entrepreneurs + YOU = Social Entrepreneur Live!   Do you want to be at a live taping of the Social Entrepreneur podcast? We’re partnering with Acara, a program of the Institute on the Environment and the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Together, we’re interviewing four world-changing entrepreneurs, live in front of an audience. Imagine, four entrepreneurs, fifteen minutes each, answering the questions that you care about. At the end of the night, we’ll reassemble entrepreneurs on the stage to take your questions. Step up to the mic and ask them anything. The event will take place during Twin Cities Startup…

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Five Steps to Easily Tell Your Story and Build Your Brand, with Matt Scott of 180โฐ of Impact

Matt Scott asks if there is an easier way to tell your story and build your brand. You have a message to share โ€“ a message that is as unique as you are. You want to tell the world, โ€œThis is who I am, and this is what Iโ€™m building.โ€ You recognize the power of storytelling, but these things take a lot of time, right? And, there are so many options! Write a blog. Share a live video. Podcast. The choices of how and where to tell your story are limitless. Maybe youโ€™re like Matt Scott. He wants to know if there is a way to easily and efficiently share…

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The Stories that Change Us, Jackie Biederman, Changemaker Podcast

Changemaker Podcast tells social good startup stories, inspiring life lessons, and unexpected ideas. Why do people and businesses want to learn to tell stories? According to Jackie Biederman, host of the Changemaker Podcast, โ€œThatโ€™s how weโ€™re wired as people. We want to tune in to stories.โ€ Stories move us. They take us out of our logical brains and help us to connect with one another. When people hear stories of social good, they are engaged, informed and inspired. Because social entrepreneurs are everyday people like you and me, when listeners hear their stories, they see themselves as possible changemakers too. The stories inspire people to act. Listeners are more inclined…

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Things Just Got Real

Well, things just got real. I just created promos for my *gulp* brand new radio program. Seriously. Did I just type that sentence? Here is what the promo sounds like.   In case you have not heard, we have the opportunity to produce a weekly, one-hour, drive-time radio program. The show will reach tens of thousands of new listeners. In order to launch, we’re running a crowdfunding campaign. So far, more than 50 people have jumped in to help. As I’m writing this, we’re 35% of the way to our goal. If you want to be part of the movement to bring Social Entrepreneur to the radio, click here to…

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A Storytelling Platform for Social Entrepreneurs, Elisa Birnbaum, SEE Change Magazine

SEE Change Magazine is a global digital magazine focused on social entrepreneurship and social change. Like most people I speak to, Elisa Birnbaumโ€™s career path was circuitous. She studied political science and law. โ€œI was going to save the world as a human rights lawyer, of course,โ€ she says tongue-in-cheek. But along the way, she found that she had a gift for writing. When she graduated from law school, she told herself, โ€œIโ€™m going to take some time off to see what this thing called storytelling is all about.โ€ That was more than 15 years ago. Elisa honed her journalistic skills with several organizations. Her portfolio includes articles for the…

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