Humans Of Purpose

Garry Williams Garry is the Head Curator at . Up Nights have become a staple of the Melbourne startup scene and involve a storytelling-focussed gathering acknowledging the mistakes, failures, and fuckup stories that impact our personal lives and professional careers, affecting us as the humans that we are. Garry is also Director of Engagement at Tractor Ventures. Tractor Ventures provides non-dilutive, strategic funding to unlock possibilities for founders, helping Australian and New Zealand technology companies scale with optionality. HoP Membership Love Humans of Purpose and sick of all the ads? Sign Up as a monthly or annual Humans of Purpose Gold Member like our rock star supporters Andrew 1, Andrew 2, Chris, Nikki, Margaret, Ben, Misha, Sarah and Geoff. You'll get the following awesome perks in return each and every week: Removal of all three ads per episode Early access to all episodes Full transcripts of all episodes Audio notes for all episodes Brokered intros to all podcast guests HoP Promoti

Brigid Delaney Brigid is an author, a journalist and TV series producer whose latest book is "Reasons Not to Worry, How to be Stoic in chaotic times". Check out her book here and find it in all good bookstores. Also check out Brigid's previous book Wellmania here and look out for it's upcoming release on Netflix at the end of March. You can find Brigid on Twitter here. Time Stamps 0:04:56 - Conversation on Stoicism and Gonzo Journalism 0:06:49 - Conversation on Wellness, Philosophy, and the Benefits of Finding Authentic Communities 0:08:30 - Stoicism: A Discussion on Its Resurgence in Modern Times 0:12:23 - Conversation on Stoicism and the Pursuit of Ataraxia 0:17:14 - Stoic Philosophy and Emotional Awareness 0:22:55 - Conversation on Achieving Tranquility Through Meditation and Yoga 0:28:06 - Conversation on Finding Happiness in the Simple Pleasures of Life 0:33:47 - Discussion on Stoicism: Exploring the Complexities of Life 0:35:29 - Exploring the Four Key Virtues of Stoicism 0:39:26 - Conversation on Ment

Melissa Reader Melissa is the Managing Director and CEO of the Violet. Violet is a national not-for-profit organisation, providing information and support to help everyone in Australia navigate the last stages of life and the grief and loss that accompanies it. Time Stamps 0:00:04 - Exploring End of Life Support 0:02:07 - Melissa's Journey into the Social Impact Space 0:03:36 - The Impact of Unexpected Illness: A Personal Story of Loss and Unpreparedness 0:05:43 - Navigating Terminal Illness and Aging Population Challenges 0:08:39 - End-of-Life Planning and Care 0:11:30 - Normalising Conversations Around End of Life and Birth 0:12:58 - Normalising the Experience of Dying: Exploring the Role of Technology 0:14:37 - Exploring the Challenges of End-of-Life Care in Australia 0:19:12 - Reflection on End-of-Life Care: Exploring Technology Emergence to Support Families and Communities 0:20:52 - Exploring End-of-Life Care: A Discussion with Lisa Jones on Regret, Technology, and the Hospice Model 0:23:51 - Exploring

Tom Dawkins Tom is the Co-Founder of LendForGood. LendForGood is all about crowd lending for impact. In short, this means unleashing the passion and power of the crowd to provide the capital that impact enterprises need to grow. Tom is also the Co-Founder and CEO of StartSomeGood, an innovation agency and global social enterprise ecosystem builder. Time Stamps 0:02:09 - The Power of Social Entrepreneurship in Creating Change 0:06:54 - The Power of Crowdfunding for Social Change 0:08:21 - The Power of Social Enterprise in Australia 0:13:02 - The Different Stages of Social Enterprise Development 0:20:13 - The Importance of Investing in Social Enterprises 0:23:02 - The Success of Social Enterprises in Creating Jobs 0:25:52 - The Different Ways That Social Enterprises Can Raise Money 0:28:26 - Crowd Lending Platform for Social Enterprises 0:31:27 - Crowdfunding for Small Businesses: A Better Deal for Investors 0:34:46 - The Impact of Impact Investing in Australia 0:39:22 - The Future of Impact Investing 0:43:41

Josh White Josh White is the CEO of Neon Treehouse. Neon Treehouse is a bold digital marketing agency that delivery bright and imaginative solutions. They are the major sponsor of Humans of Purpose and have just celebrated their 10 year anniversary. HoP Promotions Each year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values aligned organisations, that can be standalone episodes or part of an integrated marketing campaign. These 5 annual paid episodes enable us to cover our costs of production each year and break even, enabling our social enterprise model to tick along. Our promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package for 2023. HoP Membership Love Humans of Purpose? We are a social enterprise and we rely on your support to cover our costs of production. You can help sustain our work by Signing

Cultivating Betterment Wishing you a happy new year and a 2023 filled with progress, fulfilment and contentment. I'm offering this bonus episode around one of the most helpful Stoic concepts I've been contemplating and converting to action lately. It has significantly helped me on my journey to cultivating betterment and I hope you find it helpful too. Cultivating betterment will be a major focus for me in 2023 and I hope you'll enjoy some of the contemplations and discussions on this that I'll be sharing. NB: This is a bonus undertaking and will not replace Humans of Purpose, but is an option for a separate project I am working on with some key partners. Key Quotes "Some things are in our control and others not. Things in our control are opinion, pursuit, desire, aversion, and, in a word, whatever are our own actions. Things not in our control are body, property, reputation, command, and, in one word, whatever are not our own actions." - Epictetus "There is only one way to happiness and that is to c

Sandro Demaio Sandro is the CEO of VicHealth as well as a friend and someone I look up to for his tremendous contribution to health promotion and public health in his time on the planet. VicHealth is a a world-first health promotion foundation, focused on promoting good health and preventing chronic disease. Episode Links Magda's Big National Health Check Ask The Doctor on ABC iView Sandro on Twitter HoP Promotions Each year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values aligned organisations, that can be standalone episodes or part of an integrated marketing campaign. These 5 annual paid episodes enable us to cover our costs of production each year and break even, enabling our social enterprise model to tick along. Our promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package for 2023. HoP Membership

Dr Jemma King Jemma is the Founder and Director of BioPsychAnalytics, an Australian based company that has developed scientifically validated methodologies to reduce stress, burnout, and improve behavioral outcomes in high-performing individuals and organisations. She is a high performance expert and coach and has worked with the Australian Defence Force, Special Operations Command, the Centre for Australian Army Leadership, the Australian Olympic Swim Team, Australian Government Solicitors, and the Australian Institute of Sport. HoP Promotions Each year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values aligned organisations, that can be standalone episodes or part of an integrated marketing campaign. These 5 annual paid episodes enable us to cover our costs of production each year and break even, enabling our social enterprise model to tick along. Our promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our e

Ashleigh Streeter-Jones Ashleigh is the Founder and CEO of Raise Our Voice Australia. Raise our voice Australia are a grassroots organisation dedicated to Amplifying diverse young female, trans and non-binary voices to actively lead conversations in politics, domestic and foreign policy. HoP Promotions Each year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values aligned organisations, that can be standalone episodes or part of an integrated marketing campaign. These 5 annual paid episodes enable us to cover our costs of production each year and break even, enabling our social enterprise model to tick along. Our promotional campaigns help to amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our engaged local and global audience. Click Here to learn more about collaborating on a custom campaign package for 2023. HoP Membership Love Humans of Purpose? We are a social enterprise and we rely on your support to cover our costs of production. You

David Spriggs David is the CEO of Infoxchange, a technology not for profit and social enterprise with over 30 years of history in pursuing a vision of technology for social justice. To learn more about Infoxchange's work or to enquire about partnership opportunities, email mdavis@infoxchange.org. Podcast Links Read about the latest not for profit sector insights in the Digital Tech in the NFP Sector 2022 Report Find great resources, training and a free expert bar for not for profits at the Digital Transformation Hub Get heavily discounted technology products for not for profits at Connecting Up Locate support services for people experiencing hardship using Ask Izzy Discover Australia's largest community service directory at the Service Directory HoP Promotions Each year we offer 5 out of our 50 annual episodes as paid promotional opportunities to values aligned organisations, that can be standalone episodes or part of an integrated marketing campaign. These 5 annual paid episodes enable us to cover our co

Dr Louise Segan Dr Louise Segan is a PhD candidate and cardiologist at Alfred Health and the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute. She is a passionate and effective advocate for gender equality in cardiology and medicine more broadly. She is also my wife of ten years the mother to my gorgeous son Marlo. Connect with Louise on LinkedIn. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose and you can get a 15% discount on purchases using promo code HUMANSOFPURPOSE. We would welcome your support and partnership to help us take the podcast forward. More about this below in Promotional Packages below. Promotional Packages Our promotional packages amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our global audience of over 10,000 episode listens per month and our growing social media community. Connect with our wonderful socially conscious audience who are

Aiden Rayner Aiden is the Founder of Don’t Move Until You See It, an online training platform, centred on visualisation training that he created; enabling exponential growth and improvement in chess performance. Aiden created this approach to chess training during his COVID-19 internment and it has enabled the bottom 10% of players in the world to the top 6%, in 9 months, studying just 10 minutes a day. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose and you can get a 15% discount on purchases using promo code HUMANSOFPURPOSE. We would welcome your support and partnership to help us take the podcast forward. More about this below in Promotional Packages below. Promotional Packages Our promotional packages amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our global audience of over 10,000 episode listens per month and our growing social media co

James Hatchman James is the Co-Founder and CEO of Voice of Health, a preventive mental health organisation that has developed a mobile app enabling people to connect with trained active listeners and a range of wellbeing tools enabling better self management of mental health. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose and you can get a 15% discount on purchases using promo code HUMANSOFPURPOSE. We would welcome your support and partnership to help us take the podcast forward. More about this below in Promotional Packages below. Promotional Packages Our promotional packages amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our global audience of over 10,000 episode listens per month and our growing social media community. Connect with our wonderful socially conscious audience who are based in major Australian cities, of whom 76% are 25-44 ye

Luke Anderson Luke is the founder of Fair Threads, a social enterprise that enables prison inmates access to the world of prison compliant online retail clothing. Fair Threads is also planning for an ecosystem that provides pathways for ex-inmates to re-enter the workforce. This is a different sort of humans of purpose episode, where Luke essentially tells his whole life story, which is really important to understanding why he is building Fair Threads. It's a fascinating listen and you'll mainly hear me marvelling at Luke's storytelling as I'm sure you will too. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose and you can get a 15% discount on purchases using promo code HUMANSOFPURPOSE. We would welcome your support and partnership to help us take the podcast forward. More about this below in Promotional Packages below. Promotional Packages Our promotional packages amplify purpos

Bianca Stern Bianca is the General Manager of social enterprise cafe, All Things Equal. All Things Equal is a fresh take on the typical cafe in Melbourne, providing purposeful employment for people with and without disability in a ‘mainstream’ work environment. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose and you can get a 15% discount on purchases using promo code HUMANSOFPURPOSE. We would welcome your support and partnership to help us take the podcast forward. More about this below in Promotional Packages below. Promotional Packages Our promotional packages amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our global audience of over 10,000 episode listens per month and our growing social media community. Connect with our wonderful socially conscious audience who are based in major Australian cities, of whom 76% are 25-44 years old and 7

Sarah Pink Professor Sarah Pink is the Director of the Emerging Technologies Research Lab at Monash University. She is also Co-Leader of the People Programme and Transport & Mobilities Focus Area at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society. Sarah is a true emerging tech leader and polymath; as we discover during the podcast, she is also a documentary filmmaker. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose and you can get a 15% discount on purchases using promo code HUMANSOFPURPOSE. We would welcome your support and partnership to help us take the podcast forward. More about this below in Promotional Packages below. LinkedIn Community You may not know this, but our highest and most engaged online community after Instagram is via our LinkedIn page. Join about 2,100 Humans of Purpose fans and followers and join in some great conversations, sh

Sarah Davies This week I’m thrilled to welcome Sarah Davies AM to the podcast. Sarah is the CEO of the Alannah and Madeleine Foundation and holds a number of board non executive director roles too at Social Ventures Australia, Teach for Australia and the National Museum of Australia. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose and you can get a 15% discount on purchases using promo code HUMANSOFPURPOSE. We would welcome your support and partnership to help us take the podcast forward. More about this below in Promotional Packages below. Promotional Packages Our promotional packages amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enable you to reach our global audience of over 10,000 episode listens per month and our growing social media community. Connect with our wonderful socially conscious audience who are based in major Australian cities, of whom 76% are

Sarah Steel Sarah has an amazing podcast called Let's Talk About Sects, where she spends time researching, engaging with former cult members and producing a incredibly high quality storytelling podcast about cults that has had a really positive impact. Now just having commenced season 5 of her podcast, she has just released her first book called Do As I Say. Our Sponsors We are proudly sponsored by Neon Treehouse, the best digital agency on the planet earth. Delicious and healthy soda Kreol is the official drink of Humans of Purpose. We would welcome your support and partnership to help us take the podcast forward. More about this below in Promotional Packages below. Promotional Packages Our promotional packages amplify purpose-driven and socially impactful organisations and enabling you to reach our global audience of over 10,000 episode listens per month and our growing social media community. Connect with our wonderful socially conscious audience who are based in major Australian cities, of whom 76% are

Dr Megan Weier Megan is a Senior Research Fellow and Acting Research and Evaluation Director at the Centre for Social Impact at UNSW. Megan is doing some fascinating research into measuring social progress across different local government areas in Australia and uncovering some incredible insights and learnings that have already influenced and will continue to influence social policy making here. Listener Survey 2022 (Final Call) We've extended the submission deadline to Friday 30th to be part of our annual survey to help us improve the podcast. This year 2 of the first 20 survey respondents will have the opportunity to appear as guests on the podcast representing themselves and/or their organisation! This is generally offered exclusively as part of our promotional packages and valued at around $1,000 per podcast opportunity. More about this below in Promotional Packages below. You are still in the running for prizes at this stage!! Please lend me 5 mins to Complete Survey now. Our Sponsors We are proudly s

Craig Hughes-Cashmore Craig is the CEO of SAMSN, which stands for survivors and mates support network. SAMSN’s vision is a world in which male survivors of childhood sexual abuse can easily access support and find understanding and acceptance. SAMSN believes male survivors of childhood sexual abuse can recover, support others to thrive and be leaders for change. Be sure to checkout SAMSN's STRONGER Podcast too! Humans of Purpose Listeners Survey (HoPES) 2022 Be part of our annual survey to help us improve the podcast. This year 2 of the first 20 survey respondents will have the opportunity to appear as guests on the podcast representing themselves and/or their organisation! You are still in the running for prizes at this stage!! This is generally offered exclusively as part of our promotional packages and valued at around $1,000 per podcast opportunity. More about this below in Promotional Packages below. Please lend me 5 minutes to complete the survey, it is open as of the release of this podcast and all y