Walk Talk Listen Podcast

WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Bill Sage (episode 18)

From sponsoring a refugee to contributing significantly to the CWS psychosocial response after 9/11, Bill Sage has a wide range of experiences with CWS and its staff colleagues. Please join in listening to this remarkable CWS ex staff, but permanent CWS family member as he shares his experiences of his work in India and the US and more. He was instrumental in the development of the STAR (a trauma response program) after 9/11 that especially focussed on self-care, something that is still very relevant today. Bill has been part of the Immigration and Refugee program as well as the Disaster Response program of CWS for many years as a staff as well as a consultant.   Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this series. We would love to hear from you.   Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! Bill Sage you can find on Facebook as well.

WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Lisa Rothenberger & Roy Winter (episode 17)

Lisa Rothenberger and Roy Winter have close to three decades a relationship/link with CWS from being the representatives of their denominations International Ministries and Church of the Brethren respectively, being board and committee members to being a (financial) supporter of the organization. Lisa is the World Relief Officer of International Ministries and Roy Winter is the executive director of Church of the Brethren’s departments: Global Mission and Service Ministries. My conversation with Lisa and Roy took place in 2021. For more info about CWS, please check out this website. You can find both Lisa on Facebook as well as Roy - here. All social media related links of CoB can be found here. The International Ministries also has social media like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.   We made a special Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by many of our podcast guests.   Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.   Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!  

WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Erol Kekic (episode 16)

Erol Kekic is a seasoned professional who has worked in the field of refugee resettlement as well as humanitarian and refugee policy related work for many years. As the Senior Vice President of CWS, Erol overseas all CWS programs.  Erol is frequently quoted in the press and is as an outspoken advocate on behalf of fair, humane U.S. immigration and refugee policies. Prior to his work with CWS, Erol worked in the field of refugee assistance in number of domestic and international settings.  I talked with him at the end of 2021 when his focus of his work was on refugee related activities, at present he also overseas the development and humanitarian assistance work of CWS.   Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.   Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Kely Nascimento (episode 82)

Kely Nascimento works with organizations to help define a focused identity and brand story, and to create partnership opportunities that align with their objectives. Her recent work has been focused on the Sports Diplomacy and sports for development sectors. As a speaker Kely travels the world and speaks on gender and race equity in sports, and the power of storytelling in promoting equity as well as a community and trust building tool to further the Sustainable Development Goals. Kely is a content producer and the director of Warriors of a Beautiful Game, a feature documentary, as part of a global multi-platform initiative to promote women's sports and gender equality (currently in post-production).   Kely has lectured, presented keynotes and moderated panels in collaboration with organizations such as Yale, Barça Foundation, Cannes Lions, French Teqball Federation, Federaçao Paulista de Futebol, amongst others. She is the global Ambassador for Gondwana FC and the Global Goals World Cup, a Global Advisor at LEAD.edu and currently sits on the Board of Directors of Beyond Sport Foundation.   Kely and her work have been featured in The Guardian (GB), Irish Times, Folha de São Paulo (Brazil), La Marca (Spain), AS Futbol (Colombia), Guardian Phillipines, among many others. Kely is the eldest daughter of Brazilian soccer legend Pelé and founder of the Nascimento Foundation whose mission is to achieve a global understanding of peace through sports, storytelling and the arts to facilitate diplomacy and development with the principals of equality, leadership and storytelling, She aims to harness the power of her father’s legacy towards building a more equitable, peaceful, and sustainable future. Kely is a proud recipient of the Face of Change award at SAID Institute’s 8th African Diaspora Awards Ceremony. She wholeheartedly believes that it is through the understanding, owning, and sharing, of our stories that we will create a more equitable world. “Storytelling strengthens our identities, teaches us about ourselves and each other and solidifies our bonds. It fosters empathy, and solidarity, builds community and allows us to claim our narratives. Our stories are our superpowers” Kely is a 2022 TEDx WaterStreet speaker.   For her instagram click here.   Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.

Virtual WalkTalk Listen with Robert Hahn (episode 81)

Robert Hahn is an experienced CEO with a demonstrated history of working in the non-profit industry. He is the CEO and founder of the Central American Training Foundation (CATF) which seeks to empower the people of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador to better prepare their region for emergencies and natural disasters through the creation of the Central American Training Center (CATC).  The Center will be a 49,000 square foot complex comprised of training rooms, a large auditorium, simulations rooms, classrooms and a state-of-the-art “Situation Room”.  The campus will include at least five acres of actual emergency simulation elements, and the property is 6 miles from the Palmerola International Airport in Comayagua. Palmerola Airport will act as the gateway hub for all of South and Central America. Currently no centralized training facility exists nor there is a region-controlled facility which trains, equips and stands ready to respond to any crisis on its own. Central America is now overly-dependent on the resources of countries from outside the region. While international cooperation and assistance will always remain important, the current situation leaves the area too reliant upon the resources, budgets and goodwill of outside governments. As the global economy staggers back from impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic, and more countries focus their efforts inward, Central America has never been more at risk.  Robert is also the chairman of Honduras Compassion Partners Inc (HCP), along with the leadership team, he works with the gov't of the city of La Paz to improve municipal infrastructure such as the Women's Empowerment and Entrepreneurship, revitalizing the city-wide water system, up-grading medical facilities, firefighter training and equipping, and outfitting the school system. HPC also has a strong grassroots arm which has sent over 2,000 people on short term missions to Honduras, including medical teams. Further, he is the Senior Pastor at Chesapeake Church as well as the director of End Hunger In Calvert County Inc., a network of more than 150 partner churches, food pantries, businesses and other non-profits who are committed to feeding the hungry. This 501(c)(3) non-profit organization is Chesapeake’s major outreach ministry in our local community.   You can find his Foundation on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. The songs picked by all our guests can be found via  our playlist #walktalklisten here.    Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Emma Stenström (episode 80)

Emma Stenström is Associate Professor and Director of Center for Arts, Business & Culture (ABC) at Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden. She has always worked with bridging different spheres, in particular arts and business. Ongoing research projects include action research projects on bubble-hopping and two collaborations with the contemporary circus.    Emma has received several pedagogical awards and teaches Global Challenges: Being, Global Citizenship, Global Leadership, and Sustainable Leadership.    She has been Guest Professor at University College of Arts, Crafts, and Design (Konstfack) in Stockholm and served on several boards, such as the Swedish Arts Council, the Swedish Society for Crafts and Design, the International Scene for Contemporary Dance, and Stockholm University of the Arts.   Beside her academic career, Emma works in media. She has hosted a TV-show for Swedish Television (SVT), and is a regular columnist in the daily business paper, Dagens Industri, since twenty years.    Her social media handles from her work and personal are given below: Instagram and her personal Instagram , Twitter, Facebook and her personal Facebook.   The songs picked by all our guests can be found via  our playlist #walktalklisten here.    Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.

WTL Special Series: Enough for All - Marty Colchamiro (episode 15)

Marty Colchamiro is one of the volunteers of The Hunger Walkathon West CROP Walk, a community event for the Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park, Melrose Park and Maywood, IL as well as the Austin Neighborhood in Chicago, IL. Each spring they hold a "walk" and raise funds to help with hunger issues both here and around the world. In their 37th year on May 3, 2020 they held their annual CROP Hunger Walk. They raised $100,000.00 on this day, the most ever in our history, although they beat it the next year as you can hear in this podcast. Marty is a podcast himself and you can find the episodes he makes about their walk via this site https://www.hwwcrop.org/podcasts   During our conversation, there is a moment when Marty is not able to remember the name of Michele Zurkowski Executive Director Beyond Hunger, https://www.gobeyondhunger.org/ and he wanted to be sure she was also properly acknowledged.   On their website, you can also find their social media handles, among others Twitter.   We made a special Playlist #CWSsongs consisting of songs chosen by many of our podcast guests.   Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.   Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time!

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Mai Ton (episode 79)

Mai Ton oversees the development and execution of Fabric’s people strategy. She has over 20 years of leadership experience in tech startups and has helped various companies through IPOs and M&A transactions. She has built the entire people function at every company she has worked and has won over 14 awards for her previous companies. She formerly led the People teams at White Ops, HelloSign, Onelogin and Trulia. Instead of helping one company at a time as an internal HR leader, Mai Ton formed her own consulting business, EMP HR Consulting, where she contributes her knowledge to help many companies simultaneously. Mai’s services provide companies a clear people strategy with core structures like performance management, compensation frameworks, remote strategies and benefits programs which increase employee engagement and retention. She was named to the list of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology in 2019. Mai is a Board member of LEAP.org a non-profit organization that helps Asian Americans break the bamboo ceiling. She is an advisor to some of the newest HR technology software companies and shares her knowledge with others by speaking at various HR conferences. She received a BA in Sociology from the University of Texas, Austin.   She wrote a book called: Come into My Office: Stories from an HR Leader in Silicon Valley   You can find her on Twitter and Instagram.   The songs picked by all our guests can be found via  our playlist #walktalklisten here.    Please let me/us know via our email innovationhub@cwsglobal.org what you think about this series. We would love to hear from you. Please like/follow our Walk Talk Listen podcast and follow @mauricebloem on twitter and instagram.  Or check us out on our website 100mile.org (and find out more about our app (android and iPhone) that enables you to walk and do good at the same time! We also encourage you to check out the special WTL series Enough for All about an organization called CWS.