Walk Talk Listen Podcast

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Ray Martin (episode 67)

Ray Martin is Executive Director Emeritus of CCIH and was their Executive Director from 2000 to 2014. In a 25-year career with USAID, he was Chief of the Health, Population, and Nutrition offices in Africa and Pakistan. He also worked several years with The World Bank. Ray’s international career began as a Mennonite volunteer in Africa. In October 2012, Ray Martin received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Health Section of the American Public Health Association, but this episode shows that he is not planning to stop making a difference anytime soon.
 
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests.
 
Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. 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!
 
And yes, i just finished the 10th 100mile.org  and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation.  The campaign will continue until the end of the year.  #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange
 

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Paul Valentin (episode 66)

Paul Valentin is an experienced International Director with a demonstrated history of working in the international development sector.  He is a strong business development professional skilled in Nonprofit Organizations and International Alliances/Networks. He is a great mentor for professionals in new or challenging roles and has a strong experience in Sustainable Development, Humanitarian, Rural Development, and Gender Mainstreaming. For almost 15 years, he managed the international operations of the British NGO Christian Aid across 50 countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean through a largely devolved management structure (38 offices/around 350 staff). His work covered addressing long-term development needs, reducing vulnerability and responding to emergencies affecting poor, marginalized and excluded people. His responsibilities also included overseeing the resource generation from institutional donors, ensuring quality standards and impact measurement.  With over 40 years experience in the International Development sector of which 20 years in management at senior level, he is now offering his knowledge, skills and experience to help others tackle organizational and professional challenges.
 
You can find him on LinkedIn.
 
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests.
 
Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. 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!
 
And yes, i just finished the 10th 100mile.org  and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation.  The campaign will continue until the end of the year.  #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Prospery Raymond (episode 65)

Andre Prospery Raymond is an agro-economist who worked in the development and humanitarian world for the last 20 years with GRAPH, Oxfam Intermon and UNICEF. He joined Christian Aid in July 2002 as a Capacity building officer; two years later, as a Program Officer and by 2007 as Country Manager for the Haiti Program until July 2010. Prospery was the Caribbean team leader overviewing Haiti, Jamaica, Barbados and the Dominican Republic since August 2010. With the changes in 2013 strategy, Prospery became the Haiti/DR Country Manager.
 
Prospery became the new DKH/LWF/NCA Country Director in Haiti in March 2021. He is managing a consortium of three European organizations Diakonia, Lutheran World Federation and Norwegian Church Aid, specialized on WASH, Women entrepreneurship, DRR/humanitarian work, Protection and peace building and climate justice.
 
He is on facebook, you can find him here.
 
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests.
 
Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. 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!
 
And yes, i just finished the 10th 100mile.org  and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation.  The campaign will continue until the end of the year.  #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Marshall Toplansky (episode 64)

Marshall Toplansky, MBA  is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Management Science at the Argyros School of Business and Economics. He is also an advisor of the CWS Incubation Lab.  We talked about some thought provoking topics like Artificial Intelligence.
 
Most recently, Marshall co-authored (along with Joel Kotkin) The OC Focus, a multi-year research publication that has identified strategic directions for the growth of Orange County.
 
Marshall holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and an undergraduate degree from SUNY Albany in Political Science/Chinese Studies. He is Senior Advisor at The Cicero Institute, based in Salt Lake City, Utah and serves on the board of directors of Double Check, LLC, Harvard Business School Association of Orange County and until recently also of the global NGO Church World Service.
 
Marshall began his career in advertising at Ogilvy & Mather. He rose through the ranks over an 8 year period and left to serve as VP, Marketing for US Robotics. Marshall also held top roles such as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Open Environment, VP of Marketing Insight and Strategy at Gateway, and CEO at Core Strategies, Inc.  In 2011 he was elected to the Computing Industry Hall of Fame for his role in creating the A+ Certification program, the world’s largest computer service professional certification program.
An entrepreneur at heart, Marshall co-founded the sentiment analysis company Wise Window in 2008, which was acquired by KPMG in 2012. While Managing Director at KPMG, Marshall co-founded the firm’s Center of Excellence for Data & Analytics. After spending a couple of years as a consultant and board member, Marshall joined the Argyros School in June 2017.
 
In this episode he talks about the historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari and especially about his hook Homo Deus. He also talks about his podcast with Joel Kotkin.
 
Marshall is also on Twitter and Facebook
 
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests.
 
Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. 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!
 
And yes, i just finished the 10th 100mile.org  and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation.  The campaign will continue until the end of the year.  #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Åsa Skogström Feldt (episode 63)

Åsa Skogström Feldt is the managing director of the IKEA Social Entrepreneurship BV since October 2017, before that she was President and CEO at The Hunger Project’s Global Office in New York.  As business leader at IKEA from 2012-2014, she supported social enterprises that were within their value chains through business partnerships. As CEO of The Hunger Project in Sweden from 2004-2012, Åsa succeeded in growing the organization and significantly increasing revenue and public awareness, particularly through partnerships with entrepreneurs and businesses. Prior to joining The Hunger Project, Åsa has17 years of business experience, including seven years within international telecommunications in marketing and communications. Her present organization's latest sustainability strategy and report can be found here. She also talk about the inner development goals and more is explained here.
 
She is also on twitter and instagram.
 
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests.
 
Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. 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!
 
And yes, i just finished the 10th 100mile.org  and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation.  The campaign will continue until the end of the year.  #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Brian Backe (episode 62)

Brian Backe's personal mission is to empower emerging leaders in nonprofit organizations and businesses who are striving to make the world a better place. Of special interest is promoting servant leadership, strengthening nonprofit organizations, and supporting social enterprises that are addressing hunger and poverty in the US and around the globe. I had an interesting conversation with him, so check out episode 62 of Walk Talk Listen podcast (available from Wednesday, October 20, 2021 onwards).  For previous episodes go to walktalklisten.podbean.com
 
He also can be found on Facebook. And if you want to connect with him via email, you can as well. His website will be up soon. Stay tuned.
 
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests.
 
Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. 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!
 
And yes, i just finished the 10th 100mile.org  and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation.  The campaign will continue until the end of the year.  #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Takeshi Komino (episode 61)

Takeshi Komino is the General Secretary of CWS Japan, and Co-chairperson of Japan Platform. Also serves as Secretary General and a member of Executive Committee for Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN), joint secretariat of Japan CSO Coalition for DRR (JCC-DRR), and the chairperson of Japan Quality and Accountability Network (JQAN).  He graduated from Doshisha University, and holds Development Studies M.A. from Brandeis University.
 
He can also be found on Facebook.
 
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests.
 
Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. 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!
 
And yes, the 10th 100mile.org  is around the corner and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation. Due to the generous support of Re:Start mobile banking, we have received a matching grant of US$ 2,500. This means that every dollar you donate to the 100mile walk will be doubled until we reach that goal. My actual walk will take place from October 11-17, 2021.  #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange
 

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Karli Moore (episode 60)

Karli Moore is a member of the Lumbee Tribe and is from Prospect, North Carolina. Since earning her bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and agricultural business management from NC State, she also earned master’s degrees in agricultural economics from the University of Arkansas and rural development from Ghent University. She was also part of the inaugural class of students to earn a graduate certificate in food policy and sustainability leadership from Arizona State University. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in environment and resources at Stanford University’s School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences. 
 
Moore aspires to advance food sovereignty and economic development for indigenous communities through climate-smart agriculture that centers traditional ecological knowledge. She was a biodiversity coordinator at BASF, an economic fellow at the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, and a program officer at the Native American Agriculture Fund. Her work has helped guide the investment of more than $40 million for Native food systems over the past two years. At NC State, she was a Udall Scholar, Park Scholar, and Mathews Medal recipient. At present Karli has been admitted into the 2021 cohort of Knight-Hennessy Scholars, an international, graduate-level scholarship program at Stanford University. Knight-Hennessy Scholars receive full funding to pursue any graduate degree at Stanford and have additional opportunities for leadership training, mentorship and experiential learning across multiple disciplines. She is also a board member of Growing Hope Globally.
 
You can find Karli on Facebook.
 
Don't forget to check our Spotify Playlist #WalkTalkListen consisting of songs chosen by our podcast guests.
 
Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this particular episode and the previous ones. 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!
 
And yes, the 10th 100mile.org is around the corner and there are 10 plus ways to get involved. Indeed, one way is to support my walk with a donation. Due to the generous support of Re:Start mobile banking, we have received a matching grant of US$ 2,500. This means that every dollar you donate to the 100mile walk will be doubled until we reach that goal. My actual walk will take place from October 11-17, 2021. #hunger100 #gotheextra100mile #bethechange