Walk Talk Listen Podcast

Christine Sow PhD MPH MA joined Humentum as CEO in 2019 following a 25-year career in international development. A seasoned convener and coalition-builder, Dr. Sow brings deep experience in leading member organizations, having relaunched the Global Health Council in 2013. Prior to joining Humentum, Dr. Sow led Palladium’s development impact bond work in addition to providing oversight to their USAID-funded health portfolio; she also served as Chief Operating Officer of Population Services International, where she led global operations across more than 60 countries. Over the span of her career, Dr. Sow spent more than 14 years in West Africa with organizations including UNICEF and USAID. She holds a PhD in epidemiology from Tulane University and two Masters Degrees from the University of Michigan; she is fluent in French and English.
 
In the episode of Walk Talk Listen, Christine shares especially how her organization Humentum is trying to navigate in the changing NGO landscape while we also touch upon the usual typical WTL questions. I also talk with her about ESG (Environmental Social and Governance), and refers to the three key factors when measuring the sustainability and ethical impact of an investment in a business or company.
 
Humentum can be found on twitter and instagram and they are also on LinkedIn and Facebook. Christine herself is on LinkedIn and Twitter.
 
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.

Lenann McGookey Gardner, is a Harvard MBA coaching individuals and employees in organizations of all sizes to achieve unprecedented results. She is an expert in state-of-the-art new business development skills, a strategist who specializes in being sure you know what to SAY and WRITE when you're selling, to optimize sales results, and a Job Search Coach who will help you GET THAT JOB OFFER. Lenann is also an Executive Coach to senior- and C-level-executives worldwide. Her first book, Got Sales? The Complete Guide to Today's Proven Methods for Selling Services, published in 2007, was nominated for the Axiom Business Book Award, recognizing the best business books of the year. Her second book, Win More Clients, is the fastest way to improve your approach to business development in the new economy, whether you’re new to sales or an experienced rainmaker. Get the DATA about today’s most powerful selling skills in this easy-to-read, simple-to-understand book. Adjust what's optimal to say when you’re selling, and watch your sales results soar! Lenann served for more than 7 years and still actively supports the organization.
 
Lenann's social media handles are: Facebook personal, Facebook company, Twitter personal and Instagram personal.
 
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!

Sydney Upchurch and Shaurya Saluja are the co-founders of Fleet. Sydney, is responsible for Fleet's Planning & Partnerships and she is an urban planner and designer. She is committed to designing and deploying tech applications to make cities more sustainable, equitable, and efficient. Sydney has a diverse background with experience in fields from public policy to urban analytics. As a graduate student, she explored innovative new mobility solutions and worked on research at the MIT Urban Mobility Lab. She has a Master’s in urban planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Shaurya Saluja is Fleet's CEO and he has worked at the intersection of sustainability, transportation and technology for over a decade. Prior to founding Fleet with Sydney, he led technology and global growth for a private European train operator. Shaurya holds a degree in Computer Science from Stanford University, where he was also a competitive squash player and a frequent judge at hackathons.
 
You can find Sydney and Shaurya as well as their company on social media: Twitter Sydney, Twitter Shaurya and Twitter Fleet. Instagram of Fleet and Shaurya.
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.

Ellen Andrews was born-and-raised in Durham, North Carolina and graduated from UNC in 2009 with a degree in psychology, minoring in biology. Always thinking she would go into research, it was only after she spent time volunteering and interning at the Carol Woods Retirement Community that Ellen realized she was best suited to an active, dynamic, interpersonal work environment. She started her work at Church World Service (CWS)  in its refugee resettlement program straight out of college, initially as an employment specialist. After helping more than 100 refugees get jobs that first year, she took a post as a team leader, then a supervisor role overseeing program management responsibilities, moved into a director position with the CWS Durham office in 2014. When I spoke with her in 2021 she was the North Carolina area director and at present she is the Regional Director, US Mid-Atlantic.
 
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.
 

Chris Bolman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Brightest (brightest.io), the operating system for managing and measuring sustainability, ESG, and social impact. Chris has taught over 15,000 students on strategy, sustainability, brand development, and communications, and his work and writing has been featured in publications like Harvard Business Review, The Washington Post, and Scientific American. You can find both Chris as well as his company on social media: Twitter and Instagram for Chris and for his company Brightest: 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 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.

Liesbeth Rijsdijk, Ph.D., works at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences in Zwolle, The Netherlands. She is part of the management team of and a senior lecturer at Windesheim Honors College (WHC) that offers honors education for (international) students. Next to teaching and managing, she is a senior researcher at the Research Program Social Innovation at Windesheim UAS. The current focus of her research is on Wicked Challenges, strategic network collaboration & governance, leadership competences, energy transition and climate adaptation. Next to her job at Windesheim, she is the Chair of the Climate Campus Foundation and part of the editorial board of the professional Magazine on Project Management and Agile Management. Before joining Windesheim UAS in 2003, Liesbeth worked as a prevention policy officer for the Child Protection Board and later as the Director of Communication of the Dutch Ministry of Justice, and as an associate Expert in Communication and Development for UNESCO and UNAIDS in the Pacific and Central Asia. Liesbeth will become a professor in Networks in Circular Economy as of the 1st of November 2022, also at Windesheim UAS.
 
During this podcast episode we tackle a lot of different issues and topics, among others one of the program WHC offers is the 4 year fully English taught BBA program “Global Project and Change Management” which is fully dedicated to sustainable development, and which has been a top-rated program for years.  The UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Inner Development Goals are at the heart of the program.
 
You can find the social medial related tools here: Instagram 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.  

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.

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!