Walk Talk Listen Podcast

Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Caryl Stern (episode 68)

Caryl M. Stern joined the Walton Family Foundation as Executive Director after 14 years as President and CEO of UNICEF USA. Previously, Caryl served as Senior Associate National Director and Chief Operating Officer at the Anti-Defamation League, the founding director of its A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute, and the Dean of Students at Polytechnic University. A dynamic change-maker, Caryl has dedicated her career to helping others through education, compassion, advocacy and rolling up her sleeves.
 
Caryl’s professional responsibilities have taken her to more than 30 countries, representing UNICEF USA’s emergency relief efforts for children affected by disasters, including the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the 2011 East Africa drought, the Ebola and Zika epidemics and the ongoing global refugee and migrant crisis.
 
A sought-after public speaker on the topics of Kids Helping Kids, children and philanthropy, anti-bullying and international development, Caryl was invited to present at the White House’s inaugural summit on The United State of Women and was named one of “25 Women Changing the World in 2017” by People Magazine, “20 Most Influential Moms of 2017” by Family Circle, “25 Moms We Love” by Working Mother Magazine and “Ten Women to Watch” by Jewish Women International.
 
She serves on the boards of directors of The Container Store and the We Are Family Foundation, in addition to being a member of the Chime for Change Advisory Board. She was selected as a recipient of the Helenka Pantaleoni Humanitarian Award from UNICEF USA in 2020 and named a Moves Power Women honoree in 2020. The recipient of five honorary Doctoral degrees, Caryl earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Studio Art, a Master’s Degree in College Student Personnel Administration and completed her PhD coursework in the same field. She wrote the book I Believe in Zero: Learning from the World’s Children,” in which she draws on her travels around the world, offering memorable, first-hand stories that present powerful and sometimes counter-intuitive lessons about life. “I Believe in ZERO” reflects her – and UNICEF’s – mission to reduce the number of children under the age of five who die from preventable causes from 19,000 each day to ZERO.
 
Caryl is an activist, author, executive, public speaker, mother of three and grandmother of two.
 
You can follow the Walton Family Foundation via twitter, instagram, facebook and Youtube and Caryl herself via twitter and facebook.
 
Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@cwsglobal.org what you think about this new series. We would love to hear from you.
 
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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

WTL special series: Enough for All - introduction

An introduction to a special podcast Walk Talk Listen series: Enough for All - the 75th anniversary of the faith based organization Church World Service. The series will introduce staff and partners, both old and current, of the faith based organization of which I have been a part for the last 23 years or so. Similar to the regular Walk Talk Listen podcast, I have tried to be the observer and listener. It will be of interest for all people interested in people and organizations. I hope this podcast series is much more than simply a "celebration" of 75 years of work of CWS but these real life stories are hopefully also a learning tool to adopt transformative and purposeful practices in our lives and organizations.
 
Please let me/us know via our email incubationlab@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!
 
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 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