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Hosted by Vanessa Wakeman · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 42 episodes
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The Social Change Diaries (SCD), hosted by Vanessa Wakeman, explores the stories and strategies shaping today's social change sector. Featuring thought leaders, researchers, and disruptors, SCD tackles urgent questions about narrative, communications for social change, and the way language informs our behavior and society – offering timely insights and inspiration for nonprofit leaders, philanthropists, socially responsible executives, and changemakers.
Vanessa Wakeman hosts The Social Change Diaries, a business show with 42 episodes published.
Righting and Writing History: Episode 8, Vanessa is joined by Richard Tate, President and CEO of The California Wellness Foundation. Together, they explore why philanthropy must mobilize more than money, the role of voic
Righting and Writing History: On Episode 7, Vanessa is joined by Angelique Power, President & CEO of The Skillman Foundation. Together they discuss the four pillars of community change, the role of foundations to serve a
Righting and Writing History: Episode 6 Vanessa is joined by Jen Ford Reedy, President of the Bush Foundation. In conversation, they explore the importance of long-term thinking, strategic communications understood as pr
What can philanthropy do to bolster the power of people to participate in our government for the people and by the people? What role has the information environment played in the deterioration of our democratic guardrail
Righting and Writing History: Episode 4, Vanessa is joined by Keenya Lambert, President and CEO at the Chicago Foundation for Women. Together they explore the incredible change that has been advanced to this moment throu
In this episode, Vanessa is joined by Alesha Washington, President & CEO of the Seattle Foundation. At the foundation, Alesha leads efforts to inspire transformative philanthropy with the objective of fostering a joyful
In this discussion, Vanessa sits down with Kevin Walker, President of Northwest Area Foundation, who leads efforts to advance racial, social, and economic justice across eight states and 76 Native nations, including a lo
Vanessa kicks off season seven with Supriya Lopez Pillai, President of the Libra Foundation. As a philanthropic leader with nearly three decades in social movements and 20 years in institutional philanthropy, Supriya con
In our final episode for season 6 of the Social Change Diaries Podcast, Communications Strategist and Wakeman Agency CEO, Vanessa Wakeman sits in the interviewee chair, sharing her latest insights. Joined by Camaro West,
Listen in for a fantastic conversation on the growing field of nonprofit news and how this model transforms how stories are told, and information is shared in our society. In this episode of the Social Change Diaries pod
In our most recent episode, Vanessa dives into how to bring narratives to life, with our guest Anat Shenker-Osorio, Principal and Founder of ASO Communications. Their conversation examines how social change communicators
The Social Change Diaries podcast does it again—bringing you crucial conversations about what's driving today's social change communications landscape. In this episode, Vanessa is joined by Amanda Zamora, Founder & Princ
In this episode of our newly launched Social Change Diaries Podcast, we dive into the question of how social change can use storytelling to change culture through narratives. The discussion features Bridgit Antoinette Ev
In another engaging conversation, we tackle the question: What would narrative ecosystems look like if we could totally redesign who participates in crafting the story? In this important conversation, Vanessa is joined b
Our first episode features the conversation between Vanessa and Dr. Safiya U. Noble, author of Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, as she shares the impact of algorithmic injustice and how it s
At no point in recent history has civil rights been so loudly at the forefront of everyday life, in multiple ways. The tidal wave of shared trauma ushered in by the Covid-19 pandemic and the recent slew of racially motiv
In this episode, Global Press Founder, Cristi Hegranes, shines a powerful light on solutions to institutional, ingrained problems that underly today's news media. She outlines key differences between action driven report
How nonprofits can successfully and efficiently secure corporate giving is a more important issue than ever before. This conversation with Becky Ferguson, VP of Global Philanthropy for pioneering powerhouse, Salesforce,
We kick off our 5th season with Rohit Talwar, the CEO of Fast Future, a UK based research and insights business that specializes in the fields of futures and foresight. In this dialogue, Rohit and Vanessa discuss the imp
Another must listen to episode from our Celebrity and Influencers season. For nonprofits looking to elevate their impact through communications and messaging, The Social Change Diaries provides a peek behind the curtain.
Courtney Lewis
Crandall Family Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Inaugural Director of the Native American Studies Initiative at Duke University · NOSH Pediatric Feeding Therapy
1 appearance on this show
Anat Shenker-Osorio
messaging strategist, author, Words to Win By host · ASO Communications
1 appearance on this show
Anat Shenker-Osorio
messaging strategist, author, Words to Win By host · ASO Communications
1 appearance on this show
Paola Ramos
author of “Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America” · VICE Media
1 appearance on this show
Ingrid Newkirk
co-founder and President · People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
1 appearance on this show
Angelique Power
The Skillman Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Jen Ford Reedy
Bush Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Kevin Walker
Northwest Area Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Vanessa Wakeman
Wakeman Agency
1 appearance on this show
Camaro West
Peace is Loud
1 appearance on this show
Amanda Zamora
Agencia Media
1 appearance on this show
Bridgit Antoinette Evans
Pop Culture Collaborative
1 appearance on this show
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The Social Change Diaries is hosted by Vanessa Wakeman. The show is categorised under business (non-profit) and has published 42 episodes.
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