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  • The Art of Storytelling with Shawn Callahan (Inspiring Stories)

    The Art of Storytelling with Shawn Callahan (Inspiring Stories)
    Oct 25 2022
    The Art of Storytelling with Shawn Callahan The Ampliseed Podcast: Inspiring Stories, Episode 5 This is the fifth episode in Ampliseed’s Inspiring Stories series— interviews with leaders who inspire us on our pathway to an equitable and nature positive future, who share with us what brought them to this space, which opportunities inspired them, and what challenges they had to overcome. Jump to: On this episode | About the guests | Show notes | Transcript ON THIS EPISODE OF INSPIRING STORIES How do we lift the profile of our work and excite others with our vision? What's the best way to share our progress and stories of impact with both communities and funders? Join us in conversation with Shawn Callahan, founder of storytelling company Anecdote, to learn what sparked his interest in storytelling for businesses and share his insights and tips into how to identify a good story, how to remember it when you need it, and how to make it work for your organization and audience. ABOUT TODAY'S GUESTS Shawn Callahan (Invited Guest) Shawn Callahan is a story specialist and founder of the business storytelling company Anecdote, where he has helped some of the world’s top companies to make their strategies really stick. His specialty is helping executives and leaders find and tell the stories that engage the emotions of, and ultimately inspire action from, their employees, customers and communities. Shawn is based on Wurundjeri Country in Melbourne, Australia. Ariadne Gorring (co-Host) Ariadne is the co-CEO of Pollination Foundation. Ariadne is passionate about Indigenous-led cultural conservation, working with the Kimberley Land Council (KLC) for over 20 years on native title and cultural and natural resource management. She is a former Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity at Melbourne University, and recipient of the Barbara Thomas Fellowship in Conservation Financing via The Nature Conservancy Australia. Ariadne is based on Bunurong Country in Melbourne. Kirsty Galloway McLean (co-Host) Kirsty leads Ampliseed, a global network connecting practitioners with a rights-based, human-centered approach to building environmental resilience. Her background includes over a decade with the United Nations working in Canada and Japan, and 15 years as CEO of a management and communications consulting firm in Australia. As Executive Director at Pollination Foundation, she works to connect and support international organisations, philanthropists, business, Indigenous and community leaders, and other corporate foundations to drive progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Kirsty is based on Bunurong Country in Melbourne. SHOW NOTES This interview was originally recorded in 2020. Additional resources Podcasts mentioned by Shawn in this interview include Anecdotally Speaking, This American Life, Freakonomics, Sway, The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe, and Malcolm Gladwell's Podcast.To find out more about what Shawn and Anecdote are up to today, please check out the Anecdote website https://www.anecdote.com/, and follow them on social media. Twitter: @anecdote @ShawnCallahan TRANSCRIPT Shawn: We're immersed in a world which is full of stories. You've got to be good at spotting them. ----more---- Ariadne: From Ampliseed and Pollination Foundation, welcome to Inspiring Stories. This series makes space for conversations with leaders who inspire us on our pathway to an equitable and nature positive future. I'm Ariadne Goring, co-CEO of the Pollination Foundation, and we focus on bringing community to the heart of climate solutions. Kirsty: And I'm your co-host Kirsty Galloway McLean. I lead Ampliseed, a global network connecting practitioners with a rights-based human-centered approach to building environmental resilience. The topic for today's session was inspired by a common theme surfacing across our member discussions related to shaping project narratives. Some of the questions we've been hearing are along the lines of how do we lift the profile of our work and excite others with our vision? How do we shape our project stories in a way that speaks to the communities we work with, and equally resonates with prospective funders? What's the best way to share our progress and stories of impact? And that's why we're excited to bring to you today's episode, which comes from a Zoom originally recorded in October, 2020 with Shawn Callahan. Shawn's the founder of storytelling company Anecdote, and he's one of the world's leading business storytelling teachers and advisors. Shawn is joining us today to share what sparked his interest in storytelling for businesses and to share his insights and tips into how to identify a good story, how to remember it when you need it, and how to make it work for your organization and audience. Ariadne: As Kirsty mentioned, this session was originally recorded as a Zoom presentation with slides. For podcast purposes we've edited the story to make it a standalone for...
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    32 min
  • Mobilising Communities through Social Media with Zilanie Gondwe (Inspiring Stories)

    Mobilising Communities through Social Media with Zilanie Gondwe (Inspiring Stories)
    Oct 25 2022
    Mobilising Communities through Social Media with Zilanie Gondwe The Ampliseed Podcast: Inspiring Stories, Episode 4 This is the fourth episode in Ampliseed’s Inspiring Stories series— interviews with leaders who inspire us on our pathway to an equitable and nature positive future, who share with us what brought them to this space, which opportunities inspired them, and what challenges they had to overcome. Jump to: On this episode | About the guests | Show notes | Transcript ON THIS EPISODE OF INSPIRING STORIES "Storytelling is one of of those powerful ways that you can transform people's hearts. And then people's minds." As a well known movement builder in the creative industries and gender activism, over the last few years, Zilanie Gondwe has moved deeper into conservation advocacy. Join us to learn from Zilanie's experiences in how conservation movements can benefit from creative approaches that increase visibility and mobilize communities. ABOUT TODAY'S GUESTS Zilanie Gondwe (Invited Guest) Zilanie Gondwe is the Director of Malawi's Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICON), an independent, non-partisan policy and research organization dedicated to driving nature conservation to the heart of development in Malawi. A well known movement builder in the creative industries and gender activism, over the last few years, Zilanie has moved deeper into conservation advocacy. Zilanie is based in Lilongwe, Malawi. Ariadne Gorring (co-Host) Ariadne is the co-CEO of Pollination Foundation. Ariadne is passionate about Indigenous-led cultural conservation, working with the Kimberley Land Council (KLC) for over 20 years on native title and cultural and natural resource management. She is a former Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity at Melbourne University, and recipient of the Barbara Thomas Fellowship in Conservation Financing via The Nature Conservancy Australia. Ariadne is based on Bunurong Country in Melbourne. Kirsty Galloway McLean (co-Host) Kirsty leads Ampliseed, a global network connecting practitioners with a rights-based, human-centered approach to building environmental resilience. Her background includes over a decade with the United Nations working in Canada and Japan, and 15 years as CEO of a management and communications consulting firm in Australia. As Executive Director at Pollination Foundation, she works to connect and support international organisations, philanthropists, business, Indigenous and community leaders, and other corporate foundations to drive progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Kirsty is based on Bunurong Country in Melbourne. SHOW NOTES This interview was originally recorded in 2022. Additional resources Learn more about the pangolin History of the ivory trade via National GeographicThe Lilongwe Ecological Corridor Initiative (LECI) To find out more about what Zilanie and ICON are up to today, please check out the ICON website https://icon.mw/. TRANSCRIPT Zilanie: I live by the words in the work that I do of Sir David Attenborough. He said that saving our planet is a communications challenge. It really is, because storytelling is one of those powerful ways that you can transform people's hearts. And then people's minds. ----more---- Ariadne: From Ampliseed and The Pollination Foundation, welcome to Inspiring Stories. This series makes space for conversations with the leaders who inspire us on our pathway to an equitable and nature positive future. I'm Ariadne Gorring, co-CEO of Pollination Foundation, where we focus on bringing community to the heart of climate solutions. Kirsty: And I'm your co-host, Kirsty Galloway McLean. I lead Ampliseed, a peer-to-peer learning and doing network of landscape scale conservation projects around the world. Today's episode comes from a Zoom recorded in February, 2022 with Zilanie Tamara Gondwe. As a well known movement builder in the creative industries, and also working in gender activism, over the last few years, Zilanie has moved deeper into conservation advocacy, and she's joining us today to talk about ways conservation movements can benefit from creative approaches that increase visibility and mobilize communities. Ariadne: ZIlanie's talk was originally a Zoom presentation with slides. For the podcast purposes we have edited this story to make it standalone for you to listen to wherever and whenever suits you best. For any visual exclusions, like maps and other images, please check out the episode notes. So now sit back and enjoy taking time to listen to Zilanie and her inspiring story. Zilanie: This is the story around the work that my colleagues and the networks that we have here in Malawi do to mitigate the harms and reduce the wildlife, illegal wildlife trafficking and forestry crime in Malawi. I am the co-founder and director of the Institute for the Conservation of Nature, which is a platform that brings together expertise for communications and advocacy, but also for research ...
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    29 min
  • Yarning Time with Sam Murray – How to create a culturally safe workspace (Inspiring Stories)

    Yarning Time with Sam Murray – How to create a culturally safe workspace (Inspiring Stories)
    Oct 25 2022
    Yarning Time - How to create a culturally safe workspace with Sam Murray The Ampliseed Podcast: Inspiring Stories, Episode 3 This is the third episode in Ampliseed’s Inspiring Stories series— interviews with leaders who inspire us on our pathway to an equitable and nature positive future, who share with us what brought them to this space, which opportunities inspired them, and what challenges they had to overcome. Jump to: On this episode | About the guests | Show notes | Transcript ON THIS EPISODE OF INSPIRING STORIES How do we build culturally safe workplaces? Samantha Murray from the Indigenous Desert Alliance knows first hand how working in the city can be a daunting prospect for Aboriginal people who have grown up in remote desert communities. In this episode, Sam shares strategies on how organisations and companies can create culturally safe environments where First Nations people can feel spiritually, socially and emotionally safe. ABOUT TODAY'S GUESTS Sam Murray (Invited Guest) Samantha Murray is Deputy CEO of the Indigenous Desert Alliance (IDA). Sam is a proud Yilka/Wongutha/Nyoongar woman who grew up in Cosmo Newberry (where she has traditional owner links) and Laverton. She is a currently a director of Yilka Heritage and Land Care, and has also worked with Central Desert Native Title Services and Desert Support Services as a human resources officer. She has also worked in a range of other government-based roles in education, public housing and TAFE. Sam is based on the Whadjuk Nyoongar lands of Perth. Ariadne Gorring (co-Host) Ariadne is the co-CEO of Pollination Foundation. Ariadne is passionate about Indigenous-led cultural conservation, working with the Kimberley Land Council (KLC) for over 20 years on native title and cultural and natural resource management. She is a former Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity at Melbourne University, and recipient of the Barbara Thomas Fellowship in Conservation Financing via The Nature Conservancy Australia. Ariadne is based on Bunurong Country in Melbourne. Kirsty Galloway McLean (co-Host) Kirsty leads Ampliseed, a global network connecting practitioners with a rights-based, human-centered approach to building environmental resilience. Her background includes over a decade with the United Nations working in Canada and Japan, and 15 years as CEO of a management and communications consulting firm in Australia. As Executive Director at Pollination Foundation, she works to connect and support international organisations, philanthropists, business, Indigenous and community leaders, and other corporate foundations to drive progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Kirsty is based on Bunurong Country in Melbourne. SHOW NOTES This interview was originally recorded in 2021. Additional resources Map: To find out more about what Sam and IDA are up to today, please check out the Indigenous Desert Alliance website https://www.indigenousdesertalliance.com/, and follow them on social media.  Facebook: @indigenousdesertalliance | Tiktok: @indigenousdesertalliance | Twitter: @IDA_Australia |  LinkedIn: @indigenous-desert-alliance | YouTube: @indigenousdesertalliance TRANSCRIPT Sam: Cultural safety is about trying to remove that very strong line. You know, trying to at least diminish that a little bit, so that person in the middle can feel like they can be themselves in both worlds: at home or country, and also in the corporate professional environment. ----more---- Ariadne: From Ampliseed and the Pollination Foundation, welcome to Inspiring Stories. This series makes space for conversations with leaders who inspire us on a pathway to an equitable and nature positive future. And it's important to see the world through different eyes and understand different perspectives, and that's what really excites us about this podcast. I'm Ariadne Gorring, co-CEO of Pollination Foundation, and we focus on bringing community to the heart of climate solutions. Kirsty: And I'm your co-host, Kirsty Galloway McLean. I lead Ampliseed, a peer-to-peer learning and doing network of landscape scale conservation projects around the world. Ariadne: Today's episode comes from a Zoom that we recorded in October, 2021 with the very generous Sam Murray, and a really gorgeous story in the preparation for bringing this together was that Sam and I realized that one of my first jobs out of high school was working on a mine site in a very remote part of Western Australia. And it just so happens that that mine site in the town, Cosmo Newberry, is where Sam grew up, and I spent a lot of my time when I was on the mine playing with the kids and we think that Sam was probably one of those kids that I spent time with. So a really beautiful point of connection to start us off today. Kirsty: Sam works at the Indigenous Desert Alliance and Sam's going to share with us today her experiences and insights on how to create culturally safe spaces that ...
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    30 min
  • The Importance of Cultural Safety with Janine Mohamed (Inspiring Stories)

    The Importance of Cultural Safety with Janine Mohamed (Inspiring Stories)
    Oct 25 2022
    The Importance of Cultural Safety with Janine Mohamed The Ampliseed Podcast: Inspiring Stories, Episode 2 This is the second episode in Ampliseed’s Inspiring Stories series— interviews with leaders who inspire us on our pathway to an equitable and nature positive future, who share with us what brought them to this space, which opportunities inspired them, and what challenges they had to overcome. Jump to: On this episode | About the guests | Show notes | Transcript ON THIS EPISODE OF INSPIRING STORIES "We can only ever travel at the speed of trust, and trust takes time". This second episode of our Inspiring Stories podcast brings you a powerful story of lived experience from Dr Janine Mohamed. Janine is a Narrunga Kaurna woman and the Chief Executive of the Lowitja Institute. In this podcast she takes listeners on a journey of Australian history through the very personal, moving lens of her own family’s history. ABOUT TODAY'S GUESTS Janine Mohamed (Invited Guest) Dr Janine Mohamed is the CEO of The Lowitja Institute – Australia’s National Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research. She was recently awarded an Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity Fellowship in 2019, a Doctorate of Nursing honoris causa by Edith Cowan University in January 2020, and a Distinguished Fellowship by The George Institute for Global Health Australia in 2021. Janine is based on Wurundjeri Country in Melbourne. Ariadne Gorring (co-Host) Ariadne is the co-CEO of Pollination Foundation. Ariadne is passionate about Indigenous-led cultural conservation, working with the Kimberley Land Council (KLC) for over 20 years on native title and cultural and natural resource management. She is a former Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity at Melbourne University, and recipient of the Barbara Thomas Fellowship in Conservation Financing via The Nature Conservancy Australia. Ariadne is based on Bunurong Country in Melbourne. Kirsty Galloway McLean (co-Host) Kirsty leads Ampliseed, a global network connecting practitioners with a rights-based, human-centered approach to building environmental resilience. Her background includes over a decade with the United Nations working in Canada and Japan, and 15 years as CEO of a management and communications consulting firm in Australia. As Executive Director at Pollination Foundation, she works to connect and support international organisations, philanthropists, business, Indigenous and community leaders, and other corporate foundations to drive progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Kirsty is based on Bunurong Country in Melbourne. SHOW NOTES This interview was originally recorded in 2020. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that the following program contains a reference to an Elder who is sadly no longer with us. Additional resources Materials referenced Movie: Rabbit Proof-Fence (a 2002 film based on the 1996 book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilikington Garimara). Book: Dark Emu by Bruce PascoeBook: Talkin' Up to the White Woman by Aileen Moreton-Robinson To find out more about what Janine and the Lowitja Institute are up to today, please check out the Lowitja website https://www.lowitja.org.au/, and follow them on social media.  Facebook: @lowitjainstitute | Twitter: @lowitjainstitut | YouTube: @lowitjainstitute TRANSCRIPT Janine: We can only ever travel at the speed of trust, and trust takes time. Being strong in my culture and my cultural identity really helped protect me from the slings and arrows of racism that I experienced when I ventured out into dominant culture spaces, like mainstream schools or health services, because when you come up against those slings, those things that people tell you about yourself, you'll know they're not true. ----more---- Ariadne: From Ampliseed and the Pollination Foundation, welcome to Inspiring Stories. This series makes space for conversations with leaders who inspire us on our pathway to an equitable and nature positive future. I'm Ariadne Gorring co-CEO of Pollination Foundation. And we focus on bringing community to the heart of climate solutions. Kirsty: And I'm your co-host Kirsty Galloway McLean. I lead Ampliseed, a peer-to-peer learning network of landscape scale conservation projects around the world. Ariadne: Today's episode comes from a Zoom recorded in October, 2020 with a dear friend, Dr. Janine Mohamed. As a Narrunga Kaurna woman from Point Pierce in South Australia, Janine's career in indigenous health has grounded her as a passionate advocate for cultural safety, women's empowerment and systems change. In her role as the CEO of the Lowitja Institute, the peak body for indigenous health research in Australia, Janine inspires indigenous women to be cultural advocates and leaders in their workplace. Kirsty: Before we start, just a quick housekeeping note - because this recording was originally a Zoom presentation with slides, ...
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    37 min
  • Indigenous Storytelling Meets Virtual Reality with Mikaela Jade (Inspiring Stories)

    Indigenous Storytelling Meets Virtual Reality with Mikaela Jade (Inspiring Stories)
    Oct 18 2022

    Indigenous Storytelling Meets Virtual Reality with Mikaela Jade The Ampliseed Podcast: Inspiring Stories, Episode 1

    This is the first episode in Ampliseed’s Inspiring Stories series— interviews with leaders who inspire us on our pathway to an equitable and nature positive future, who share with us what brought them to this space, which opportunities inspired them, and what challenges they had to overcome.

    Jump to: On this episode | About the guests | Show notes | Transcript

    Mikaela is the CEO and Founder of Indigital. As a proud Cabrogal woman of the Dharug-speaking nations of Sydney, Australia, Mikaela comes from the world’s oldest storytellers. She loves technology and is a strong proponent of working together, in person, with communities. Named on The Australian’s 100 Top Innovators List and recognised as the 2021 Indigenous Leader of the Year at the Women in Digital awards, Mikaela has been widely recognised as a leader in the technology space, and her company Indigital has received numerous awards. Mikaela is based on Ngunnawal Country in Canberra.

    Ariadne Gorring (co-Host)

    Ariadne is the co-CEO of Pollination Foundation. Ariadne is passionate about Indigenous-led cultural conservation, working with the Kimberley Land Council (KLC) for over 20 years on native title and cultural and natural resource management. She is a former Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity at Melbourne University, and recipient of the Barbara Thomas Fellowship in Conservation Financing via The Nature Conservancy Australia. Ariadne is based on Bunurong Country in Melbourne.

    Kirsty Galloway McLean (co-Host)

    Kirsty leads Ampliseed, a global network connecting practitioners with a rights-based, human-centered approach to building environmental resilience. Her background includes over a decade with the United Nations working in Canada and Japan, and 15 years as CEO of a management and communications consulting firm in Australia. As Executive Director at Pollination Foundation, she works to connect and support international organisations, philanthropists, business, Indigenous and community leaders, and other corporate foundations to drive progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Kirsty is based on Bunurong Country in Melbourne.

    Indigital Schools in Action
    • To find out more about what Mikaela and Indigital are up to today, please check out the Indigital website indigital.net.au, and follow them on social media.  Facebook: @indigitaledutech | Instagram: @indigitaledutech | Twitter: @Indigitaledu |  LinkedIn: @Indigitaledutech

    head over to our website to learn more about what we do. We'd like to close with a special thanks to the BHP Foundation whose support makes this work possible. And Ari, do you want to give a couple of words about our next episode?

    Ariadne: Yeah. In our next episode, we will feature an inspiring story from a woman who is leading systems change and human flourishing. So look forward to having you all join us then.

    Kirsty: Fantastic. Till next time. Bye.
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    28 min