Meaningful Impact

The Meaningful Impact podcast features inspiring stories about purpose-driven leaders who overcome enormous challenges to achieve a triple win: a win for a philanthropic cause, a win for their companies, and a win for their project teams. In the narrative style of 'This American Life' and '99% Invisible', Meaningful Impact episodes reveal surprising, behind-the-scenes stories about the development of award-winning advertising, cause marketing campaigns, and corporate responsibility initiatives. Episode transcripts and related materials can be found at https://meaningfulimpact.com/episodes/

Episodes

Inspiration Booster Shot: Motives

June 24, 2024 • 8 mins

This mini episode offers a booster shot of inspiration with two short stories about motives. The first story is a re-telling of Arthur Gordon's 'The Turn of the Tide' where he follows a doctor's unorthodox instructions to re-examine his motives. The second short story shares the perspective of a retired nurse near the end of her life. From her literal deathbed in hospice care, she reflects on life's meaning as she answers the quest...

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Chillboards

March 3, 2024 • 41 mins

The ad agency for Coors Light proposed a million-dollar campaign to promote the beer by painting billboards on the flat rooftops of apartment buildings. No one would be able to see the billboards from the ground. Can you imagine any circumstance where you would have approved that campaign? Coors Light did. Find out why on this episode of Meaningful Impact.

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Barbie with Down Syndrome

January 10, 2024 • 41 mins

Mattel has further evolved Barbie from its original, unrealistic body shape into a broadly diverse product line. But Barbie wasn't always so inclusive. To fully appreciate just how far Barbie has come, this episode will explore how and why Mattel embraced corporate responsibility to offer diverse Barbie dolls -- which now account for half of Barbie sales.

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I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing

December 20, 2023 • 65 mins

This pilot episode tells the epic, behind-the-scenes story of "Hilltop," one of the earliest cause marketing ads. Better known as "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing," follow the ad's development, from a scribble on a cafe napkin, to an unrelatable radio jingle and a catastrophic film shoot, before becoming a global sensation.

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Barbie with Down Syndrome

I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing

Popular Podcasts

Inspiration Booster Shot: Motives

Chillboards