Lets Break Good
A podcast for rebels that believe good is no longer good enough. Bite-size episodes and insightful interviews with useful tips and tricks for driving purpose in the workplace. Are you ready? Let's break good.
Episodes
April 12, 2022 • 98 mins
Our interview today is with @prettyblocks, a mixed media and generative NFT artist who collaborated with Stella Artois to raise $250k for Water.org. @prettyblocks discusses the campaign, how he started creating NFTs, and balancing the creative and financial rollercoaster that is the NFT space. Also in this episode: hosts Joe Agoada, CEO of Sostento, a 501c3 nonprofit, as well as 'Topshot Tandy' answer questions about using NFTs and...
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March 29, 2022 • 81 mins
In this episode we hear from nonprofits facing some challenges in how they use Web3 to raise funding for worthy causes. Hear from hosts Joe Agoada, CEO of Sostento, a 501c3 nonprofit, as well as 'Topshot Tandy' in this premiere episode of season 3. Make sure to tune in live next time to ask your own questions!
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August 26, 2020 • 24 mins
On today’s episode the story of how one nonprofit responded to their shut down of their organization during the coronavirus pandemic. How did a team, with limited money and time, react to the prospect of having to change their operations overnight? Get ready for takeoff for an uplifting and inspiring story.
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July 29, 2020 • 12 mins
On today’s episode we look at the economics of social good and how to avoid the disastrous outcome when you do way too much and make very little impact. When can you know that you're out of balance and those overtime hours you are putting in just aren’t worth it anymore? Stop wasting budgets, time and energy and become a master of making more impact -- by doing less, not more.
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July 10, 2020 • 57 mins
Our interview today is with Jean-Martin Bauer, Country Director at the World Food Programme in Congo-Brazzaville. Jean-Martin has spent nearly 20 years fighting hunger across Africa and the world with the United Nations. In this episode we will get into what it takes to mobilize huge amounts of aid during a crisis in an area of the world that cars cannot go and mobile phone networks don’t reach. Also, one tasty idea that promises t...
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June 10, 2020 • 15 mins
Welcome back to Let’s Break Good, the podcast where we never settle for good enough. A lot has happened since our last episode just over three months ago. The world has changed. Today a story of setbacks, resilience and rising to the challenge of a global pandemic. Who became an instant partner in a life saving coronavirus response innovation effort. What stuck at home resource fueled a powerful approach to flattening the curve? ...
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February 20, 2020 • 16 mins
Anyone who has attempted fundraising for a social cause will tell you it’s much harder than it seems. A big part of that challenge comes from a widely held false assumption that the best ideas get funding over boring traditional ones. In this episode our host shares some of the biggest mistakes that people make when they are just starting off fundraising and provides a couple secrets that have helped him raise millions for social g...
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February 13, 2020 • 68 mins
Or guest today is Professor David Grayson. For over 30 years, Professor Grayson has been a leader on purpose and sustainability in the world of business. He currently chairs the institute of business ethics in the United Kingdom and holds the title of professor emeritus at the Cranfield University School of Management. Today we’ll be talking about the evolution of corporate responsibility, the need for business leadership and what ...
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January 29, 2020 • 29 mins
At the center of today's episode will be the story of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, when in 2013 they set out on a mission to connect a billion people without internet access to the benefits of the world wide web. Why did Zuckerberg take on this impact minded initiative? How did Facebook leverage their corporate brand to try and do it? And what happened that caused millions of social good dollars to literally blow up in smoke.
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January 8, 2020 • 71 mins
To start the new year we have an interview with Ghanian entrepreneur Bright Simons. Bright is the President of mPedigree, a social enterprise that has developed novel solutions to the problem of harmful counterfeit drugs and agricultural products across Africa and Asia. Bright is a thought leader for the impact sector and a pioneer on powerful multi-sectoral partnerships that create ways of doing business that solve critical huma...
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December 26, 2019 • 18 mins
How should social causes determine how much they pay their employees? Some argue that working in the world of doing good means sacrificing the type of pay one would expect in a corporate job. But does that mindset cause there to be less talent, money and results from organizations that are saving lives and improving our planet or does the enormous needs of the poor and vulnerable mean there is a moral obligation to keep salaries l...
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November 28, 2019 • 27 mins
Have you ever clicked the like button on a social media post spotlighting a social cause without taking any other action at all? On this episode we explore if social media be a powerful tool for grassroots activism or if it is just a superficial hashtagification of social change. We will recount the story of one of the most notorious viral videos of all time that got hundreds of millions of likes around the world, inspiring celeb...
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November 20, 2019 • 65 mins
On this episode we discuss critical questions on the power and pitfalls of technology in helping society take on the most serious social challenges with Professor Morgan Ames. Profess Ames is an assistant adjunct professor in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. Her new book The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Child is available now via MIT Press. Professor Aims holds ...
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November 14, 2019 • 15 mins
On today’s episode we will explore different definitions of failure, how to avoid failing and perhaps most importantly, what to do if you feel like a total failure. We’ll take a special look at failure in the nonprofit and social impact world, where limited budgets and lots of need puts extra importance on separating good failures from bad ones.
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October 30, 2019 • 56 mins
The nonprofit Kiva has helped millions of people in over 75 countries since it started in 2005. Our guest interview with founding member Chelsa Bocci covers her 14 years of amazing Kiva moments that includes turning down a dream school opportunity, Oprah's favorite things (twice) and reaching one billion dollars in support to entrepreneurs world wide.
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October 24, 2019 • 17 mins
Equipment giveaways in Africa, unpaid intern labor, software donations to charities..all with good intentions and supposedly at no cost to the receiver, but could these freebies actually have a hidden price? On our season two premeiere episode we ask the question, what is the cost of free when it comes to nonprofit, philanthropic and development work. For more information or to get in touch with the podcast staff follow us on twit...
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September 10, 2019 • 6 mins
It's been two months since our season one finale, and new episodes are in the works! Listen to a brief update from host Joe Agoada as she shares about a chance encounter at a coffee shop that got him thinking about the podcast and then goes into a few details about the upcoming second season. You can also access all the episodes on our new homepage www.letstbreakgood.com
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July 1, 2019 • 24 mins
On the season one finale of the podcast we look into the global phenomenon known as One Laptop Per Child. It was a project that took off like a rocket ship in 2006, raising enormous amounts of money, grabbing the attention of world leaders and making headlines on all the major news outlets.
How did a nonprofit take on the audacious goal of getting every child on the planet a laptop? And over a decade later, how far did they get ...
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June 13, 2019 • 60 mins
A feature interview with the nonprofit leadership team of Public Lab, a community where you can learn how to investigate environmental concerns and use inexpensive DIY techniques to change how people see the world in environmental, social, and political terms. Shannon Dosemagen (Executive Director) and Jeff Warren (Director of Research) talk about their journey into careers in purpose, the founding of Public Lab during the BP Deepw...
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June 6, 2019 • 23 mins
Many of us are searching for a job that allows us to reach towards our greatest potential. An environment in the workplace that gives us to the room be our best selves. It’s not easy to find that place. Even an opportunity that looks good at first, may become a nightmare once you are in it. What questions should you ask before accepting that new job to make sure the fit is right? What does it feel like when you are in an organizat...
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