424. Growing Young Ideas into World-Changing Ideas - Coeylen Barry + Kai Barry
We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits
Meet Coeylen and Kai. This dynamic duo is part of the team at Mira Fellowship, where they’re building a blueprint for the future by reframing our most intractable issues and discovering solutions that empower individuals to action. As Director of Story, Kai helps turn the fellow's ideas into clear communicable stories. And, as Director of Curriculum, Coeylen is passionate about the creative process and has spent years refining curriculum to support people with a vision who want to bring it into reality to affect change. They’re sharing how every societal change first started as an idea. With structure, support and coaching, an idea can turn into an actionable idea for change. Tune in to hear how we can’t solve problems with the same thinking used to create them 💭👏
💡Learn
- History + Overview of Mira Fellowship
- Growing Young Ideas into World-Changing Ideas
- The Power of Community
Today's Guests
Coeylen Barry, Director of Curriculum and Kai Barry, Director of Story, Mira Fellowship
Episode Highlights
- Monumental change has come from simple shifts in perspective (10:00)
- Scarcity in the nonprofit sector (17:00)
- Creating environments that are conducive to incubating world-changing ideas (17:00)
- Mindsets (22:00)
- The power of community to move forward world-changing ideas (28:00)
- A powerful moment of philanthropy in Kai’s life (34:00)
- A powerful moment of philanthropy in Coeylen’s life (36:00)
- Kai’s One Good Thing: Go back to play. (37:00)
- Coeylen’s One Good Thing: Give yourself time and be playful. (38:00)
- How to connect with Mira Fellowship (40:00)
For more information + episode details visit: weareforgood.com/episode/424.
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