A new podcast highlighting the stories of everyday people that create impactful social change by empowering their coworkers and the companies they work in.
Hosted by Rachel Klausner, a former changemaker turned founder of Millie, helping companies start, scale, and amplify their social impact programs with tech. When she’s not podcasting under a blanket or running a small tech company, Rachel is hiking with her daughters (read: bribing them with Skittles up mountains) or trying new art mediums to amatuer-out with.
In a recent episode of Changemakers From Within, Ani Boyo from Toast joins Millie founder Rachel Klausner to unpack how a few bold ideas—and a lot of intentional storytelling—have turned Toast’s product ecosystem into a powerful driver of social good. From reducing food waste to building donation tools for restaurants, Ani shares how impact became embedded in Toast’s DNA.
In this episode of Changemakers from Within, host Rachel Klausner sits down with longtime friend and CSR trailblazer Katy Spriano, who supports the DK S.E.R.V.E.S. program at DraftKings. From global tree-planting initiatives to embedding volunteerism into new hire onboarding, Katy shares how DraftKings is weaving social impact into the fabric of company culture across six countries and thousands of employees.
In this season-two installment of the Changemakers from Within podcast, host Rachel Klausner sits down with Eddie Hightower from Caliber Collision—
the largest auto body service company in the U.S.—to discuss how a unique blend of sustainability, workforce development, and community impact is transforming an entire industry.
In the latest episode of “Changemakers from Within,” Rachel sits down with Kaitlin Westbrook Tolson, National STEM & Philanthropy Advocate at Apex Systems, and Erica Woods, Director of Contractor Programs & Philanthropy at Apex Systems. Get an inside look at the framework they are using to leverage their team that resulted in a 100% participation rate in 2022. From campaigns like their Quarter of Caring, Random Acts of Kindness, and Earth Week to gamified events like Giving Madness, Gamers vs Cancer, Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader (exec version), and a Virtual Magic Show, Apex Systems is dedicated to offering something for everyone. Tune in to learn more about how they leverage their teams to create multiple, successful giving campaigns all year long.
Tune in for an exclusive deep dive into all things Giving Madness with founder, Rachel Klausner, interviewed by Millie team member, Stacy Schmitz. In this episode Rachel talks the origin of Giving Madness, the purpose behind gamified giving, and the amazing results seen since the pilot launch in March of 2022. With customer testimonials, Rachel’s journey on a collab sprint with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, interesting results from a tech error and some impactful “aha” moments, you will not want to miss this episode!
In the latest episode of “Changemakers from Within,” Rachel sits down with Kaanji Irby, an inspirational, amazing human and podcast extraordinaire. Kaanji is Head of DI and Social Impact at Next Insurance and cohost of the “Motherhood in Black and White” podcast. She defines “pivot” with her many paths that have led her to social impact. After her experience in teaching, flight attendant, then law school, she co-founded a nonprofit. She was approached to spearhead a social impact program for Next Insurance, a company whos’ mission is to help small businesses thrive by providing insurance for entrepreneurs. She provides a unique perspective to social impact with her legal expertise as well as her well-rounded background and most importantly, her heart. An impact story you won’t want to miss!
Listen to changemaker Megan Goddard, a long time fighter for criminal justice reform, who has worked to help previously incarcerated individuals reenter society and get a fair chance at employment once they’ve been released. Megan is the Corporate Social Responsibility Program Manager at Checkr, a background check company that helps take the bias out of the process, where she helps spearhead the company’s social impact side.
In the latest episode of “Changemakers from Within,” Rachel sits down with Lenna Daniels, the new Social Impact Program Manager at Vimeo. Listen to learn about how Lenna paved her way to a full-time social impact role and about the exciting initiatives she’s led.
In the latest episode of “Changemakers from Within,” Rachel sits down with Lisa Boyd, Director of Social Impact at Lyft. Listen to learn about the way social impact is weaved throughout Lyft’s mission as a company, and the way their programs have transformed transportation access, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the latest episode of “Changemakers from Within,” Rachel sits down with Lisa Boyd, Director of Social Impact at Lyft. Listen to learn about the way social impact is weaved throughout Lyft’s mission as a company, and the way their programs have transformed transportation access, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this month’s episode, Rachel is joined by the Director of Social Impact Product at Facebook, Emily Dalton Smith. Want to hear how the platform
During the COVID-19 pandemic, DoorDash has been using last-mile delivery to support restaurants and the communities they serve.
In the mid-’90s, Kat Owsley was a temporary employee at Bosch. Now, she’s the president of the corporate foundation associated with Bosch in North America.
Read how as G2’s Global Community & Culture Specialist, Kirstin balances and weaves together the company’s giving program and its diversity and inclusion efforts.
Nina is the social impact coordinator at Lemonade — an insurance company with a business model that puts giving at the core.
“Tech for good” trailblazer Bryan Breckenridge shares the wisdom he’s acquired from two decades of building out social impact programs.
This week, Rachel is joined by the Bayyina Black — the global sustainability and impact manager for an ad agency with some of the biggest clients in the world.
This is a fun one! Our first double episode is here where we were joined by two incredible social impact folks. Both Megan Trotter and
Julian Gutierrez, Program Manager of Culture and Social Impact at Segment, joined us for our latest episode of Changemakers from Within. It’s not to be
On the latest episode of Changemakers from Within, we had the pleasure of chatting with Lindsey Clark, the Senior Partner of Social Impact at Pegasystems.
On the latest episode of Changemakers from Within, we had the honor of sitting down with Stacey Baxter, the Engagement Strategy Manager and leader of
Honored and beyond excited to share with you all our latest guest on Changemakers from Within, Chad Kilpatrick! Chad is the Head of Talent Community
On the latest episode of Changemakers from Within, we had the pleasure to sit down with Tu-Han Phan, the head of social impact and diversity at RingCentral.
Thrilled to be speaking with Heather Jin, Global Head of Social Impact at Medallia, on our seventh episode of Changemakers from Within. For the full
So excited to be talking to Rachel Seward, the Vice President of Enterprise Communications and Philanthropy at MiTek, on our sixth episode of Changemakers from
On the latest episode of Changemakers from Within, we had the chance to hear from Kari McHugh, the senior director of Customer and Community Relations
We had an amazing time talking with Sara Quist about her inspiring work as Community Engagement Lead at Cigna on the latest episode of our
Full Episode with Amy here or on your favorite podcast player: I had so much fun talking to Amy Wendel, Global Head of Corporate
We had the pleasure of sitting down with Heather Stowe, the Corporate Responsibility Manager at Domtar in the latest episode of our podcast, Changemakers from
What we learned from talking to Michael Newhall from Sentinel Benefits: Meet Michael Newhall, the Vice President of Business and Community Development at Sentinel Benefits.
Are you a changemaker from within? Or do you work with someone who is?
We’re looking to tell the stories of people pushing social change from within their company — from volunteer days to food drives, and from unique programming to long-standing partnerships with nonprofits. We’re excited to dive deep on what got you going, how you got buy in from executives, and all the planning that went in.
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