The Social Change Diaries

The Social Change Diaries (SCD), hosted by Vanessa Wakeman, explores the stories and strategies shaping today's social change sector. Featuring thought leaders, researchers, and disruptors, SCD tackles urgent questions about narrative, communications for social change, and the way language informs our behavior and society – offering timely insights and inspiration for nonprofit leaders, philanthropists, socially responsible executives, and changemakers.

The Social Change Diaries is a business podcast hosted by Vanessa Wakeman, with 42 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Vanessa Wakeman hosts The Social Change Diaries, a business show with 42 episodes published.

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  Episode #8

  Richard Tate, President and CEO of The California Wellness Foundation on Building the Power to Be Well

  Aug 18, 202644 minS7

  Righting and Writing History: Episode 8, Vanessa is joined by Richard Tate, President and CEO of The California Wellness Foundation. Together, they explore why philanthropy must mobilize more than money, the role of voice, influence, and community power in advancing social change, and what it means to build the power to be well. They also discuss the importance of creating space not only to address urgent needs, but to imagine and build what comes next.

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  Episode #7

  Angelique Power, President & CEO of The Skillman Foundation on Foundations as the Connective Tissue

  Aug 11, 202633 minS7

  Righting and Writing History: On Episode 7, Vanessa is joined by Angelique Power, President & CEO of The Skillman Foundation. Together they discuss the four pillars of community change, the role of foundations to serve as connective tissue for the future-building youth who are driving change in Detroit, why public schools should be at the center of policy change, and the strength that comes from Detroit's deeply loyal communities to fight for a better future.

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  Episode #6

  Jen Ford Reedy of Bush Foundation on New Philanthropic Narratives

  Aug 4, 202650 minS7

  Righting and Writing History: Episode 6 Vanessa is joined by Jen Ford Reedy, President of the Bush Foundation. In conversation, they explore the importance of long-term thinking, strategic communications understood as programs work, and the way that multiple narratives enrich our understanding of our democracy.

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  Episode #5

  Stephen Heintz of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund on A Fourth Democratic Founding, for Our Country's Future

  Jul 28, 202650 minS7

  What can philanthropy do to bolster the power of people to participate in our government for the people and by the people? What role has the information environment played in the deterioration of our democratic guardrails? What can we learn from periods like this before, or elsewhere, to map out how we can build a stronger democracy and economy that simultaneously advances human well-being? This conversation is essential listening for anyone in the nonprofit sector or devoted to advancing philanthropic work and our civil society. In this episode, Vanessa is joined by Stephen Heintz, former President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and originator of the term "acupuncture philanthropy." Together, they discuss why communications work is the pathway to advance nonprofit impact and strengthen our democracy and why this is the moment for organizations to take action. They delve into the need for a fourth founding of our democracy, what old assumptions we need to let go of, and why each of us should consider ourselves a founder of this future democracy.

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  Episode #4

  Keenya Lambert from Chicago Foundation for Women on Movement Building is Long Term

  Jul 21, 202648 minS7

  Righting and Writing History: Episode 4, Vanessa is joined by Keenya Lambert, President and CEO at the Chicago Foundation for Women. Together they explore the incredible change that has been advanced to this moment through our democratic history, and what it will take to build the infrastructure for lasting change for women and gender expansive people.

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