What are the Career Benefits of Volunteering - Lauren Serota

In Chapter 12 of 18 in her 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, interaction designer and researcher Lauren Serota shares how volunteering has impacted her learning and development. Serota finds volunteering a supplement to her work experience. Volunteering allows Serota to make a community contribution while getting an opportunity to learn. Serota is an interaction designer at frog design - http://frogdesign.com - and a professor at the Austin Center for Design - http://ac4d.com . She earned her bachelors degree in industrial design from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).

How UNICEF mHealth Project Uses Design Thinking to Innovate - Lauren Serota

In Chapter 13 of 18 in her 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, interaction designer and researcher Lauren Serota shares how her frog design team assisted UNICEF to further develop African mobile health - mhealth - projects. Focused on the last mile of health care in rural areas, frog helps UNICEF plan how to address the motivations of community health workers - CHWs - in context of the project design. Ultimately, frog provides visual aids to help socialize and unify pilot project participants. Longer term, the tools and ongoing relationship will help the project scale more thoughtfully. Serota is an interaction designer at frog design - http://frogdesign.com - and a professor at the Austin Center for Design - http://ac4d.com . She earned her bachelors degree in industrial design from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).

How PGA Tour Job Teaches Event Marketing Strategy - Randall Metting

In Chapter 6 of 11 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, brand marketer and Austin on-air radio personality Randall Metting shares how working for the PGA Champions Tour taught him event marketing strategy.  Tournament golf offers Metting a platform to combine charitable cause sponsorship - in this case with a Puerto Rican charity Sor Isolina Ferre - with large brand participation.  What results is the "Chrysler Senior Match Play Challenge".  He shares how a non-traditional tournament structure benefited advertisers and maximized both viewership and charitable impact.  Metting is a brand developer focused on the intersection of luxury goods, professional sports, and charitable cause sponsorship and promotion.  He is also an on-air radio personality for 93.3 KGSR Radio Austin.  He earned a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Florida.

How Dartmouth Bridge Program Prepares Social Entrepreneur - Michael Margolis

In Chapter 1 of 13 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with Erik Michielsen, storyteller and entrepreneur Michael Margolis graduates with a cultural anthropology liberal arts degree from Tufts University and then takes a month-long mini-MBA program. Margolis goes through the program alongside new hires from McKinsey management consulting. After the program, Margolis looks to social entrepreneurship, specifically applying business principles to social issues. He attends a social enterprise job fair and joins Volunteer Solutions. Margolis is the founder and president of Get Storied (http://www.getstoried.com), an education and publishing platform dedicated to teaching the world how to think in narrative. As a consultant, educator and writer he uses storytelling to create more effective branding, innovation and culture change. Margolis earned a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from Tufts University.

How to More Effectively Manage and Lead Teams - Andrew Epstein

In Chapter 16 of 19 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, charter school executive Andrew Epstein shares how he has learned to build more effective teams. Before his current charter school role, Epstein worked at Island Def Jam records where he learned how structure and communication style impact team building. He applies lessons learned there, including top-down and lateral communication as well as meeting facilitation to improve collaboration at Democracy Prep Charter School. Epstein is currently Senior Director for Finance at Democracy Prep Public Schools in New York City. Previously, he was a finance executive at Universal Music Group's Island Def Jam Records and, previous to that, a schoolteacher in the Teach for America Corps program. He holds a BA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

What Nonprofit Charter Schools Teach About Fiduciary Duty - Andrew Epstein

In Chapter 13 of 19 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, charter school executive Andrew Epstein shares what defines fiduciary responsibility working in nonprofit, specifically in a New York City public charter school. He contrasts this experience and responsibility with for-profit responsibility, referencing his work at Island Def Jam records. Epstein is currently Senior Director for Finance at Democracy Prep Public Schools in New York City. Previously, he was a finance executive at Universal Music Group's Island Def Jam Records and, previous to that, a schoolteacher in the Teach for America Corps program. He holds a BA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

How to Encourage a Culture of Innovation in Education - Louise Davis Langheier

In Chapter 9 of 9 in her 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, non-profit founder and executive Louise Davis Langheier shares how she encourages innovation in education by promoting health education and life skills in the context of education. In today's education setting, Langheier sees significant opportunity to increase heath education and life skills curriculum in the classroom. Her team prioritizes communication on this issue when speaking at conferences, meeting with education leaders, and working with schools. Langheier is founder and CEO of Peer Health Exchange (http://www.peerhealthexchange.com ), a non-profit that trains college students to teach health education in public high schools. She graduated Yale University with a B.A. in History and serves on the board of directors of Dwight Hall at Yale, the center for public service and social justice.

How to Structure a College Student Leadership Program - Louise Davis Langheier

In Chapter 7 of 9 in her 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, non-profit founder and executive Louise Davis Langheier details how Peer Health Exchange teaches leadership to its volunteers. The organization designs a tiered leadership development structure for its volunteer student teachers. Langheier offers ways this tiered leadership and management structure allows for development as well as classroom teaching competency. The individual and group leadership skills prepare college volunteers for post-college careers. Langheier is founder and CEO of Peer Health Exchange (http://www.peerhealthexchange.com ), a non-profit that trains college students to teach health education in public high schools. She graduated Yale University with a B.A. in History and serves on the board of directors of Dwight Hall at Yale, the center for public service and social justice.

How Teaching Social and Emotional Health Improves Education - Louise Davis Langheier

In Chapter 5 of 9 in her 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, non-profit founder and executive Louise Davis Langheier shares her view that education is about empowering individuals to succeed in life and society. She notes this empowerment comes from a confluence of academic skills and social and emotional health development. Langheier finds satisfaction seeing momentum continue on this blended learning perspective, but notes there is much work to be done to make it standard practice. Langheier is founder and CEO of Peer Health Exchange (http://www.peerhealthexchange.com ), a non-profit that trains college students to teach health education in public high schools. She graduated Yale University with a B.A. in History and serves on the board of directors of Dwight Hall at Yale, the center for public service and social justice.

How a Great Board of Directors Impacts Non-Profit Success - Louise Davis Langheier

In Chapter 4 of 9 in her 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, non-profit founder and executive Louise Davis Langheier shares the importance of recruiting a great non-profit board of directors. Not only does Langheier feel board members are the ultimate stewards of the organization mission, but she also notes the critical role they play owning fiduciary - or financial - responsibility. Langheier is founder and CEO of Peer Health Exchange (http://www.peerhealthexchange.com ), a non-profit that trains college students to teach health education in public high schools. She graduated Yale University with a B.A. in History and serves on the board of directors of Dwight Hall at Yale, the center for public service and social justice.

How Yale Experience Teaches Value of Mission Clarity and Focus - Louise Davis Langheier

In Chapter 3 of 9 in her 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, non-profit founder and executive Louise Davis Langheier shares what she has learned about leadership and organizational effectiveness as a board member at Yale University's Dwight Hall. Specifically, Dwight Hall's efforts teach her the value of clarity of mission, purpose, and goals. Langheier applies these lessons developing a more committed, focused approach at her non-profit, Peer Health Exchange. Langheier is founder and CEO of Peer Health Exchange (http://www.peerhealthexchange.com ), a non-profit that trains college students to teach health education in public high schools. She graduated Yale University with a B.A. in History and serves on the board of directors of Dwight Hall at Yale, the center for public service and social justice.

How to Define Social Entrepreneurship - Louise Davis Langheier

In Chapter 1 of 9 in her 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, non-profit founder and executive Louise Davis Langheier shares what she feels defines social entrepreneurship. She defines social entrepreneurship as the people and work that attempt to use innovation to make social change. Langheier notes how the definition has progressively transcended non-profit organizations to also include for-profits and governmental efforts. Langheier is founder and CEO of Peer Health Exchange (http://www.peerhealthexchange.com ), a non-profit that trains college students to teach health education in public high schools. She graduated Yale University with a B.A. in History and serves on the board of directors of Dwight Hall at Yale, the center for public service and social justice.

What Creates Influencer Culture Clusters - Phil McKenzie

In Chapter 5 of 12 in his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, media and publishing entrepreneur Phil McKenzie shares why he sees influencer culture by clustering together arts, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and technology communities. He finds intersections across these individual groups, in effect a multi-dimensional map of how influencer or tastemaker culture develops. Influencer culture cannot be defined without understanding how it connects the dots. Marketing and brand professionals develop models to plug into and influence culture. McKenzie shares how influencer culture is different than mass market culture and, as a result, requires a different marketing approach. He highlights a 180 degree marketing plan speaks better to influencer clusters than does a traditional 360 degree mass market brand marketing campaign. Phil McKenzie graduated from Howard University and earned an MBA from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business.  Before starting FREE DMC and the Influencer Conference, McKenzie worked for eight years in sales and trading at Goldman Sachs.

How Women's Health Volunteering Informs a Health Systems Career - Gabrielle Lamourelle

In Chapter 5 of 21 in her 2010 interview with Erik Michielsen, global health consultant Gabrielle Lamourelle details how her Berkeley undergrad volunteer work at ACCESS, the Women's Health Rights Coalition, influenced her path to become a health systems professional. She starts as a practical support volunteer helping women get to appointments, often from rural locations to the city locations where reproductive services are available. Lamourelle learns what makes a services useful and what barriers prevent people from accessing the services. Lamourelle graduated with a BS in Sociology from University of California at Berkeley and a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Sociomedical Sciences from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.

How Health Economist Helps Kenya mHealth Project Empower Locals - Clara Soh

In Chapter 7 of 10 in her 2010 interview with Capture Your Flag host Erik Michielsen, health economist and comparative effectiveness researcher Clara Soh Williams shares how she is helping non-profit Kilifi Kids roll out mobile health - mhealth - services in Kenya. Soh highlights the importance of providing information, data, and decision-making tools to local populations to provision health services.  Soh holds an MPA in Public Health Finance from New York University and a BS in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University.

How Peace Corps Volunteer Reforms Health Care in West Africa - Clara Soh

In Chapter 5 of 10 in her 2010 interview with Capture Your Flag host Erik Michielsen, health economist and comparative effectiveness researcher Clara Soh Williams discusses how her Peace Corps experience in the West African country of the Gambia allowed her to impact a national health care system. Soh's 3-year experience focuses on decentralizing the public health decision-making system. This process involves increasing district health office decision-making capacity around disease surveillance, pharmaceutical procurement and supply chain, and regionally executed mass-immunization and vaccination days. Soh holds an MPA in Public Health Finance from New York University and a BS in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University.

How Peace Corps Informs Public Health Career - Clara Soh

In Chapter 4 of 10 in her 2010 interview with Capture Your Flag host Erik Michielsen, health economist and comparative effectiveness researcher Clara Soh Williams shares why she left her bench research science job to join the Peace Corps. The Peace Corps gives Soh exposure to public health working in the field with a diverse group of program peers. The experience allows Soh to transition into public health and build a career. Soh holds an MPA in Public Health Finance from New York University and a BS in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University.

How Volunteer Teacher Becomes an Education Entrepreneur - Maurizio de Franciscis

In Chapter 8 of 19 in his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, education entrepreneur and Global Campus (www.globalcampus.com) founder Maurizio de Franciscis shares how volunteer teaching and mentoring inspired him to start a company. De Franciscis joins Young Enterprise while working in Europe, teaching high school kids business and entrepreneurship. After relocating to the US to work for General Electric (GE), he begins advising and mentoring interns on career development and planning. Through the volunteer experiences, he begins identifying education market inefficiencies and ultimately builds a business aimed at solving those problems.