Issue Space
by Issue Space Media
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Off the Clock: How Impact Pros Live their Values At and Outside Work…
Off the Clock: How Impact Pros Live their Values At and Outside Work…
About this podcast
Working to make life better for humankind is both a privilege and a challenge, and no one knows this better than the folks who have made this work their day job. Issue Space is a podcast and community for professional changemakers of every kind. Through candid conversations about the lived experience of social change work, we hold space to process life in the unique — and uniquely needed — business of impact. Our mission is to give ambitious social impact professionals a sustaining sense of connection to their sector. Our vision is an impact workforce that grows and thrives — so that we all can.
Episodes
- Off the Clock: How Impact Pros Live their Values At and Outside Work (Live Show) · 1 h 9 min · Season 2 Episode 3About the EpisodeThere are so many ways to engage with the major issues of this world. There's looking away and tuning out - and then there's tuning *WAY* in. For folks working…
- Impact in Flux: Surviving a Chaotic Impact Era (Live Show) · 1 h 16 min · Season 2 Episode 2Between cuts to service agencies, slashed cause funding, and a volatile cultural and political climate, 2025 is the year of curveballs for us all. But social impact pros don't…
- Who's Working in Impact? Snapshot of a Shaken Social Sector (Live Show) · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 1After the 2024 presidential election results, social impact pros knew the backdrop of their work might look very different this year - and to say that's been the case is an…
- When the Good Fight Fights Us: Burnout in the Impact Space · 1 h 12 min · Season 1 Episode 10Between the constant crises, sky-high stakes, emotional subject matter, and collaborative complexity, burnout is a constant threat among professionals working in social change…
- Affinity & Beyond: The Identity Politics of Impact Work · 1 h 21 min · Season 1 Episode 9A social impact professional’s work often involves advocating for our most personal rights. It’s only natural, then, that one might bring their own affinity to bear in these…
- From the Office to the Hill: Working Across Politics, Government, & Impact · 1 h 26 min · Season 1 Episode 8Anyone who’s worked in social impact knows that, just as political climate and administration shape our personal lives, so too do they affect our work, from what gets funded, to…
- On & Off (the Ground): Finding Your Best Vantage Point for Change · 1 h 1 min · Season 1 Episode 7Every social impact pro has to find their own way. Will they focus on one issue, or work across many? Will they tie their efforts to a certain place or politician, or float…
- Equitable Expectations: How One Impact Pro Defines Her Worth Beyond DEI · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 6As a phrase and as a vision, ‘Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion’ has been on a rollercoaster, from sitting front and center in the zeitgeist, to getting defunded and deprioritized…
- The Lighter Side of Change: Joy, Levity, and Imagination in Impact Work · 1 h 14 min · Season 1 Episode 5As a professional in social impact, it’s our job to lean into the heavy. But while the subject matter of this sector is often grim, does the work itself have to be? In the face…
- The Change Department: Advancing Impact at Brands & Businesses · 1 h 5 min · Season 1 Episode 4Not every organization that’s committed to positive impact says so on the front door. Brands and businesses, with their particular ways of working, engaging consumers, and…
- Distance & Difference: Advocating for Communities Outside Your Own · 1 h 13 min · Season 1 Episode 3If you work in social change, it’s inevitable — you are going to be tapped to support a community you don’t identify with personally. And that’s kind of the point. So many social…
- Pain Into Purpose: Making Change from our Challenges · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 2For many social change professionals, the work comes on the heels of hardship. Exposure to society’s pain points can be a driving force for professional changemakers, who might…
- Identity & The Impact Pro: Where The Personal Meets Professional · 1 h 14 min · Season 1 Episode 1Does a certain ‘kind’ of person gravitate toward careers in social change? Is a sense of shared identity among folks in changemaking roles helpful to the work being done – or…
- Introducing Issue Space · 2 minWorking to make life better for humankind is both a privilege and a challenge, and no one knows this better than the folks who have made this work their day job. Issue Space is a…
