Innovate for Impact

Jan 26 2025 154 ep. 25 mins 2
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A podcast for leaders in the social sector who want to deliver more impact through innovation. Each week we deliver tips on how you can be more innovative and speak to leaders from across the sector to share best practice.

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Ep #153 - Lucas Patchett: How Orange Sky Laundry Empowers Their People To Continuously Improve Their Service Delivery

Jan 26 2025 29 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Lucas Patchett, the CEO at Orange Sky Laundry. This discussion explores how Orange Sky Laundry, a non-profit organisation that provides free laundry and shower services to people experiencing homelessness, has empowered its people to continuously innovate and adapt to meet the evolving needs of the communities they serve. Lu

Ep #152 - Tony Wai - How Third Age Health's big goal has empowered their people to continuously improve

Jan 12 2025 36 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Tony Wai, the CEO at Third Age Health. The discussion explores on how Third Age Health, a medical provider in New Zealand, has been able to achieve significant growth and improvements in their aged care services. It also covers Third Age Health's focus on providing consistent, high-quality care, implementing Kaizen methodolo

Ep #151 - Niki Rittinghausen & Magda Ojeda Amplifying Diverse Voices in Aged Care

Dec 08 2024 42 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Niki Rittinghausen and Magda Ojeda from Center for Cultural Diversity in Aging. The discussion explores on how they amplify the voices of diverse seniors in the aged care system. Through collaborative community engagement, they were able to capture valuable insights and recommendations to improve cultural inclusivity and acc

Ep #150 - Charli English: How Oaktree are creating the future they want to create

Nov 24 2024 39 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Charli English, the CEO of Oaktree. The discussion explores how the youth-led organisation Oaktree is creating the future they want to see. They are taking a decolonial approach to funding grassroots youth-led initiatives across the Asia Pacific, and co-creating their strategy with young people and partners to challenge perc

Ep #149 - Allison Wainwright: How Family Life use client-centricity and place based approaches to deliver better outcomes

Oct 27 2024 33 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Allison Wainwright, the CEO of Family Life. The discussion explores the innovative, community-centered approaches of Family Life's strategic focus on community listening, designing community-driven solutions, empowering local leaders, and collaborating with other place-based organisations to drive systemic change. Here is a

Ep #148 - Matt Barnes: Ways to tell your organisation's story that gets results

Oct 13 2024 23 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Matt Barnes, the Owner of Rogue Creatives and Podcast Host of Creating Good. Matt shares about innovative ways for organisations, especially nonprofits, to effectively tell their story and connect with supporters. Matt shares his strategic storytelling framework and insights on reframing nonprofit storytelling to focus on th

Ep #147 - Alison Covington - How Good360 Australia built an incredible platform through partnerships

Sep 29 2024 24 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Alison Covington, the Founder and Managing Director of Good360 Australia. The organisation has built an innovative platform to match businesses' brand-new unsold goods with charities and individuals in need across the country. The conversation also covers the challenges and logistics involved in creating this system, the imp

Ep #146 - Kate O'Hara - How Food Bank WA are using innovative methods to ensure healthy food is available to all

Sep 15 2024 36 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Kate O'Hara, the CEO of Foodbank WA, a leading food relief organisation in Western Australia. The organisation has implemented creative procurement methods, expanded mobile distribution services, and rebranded its nutrition education program to ensure healthy food is available as a basic human right for all Western Australia

Ep #145 - Michelle Greenwood: How lived experience helped Invisible Illnesses to become an impactful organisation

Sep 01 2024 24 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Michelle Greenwood, the Founder and CEO of Invisible Illnesses, a charity that provides support and services for people living with invisible illnesses. Michelle shares her personal story of being diagnosed with fibromyalgia and how that experience led her to create Invisible Illnesses, which has grown to support over 5,000

Ep #144 - Tamara Searant: How Guide Dogs NSW/ACT are using their mission to create better outcomes for the people they support

Aug 18 2024 20 mins  
In this episode, Tracey Newman and Dan Bentley speak with Tamara Searant from Guide Dogs NSW/ACT, about how their organisation is working towards creating a more accessible and inclusive world by 2030. The organisation is implementing innovative strategies focused on policy, enforcement, and education to address systemic barriers and empower the low vision and blind community. Here