LAntern is A podcast about young people trying to 'change the world' and trying to understand what that actually means.

It's a place to discuss the challenging questions and some actual solutions too.

 
 

Season 1

Featured
Episode 15 - Marie Pederson
Episode 15 - Marie Pederson
Episode 14 - Michaela Bethune
Episode 14 - Michaela Bethune
Episode 13 - Al Jeffery
Episode 13 - Al Jeffery
Episode 12 - Abhinav Suri
Episode 12 - Abhinav Suri
Episode 11 - Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan
Episode 11 - Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan
Episode 10 - Dan Code
Episode 10 - Dan Code
Episode 9 - Lucas Patchett
Episode 9 - Lucas Patchett
Episode 8 - Nick Pearce
Episode 8 - Nick Pearce
Episode 7 - Corine Taylor, Cristina Lucas and Luca Servodio
Episode 7 - Corine Taylor, Cristina Lucas and Luca Servodio
Episode 6 - Rita Nehme
Episode 6 - Rita Nehme

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“There are some causes that really [by] having more information and generating more awareness is impact in itself…sometimes marketing really is a form of impact, other times it can be too much.” For our fifteenth episode, Asanga Seneviratne and Reegan Quick sit down with Marie Pederson, Senior Strategist at TMI Strategy, a strategy consulting group specialising in young people and social impact working alongside some of the world’s largest not-for-profits and corporate firms. #youth #socialimpact #podcasts #conversations #socialchange #makingadifference #community #leadership #inspiration #motivation #lantern #not-for-profit #projectlantern #tmistrategy #strategy #consulting #data #analytics #research #focusgroups #impact #engagement #youthledimpact #civicengagement #primaryresearch #conversations #impactmeasurement #dosomething #csr #development
“You don’t have to grow up to be a full agent of change, you can push for social change regardless of your age, your background… because that’s the only thing that’s achieved change in the past” For our fourteenth episode,  Asanga Seneviratne and Yaz Naji sit down with Michaela Bethune, Head of Campaigns at @dosomething, an organisation dedicated to activating young people to create social change by engaging them in online campaigns to spur offline action. #youth #socialimpact #podcasts #conversations #socialchange #makingadifference #community #leadership #inspiration #motivation #lantern #not-for-profit #projectlantern #dosomething #agency #civicengagement #campaigns #activation #drive #engagement #voting #us #newyork #betterhumans #youthledmovement #volunteering #awareness #offlineaction #directimpact #makechange
“How do we both be peaceful on the inside but also take agency and create change in the world?” For our thirteenth episode,  Yaz Naji and Reegan Quick sit down with Al Jeffery, a Lead Facilitator and Founder of @realiseflow , an organisation dedicated to the development of individuals and the building of community and cultural change. #youth #socialimpact #podcasts #conversations #socialchange #makingadifference #community #leadership #inspiration #motivation #lantern #not-for-profit #projectlantern #coliving #meditation #mindfulness #community #unity #development #culture #connection #speaking #socialenterprise #entrepreneurship #basecommons #realiseflow #innerpeace #awareness #balance #fulfilment
“We can always teach someone the technical background they need to do these projects, but we can’t necessarily teach that inherent drive for social impact” For our twelfth episode, Asanga Seneviratne sits down with Abhinav Suri, Co-Director and Project Manager of Hack4Impact, an organisation connecting student software developers with impact focused organisations to create positive change through technology and coding. #coding #youth #socialimpact #podcasts #conversations #socialchange #makingadifference #community #leadership #inspiration #motivation #lantern #not-for-profit #projectlantern #appsforaptitude #hack4impact #ai #technology #projectbasedlearning #technologicalliteracy #upenn #wharton #engineering #softwaredevelopment #codingforgood #tedx #tax #learning #websitedevelopment #apps
We're hanging out with our friends the Melbourne Microfinance Intiative at their Careers in Social Impact event tomorrow night! Come down to meet some of the team, learn about our next steps and hear about how you can get involved. We'll be hanging out at our stall after a jam packed panel which includes representatives from @ygap, @worldvisionaus and @impactinvestmentgroup. Check the link in our bio to grab tickets. (Massive shout out to @monashseed for having us on their So, You Want To Change the World panel last week!) #socialimpact #student #university #melbourne #events