10 insights on solving world issues — mina chang
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Get insights and more from this interview: http://33voic.es/infvfnq As the eldest child of two Salvation Army Commanding Officers, Mina Chang was immersed in inner-city social programs and world mission projects and got a first-hand look at how these efforts can save and change lives. Her childhood exposed her to the entire economic spectrum around the world. As a child, she did not see poverty-stricken children of disaster areas as any different from herself, but she instinctively knew they needed help. As a graduate of the University of the Nations, Mina studied development and aid practices with the goal of one day dedicating her life to becoming a full-time aid worker. Mina is a graduate of the Executive Nonprofit Leadership Program at Southern Methodist University and the Center for Nonprofit Management. Through her experience working with large NGOs and development projects around the world, she witnessed communities taken from one cycle of poverty straight into another cycle of dependence on humanitarian aid. Mina was determined to continue her career with an organization that was in alignment with her belief that in order to break cycles of poverty, programs must scale capacity to foster resilience of local markets.TRANSCRIPT
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10 Insights on Making an Impact
This presentation consists of highlights from the interview with Moe Abdou,
founder & host of 33voices®.
As the eldest child of two Salvation Army Commanding Officers, Mina Chang was im-mersed in inner-city social programs and world mission projects and got a first-hand look
at how these efforts can save and change lives. Her childhood exposed her to the en-tire economic spectrum around the world. As a child, she did not see poverty-stricken children of disaster areas as any different from herself, but she instinctively knew they
needed help. As a graduate of the University of the Nations, Mina studied development and aid practices with the goal of one day dedicating her life to becoming a full-time aid worker. Mina is a graduate of the Executive Nonprofit Leadership Program at Southern
Methodist University and the Center for Nonprofit Management.
Mina Chang@minachang
CEO of Linking the World
You haven’t lived until you’ve learned to Give. Change your perspective and the
whole world will change with you.
Insight #1
Insight #2
Givers don’t need a reason to love. To them, Love is a verb
that connects humanity.
Insight #3
Wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. Seek not to see
the struggle in the child, but her possibilities— if given an opportunity.
Insight #4
A passionate humanitarian lives inside each of us. Ignite it by recognizing that we are all
responsible for our shared future.
Insight #5
At Linking the World, the cycle of poverty is disrupted when local
communities are empowered to take ownership of their success — for they
know that the only thing standing between them and their dreams is their fears.
Insight #6
The leader who mirrors her team will rise — for she knows that in a shared
spirit lives their shared mission.
Insight #7
Above all else, admired leaders identify talented individuals and equip them with the
capabilities to do what she could never do alone.
Insight #8
“A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand
with all his might that which he desires.”
- Paulo Coelho on learning from a child
Insight #9
Next time you’re engaged in a fundraisinginitiative, seek not to ask for a contribution.
Instead, try first to open the mind of the individual; for only then will her
heart and wallet follow.
Insight #10
Embrace the difficult challenge, for “the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
If you saw the eyes of your child in a struggling stranger,
what would you do?
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Insights by Moe Abdou