42 min
Series 10 Episode 3: Voice, Agency, Advocacy - Margaret O'Brien Game Changers
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- Education
The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this third conversation of Series Ten, we talk with Margaret O'Brien. Margaret is the Cofounder and CEO of Young Change Agents. Alongside her team, she has worked to bring social enterprise education to thousands of youth across Australia since 2016. Under her leadership, Young Change Agents has launched Australia's first high school incubator, YINC, trained hundreds of Australian teachers in the delivery of design-thinking based entrepreneurship programs and designed and delivered major programs to a diverse range of students including youth in juvenile justice, indigenous youth, and youth with disabilities.
Our series sponsor is a School for tomorrow. To find out more, visit www.aschoolfortomorrow.com/thriving
The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aschoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at gamechangers@circle.education, on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn and Twitter. Let’s go!
The Game Changers podcast celebrates those true pioneers in education who are building schools for tomorrow. In this third conversation of Series Ten, we talk with Margaret O'Brien. Margaret is the Cofounder and CEO of Young Change Agents. Alongside her team, she has worked to bring social enterprise education to thousands of youth across Australia since 2016. Under her leadership, Young Change Agents has launched Australia's first high school incubator, YINC, trained hundreds of Australian teachers in the delivery of design-thinking based entrepreneurship programs and designed and delivered major programs to a diverse range of students including youth in juvenile justice, indigenous youth, and youth with disabilities.
Our series sponsor is a School for tomorrow. To find out more, visit www.aschoolfortomorrow.com/thriving
The Game Changers podcast is produced by Oliver Cummins for Orbital Productions, supported by a School for tomorrow (aschoolfortomorrow.com), and powered by CIRCLE. The podcast is hosted on SoundCloud and distributed through Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcasts. Please subscribe and tell your friends you like what you are hearing. You can contact us at gamechangers@circle.education, on Twitter and Instagram via @GameChangersPC, and you can also connect with Philip SA Cummins and Adriano Di Prato via LinkedIn and Twitter. Let’s go!
42 min