Change Darer

Change Darer

Change Darer is an Europe-based internationally acting innovation consultancy, that enables people to become transformational drivers. We facilitate design-driven change processes: we advise, coach, train and restore creative confidence, empathy and trust through Design Thinking. In our podcast, you'll find a variety of episodes, topics and guests that will give you several point of views to approach change in your life at a personal and professional level.

  1. 03/30/2023

    A MOMENT'S PORTAL: EPISODE 5 / EMAN would not be surprised by this story

    Tarek: “the resilient hacker space founder who spreads the virus of making and Hacking from Egypt to Africa” Tarek’s story is one of resilience, bravery, and a strong support system. When his Hackerspace in Egypt was destroyed by a building crash the GIG community jumped right away for help. This wave of solidarity and help gave him more energy than before and motivated the whole team to continue and grow stronger. When too much money was donated, he prefers to give something back for maker- and hackerspaces in regions in Africa that were in much more need.   Tarek first heard of GIG in 2015 it was a network they said. and he did not understand if its WIFI Network or what it has to do with people.  He had no clue what a network is. And came to Berlin to meet GIG and was surprises how people would share success and mistakes. GIG transforms to him work relationships into real friendships.   His 1st story takes us to the Maker Express a bus that traveled ti 29 cities in Egypt meeting with talented students and gave workshops on how to builds a 3d printer. He helped spread the virus of making and hacking and fight the misbelief that hackers are making some illegal stuff.   His 2nd story relates to that- since after almost a decade of activity right now Policy and Government representatives now call Tarek for advice concerning capacity building activities or youth employment. Before when the goverment would call him and his team would be scared thinking they might have made something wrong without knowledge.   Eman, Tarek’s mother always believed in him- and is never surprised by his achievements and success.

    A MOMENT'S PORTAL: EPISODE 5 / EMAN would not be surprised by this story
  2. 03/02/2023

    A MOMENT'S PORTAL: EPISODE 3 / THE GOATS ATE THE PLAN

    Chris – “The individual eco-social designer and his friend Jay” Chris takes us to the very beginning of his story in making and hacking systems and redesigning societies. Starting off with Palomar5 he gained inspiration and the first tools and materials to open the ‘OpenDesignCity” – an initiative brought to life in Berlin’s largest and Coworking Space, betahaus. There they developed activities such as Bausteln Montag and had the first 3Dprinter Maker Dot3. Everyone would bring screwdrivers, tools, cnc cutters or just a ton of bricks to the ODC – and the true collaborative sense and vibe of the community make this place special. His co-founder Jay Cousins proposed one day in 2013 to make a Berlin cool places tour with this new group of global makers and hacker calles Global Innovation Gathering. From there he will take us to Elephantine Island in Egypt where a pure Barcamp Style project helped the local communities come up with solutions to replace revenues from tourism – back in the days when Egypt was shaken by the Arab Spring and most tourists stopped visiting the area. After he and Jay had cartographed the island and put up a workshop plan with an hour by hour activity up at the pier where participants would arrive by ferry from Aswan, something incredible happened. A herd of goats came and ate the plan. So the 3-day event shifted to a true barcamp with pop-up workshop and spontaneous gatherings His second story takes us to Sri Lanka where his colleague Himindu came up with an innovative idea to visualize the tree planting progress and make progress in tree planting, by creating a big event where all people from the island come together with family and kids and plant trees, while visualizing together the activity. His kids who still know how to ‘wonder like a child’ would not be surprised by all these stories.

    A MOMENT'S PORTAL: EPISODE 3 / THE GOATS ATE THE PLAN
  3. 01/19/2023

    A MOMENT'S PORTAL: EPISODE 0 / The Global Innovation Gathering Podcast

    A Moment is a transportation device that takes the listeners from where they are to where the storyteller wants to bring them. A story has a start, a middle and an end. A story has a time, place, and conditions around it. Through the first series of our Moment’s portal, you will travel to Egypt, Kenya, Irak, Brasil, India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. You will meet makers, hackers, designers, and community builders who face challenges related to humanitarian response after an earthquake, setback after a building collapse, the support of the global community in times of financial difficulties, or the peer-to-peer mentorship and empowerment of diversity in tech, personal career paths and how a goat ate the plan. A Moment’s Portal tells how a community of concern overcomes challenges together, how people felt when they really felt carried by the Global Innovation Gathering and why despite the common belief, Innovation is not only a ‘western affair’. A Moment’s Portal is a concept first introduced to Daniela by Yannis during the Campo Virtual Latino- a digital Virtual Campus aimed at empowering social workers, grassroots and environmental communities in Latin America through digital literacy and building empathy through the new digital means. In this opening feature episode, you will get to know Fadia, the spokeswoman and community catalyst from Global Innovation Gathering. We will talk to her about what this community is about and why we need to share the stories of the people behind it. Credits: Hosted by: Daniela Marzavan and Star Ngei Sound and Editing by: Dominic Ryniak Technical Support by: Paweł Ngei Music by: Monster Logo Studios

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Change Darer is an Europe-based internationally acting innovation consultancy, that enables people to become transformational drivers. We facilitate design-driven change processes: we advise, coach, train and restore creative confidence, empathy and trust through Design Thinking. In our podcast, you'll find a variety of episodes, topics and guests that will give you several point of views to approach change in your life at a personal and professional level.