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Make An Impact Podcast

Make An Impact Podcast is the podcast for you if you're a social entrepreneur or purpose led business owner, or desire to be one, and want to be inspired to make a bigger impact on people and the planet.Heidi Fisher MBE talks to social entrepreneurs who have set up all kinds of enterprises, and finds out more about how they are successfully running their social enterprises, and making a positive impact in the world.In the conversations you'll find out what they are doing so you can develop your social enterprise using their practical tips, why they do what they do, the impact their social enterprise has and how they measure their impact, and more.There's also exclusive interviews with Heidi where she shares her tips and knowledge around social enterprise and impact measurement.#socialenterprise #impactmeasurement

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Make An Impact Podcast

From burned-out social worker to seasoned business coach with Paul Zelizer

August 23, 2023 • Heidi Fisher • Season 6 • Episode 6

Paul Zelizer is a social entrepreneur coach and the co-host of the Awarepreneurs Podcast.

He spent 15 years working in community mental health and tells Heidi about his journey from "burned-out, broke social worker" through a reinvention 16 years ago. Now he offers consultancy and coaching for impact-focused leaders. In this episode he covers:

Using large organisations to lever impact.
Securing work-life balance for a holistic life.
The four questions every social entrepreneur needs to know.
Why Paul is "impact agnostic" – and loves social enterprise.
The power of podcasting to catalyse collaboration and learning.
How he measures his impact.
Scaling high-impact teams and organisations.
Balancing innovation, learning and collaboration.
And much more.

Heidi reflects on her and Make an Impact's approach to measuring and managing impact, why people might be "surveyed out" and avoiding generic impact measurements.

What next?

You can get Paul's free guide, 4 QUESTIONS TO GROW YOUR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR BUSINESS, from his website https://www.paulzelizer.com/
Find Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulzelizer
Listen to the Awarepreneurs Podcast: https://www.awarepreneurs.com/podcast
Need help with your Impact Measurement and Management? More about Heidi's work at https://www.makeanimpactcic.co.uk

Hi, I’m Heidi Fisher, the host of the Make an Impact Podcast. I'm an impact measurement expert, passionate about helping you make a bigger impact in the world by maximising the impact your services have.

I can help you to measure, manage and communicate the impact you have better to funders, investors, commissioners and other stakeholders, and to systemise your data collection and analysis so that it frees up time and doesn’t become an additional burden.

I love helping you to measure social and economic impacts, including Social Return on Investment or value for money assessments, as part of understanding the change you make to peoples’ lives.

You can get in touch via LinkedIn or the website makeanimpactcic.co.uk if you’d like to find out more about working with me.