Sienna Jackson

So I'll be traveling to Africa for the first time, be watching like a live pitch competition. We're partnered with the UN, the United Nations Development Program for this initiative and a bunch of other public and private sector institutions, large institutions to deliver money right into the hands of Ethiopian entrepreneurs

So I'll be traveling to Africa for the first time, be watching like a live pitch competition. We're partnered with the UN, the United Nations Development Program for this initiative and a bunch of other public and private sector institutions, large institutions to deliver money right into the hands of Ethiopian entrepreneurs

Founders who are doing great work in healthcare and education, agriculture, and making a big difference in that country, where the median age, by the way, is like 90. It's very hungry, very innovative. A lot of things going on. So I'm excited about what I'm doing in that space.

Founders who are doing great work in healthcare and education, agriculture, and making a big difference in that country, where the median age, by the way, is like 90. It's very hungry, very innovative. A lot of things going on. So I'm excited about what I'm doing in that space.

Hey, I'll take any excuse to hop on a plane and go somewhere new. It's really cool because I think that speaks to just the global nature of this work, which is really great because it's such a large community of people that are so smart and so multi-talented. And everyone is really motivated to make a difference, to make a meaningful, tangible impact.

Hey, I'll take any excuse to hop on a plane and go somewhere new. It's really cool because I think that speaks to just the global nature of this work, which is really great because it's such a large community of people that are so smart and so multi-talented. And everyone is really motivated to make a difference, to make a meaningful, tangible impact.

I often say to people, like I'll point out to my peers, it's every problem that we have in the world is a man-made problem. Which means that there's a man-made solution for every problem by that same token, right? So like we can, we understand the contours of why things are the way they are. Or if something is wrong, that something's amiss, we can understand the landscape and then build solutions.

I often say to people, like I'll point out to my peers, it's every problem that we have in the world is a man-made problem. Which means that there's a man-made solution for every problem by that same token, right? So like we can, we understand the contours of why things are the way they are. Or if something is wrong, that something's amiss, we can understand the landscape and then build solutions.

tactics and strategies and put things into operation that can make a difference. And part of my job is to explicate, first of all, the vision of where we want to go and then the tangibles of how we get there, which is always, it's a lot of project management work I have to do at the end of the day. It's a lot of, it's a lot of ops. It's a lot of operations, actually.

tactics and strategies and put things into operation that can make a difference. And part of my job is to explicate, first of all, the vision of where we want to go and then the tangibles of how we get there, which is always, it's a lot of project management work I have to do at the end of the day. It's a lot of, it's a lot of ops. It's a lot of operations, actually.

Yeah, I think the big thing that I noticed right out the gate was a lack of professional peer community and network. Really what we're talking about is the whole global landscape of like philanthropy, right?

Yeah, I think the big thing that I noticed right out the gate was a lack of professional peer community and network. Really what we're talking about is the whole global landscape of like philanthropy, right?

When we're thinking about like corporate social responsibility or ESG or evaluation and measurement, all these overlapping things, it's a lot of different skill sets that come to bear in this sort of work. If I'm an accountant, I'm going to be a CPA. I'm going to join my national association of whatever. I'm a lawyer. I have to pass the bar exam. I have my JD. I joined my local bar association.

When we're thinking about like corporate social responsibility or ESG or evaluation and measurement, all these overlapping things, it's a lot of different skill sets that come to bear in this sort of work. If I'm an accountant, I'm going to be a CPA. I'm going to join my national association of whatever. I'm a lawyer. I have to pass the bar exam. I have my JD. I joined my local bar association.

Right. You don't have that similar clear cut career progression for people. So there's a lot of work that needs to be done in terms of professionalizing the industry, at least here in the United States. So part of what I am working on now. in my leadership role at Social Value is creating an industry survey.

Right. You don't have that similar clear cut career progression for people. So there's a lot of work that needs to be done in terms of professionalizing the industry, at least here in the United States. So part of what I am working on now. in my leadership role at Social Value is creating an industry survey.

So again, this entertainment thing, I told my peers there, I was like, in the entertainment industry, we have industry surveys where we know how many people are employed in the entertainment industry. Know how many like above and below the line. We know what people's salaries are. We know what titles are. We know what roles are.

So again, this entertainment thing, I told my peers there, I was like, in the entertainment industry, we have industry surveys where we know how many people are employed in the entertainment industry. Know how many like above and below the line. We know what people's salaries are. We know what titles are. We know what roles are.

We know who is doing what and what qualifications they need to succeed. We don't really have something equivalent for our industry, our discipline, and we need that. That's something I'm going to be rolling out sometime in the new year. I was lucky because I had the initiative to hunt people down.

We know who is doing what and what qualifications they need to succeed. We don't really have something equivalent for our industry, our discipline, and we need that. That's something I'm going to be rolling out sometime in the new year. I was lucky because I had the initiative to hunt people down.