Episode #026- Cultivating Change-Makers for Sustainable Community Impact with Elaine Tymchak
The Twin Cities Wellness Collective™ Podcast
English - September 10, 2018 04:00 - 59 minutes - 27.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsHealth & Fitness Business wellness health business fitness well-being quality of life self-improvement business growth entrepreneurs Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Elaine Tymchak is the Founder and Director of Cultivate International, with the mission to empower immigrant, minority and indigenous leaders to fight poverty and injustices through small-scale grassroots community efforts. She is a Brazilian native with a Masters in International Development, she brings over 14 years of nonprofit management and community development experience while serving communities worldwide, and building relationships with global community leaders.
Listen to this interview and hear Elaine’s love for people, knowledge, and diversity of culture. Find out how she is able to use her talents, experiences, and networks to build a global movement through Cultivate.
“I am a firm believer that any kind of large scale change does start from the grassroots level. And that’s where we have invested in to. ”
- Elaine Tymchak
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Timestamps:
03:18 — All about Cultivate and its mission as a non-profit business incubator
04:15 — What inspired Elaine to help community insiders set up their own organization
10:58 — Advantages of having a community insider leaders helping their own community
12:13 — How Cultivate mold the community insider leaders to be specialized experts within their community
14:07 — Indigenous Language Institute (ILI) and its mission to pass on the culture of Igorot to the younger generation
17:30 — Helping Orphans from the Ebola Virus Outbreak of 2014
25:26 — Community dependency to larger NGOs
28:28 — How Cultivate support their partners
33:33 — Transformation of Cultivate’s partners
43:15 — Elaine’s advice to people who what to start a business, non-profit organization, and a project
45:50 — Importance of balance and day-off as an entrepreneur
48:50 — How the things she is doing impacts her life?
54:38 — Connect with Cultivate International
Key Takeaways
"There is so many community insiders who have the potential, commitment to make long term changes, improvement, and impacts in their community. But the barriers to their success are really large."
"We want our partners, the community insiders to be the kind of people their community want to emulate."
"We have our desires in the back seat. We have to say maybe the uneducated person, halfway the developing world has a better idea than we do. And what they say goes not to what we say."
"Learn how to fail well."
"To be an entrepreneur, to be someone who is pushing forward on something is to know that it is okay to let a plate drop. It is okay to have failures."
Key Resources from Our Interview with Elaine Tymchak
The Tyranny of Experts by William Easterly
Cultivate’s Event: Play Around the World – October 2, 5PM-8PM
Connect with Elaine Tymchak
Facebook-Cultivate International