Episode 9: The Happiness Paradox

Disrupt Development

In todays episode together with Stijn en Julian we are going to talk about how their social start-up the Nieuwe Gevers is disrupting development aid. We will talk about the Happiness paradox, the growing movement of professionals donating their skills to non-profits, why the private sector is pushing their employees to find purpose, the challenges non-profits experience in working with other sectors, and how the Nieuwe Gevers is facilitating matchmaking between non-profits and professionals from other sectors.

Stijn Tupan and Julian Hoogendoorn are the founders of social start-up the Nieuwe Gevers, a matchmaking platform that links non-profits to pro-bono professionals from other sectors. De Nieuwe Gevers (New Givers) is a growing movement of talented thinkers, makers & doers with a new mindset: giving skills to the good. They make a different type of donation, something more valuable than money: they give what they are good at. With love. That is why De Nieuwe Gevers attach them to non-profits that are committed to the world of tomorrow.

Are you a professional and willing to donate your skills to create impact? Or are you a non-profit or social enterprise that is looking for specific expertise to support your project or organisation? Become a member of de Nieuwe Gevers.