George Srour's guest appearances

George Srour

EconTalk

The New New Thing Podcast

The Illuminate Podcast

Sarah Evans

Ashley Mitchell

Sujan Patel

Jessica Honegger

Jordan Lee Dooley

Robyn Nohling

Jay Baer

Anthony Kennada

Liz Bohannon

Colleen Stine

Julie Voris

Chris Norton

Becca Stevens

Rachel Scott

Ian Morgan Cron

OwlTail

Hey friends!! Today we are re-airing our very first episode. If you missed this episode or haven’t listened in awhile I assure you that it will drum up some inspiration for your day today! We hope you enjoy this re-air with social entrepreneur George Srour! George Srour is the Chief Dreamer for Building Tomorrow, a non-profit organization bringing access to inclusive, transformative education to children in underserved areas. In this episode we learn about George’s vision for Building Tomorrow and how the dream became a reality after a small fundraiser that turned into something much bigger. I loved to hear about how his parents raised him to be curious about the World and not just the community he grew up in. George is humble and kind and shares with us about the importance of having a strong team to work alongside of when you are building something great. I am honored to call George my friend and am so thankful I get to share him with you all today! Show Notes:  Host: Lindsey Hein Building Tomorrow Follow Building Tomorrow: Building Tomorrow on Instagram Follow The Illuminate Podcast: Illuminate on Instagram

Hey friends!! Today we are re-airing our very first episode. If you missed this episode or haven’t listened in awhile I assure you that it will drum up some inspiration for your day today! We hope you enjoy this re-air with social entrepreneur George Srour! George Srour is the Chief Dreamer for Building Tomorrow, a non-profit organization bringing access to inclusive, transformative education to children in underserved areas. In this episode we learn about George’s vision for Building Tomorrow and how the dream became a reality after a small fundraiser that turned into something much bigger. I loved to hear about how his parents raised him to be curious about the World and not just the community he grew up in. George is humble and kind and shares with us about the importance of having a strong team to work alongside of when you are building something great. I am honored to call George my friend and am so thankful I get to share him with you all today! Show Notes:  Host: Lindsey Hein <a href="https://www.buildingtomorrow.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Building Tomorrow</a> Follow Building Tomorrow: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bldgtomorrow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Building Tomorrow on Instagram</a> Follow The Illuminate Podcast: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theilluminatepodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Illuminate on Instagram</a>

Episode 121: George Srour, Building Tomorrow (Re-Air episode 1)

George Srour is the Chief Dreamer for Building Tomorrow, a non-profit organization bringing access to inclusive, transformative education to children in underserved areas. In this episode we learn about George’s vision for Building Tomorrow and how the dream became a reality after a small fundraiser that turned into something much bigger. I loved to hear about how his parents raised him to be curious about the World and not just the community he grew up in. George is humble and kind and shares with us about the importance of having a strong team to work alongside of when you are building something great. I am honored to call George my friend and am so thankful I get to share him with you all today! Show Notes:  Host: Lindsey Hein Building Tomorrow Follow Building Tomorrow:  Building Tomorrow on Instagram Follow The Illuminate Podcast:  Illuminate on Instagram

George Srour is the Chief Dreamer for Building Tomorrow, a non-profit organization bringing access to inclusive, transformative education to children in underserved areas. In this episode we learn about George’s vision for Building Tomorrow and how the dream became a reality after a small fundraiser that turned into something much bigger. I loved to hear about how his parents raised him to be curious about the World and not just the community he grew up in. George is humble and kind and shares with us about the importance of having a strong team to work alongside of when you are building something great. I am honored to call George my friend and am so thankful I get to share him with you all today! Show Notes:  Host: Lindsey Hein <a href="https://www.buildingtomorrow.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Building Tomorrow</a> Follow Building Tomorrow: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bldgtomorrow/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Building Tomorrow on Instagram</a> Follow The Illuminate Podcast: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/theilluminatepodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Illuminate on Instagram</a>

Episode 1: George Srour; Building Tomorrow

This week we have the pleasure of bringing listeners an episode with special guest George Srour, Chief Dreamer and founder of Building Tomorrow. Building Tomorrow is an international social-profit organization with school-building operations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Building Tomorrow "envisions a world where every child with a desire to learn has access to a safe, permanent, quality, and local place to do so. [Their team] focuses on providing access to education in hard-to-reach rural areas, and providing support to improve the quality of education in Building Tomorrow schools and hundreds of other government schools in need of intervention."In our conversation with George, we discuss how he launched the organization after he graduated from college and his journey to expand its mission, which now has built 60 schools in Africa. George shares what he's learned from working with some of the world's most notable leaders and provides insight into how marketing has helped scale his organization.Tune in for details on:-How George came up with the courage to take the leap and start his own organization, that 10 years later has built 60 schools for children in Africa;-What he’s learned from working with leaders like Bill and Hillary Clinton, Desmond Tutu, and others;-The “marketing crisis” for this specific type of non-profit work: For marketing specifically, experiments that did and did not work for George and what he learned on his marketing journey;-Brand marketing struggles: How Building Tomorrow has worked to brand itself globally in a way that doesn’t offend or cause harm to its many audiences;-How he stays inspired to try new things and take more risks when his work environment can be sometimes turbulent and is very much affected by the politics of the world surrounding it;-Contributing factors he learned were crucial to his experiments and efforts in growing and scaling: In Building Tomorrow’s case, community involvement and awareness, for example.How to get involved:Learn more about how you can work with the Building Tomorrow team by visiting their website and their [Un]educate Yourself campaign. If you're local to Indianapolis or want to make a trip for a great cause, learn more about Building Tomorrow's Burger Battle in the heart of downtown Indianapolis this August. You can follow George and Building Tomorrow on Twitter @gsrour and @BldgTomorrow.Listen to more podcasts on The New New Thing, and subscribe to our SoundCloud for updates. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @TNNTnews.Want to be featured on our podcast? Reach out to editor@newnewthing.com.This podcast is hosted by R. J. Talyor, editor-in-chief of The New New Thing and CEO at Quantifi, and Liz Prugh, managing editor of The New New Thing. New episodes are published every Monday.

This week we have the pleasure of bringing listeners an episode with special guest George Srour, Chief Dreamer and founder of Building Tomorrow. Building Tomorrow is an international social-profit organization with school-building operations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Building Tomorrow "envisions a world where every child with a desire to learn has access to a safe, permanent, quality, and local place to do so. [Their team] focuses on providing access to education in hard-to-reach rural areas, and providing support to improve the quality of education in Building Tomorrow schools and hundreds of other government schools in need of intervention." In our conversation with George, we discuss how he launched the organization after he graduated from college and his journey to expand its mission, which now has built 60 schools in Africa. George shares what he's learned from working with some of the world's most notable leaders and provides insight into how marketing has helped scale his organization. Tune in for details on: -How George came up with the courage to take the leap and start his own organization, that 10 years later has built 60 schools for children in Africa; -What he’s learned from working with leaders like Bill and Hillary Clinton, Desmond Tutu, and others; -The “marketing crisis” for this specific type of non-profit work: For marketing specifically, experiments that did and did not work for George and what he learned on his marketing journey; -Brand marketing struggles: How Building Tomorrow has worked to brand itself globally in a way that doesn’t offend or cause harm to its many audiences; -How he stays inspired to try new things and take more risks when his work environment can be sometimes turbulent and is very much affected by the politics of the world surrounding it; -Contributing factors he learned were crucial to his experiments and efforts in growing and scaling: In Building Tomorrow’s case, community involvement and awareness, for example. How to get involved: Learn more about how you can work with the Building Tomorrow team by visiting their website and their [Un]educate Yourself campaign. If you're local to Indianapolis or want to make a trip for a great cause, learn more about Building Tomorrow's Burger Battle in the heart of downtown Indianapolis this August. You can follow George and Building Tomorrow on Twitter @gsrour and @BldgTomorrow. Listen to more podcasts on The New New Thing, and subscribe to our SoundCloud for updates. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @TNNTnews. Want to be featured on our podcast? Reach out to editor@newnewthing.com. This podcast is hosted by R. J. Talyor, editor-in-chief of The New New Thing and CEO at Quantifi, and Liz Prugh, managing editor of The New New Thing. New episodes are published every Monday.

Guest George Srour: Scaling Your Nonprofit With Building Tomorrow's Chief Dreamer and Founder