Anita nowak
compassion & empathy for a sustainable future
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The Power of Empathy - Anita Nowak TEDx talk
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Empathy will save humanity - Anita Nowak TEDx talk
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Empathy - Anita Nowak at GSBS Conference, Mexico
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"Anita gave us all confidence that humans will survive – and thrive – as long as we leverage our innate capacity to empathize." -- Michaela Gilg, Influencer
About Anita Nowak
Anita Nowak, PhD is an empathy expert, award-winning educator and social impact coach.
She believes in the power of “Empathic Action” – a term she coined in her 2011 doctoral dissertation that now animates all her teaching, writing, coaching, consulting and public speaking.
She is author of The Empaths Strike Back: Stories of Everyday Heroes Using Empathy to Change the World (forthcoming).
As a three-time TEDx speaker, she also curates the Empathic Action Facebook community page and hosts a YouTube channel by the same name.
She is a certified personal & professional coach and supports high net worth individuals and their families achieve their philanthropic and social impact goals.
As Academic Associate for the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, she is responsible for designing and teaching a highly experiential course devoted to addressing the UN Global Sustainability Goals. She also teaches Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Anita was awarded Professor of the Year by the Desautels Management Undergraduate Society in 2014 and 2019.
Prior to her current role, she co-designed McGill’s Social Learning for Social Impact MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) and was the founding Director of the Social Economy Initiative (SEI), responsible for integrating social entrepreneurship and social innovation into the faculty’s teaching, research and outreach.
She also served the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation’s Public Leadership Program as Program and Instructional Design Advisor and advised the McConnell Foundation on RECODE, an initiative to help scale social innovation at colleges and universities across Canada.
www.anitanowak.com
Anita on YouTube
Anita Nowak, PhD is an empathy expert, award-winning educator and social impact coach.
She believes in the power of “Empathic Action” – a term she coined in her 2011 doctoral dissertation that now animates all her teaching, writing, coaching, consulting and public speaking.
She is author of The Empaths Strike Back: Stories of Everyday Heroes Using Empathy to Change the World (forthcoming).
As a three-time TEDx speaker, she also curates the Empathic Action Facebook community page and hosts a YouTube channel by the same name.
She is a certified personal & professional coach and supports high net worth individuals and their families achieve their philanthropic and social impact goals.
As Academic Associate for the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, she is responsible for designing and teaching a highly experiential course devoted to addressing the UN Global Sustainability Goals. She also teaches Leadership and Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Anita was awarded Professor of the Year by the Desautels Management Undergraduate Society in 2014 and 2019.
Prior to her current role, she co-designed McGill’s Social Learning for Social Impact MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) and was the founding Director of the Social Economy Initiative (SEI), responsible for integrating social entrepreneurship and social innovation into the faculty’s teaching, research and outreach.
She also served the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation’s Public Leadership Program as Program and Instructional Design Advisor and advised the McConnell Foundation on RECODE, an initiative to help scale social innovation at colleges and universities across Canada.
www.anitanowak.com
Anita on YouTube