Tim Costello is now one of Australia's best known and most loved social leaders. But rewind 40 years, and we find a young man deciding between building a career as a lawyer, and changing the world. 

Tim tried to chart a different course, building a career based his own personal purpose.

In this candid conversation with Ripple co-founders, Skye and Tim, we hear the story, and share in the wisdom of a purpose driven leader who has fought for the homeless in Australia, shared meals with AIDs orphans in Uganda, campaigned for child-slaves in India, faced the world's most confronting natural disasters, and spoken truth to world leaders like Vladmir Putin the G20.

Sarah Spiker (Global Projects Manager at Cotton On Foundation) in conversation with Jahin Tanvir, Youth Ambassador at Multicultural Youth Affairs Network NSW.

In this session, we get into the nitty gritty on the age old question: how do you get the experience needed to secure a role that will help you gain the experience you need to secure a role?

Sarah has worked for several non-profits and now manages an international team at the Cotton On Foundation. Jahin is just starting out on his for-purpose career path. In this session they'll discuss practical tips for getting your foot in the door and Sarah will share what she has learned from building a career, and hiring for roles, in the for-purpose sector.

In this session, we wrap up our focus on careers with a few practical steps and look to the bigger picture of the series ahead.

In a very special personal conversation, the recently appointed Mayor of Mornington shares candidly about his life - and how career, community and civic participation have driven him to build a purpose driven life. Sam has lived experience of homelessness and domestic violence, as well as the power of local communities to create the conditions for all people to thrive. His positivity and his bias toward local action will leave you not only inspired, but ready to roll up your sleeves and get to work.

We are honoured and excited to share that the 29th Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull will be joining us for this important session on whether we should even bother with politics.

Mr Turnbull has recently released his memoir 'A Bigger Picture', and with a career spanning law, journalism and politics, his insights about the state of our democracy and where we as individuals have agency to influence change will be invaluable. 

Trust us, you won't want to miss it.

Mr Turnbull will be interviewed by someone who's just at the beginning of a career in government. 

Charishma Kaliyanda is a councillor for Liverpool City, whose own brilliant story from citizen to elected office will inspire you.

A few things you should know about Charishma:

She was raised in Liverpool (South West Sydney) after migrating to the area with her family as a young girl.

She is one of only 11 women elected to Council in Liverpool's 144-year history, and one of the youngest. She is also registered Occupational Therapist and currently works for headspace – the national youth mental foundation.

This session is all about how you use our civic systems to make change - not from partisan campaigners, but from an actual professor of political theory. What more could you ask for!

Before arriving in Sydney in 2018, Marc had been Professor of Political Theory at the University of Oxford, Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation, one of the UK’s largest think tanks, and Chief Speechwriter to the UK Labour Party.

Marc will be running this session with Lisa Fennis. Before working at the Sydney Policy Lab, Lisa was the youngest ever Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation and a Campaigning Fellow of the Centre for Australian Progress.

Our special guests are going to wrap up the series with a quick, practical guide on what we can all do next.