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Alexander McLean, Founder & Director of Justice Defenders: Storytelling and Co-Creating Solutions
Alexander McLean, Founder & Director of Justice Defenders: Storytelling and Co-Creating Solutions
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27 minutes
Released:
Aug 4, 2020
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Podcast episode
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In this episode, Founder and Director of Justice Defenders Alexander McLean shares how he helps prisoners and prison officers in Africa become paralegals in order to defend the defenseless. Listen in as Laura and Alexander discuss how to connect with powerful people on a human level, responding to opportunities while maintaining influence, and creating bridges through storytelling and listening in order to co-create solutions.
Alexander McLean is Founder and Director of Justice Defenders. After witnessing degrading conditions during his gap year travels to East Africa, Alexander dedicated his life to the welfare of prisoners and reform of the justice system in Africa and beyond. He is passionate about justice, having trained as a barrister and sat as magistrate in the UK courts for 10 years. Alexander is a Senior TED Fellow, Ashoka Fellow and UK Young Philanthropist of the Year. He appears in Time magazine’s “30 Under 30 Changing the World” and “Powerlist,” featuring Britain's most influential people of African/African Caribbean heritage and recently earned an honorary doctorate in law from BPP.
You can connect with Alexander via his website: https://www.justice-defenders.org/
To learn more about Dr. Laura Sicola and how mastering influence can impact your success go to https://www.speakingtoinfluence.com/quickstart and download the quick start guide for mastering the three C’s of influence.
You can connect with Laura in the following ways:
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Alexander McLean is Founder and Director of Justice Defenders. After witnessing degrading conditions during his gap year travels to East Africa, Alexander dedicated his life to the welfare of prisoners and reform of the justice system in Africa and beyond. He is passionate about justice, having trained as a barrister and sat as magistrate in the UK courts for 10 years. Alexander is a Senior TED Fellow, Ashoka Fellow and UK Young Philanthropist of the Year. He appears in Time magazine’s “30 Under 30 Changing the World” and “Powerlist,” featuring Britain's most influential people of African/African Caribbean heritage and recently earned an honorary doctorate in law from BPP.
You can connect with Alexander via his website: https://www.justice-defenders.org/
To learn more about Dr. Laura Sicola and how mastering influence can impact your success go to https://www.speakingtoinfluence.com/quickstart and download the quick start guide for mastering the three C’s of influence.
You can connect with Laura in the following ways:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drlaurasicola
LinkedIn Business Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vocal-impact-productions/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWri2F_hhGQpMcD97DctJwA
Facebook: Vocal Impact Productions
Twitter: @Laura Sicola
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/vocalimpactproductions
Instagram: @VocalImpactProductionsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Aug 4, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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