JOURNEYS

Changemaker Journey

Many of us are driven to make a difference. Figuring out where to begin with tackling our global challenges can be overwhelming, especially as individuals. Even if we already have an idea for an impact project, getting started - and keeping on going - can be hard. The good news is you’re not alone! Join a group of diverse changemakers on a Journey to discover how you can use strengths and passions to create real impact. Gain skills and tools to develop a project and turn it into action, while taking care of yourself at the same time.

Meet all our Journey Guides

Johannes Hochholzer
Facilitator, Unity Effect team member and Journey Guide. Consultant for team and organisational development.
Matthias Fecht
Head of Human Resources, Forest Stewardship Council International. My mission is to learn how the inner workings of our mind influence our behavior and decisions and how we can use this to become happier and better at what we do.
Svenja Jesumann
Life Explorer, Human Interactions Manager, Free Spirit, Journey Guide. My purpose: creating an environment for inspiring, healthy, mature human interactions.
Linda Wagner
Excited about sustainability and personal empowerment, grateful for nature's beauty and supportive networks, Journey Guide.
Marina Lynch
Participatory leadership practitioner & coach, Flow Game host, Process designer, Journey Guide. My purpose: creating space for authentic conversations and (personal) leadership to flourish.
Vera Janke
Career & Life Coach, Listening Adventurer, Journey Guide. My purpose: Bringing more listening into the world. One conversation at a time.
Sabrina Meissel
Systemic & animal assisted Coach, Facilitator, HR Manager, Journey Guide. My purpose: creating safe spaces for people to be their best self.
Franziska Kohn
Facilitator, co-founder of Unity Effect, Journey Guide. My purpose: People stepping into their potential. Passionate about personal development and leadership.
Emily Johnston
Facilitator, co-founder of Unity Effect, Journey Guide. Deeply passionate about guiding group processes and empowering people to connect with their purpose and leadership potential.
Clemens Binder
Freelancer with Unity Effect. Holding spaces, building bridges and inspiring people to realise what makes them come alive. Passionate about networks and social change.
Jannik Kaiser
Co-founder of Unity Effect & Journey Guide. Passionate about co-creating spaces for transformative change. Eternal optimist and talented in telling unfunny jokes.

Who is it for?

The Changemaker Journey is for anyone who is passionate about creating positive change and wants to grow their skills and capacities as a changemaker, while developing an impact project.

What's included?

Weekly 2 hour online group workshops.
Peer mentoring sessions.
Workbook with additional content, resources & tools.
Optional certificate of completion.

Time

Approximately 3-5 hours/week:

2 hours workshop 
1 hour peer coaching
Additional time for implementation and reflection exercises
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The Changemaker Journey has been for me ten weeks of inspiring workshops, warm-hearted community and a good balance of theory and practice. But mainly it has been a great opportunity to work on the question ‘What do I want to bring to the world?

Jonathan Hoenninger

The Changemaker Journey was a surprising and inspiring process that allowed me to look deeper into myself and understand better who I am and where I am going. I was shocked by all the space I was given to create and deconstruct, to rethink my ideas and to find my pieces in my own pace. The Journey helped me understand how much we all need such space in order to live our lives to the fullest. I am grateful for every person I met during the Journey and every AHA moment we had together and individually. It was truly enriching and I recommend it to everyone.

Marta Kanarkiewicz

Last year I was grateful to be part of the Changemaker Journey as it helped me reflect on my personal and professional aspirations especially in the middle of a pandemic. Now 15 months into the pandemic and looking back, I really am grateful for all the resilience-building last year that I invested in as this year has been much tougher than last. I constantly draw on the exercises to remind myself to take breaks, be aware of the needs of my mind and body and to continue to nourish my soul. I would highly recommend the Changemaker Journey.

ElsaMarie DSilva

Changemaker Journey Participant

The Changemaker Journey helps me ground myself around my true purpose and values. It gives me a framework for self-empowerment. The Unity Effect team and awesome Franziska Kohn are true leaders of change from the inside out.

Venesa Musovic

Changemaker Journey Participant

I want to thank Franziska, Jannik, and all of your time for this wonderful experience. I enjoyed both the journey, and the changemakers who shared it with me. In particular, I think it helped me to hone in on a better way to continue making an impact. I am happy to say that it is already bearing fruit, and I already have had my work accepted to multiple conferences, part of the commitment I made to myself during our journey. Looking forward to seeing where it will take me!

Steven Aiello

Changemaker Journey Participant

How can I...

  • contribute to society while doing the things I love?
  • turn my ideas and dreams into action?
  • make a difference and take care of myself at the same time?
  • build the courage and resilience to stay on my path?
  • find other changemakers to support me?

The Journey

The Changemaker Journey is a 10 week guided online program for a group of up to 12 participants. We meet once a week for a 2 hour online workshop with the group, which takes place via Zoom. Our Journey Guides facilitate the workshops with a focus on experiential learning, reflection and sharing practical methods and tools. Our workshops are highly interactive – this is definitely not your typical online course! Between the workshops there are peer-coaching sessions, as well as a workbook with individual exercises and tools.

The first half of the Journey focuses on developing your inner clarity – your purpose, values, decision-making and more – based on which you will define a project or prototype to develop in the second half of the program. Your project could be something very concrete, such as a new initiative or business idea, or it could be more personal, such as figuring out your next steps forward. Don’t worry if you don’t have it figured out yet as you will get to develop it along the way. The most important thing is that we put our inner journey into outer action.

We offer Journeys for individuals and organisations. To find out about a program for your organisation, contact us.

Explore the weekly topics

Where does the Journey lead?

Learn and practice skills and tools to:
  • Discover your values, strengths and purpose
  • Understand your own impact and the impact you want to create
  • Develop your idea or project and turn it into action
  • Build courage and resilience to make decisions and take action in uncertain and challenging situations
  • Think in systems and use a network approach to support your project
  • Create habits and environments which support you and your project

Weekly themes

Explore the topics which we dive into together over our ten week Changemaker Journey.

Powerful Questions

1

What I Deeply Care About

2
What is it that I really, deeply care about? What is true to me, and what is coming from somewhere else, such as my family, friends or society? In week two we focus on getting clearer about what it is that really matters to us.

Purpose and Excitement

3

Making Decisions and Letting Go

4
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Sustainable Action

9

Celebration and Feedforward

10

Upcoming Journeys

Currently we have no upcoming journey.
Ready to start your Journey but the dates don't fit? Get in touch.

Prices

We offer different price levels to enable people from different backgrounds to be able to join the Journey.
Prices are for individual participants. To find out about a program for your organisation, contact us.
All of our prices include 19% VAT.
Company
1100 EUR
To book a program for your organisation, contact us.
Individual
790 EUR
‍Do you have any questions?
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Scholarships
We don’t want price to be a barrier and therefore we offer limited number of reduced rate scholarships for each Journey, with the final price agreed on together with you. To apply for a scholarship, please select this option in the application form.
We offer different price levels to enable people from different backgrounds to be able to join the Journey. We don’t want price to be a barrier and therefore we offer limited number of reduced rate scholarships for each Journey, with the final price agreed on together with you. To apply for a scholarship, please select this option in the application form.
The Leadership Journey has been certified by the Institute for Education and Social Innovation (Ibugi). We are able to issue two kinds of certificates of successful completion, a Further Education Certificate for the professional context and a Higher Education Certificate for the academic context (3 ECTS points).

Our Journey Guides

All our Journey Guides are Journey Alumni and trained by Unity Effect.
To learn more about our train the trainer program and working with us as a Journey Guide, contact us.
Clemens Binder
Freelancer with Unity Effect. Holding spaces, building bridges and inspiring people to realise what makes them come alive. Passionate about networks and social change.
Emily Johnston
Facilitator, co-founder of Unity Effect, Journey Guide. Deeply passionate about guiding group processes and empowering people to connect with their purpose and leadership potential.
Franziska Kohn
Facilitator, co-founder of Unity Effect, Journey Guide. My purpose: People stepping into their potential. Passionate about personal development and leadership.
Jannik Kaiser
Co-founder of Unity Effect & Journey Guide. Passionate about co-creating spaces for transformative change. Eternal optimist and talented in telling unfunny jokes.
Johannes Hochholzer
Facilitator, Unity Effect team member and Journey Guide. Consultant for team and organisational development.
Linda Wagner
Excited about sustainability and personal empowerment, grateful for nature's beauty and supportive networks, Journey Guide.
Marina Lynch
Participatory leadership practitioner & coach, Flow Game host, Process designer, Journey Guide. My purpose: creating space for authentic conversations and (personal) leadership to flourish.
Matthias Fecht
Head of Human Resources, Forest Stewardship Council International. My mission is to learn how the inner workings of our mind influence our behavior and decisions and how we can use this to become happier and better at what we do.
Sabrina Meissel
Systemic & animal assisted Coach, Facilitator, HR Manager, Journey Guide. My purpose: creating safe spaces for people to be their best self.
Svenja Jesumann
Life Explorer, Human Interactions Manager, Free Spirit, Journey Guide. My purpose: creating an environment for inspiring, healthy, mature human interactions.
Vera Janke
Career & Life Coach, Listening Adventurer, Journey Guide. My purpose: Bringing more listening into the world. One conversation at a time.
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