Morning Person: Meet Sum

We have an amazing team of volunteers and partners who help us make CreativeMornings happen every month. We think they’re super cool and you should totally meet them.

This week: Meet Sum Green from The Vodafone Foundation, our host for the August CreativeMornings and a major supporter of our speaker, Sarah Longbottom! 

Who are you? 
I’m Sum Green, Vodafone’s Foundation and Sustainability Manager.

What gets you up in the morning? 
Having a job that I love, wonderful people that I get to work and engage with and all the goodness/inspiration I see in this world.

Explain what you do in Five words or less. 
Help make the world a better place [We’ll pretend ‘the’ and ‘a’ don’t count as words].

What’s a surprising fact about you? 
I really enjoy public speaking.

What is your favourite thing about Auckland? 
Being a metropolitan city with the beautiful outdoors at our doorstep.

Best piece of advice you’ve received?  Lots!  But one I heard this week that resonated with me was about a little kid throwing stranded starfishes back into the sea and when their parent questioned whether this was really making a difference, the kid responded that it made a difference for each of those starfish!  While I believe it’s important to address systemic issues, we can’t underestimate the difference (no matter how big or small) each one of us can make in the present.

Who would you love to hear speak? 
I love hearing from everyone - everyone always has an amazing story to share.

What’s your Secret Superpower? 
Well it’s not so secret but I am pretty good at baking (and more recently unbaking).

When at first you don’t succeed… Reflect, share and learn from it.

You can find out more about The Vodafone Foundation and their World of Difference Programme here. And you totally should. They’re pretty awesome.