Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | Communications

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | Communications


Latest Episodes

Ep 117: The Hunt for Great Board Members (with Robert Acton and Lalita Badinehal)
September 12, 2020

If youve ever had trouble finding great board members, or getting them ready to serve your organizations at a high level, youll want to listen to this episode.

Ep 116: The Most Important Piece of Diversity Work: Belonging (with Neha Sampat)
August 29, 2020

My journey through the world is highly enriched by the diversity of folks around me.

Ep 115: Taking Nonprofits From Good to Great – Part 2 (with Jim Collins)
August 15, 2020

In this episode, Jim Collins and I continue to explore the question of why some organizations thrive in uncertainty and chaos and others do not. Quite timely!

Ep 114: What If Fundraising De-Emphasized the Donor? (with Vu Le and Michelle Muri)
August 01, 2020

There are those who believe that the donor-centric fundraising model may be perpetuating the very inequity we seek to address in the nonprofit sector.

Ep 113: Taking Nonprofits From Good to Great – Part 1 (with Jim Collins)
July 18, 2020

My guest today, best selling author Jim Collins, literally wrote the book on how to navigate a path from good to great and I could not be more excited to have him on the podcast!

Ep 112: What Foundations Are Thinking Right Now (with Caryl M. Stern)
July 04, 2020

So many nonprofits are struggling. Facing crises that are existential. I wanted to know what funders, especially foundations, are thinking at this time.

Ep 111: Once Upon a Time There Was a Fundraiser Who… (with Dan Portnoy)
June 20, 2020

Just for a moment, imagine what it would mean for your organization if you could double your online fundraising next year.

Ep 110: How to Have Difficult Conversations – Part 2 (with Sheila Heen)
June 06, 2020

Accepting criticism is an important leadership skill. But how might we exercise that skill when it feels off base, unfair, or poorly delivered?

Ep 109: How to Have Difficult Conversations – Part 1 (with Sheila Heen)
May 23, 2020

How do you build the muscle to make sure difficult conversations go well? What might you not be aware of that could change everything?

Ep 108: A New CEO Job Starts in the Heat of a Pandemic (with Ellen LaPointe)
May 09, 2020

Imagine you start a new CEO job at a wonderful nonprofit. And then a pandemic hits. Changes things just a bit, right? That's what happened to my guest.