Situational Awareness and Leadership The world is not a safe place today. The threats we face are growing. These threats include Sexual Harassment, Suicide, Human Trafficking, Cyber, Assault, Bullying, and Active Shooter. But this isn’t the entire list. In addition, all of these problems have been getting worse, not better. “Traditional Training” following Einstein’s definition of Insanity is not working. When you and your organization learn Situational Awareness, you provide your teams with the...
Sep 28, 2021•31 min
Importance of Digital Marketing for Your Nonprofit: Interview with Digital Expert Mark Stebbins How can nonprofit organizations drive traffic to their website and convert visitors into supporters including volunteers and donors? In 2003,Mark Stebbinsstarted Stebbins Media, with one simple goal in mind – help businesses with exceptional marketing. He has always believed that marketing should be an investment and not an expense. When done right, it’s a beautiful thing when the combination of strat...
Sep 22, 2021•37 min
Little Things Everyone Can Do To Make A Big Impact In The World: Interview with Amy & Scott Malin One of the main reasons donors lapse is poor communication from the non-profit and a lack of meaningful ways to engage donors and get them excited about their mission. Most people experience donor burn-out from being bombarded with messages about the world’s biggest problems that need fixing. As a society, we’ve become desensitized when we see suffering around us. That is why we’re big believers in ...
Sep 14, 2021•39 min
Leader Effectiveness: Closing The Confidence Gap Interview with Robbie Walls Today, there is a particular crisis for women—a vast confidence gap that separates the sexes. Compared with men, women don’t consider themselves as ready for promotions, they predict they’ll do worse on tests, and they generally underestimate their abilities across the board. A growing body of evidence shows just how devastating this lack of confidence can be. In fact, it turns out that confidence predicts success much ...
Sep 13, 2021•36 min
Discovering the Value of Including Persons with Disabilities with Your Overall Inclusion Efforts Interview with Daniel Hodges Creating access is usually a much simpler process than we imaging subtle changes make a world of difference. Access and inclusion are catalysts for innovation that benefit everyone. No viewing people with disabilities as people to serve, but also including them in nonprofit leadership. Questions to be addressed in this interview: What is a disability and how many people h...
Sep 02, 2021•36 min
A Cautionary Tale – Corporate Lessons applied to Entrepreneurship: How to Identify and Avoid Future Disasters Interview with Dan Goodwin Have you ever had a time when there was a nagging doubt about a certain person or situation? Ever wonder how confidential information is being handled and protected within your organization? Do you know if your employees/volunteers understand the parameters of your mission, passion, and vision? These three items: people, processes, and communication all directl...
Aug 24, 2021•37 min
7 Questions That Unlock How Your Organization Can Attract New Donors Interview with Marketing Specialist, Chris Barlow Chris Barlow grew up imagining he'd work in a cause-focused career, ministry, or mission. To his surprise, after just "getting a job" after college, he discovered he loved business. After many years in corporate sales, he realized that while he loved it, it wasn't going to be what he could or wanted to do until retirement. So he founded Beeline in 2015 and volunteered with a loc...
Aug 17, 2021•42 min
Traits of The Gracious Leader: The Power Five®️ Interview with Gracious Coach Doris Young Boyer Doris Young Boyer is a sought-after keynote speaker, leadership advisor, and podcast host. She has insight, expertise, and experience about the behaviors that create a powerful presence, that create and sustain relationships, and produce bottom-line results. Doris has more than 25 years of domestic and international business experience. With more than 25 years of domestic and international corporate a...
Aug 10, 2021•44 min
Bio Writing and Visibility As a Leader: How to talk about yourself without sounding arrogant with Writing Coach June Morrow It’s not arrogant to talk (or write) about yourself in a way that shows the value you bring to the world. June Morrow helps service-based entrepreneurs, leaders, and others find the words that describe their worth with bio writing, website writing, elevator pitches, and custom content marketing strategies. A former journalist and award-winning public speaker, she’s had her ...
Jul 27, 2021•40 min
Engaging Members and Supporters Through Live or Virtual Entertainment Events Interview with Joe M. Turner Before the pandemic, it was already the case that organizations needed creative new ways to engage with their audiences of supporters and donors. While the pandemic required us to add new tools and approaches to the mix, the need to engage and communicate changed in that it became more important, but in some ways more difficult. During his career in the management consulting industry, Joe M....
Jul 21, 2021•44 min
Effective Decision Making: Thinking Critically (and Rationally) • Cultivating Next Generation Leader Interview with Sam Palazzolo As a Venture Capitalist, I’ve encountered thousands of leaders that continue to do the wrong thing, when right is available to them. Why? They make these wrong decisions because of typically two reasons: (1) They don’t have all the information necessary to make the right decision – Either they don’t have, don’t get, or don’t know where to find, (2) They don’t ask ques...
Jul 13, 2021•43 min
Justice in the Courtroom, Service in the Community Interview with Daniel K. Kramer, President of Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities With responsibility in the courtroom, comes responsibility in the community. Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charitieshaveremained a strong source of support to the greater Los Angeles community through the hard times of 2020, and have begun their volunteer events for the year. Kramer will be able to speak on what makes LATLC so successful and the message of "Justice i...
Jul 06, 2021•58 min
Learn Why Your Social Media Content Strategy Isn’t Working Interview with Social Media Strategist, Sarah Olea Sarah Olea has had the opportunity of working in customer service, sales, public relations, and marketing. With my experience in these different fields, I have created a marketing agency that encompasses all these areas. I have had the pleasure of working with a variety of clients and help ignite the careers of artists, authors, medical professions, and more. I have worked with small to ...
Jun 29, 2021•1 hr
What Sets Great Leaders Apart Interview with Leadership Coach Lisa Anna Palmer “Progressive leaders realize that to build high-performing teams and achieve the success they need to live and work based on fundamental business principles that flow from a love for humanity and the desire for human connection. It is compassion, courage, and competence as a leader that inspires employees to do their very best and give the company a competitive edge. It is profundity, passion, purpose, and perseveranc...
Jun 24, 2021•59 min
Outreach Strategies and Donor Communication with Communication Specialist, David Wachs Handwritten communication is one of the most underutilized forms of donor outreach. It has 3 times the open rate than standard open rates and nearly 23X the response rates. A serial entrepreneur, David Wach‘s latest venture, Handwrytten, is bringing back the lost art of letter writing through scalable, robot-based solutions that write your notes in pen. Developed as a platform, Handwrytten lets you send notes ...
Jun 15, 2021•59 min
Reimagining the University of Lynchburg and Building Partnerships with Lynchburg with President Alison Morrison-Shetlar President Alison Morrison-Shetlar describes herself as a “servant leader.” She is the first person born outside the U.S. and the first woman to serve as the University of Lynchburg’s president. Her term began in August 2020. As the COVID-19 pandemic started to take hold in the U.S., the then-president-elect launched a fledgling effort to sew cloth face masks for the University ...
Jun 09, 2021•1 hr 1 min
5 Leadership Strategies to Maximize Personality for Performance: Developing the Leaders Around You Interview with Pat Tamakloe Leaders are uniquely qualified by their inherent ability to "see" things that most or the typical eye may not pick up on. With that comes their personalities and how that fits into the environment and people they lead. Whether this is a church setting between pastors, priests, or deacons with their parishioners, a board of directors among their members, or a facility tha...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 1 min
What Disney Can Teach You About Your Next Virtual Event with Ella Glasgow Virtual events are here to stay and putting them on can help you reach a wider audience. You CAN make them ROCK for you without pulling your hair out. Ella Glasgow is an award-winning vocalist, 2-time best-selling author, former Disney Main Stage performer, and the CEO/Producer at Beyond Virtual Events. Meeting planners hire her to create impactful virtual events so they can wow their community, increase connections and co...
May 25, 2021•59 min
The Danger of Echo Systems Interview with Joel Bryant If you are seeking directions to your destiny, you are in the right place! With over 25 years of leadership, sales, and performance development training, Dr. Joel Bryant’s expertise and experience bring a refreshing, enlightening, and inspiring approach to developing a holistic understanding of self and groups within their personal and professional settings. He provides valuable tools and techniques to help you achievehttps://drjoelbryant.web...
May 20, 2021•59 min
What Happens To Youth Who Age Out Of Foster Care? Interview with Maria Rolf Have you ever wondered what happens to foster children after they turn 18? Do they graduate from high school? Move off to college with their friends? Start taking steps toward a future career path? For the average teenager, these are normal milestones that symbolize becoming an independent adult. But for teens who have grown up in the foster system, this new stage of life means being thrown into the real world with few r...
May 05, 2021•56 min
Fuel for the Journey: Conversations that Build Culture and Fuel Performance with Dan Rockwell Dan Rockwell is the author of the highly recognized Leadership Freak blog and co-author of The Character-Based Leader. Leadership Freak, read in virtually every country on the globe, has been recognized as the most socially shared leadership blog on the Internet. Over 400,000 people subscribe to Leadership Freak’s social media channels. Inc Magazine lists Dan as a ‘Top Fifty Leadership and Management Ex...
Apr 28, 2021•59 min
How Much More Money Does Your Nonprofit Need to Bring In? With Debbie Mrazek Debbie Mrazek coaches and consults with Fortune 500 companies, CEOs, entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations, business startups, and family businesses, helping her clients to identify their toughest business challenges and guiding them through the process of developing and devising a clear, concise plan; a road map to achieving their vision and exponentially growing by working “smarter not harder”. She is passionate abo...
Apr 21, 2021•1 hr
The Art and Science of Profitable Joint Ventures Interview with JVology Founder, Jay Fiset Jay Fiset is a best selling author, student of human nature, avid outdoorsman at 5-star hotels, speaks fluent smart ass, can see and reflect your life mission in 5 minutes flat, loves having 2 sons so he can play with their toys, still fantasizes about his wife after 25 years, loves ideas, but loves results, even more, can simultaneously laugh and cry for different reasons at the same time, has never been ...
Apr 14, 2021•1 hr
Instability to Independence via the Lighthouse Model: A fresh look at serving our community Finny Mathew is an experienced President with a demonstrated history of working in the packaging and containers industry. A strong business development professional is skilled in Sales, Sales Management, Team Building, Public Speaking, Management, Renewable energy, green technology, Corporate and business management. He had now focused his skills for creating and growing a cause-based charity, the Lightho...
Apr 07, 2021•1 hr
There’s Never Been A Time Like This Interview with B1G1 Founder, Paul Dunn Paul Dunn is a 4-time TEDx speaker and is a Senior Fellow in one of the World’s Leading Think Tanks and consults to and mentors leading-edge businesses around the world. He was honored as a Social Innovation Fellow in his new home of Singapore; something he shares with film-star and philanthropist Jet Li and Walmart Chairman, Rob Walton. He was one of the first 10 people in Hewlett Packard in Australia. He then created on...
Mar 31, 2021•58 min
Why Your Authenticity Is Needed In The World Now More Than Ever Interview with Sandra Dee Robinson True authenticity as a leader takes courage, but only initially. Once achieved the results show an exponential increase. Decision-making is more clear. For those who feel a higher calling ( not only clergy) remembering the authentic self provides an ROI that sometimes cannot even be measured. Peace of mind and a stronger sense of self in your Design can magnetize others to you and your purpose. The...
Mar 24, 2021•54 min
Dysfunctional Nonprofit Boards Can Ruin an Organization, These Recruiting Principles Offer a Solution Interview with Jim Mueller The complexities and challenges of sustaining a nonprofit far exceed those faced by similar-sized for-profit entities. Board members are called upon to be voices in their communities, to promote the importance of their cause, and to attract a band of true believers so that their nonprofits have the best opportunity to have the greatest impact for the most people. Havin...
Mar 17, 2021•59 min
How Nonprofit Organizations Can Grow Interview with Jennifer Katrulya Jennifer Katrulya is a Partner at Citrin Cooperman and is considered a pioneer of the outsourced/virtual CFO, advisory, and accounting services space. She has spent the last 20+ years helping clients create and execute the strategic and operational plans needed to scale quickly, secure funding, provide critical reporting and communications to company stakeholders, increase market share, and position for a successful exit. Jenn...
Mar 10, 2021•1 hr
The Why Behind Our Businesseswith Vintro’s Founder Noor Sugrue Noor Sugrue, Founder of Vintro, combines her studies at The University of Chicago, studying Economics and Art History, with her role in leading her first business venture. Growing up in an entrepreneurial family, she was always encouraged to go the extra mile and achieve success in whatever she was doing. It is an ethos that has remained with her throughout her education and, more recently, in the creation of Vintro. In 2018, while N...
Mar 03, 2021•58 min
Your Relationship with Money: Will I Win or Lose? Interview with Richard Hansen Money and your relationship with it will ultimately dictate how you live, who you help, and how much you receive. If you view money as a scarce resource, it is! If you view money as an abundant resource, it is! We are taught that it is better to give than to receive, so are we giving enough? Are we being too selfish with what we have? As leaders we have to be the BIGGEST givers, we have to be the BIGGEST examples of ...
Feb 24, 2021•57 min
