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The Nonprofit Exchange: Leadership Tools & Strategies

The Nonprofit Exchange is built for nonprofit leaders, board members, donors, and interested parties.

Episodes

Are Websites Dead?Pip Patton Shares Ways to Engage New Supporters

Are Websites Dead? Pipp Patton Shares Ways to Engage New Supporters Pipp I Patton is the co-founder of Search Intelligence LLC a digital marketing agency based in Tampa Florida. They specialize in SEO, sales funnels, and Facebook marketing. Pipp in a former life was a yellow pages rep back when your yellow pages directory was the search engine of choice. Pipp is a recovering golf addict, loves to travel and enjoys finding new and interesting restaurants with his fiancé. Pipp says, "Nonprofits sh...

Mar 03, 201956 min

A Sustainable Not-For-Profit Financial Model with Steve Merager

Steve Meragerhas twenty-eight years in the financial services industry and now provides sophisticated services to small- and medium-sized businesses as a fractional CFO. Steve has managed the budget of a nine billion dollar bond project, was the lead financial manager of the pilot program for what is now the country's largest student loan program, regularly helps businesses with their pre-IPO requirements, finds profit opportunities for clients and helps organizations find solid ground for their...

Feb 24, 201959 min

Growing Early Stage Organizations with Bud Michael

Bud Michael has 40 years experience for industry leading hardware, software and services companies. He has held executive level sales and marketing positions with large, industry-leading product companies including Intel, Tandem Computer, Sequent Computers and KANA Software, and has successfully contributed marketing, sales and general business leadership to mid-sized software and services companies. Bud has been CEO at four privately funded technology and data services companies where he led th...

Feb 17, 201949 min

Producing Successful Funding Events with Lauren Towers

LAURIEN TOWERS began her diversified career of over 30 years as one of the producers of LIVE AID, immediately followed by several other live global telecasts. Laurien has produced and directed multi-cultural events internationally including with Eastern Bloc nations, concerts, animation, film, and theatre. Her expertise includes strategic planning, creative development, and production of special events, benefits, concerts, live global telecasts, animation, documentaries and film festivals. Ms. T...

Feb 10, 201955 min

How a Nonprofit Founder Launches a Vision with Mary Putman

Making Homelessness History: Listening to the Voices of Lived Experience After over 30 years in the hospitality and business world, Mary Putman found her place in the world of Social Justice in 2011. At that time, Mary offered her services to the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless to create, open, operate and develop the program for a Social Enterprise, Pizza Fusion. The full service restaurant offered transitional employment and job and life skills training for individuals who have experienced...

Feb 03, 201951 min

Are Websites Dead? Pip Patten Shares Ways to Engage New Supporters

Pipp I Pattonis the co-founder of Search Intelligence LLC a digital marketing agency based in Tampa Florida. They specialize in SEO, sales funnels, and Facebook marketing. Pipp in a former life was a yellow pages rep back when your yellow pages directory was the search engine of choice. Pipp is a recovering golf addict, loves to travel and enjoys finding new and interesting restaurants with his fiancé. Pip says, "Nonprofits should be using all the current sales and marketing technology to build ...

Feb 03, 201956 min

Telling Your Nonprofit's Story with Dawn Gluskin (Archive)

Telling Your Nonprofit's Story with Dawn Gluskin Dawn Gluskinhas spent the past 12 years in the electronic distribution field. In 2008, she became Founder and CEO of SolTec Electronics, an independent distributor and procurement partner to OEM and EMS companies for hard-to-find and obsolete electronic components. A true entrepreneur story, she started SolTec by herself, working from her home office (when her first born daughter was just 6 months old) and quickly grew the company from $0 into a m...

Jan 20, 201955 min

Bringing Meditation Into Schools, Companies, and Large Organizations

Ellie Shojais an award-winning Writer, Producer, and Motivational Speaker. She is the founder of Peace Unleashed, a personal transformation company that focuses on helping individuals and groups level up holistically. The Peace Unleashed philosophy is rooted in the understanding that teams are more efficient and companies more productive when individual members attain a level of internal peace and groundedness that remains unshaken by life events. There is a reason many high-profile individuals ...

Jan 13, 201953 min

What is missing for Nonprofits to attract Millenials and GenZ generation?

Why Millenials and GenZ are disconnected with nonprofits today? Pradeep Kandimalla, Founder and Chief Executive of SAHAVE™ is so passionate about social change he has dedicated his life to serving others. Spending twenty years in the nonprofit world and witnessing their struggles to fulfill their missions spurred him to build The Platform for Social Change to bring about social change worldwide. Not only does SAHAVE keep him hopping, his beautiful daughters keep him busy as well. Oh, and mom has...

Dec 23, 201859 min

Review of the New SynerVision Online Community

Join and Shape Your Online Community for Community Builders A Preview with Russ and Hugh Hugh Ballou and Russell Dennis preview features and opportunities for leaders in the newly Hugh Ballou Russell Dennis launched SynerVision Leadership Community for Community Builders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 16, 201830 min

A Nonprofit Is a Business Just Like Any Business with Alan Harrison

A Nonprofit is a Businesswith Alan Harrison [caption id="attachment_1275" align="alignleft" width="200"] Alan Harrison, CDCF[/caption] Alan Harrisonis a nonprofit executive with over 25 years of for-profit and nonprofit experience in a diverse set of roles. Born in Pennsylvania, Harrison holds a B.S. degree in Biology from Geneva College and an M.S. degree in Biology (specializing in Ecology) from Lehigh University. There is a pervading view that nonprofits are somehow less serious than for-prof...

Dec 09, 201857 min

A New Vision of Collaboration from United Way of Central Virginia

Interview Transcript Hugh Ballou: Hey there, it’s Hugh Ballou. We’re back. This is a bonus session of The Nonprofit Exchange. We are recording a series of interviews about partnerships and collaborations. Recording some thought leaders in the place where SynerVision is located in Lynchburg, Virginia. It’s central western Virginia, about halfway up in the commonwealth on the side almost in West Virginia. Bill Varner: Almost. Hugh: Almost. And my guest today is a new friend. I have only been here ...

Nov 18, 201834 min

Lynchburg Mayor Treney Tweety on Partnerships

Hugh Ballou: This is Hugh Ballou, and I have the honor today. I am in Lynchburg, Virginia where I live. I have the honor of speaking to a native. Treney Tweedy: Yes, I am a native Lynchburger. Hugh: Burger. Treney, it’s a mouthful for me. Mayor Treney Tweedy. Hugh Ballou has its own challenge. Treney: Well, thank you for being here. Thank you for having me as your guest. We’re talking. Hugh: This is part of what we call The Nonprofit Exchange. We talk to people in social benefit work. They might...

Nov 11, 201842 min

Collaboration to Restore a Historic Performance Venue in Lynchburg, VA

Geoffrey Kershner is the Executive Director at the Academy Center of the Arts (Lynchburg, VA) and the founder of the Endstation Theatre Company in residence at Randolph College. He is the winner of the 2015 Vice Mayor’s Young Adult Award of Excellence (City of Lynchburg) and was named a 2016 “Top 20 under 40” by Lynchburg Business Magazine. Under his leadership, Endstation was the winner of the 2012 Rising Star Award (Virginians for the Arts), the 2014 Cultural Organization Award (James River Co...

Nov 04, 20181 hr 1 min

Getting the Grant Awards You Deserve with Beverly Burgess, the Grant Guru

Beverly D. Burgess – Grant Writer, Grant Teacher, and “The Grant Guru” Former State of Florida Executive Administrator, Department of Labor, Employment, and Training, State of Florida Grant Writer and Federal Grant Writer, Bureau of Apprenticeship Former State of Florida Partnerships with NASA, Lockheed, Martin Marietta, Bureau of Apprenticeship, State of Florida CO-Programs Developer, Bureau of Apprenticeship, State of Florida Students Recording Certification Specialist, Bureau of Apprenticeshi...

Oct 28, 20181 hr 1 min

Nonprofits Need to Make a Profit, Too with Steve Breitman

Successful nonprofits understand that in order to create a stable, sustainable organization capable of filling its missions for years to come, that it must earn a profit. Nonprofits are businesses just like for profits. One major difference is that a portion of a nonprofits profits are reinvested into achieving its mission. That mission is about making the world a better place. Successful nonprofits are nimble and think entrepreneurially. Steve Breitman is a CFO with a CEO perspective. His hands...

Sep 23, 201853 min

Stepping On and Off the Field of Hope and Transformation with Wendy Adams

Stepping On and Off the Field of Hope and Transformation with Wendy Adams Interview Transcript Hugh Ballou: Greetings to The Nonprofit Exchange listeners. We talk about the important themes that we as leaders step up to the plate as influencers in our arena as community leaders, as religious leaders, as leaders in organizations, no matter where we are. We do influence other people in the organization. My guest today is actually a neighbor in Lynchburg. Her name is Wendy Adams. Wendy, welcome to ...

Sep 04, 201855 min

A New Approach to Decision Making for Nonprofits with Jim Dygert

A New Approach to Decision Making for Nonprofits with Jim Dygert Interview Transcript Hugh Ballou: Greetings, it’s Hugh Ballou and Russell Dennis. Russell, good day to you, sir. Russell Dennis: Happy Tuesday, the last Tuesday of August. Welcome to The Nonprofit Exchange. We have a brilliant financial mind here today in the form of young Jim Dygert. He is going to talk to us about money, something some of us get a little uncomfortable with, but we always have to keep in mind. Hugh: Oh, Jim Dygert...

Aug 28, 201859 min

It’s A Whole New Day! Leadership Challenges Faced by Today’s Church Leaders

Jim Chandler began coaching and consulting in 2016 after nearly 30 years of experience as a pastor and church planter in the Virginia Conference of The United Methodist Church. He also served on the staff as a campus pastor and leader of the stewardship system at The Journey Church in New York City — a dynamic multi-site church known for its effective church ministry and small groups systems. Jim brings a positive and encouraging approach, believing that God is at work in churches of all shapes ...

Aug 26, 20181 hr 2 min

Connecting Branding with Marketing for Market Domination with Daniel Ruke

Daniel Ruke: We go so far back, and we know each other so well. You actually know my real name because you said my real name. Daniel’s my real name. Ruke is my last name. As a guy who loves branding, there is a lot of Daniels out there, but there is no Rukes. I attach my identity to my last name. If you’re confused, that’s why because he knows me more than most people. I’m an artist privately trained since the third grade. I had a gift. I had really cool parents who supported that gift, and they...

Aug 22, 20181 hr 3 min

How Community Building and Assessment Marketing Help You Build Relationships (Archive)

At Super Brand Publishing, we are experts at helping you become the world authority you always knew you could be. You know it. We know it. And this is how the rest of the world catches up. Confidence, passion, and a strong vision of her potential have all contributed to Juliet Clark's incredible success as a woman entrepreneur. Juliet Clark founded Winsome Media Group in November 2009. Within 90 days of opening her coaching and publishing company, she had filled her coaching schedule and establi...

Aug 02, 201856 min

Conversations with Barry Auchettl

Barry Auchettl (ock-er-tell) is a world leader in communications from the Gold Coast, Australia. Barry is the creator of Conversations: an inspirational game, which transforms ordinary talk into meaningful connections. Having a Masters of Education, he is also trained facilitator of The Virtues Project and The Blue Wren project for the prevention of domestic violence. He is currently working towards being a Non-Violent Communication facilitator. Barry is an author, international keynote speaker ...

Jul 29, 201849 min

Purposeful Decision Making and Effective Problem Solving with Jess Dewell

Staying in business can be difficult at times. Critical skills that are required to build a business exist and grow year after year. All business owners, at one time or another, find themselves struggling to keep clients (retention), to keep up with what customers want from the company (experience), and to add people (increase products). Over the last 20 years, Jess Dewell has worked on many of these problems with companies and clients. When there is a chasm to cross, she points it out and culti...

Jul 15, 201840 min

Using An Effective Integrated Marketing Communication Mix In Nonprofit Organizations

Using An Effective Integrated Marketing Communication Mix In Nonprofit Organizations Clark Greer is the founder of Clark Greer Communications, LLC, a consulting firm that focuses on assisting nonprofit organizations with marketing communications and public relations. He holds a Master’s Degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Southern California, and a doctorate in Communication Studies from Bowling Green State University. Clark’s full-time job for the past 20 years has been as a c...

Jul 08, 201859 min

Sarah Quarantotto: The Story of Miriam's House

Sarah Quarantotto: The Story of Miriam's House - Ending the Cycle of Homelessness Sarah Quarantotto joined Miriam’s House in 2010, after working for a number of years in the Lynchburg area with local social service and mental health agencies. She has immensely appreciated the opportunity to lead an organization with such a rich history of empowering families and individuals made vulnerable by homelessness. She has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Master of Social Work from Virginia Comm...

Jul 01, 201853 min

Bill Bodine: Keys to Grant Application Success

Bill Bodine is a graduate of the soon to be University of Lynchburg with both undergraduate and graduate degrees there. Much of his career was spent in healthcare, but he is now the President and CEO of the Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, which was formed in 1972 and last year provided grants to local nonprofits and scholarships totaling just under $1.7 million. The Interview Transcript Hugh Ballou: Welcome to The Nonprofit Exchange. This is Hugh Ballou. My guest today is a dear friend o...

Jun 24, 201858 min

Cracking the Focus Code with James Burgess

Cracking the Focus Code to Prevent Chaos James is Author, Speaker, Business Planning Strategist and Business Management Consultant, providing real and permanent solutions to business planning challenges through programs creating radical focus and accountability Transcript of the Interview with James Burgess Hugh Ballou: Greetings, this is Hugh Ballou and Russell David Dennis. Russell, how are you today? Russell Dennis:Greetings and salutations. It’s a beautiful day here out in the mountain west....

Jun 19, 201858 min

Joe Homs on Collaboration and Authenticity

Collaboration and Authenticity in Nonprofit t Leadership Transcript of the Interview with Joe Homs Hugh Ballou: Greetings. Welcome to this edition of The Nonprofit Exchange. This guest today is a connection through the co-host, Russell David Dennis. And Russell, you met this guy a few years ago, right? Russell Dennis: A few years ago, yes. They were doing an interesting project that helped you expand your mind. Since that time, he has gone light years ahead of that. Don’t let that youthful appea...

Jun 10, 20181 hr