Life is the Only Thing That Can Defeat Cancer You have to start somewhere when you have a passion project! Deb Krier is a coalition builder and warrior who is rewriting the playbook on how to L.I.V.E. with cancer. Diagnosed with Stage 4 Triple Positive Breast Cancer in 2015, she has seen what happens when cancer has people and is on a mission to ensure that we are no longer “fine” with cancer by energizing our voices and expanding our choices. As an unlikely cancer survivor, she's experienced th...
Aug 22, 2023•25 min
Legacy Planning for Nonprofits In the realm of nonprofit organizations, few individuals possess the expertise, dedication, and drive that Kristoffer Doura brings to the table. As a Wall Street Journal best-selling author and renowned financial consultant, Doura has become a beacon of hope for nonprofits striving to achieve their maximum potential. In his highly anticipated book, Let's Get It! 10 Keys to Maximum Nonprofit Impact, Doura unveils a blueprint for success that transcends traditional a...
Aug 15, 2023•26 min
Social Impact Organizations Must Learn to Think and Act Like Digital Media Companies Interview with Eric Ressler Eric is the Founder and Creative Director of Cosmic — a Social Impact Creative Agency. He believes that to take advantage of the benefits of the information era, social impact organizations must learn to think and act like digital media companies. Today’s social impact organizations have strong missions and inspiring visions, yet, all too often Eric sees that many of the strategies an...
Aug 08, 2023•33 min
Retaining Your Talent and Workforce! Keys to Successfully Reduce Employee Turnover and Absenteeism Employees and volunteers always have choices about where and for whom they work for. All workplaces are a collection of people brought together to achieve common goals but each individual has their own unique and personal needs that must be met for work to be fulfilling. If they don’t enjoy their work, have a purpose in what they do, or are unable to build strong relationships they will likely leav...
Aug 01, 2023•33 min
Curiosity Did Not Kill The Cat: Intentional Leadership and Living Interview with Shana Francesca To be a truly effective leader we need to be intentional. That requires us to be curious, be respectful, and practice accountability and we need to have a nuanced understanding of each and how they work together and balance one another. Shana Francesca is a speaker, writer, and entrepreneur. She has been interviewed on more than 60 podcasts worldwide and has been published in Medium, Authority Magazi...
Jul 25, 2023•34 min
No Kids Sleep on Floors in Our Town: The Story of Launching a Successful Nonprofit Luke Mickelson, a 2018 CNN Hero Top 10 nominee, is the Founder and Executive Director of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a volunteer-driven nonprofit dedicated to building and delivering handmade, fully furnished bunk beds to needy children. They have delivered 140K+ beds, and the organization that started out in Luke's garage has grown to include 300+ chapters in 4 countries with 276K+ volunteers. The children Sleep in ...
Jul 18, 2023•32 min
Barriers to High Performing Teams: How Great Leaders Clear the Path Your sole objective is to fulfill the mission for which your organization was created within financial resource constraints, quickly, efficiently, with high quality, and high customer satisfaction. Great leaders access the inherent intrinsic motivation people bring to work creating high engagement, performance, and meaning in the work. Kevin Herring is the founder of Ascent Management Consulting and a recognized expert in team a...
Jul 11, 2023•52 min
The Enneagram and Transformation: Interview with Dr. Joseph Howell The ego impairs our sense of reality and our ultimate success. With the enneagram, we see the other person or ourselves that are the antidotes to the problems of the ego. The founder of the Institute of Conscious Being is Joseph Benton Howell Ph.D. Dr. Howell is a graduate of Samford University (B.A.1971), Yale Divinity School (MAR 1974), The University of Virginia (Ph.D.1978), and Fellow in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psy...
Jul 04, 2023•33 min
Engaging Volunteers to Advance Your Mission Volunteers aren't free, but if you invest in them wisely, through good training and strong leadership, they will provide you with a return on investment for your mission that is unmatched by any other investment you could make. Karen Knight is a consultant, volunteer leadership expert, and dynamic and engaging speaker. Karen has used her 25 years of experience as a leader and mentor in the social impact sector and her extensive research in the field to...
Jun 27, 2023•31 min
Fool-Proof Facilitation Practices You can trust the experience and wisdom of any group using tried and true facilitation methods. They will surprise you, and themselves when given a solid, reliable process and a neutral facilitator. As President of Vital Clarity, Kathleen Osta designs and facilitates participatory meetings that help organizations fulfill their purpose. She has mastery of consensus facilitation methods that articulate and build alignment within groups. With 30 years of experience...
Jun 20, 2023•33 min
Beyond Dancing in Your Pajamas - How to Really Use Videos for Your Business or Nonprofit You've likely seen all the online videos and wondered if you need to dance in a fuzzy pink bunny suit to increase awareness about what you do and to improve your fundraising efforts. If you like to wear a fuzzy pink bunny suit and dance, no judgment. But if you'd prefer to present yourself in a relatable and professional manner; if you'd like to build awareness for yourself and the work you do; and if you'd ...
Jun 13, 2023•30 min
Upgrading Your Video Conferencing Platform Interview with MeetN Founder, Rick Raddatz Rick Raddatz was twelve years at Microsoft as a product designer, developer, and marketer. Twenty years as a serial tech entrepreneur / CEO Sixteen years (overlapping) doing independent research in political philosophy. Founder of MeetN video conferencing platform. For more information go to https://meetn.com/charityspecial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 06, 2023•32 min
Leading a Historic House Museum Nonprofit Alyson Ramsey President & CEO Poplar Forest Alyson Ramsey joined the Poplar Forest professional staff in 2002 and served as the Director of Development since 2012, prior to assuming the role of President & CEO in January 2020. She is well-versed in nonprofit fundraising and administration. She has a background in capital campaign management; annual fund development, major gift solicitation and grant writing; donor cultivation and stewardship; and event m...
May 30, 2023•31 min
Inspiring Your Audience by Sharing Success Stories Is your audience confused about what you do? It might feel uncomfortable but the solution is to be more direct about sharing your messaging. You're creating a ton of impact in your community and to create even more impact, people need to be aware of everything you're accomplishing. When you're giving everything to your cause, it's okay and even beneficial to brag a little bit. By defining your audience and sharing success stories you can show yo...
May 24, 2023•27 min
5 Steps to Overcoming Conflict Aversion: Interview with Conflict Specialist Jerry Fu Jerry Fu is a conflict resolution coach who helps Asian-American leaders advance in their career and life journeys. Having taken on several pharmacy leadership roles, Jerry started coaching in 2017 to help other Asian-American professionals deal with the conflict they encounter at work, in their culture, and within themselves. He has coached leaders at Capital One, Boehringer-Ingelheim, and Microsoft. He is an A...
May 16, 2023•28 min
Burnout Is Not The Only Problem—Three Ways To Retain And Unleash Talent: Interview with Irent Shih Keeping volunteers engaged and committed takes time and effort, but it’s within our power as leaders to create a culture that makes people feel important, connected, and needed. Creating that culture is a worthwhile investment that will most certainly make an organization stronger over the long run. Irene Shih joined Minds Matter Bay Area (MMBay) as its first full-time CEO in March 2019, returning ...
May 09, 2023•31 min
Creative Leadership: Keys to Co-Creating Value Interview with Steven Kowalski, Ph.D. We can't sleepwalk ourselves into the future we hope to achieve. Together, at the intersection of creativity and leadership, we can solve our most challenging problems and co-create new value. But there are so many factors that prevent us from discovering what's possible in this intersection. Old "narratives" about what creativity is and who we are as creators get in the way. Traditional leadership styles preven...
May 02, 2023•30 min
Selling Your Vision to Increase Your Donations: Interview with Sales Maven CEO, Nikki Rausch CEO of Sales Maven, Nikki Rausch has the unique ability to transform the misunderstood process of “selling”. With 25+ years of selling experience, entrepreneurs and small business owners now hire Nikki to show them how to sell successfully and authentically. Nikki has written 3 books, all available on Amazon. And she has a podcast called Sales Maven which you can find on your favorite podcast platform. M...
Apr 25, 2023•27 min
How to Become a Top 1% Communicator in Your Industry: Interview with Master Communicator Brenden Kumarasamy Brenden is the founder of MasterTalk, he coaches ambitious executives & entrepreneurs to become the top 1% of communicators in their industry. He also has a popular YouTube channel called MasterTalk, with the goal of providing free access to communication tools for everyone in the world. More at https://www.rockstarcommunicator.com/ YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/c/mastertalks Learn...
Apr 20, 2023•26 min
Not just another event, but an event that tell Your Story! Interview with event planner Martina Di Napoli Storia Mia is the Italian phrase for My Story. Storia Mia Events was born with the idea of representing your unique stories and celebrating them through events. It is about You, Your Family, Your Community, and Your Story! We are committed to embracing diversity and culture; we love accents and are multilingual! We bring our passion for events and hospitality to every experience and relation...
Apr 05, 2023•29 min
How Your Leadership Can Be Catalytic: Interview with William Attaway William Attaway is a Leadership and Executive Coach for Catalytic Leadership, LLC, a company he founded to help leaders to INTENTIONALLY grow and thrive. He has served in local church ministry for over 25 years, and is currently the Lead Pastor of Southview Community Church, a church in Herndon, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.) where he has served since 2004. He holds a Ph.D. in Old Testament (with an emphasis in Biblical Backg...
Mar 28, 2023•30 min
Living an Extraordinary Life: Interview with Robert White Robert White was raised in poverty and with much abuse. Dropped out of college after one semester due to the first of three heart attacks. Went on to found and lead two high-impact experiential learning companies with over one million graduates. Retired at 46 to a 14,500 sf home in Aspen. Then lost it all with lots of learning from business failure and divorce -- mostly unpleasant experiences. Now work as a mentor to executives committed ...
Mar 21, 2023•29 min
Secrets for Safe Money and a Fabulous Future, Create Income You Will Never Outlive with Kris Miller Kris Miller's message for nonprofit leaders and clergy regarding estate planning is to remember the importance of planning for the future. Estate planning is not only about ensuring that your assets are distributed according to your wishes, but also about making sure that your mission and values continue to be carried out after you are gone. It is important to work with an estate planning attorney...
Mar 14, 2023•28 min
RiverLogic: Tools to Transform Resistance: Interview with Denise Blanc We have the capacity to soften resistance and support more ease in our communication with anyone- but we will need intention, courage, and willingness to build more vital skills. How Denise Blanc describes herself – I believe that outstanding leadership requires courage – the courage to be authentic, not always to know the answer, and the courage to speak the truth. It also requires the ability to manage relationships, naviga...
Mar 07, 2023•31 min
Using Art Creation to Make Man-Made Systems Human Adaptive to Lift our Human-Potential Michaell Magrutsche, Austrian/Californian multidisciplinary artist, creativity-awareness educator, speaker, and author. He works on raising awareness of our limitless human potential and comprehending wisdom. Michaell is an advocate for helping understand neurodiversity. Michaell’s dyslexia and dysgraphia forced him to develop an awareness of seeing the world purely from a human perspective. Creating art compl...
Mar 01, 2023•27 min
How People Unintentionally Escalate Conflict in Your Nonprofit Team members who are invested in a mission that impacts communities and the world for good are fueled with passion for important causes. It is normal and healthy to expect conflict, but engaging it meaningfully can establish a safe work culture where all voices are represented. It's not always natural to have these tools available, but I would love to equip your listeners with effective strategies they can implement tomorrow! Carol B...
Feb 21, 2023•33 min
Sales Leadership In Not for Profits: “Selling” Donations so You and the Donor Feel Good Steve Brossman is a 9 times Amazon Best Selling Author in Marketing and Sales. He has 20 years TV and Video experience including hosting his own Network TV Show and has been an Executive Producer for Warner Bros. He has created several 6 and 7 figure multi-national businesses of his own, including inventing and marketing an environmental product selling 4 million units into 26 Countries. Steve has spoken in 1...
Feb 14, 2023•33 min
How Nonprofits and Their Leadership Teams Can Grow Their Impact Faster Than They Ever Thought Possible: Interview with Pinnacle Certified Coach Mark Slabaugh About Mark in his words: I am blessed to be a coach. My unique background includes non-profit leadership and entrepreneurship. These experiences taught me how to recruit, lead, and retain teams. I am a student of my surroundings and the people I meet. I bring expertise in a truth-telling conversation. I tenaciously chase my personal goals. ...
Feb 07, 2023•32 min
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Jan 31, 2023•34 min
Leading a Community Organization Focused on Community Needs. Interview with Jay Parker, President and CEO of the UMCA of Central Virginia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 24, 2023•28 min
