In this empowering episode of the Wisdom for Nonprofits Podcast, Betina Pflug welcomes HR powerhouse Dr. Tiffany E. Slater, CEO of HR TailorMade. With over 25 years of experience across diverse industries, Dr. Tiffany brings expert insights into how small businesses and nonprofits can future-proof their organizations with intentional hiring, impactful onboarding, and a focus on employee experience. Tune in as Betina and Dr. Tiffany unpack: How to stop “winging it” when it comes to onboarding The...
May 05, 2025•42 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Retaining talented staff is one of the biggest challenges nonprofits face today. High turnover can lead to disrupted services, increased costs, and a loss of institutional knowledge. So, how can nonprofits build a work environment that keeps their best employees engaged, motivated, and committed to their mission? In this episode, we sit down with Yerachmiel Stern, Executive Director of Pesach Tikvah, to explore the most effective strategies for retaining nonprofit employees. With his extensive e...
Mar 27, 2025•38 min•Season 1Ep. 33
In this episode, Betina Pflug is joined by Nicki Van Veen to discuss the critical role of polished writing and effective presentations in driving nonprofit success. Nicki shares her extensive experience and insights on how nonprofits can enhance their communication to connect better with stakeholders and achieve their missions. Insightful Conversation with Nicki Van Veen: Discover how Nicki, the founder of Leveraged IQ, partners with organizations to bridge the gap between vision and execution. ...
Dec 02, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Main Theme: In this episode, Betina Pflug is joined by Elizabeth Drozd to discuss the increasing demands of compliance, reporting, and administration in the nonprofit sector. Elizabeth shares her extensive experience and insights on how nonprofits can navigate these challenges effectively. Insightful Conversation with Elizabeth Drozd: Discover how Elizabeth Drozd, CEO of the Australian Multicultural Community Services, has successfully managed the evolving landscape of regulatory requirements. L...
Jun 12, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 31
In this episode, Jennifer shares invaluable insights into strategic planning and effective implementation tactics. From executive leadership to performance analytics, she delves into key strategies and best practices for guiding organizations towards their goals. Key Topics Covered: - The step-by-step process of strategic plans - Utilizing tools for seamless implementation of strategic plans - Harnessing the power of the Vision narrative - Ensuring successful implementation - Monitoring progress...
Mar 06, 2024•31 min•Season 1Ep. 30
In this episode of "Wisdom for Nonprofits," join host Betina Pflug as she explores the world of website redesign and digital marketing strategies specifically tailored for nonprofits. Betina is joined by David Pisarek, an expert in designing and creating brands, websites, and digital solutions for non-profit organizations. David's journey into the world of technology and gadgets started at a young age, leading him to become a seasoned professional in the field. With years of experience working w...
Aug 30, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Welcome to "Wisdom for Nonprofits," the podcast dedicated to empowering nonprofit professionals with valuable insights and strategies to excel in their work. Join us as we explore the latest trends, best practices, and innovative ideas shaping the nonprofit sector. In each episode, your host Betina Pflug, a seasoned nonprofit specialist and small business mentor, shares her expertise and invites industry leaders to share their unique perspectives. Together, they delve into a wide range of topics...
Jun 28, 2023•34 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Join host Betina Pflug, a seasoned entrepreneur, business and life coach, and nonprofit advocate, as she delves into the world of nonprofit management in this episode of Wisdom for Nonprofits. With over 25 years of experience, an MBA from Rotman School, and multiple coaching certifications, Betina is passionate about helping individuals and organizations achieve their goals and bring balance and enthusiasm to their daily activities. In this episode, Betina interviews guest Sean Hale, an expert i...
Jun 28, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Betina Pflug is an entrepreneur, business and life coach, mother, and marketing specialist with over 25 years of experience. She has a degree in hotel management, an MBA from Rotman School, and three coaching certifications, including life coaching and biopsychology. Betina's entrepreneurial spirit comes from her family's history of self-starters, and she has invested herself in various sectors, acquiring new skills along the way. Betina's mission is to help individuals organize their lives and ...
Jun 22, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Welcome to our latest podcast episode, where we explore tips and best practices for nonprofit startups. Our guest, Rebecca Rodriguez, Principal Consultant at For the Philanthropist and author of The Nonprofit Workbook: Tips & Best Practices for Start-ups Serving the Greater Common Good, shares her expertise and offers practical advice for anyone looking to start a nonprofit organization. The episode is hosted by Betina Meyer PFLUG, an entrepreneur, business and life coach, mother, and market...
May 07, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 24
In this episode, host Betina Pflug sits down with Aicila, a fifteen-year veteran of community organizing, Executive Director of two LGBTQ-serving non-profits, and the founder of BiCurean, a consulting company focused on mission-driven organizations. Betina is an experienced entrepreneur, business and life coach, and marketing specialist with a passion for helping individuals organize their lives and achieve balance and enthusiasm. With over 25 years of experience, Betina has invested herself in ...
May 07, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Whether you’re a tech expert or not, investing some time in learning about SEO is super important to bring donors, volunteers and constitutes to your website. You have never heard about SEO? Don’t worry we will explain all the details to you in this episode. Having high-quality content and improving your search engine rankings can help a lot your nonprofit. Are you unsure where to start? Luckily, on this podcast episode, we are going to cover some important topics like: What is SEO The right tim...
Dec 07, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Facing technology without frustration. Is that even possible? Are you considering investing in a new piece of technology for your nonprofit? Or migrating your CRM to a new one with more features? Choosing the right technology platforms for your organization requires aligning the features and packages of the software available in the market to your organization’s requirements and needs. Modern technology has come a long way and plays an important role when fighting for dollars from your donor and...
Sep 29, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 22
If you're the leader of a nonprofit organization, you no doubt face a constant barrage of demands and opportunities. And the more successful your organization becomes, the more demands you need to field. For example, your clients want you to provide more or different services; other groups ask you to partner with them; staff members suggest new program ideas and priorities. As a result, you are flooded with new possibilities, and at the same time, you have your own ideas for opportunities to cre...
Sep 28, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Does Your organization struggle to solve finances, HR, fundraising, and board problems? Nonprofits are, by definition, mission driven. As a result, nonprofit organizations are expected to deliver results on multiple fronts. The result of this pressure can be a nightmare for prioritization. For example, suppose you are a leader in a nonprofit context. In that case, my guess is that you are constantly grappling with the reality of being knowledgeable in different areas like finance, HR, fundraisin...
Aug 24, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Ask yourself the following questions: “Are my board members…” Passionate about the mission? Understanding of their role? Turning up to meetings? Helping at events? Doing fundraising? And even donating!? The hope is you can say yes to the majority of these because these are the fundamental responsibilities of any board. And yes, of course, boards come in many shapes and sizes. Some are deeply engaged, some decidedly less so. Some involve themselves in the organization's intricacies, and some take...
Jul 13, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Do you have a new project in your nonprofit that you want to implement but don’t have the right resources to make it happened? Maybe we found you a solution…. On this episode we are going to share a great new resource for nonprofit leaders, a platform where you can find more than 275 nonprofit consultants, lawyers, accountants and other experts, that can easily be the right person to help with your next nonprofit project. If you are like most of the nonprofits I know, short on staff for all your...
May 25, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Sometimes being an executive director is not easy, you might face a lot of difficulties, learning how to reprioritize and stay focused and help not only your non-profit but also your self-development. Clark Hodge is the executive director of Chase the music. Chase, the music is a United States-based non-profit that gives children battling critical conditions, hope, strength, love, and joy through the power of music. They bring together the composers, the children, the performers, the venue, the ...
Mar 09, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 14
I recently saw a fantastic presentation from the director of development for the Special Olympics in Colorado. presentation, I question myself, what are all the nonprofit professionals who speak like her in public with the ability to adapt a speech for the audience with confidence, saying a big breakthrough tells storytelling, keeping short and sweet, able to modulate to avoid engaging the audience and above all being yourself. Jan Radnoti is the director of development for the Special Olympics ...
Mar 07, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Nonprofit organizations face numerous challenges and pressures, which have only increased in the last few years. COVID has made it abundantly clear that it is essential that nonprofits pay attention to their operational efficiencies, be aware of changing business environments, and realize that recruitment models must change. Strategic thinking—from the big picture, long-range planning to the everyday use of project management tools and software such as Trello— can enable nonprofits to not just f...
Mar 02, 2022•31 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Nonprofits address needs across the globe, providing a better quality of life to the families and communities they serve. Starting a new nonprofit takes dedication, research, and attention to detail. Planning is the first step and is essential when starting any new business or corporation, which applies to any nonprofit. If your nonprofit is supporting people locally, and you are thinking of offering your services internationally, you will learn some tips on getting there from an expert. Today, ...
Dec 02, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Have you ever thought about working for a nonprofit? This idea can come in many different starting points, depending on where you are in your career. Maybe you’re fresh out of college and eager to change the world. Maybe your mid-career and hoping for a change. Maybe you’re a parent looking for a workplace that offers a great work/life balance, or a near-retirees hoping to spend your last working years doing something meaningful. Whatever your life path, you might have noticed there’s a lot of c...
Oct 28, 2021•42 min•Ep. 11
Have you thought about how important it is to diversified fundraising revenue? In other words, get money from more than one source? Having diversified fundraising revenue creates stability and keeps you from being overly dependent on one source of funding, which is dangerous. In this podcast, we are going to give you some tips on how to target individual donations. During today’s conversation, here’s what you will learn: How Candid helps organizations to fundraise. Where to find an online direct...
Sep 10, 2021•48 min•Ep. 10
Do you struggle finding a place that index all the local available resources? Or maybe you need to look for a specific state or national program to support your nonprofit? If you don’t know where to start, stay tuned because on this podcast we are going to explain all the details about Aunt Bertha. Aunt Bertha created a social care network that connects people and programs — making it easy for people to find social services in their communities, for nonprofits to coordinate their efforts, and fo...
Jun 10, 2021•32 min•Ep. 9
Valerie Mosley works with nonprofits and businesses to tell stories through documentary photography that inspire hope, educate and connect with supporters. She believes that visual Storytelling is one of the most powerful tools organizations can use to increase social media reach and fundraising results. She has over a decade of experience in photojournalism and a heart for social documentary photography. She earned a master's degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri, where she ...
Jun 03, 2021•30 min•Ep. 8
Break barriers and build capacity with technology As we look across the global landscape of tens of thousands of nonprofits, each year we see more and more small organizations implementing new ways to make a bigger impact. Many are evolving in reaction to new community needs, government policy change, or a funding shift. Others are completely rethinking their strategy and use of the latest advances in technology. What do we mean by small? On this Podcast, we are talking about CRM implementation ...
Apr 13, 2021•23 min•Ep. 7
Tina is a true HR nerd and loves digging into wage and hour rules, working with teams, and helping the incredible organizations in our community understand all of the fun (and sometimes tricky) aspects of HR. In addition to Co-Founding SimplyHR in 2016, she also co-created Define the Line, a workplace harassment training in the form of a comic book to educate, train, and empower individuals and workplaces to speak and act against harassment to create safe workplaces. Her professional experience ...
Feb 02, 2021•51 min•Ep. 6
Accreditation enhances the organization's reputation and credibility in the community, among your peers, as well as with potential public and private donors. In this episode we are going to talk about all the steps to get your accreditation with BBB, Better Business Bureau one of the most reliable evaluators of 501C3. You will learn how to use the accreditation process to increase trustworthiness, transparency and donor confidence, and also help your board. Jennifer Hahnke is the Education &...
Mar 28, 2020•31 min•Season 2020Ep. 6
In this episode we talk about social innovation and social entrepreneurship, explaining some lessons we have learned from Dan Pallota, throughout some of his lectures and the two amazing books he wrote, one is called Uncharitable and the other is Charity Case. Clark Hodge, the Executive Director of Chase the Music, brings his point of view on how to do the turnaround on our nonprofits to bring this new mentality of abundance. Betina Meyer Pflug is an entrepreneur, a business and life coach, a ma...
Feb 08, 2020•30 min•Season 2020Ep. 5
Our goal with this episode is for everyone to leave with a strong understanding of why efficiency is important (with data to support that claim), that you have new ideas on how to measure or benchmark your efficiency and that you have an idea in your organization where you can examine your efficiency or opportunities to cost-savings. For more information about this topic, please send an email to sbromley@uwaylc.org Betina Meyer Pflug is an entrepreneur, a business and life coach, a marketing and...
Dec 11, 2019•41 min•Season 2019Ep. 4
