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074. Can nonprofit program evaluation truly be made easy? Chari Smith

NGO Soul + Strategy - April 19, 2024 22:00 - 53 minutes
Summary Quite a few smaller size social sector organizations assume that program evaluation is too complex or demanding an undertaking for them. Is that the case, though? If we want to introduce program evaluation to staff, leadership, and boards who have not yet been inducted into the importa...

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Why investing in your organization matters

Nonprofit Radio Show - April 16, 2024 16:00 - 19 minutes
Many nonprofit board members feel that being a good steward of money means that they shouldn't invest in themselves as a board or organization. In this episode, Nancy and Sarah challenge board members to let go that that scarcity mindset and recognize the value of investing in their organization...

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073. From a hub and spoke to a horizontal network model: Anu Kumar @ Ipas

NGO Soul + Strategy - March 31, 2024 14:00 - 55 minutes
Summary What are the main benefits of a network structure, where power, authority, and leadership are dispersed and shared across regions, from an effectiveness perspective?  What are the most important enabling habits, practices and behaviors that go with that, as a change leader? And what a...

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Reconnecting with donors

Nonprofit Radio Show - March 19, 2024 15:00 - 18 minutes
We've been hearing from nonprofit colleagues that they feel like their donors have gone into hibernation. In this episode, Nancy and Sarah share six steps on how to bring spring into your fundraising program and reconnect with past donors. They talk about how reconnecting with your donors can be...

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072. When nonprofits deal with internal strife: conflict mediation to the rescue with Daniel Genberg

NGO Soul + Strategy - March 15, 2024 17:00 - 47 minutes
Summary Conflict within our organizations: we often don't really want to face them, but they are very much there. The result? Plenty of passive aggression to go around.  What are the implications of such forms of conflict avoidance? In other NGOs on the other hand -- especially in the last fe...

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071. Onward with reimagining INGO models: Charles Kojo Vandyck @ RINGO/WACSI

NGO Soul + Strategy - February 22, 2024 20:00 - 54 minutes
Summary What are some structural things that are wrong in development aid and in civil society? Which mindsets most need to be decolonized when it comes to the relationship between global South civil society organizations (CSOs) and INGOs? Global North-founded INGOs need to be reimagined. How...

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Find joy in nonprofit work

Nonprofit Radio Show - February 22, 2024 04:00 - 16 minutes
Time for our regular break to discuss how to make nonprofit work joyful and fun! We are hearing a lot about nonprofit leaders needing a break after a long winter. In this episode, Nancy and Sarah share a few ideas for how to find moments of fun and joy in the very serious work of our nonprofits....

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Worker-related rules apply to nonprofits

Nonprofit Radio Show - February 22, 2024 04:00 - 14 minutes
It can be easy to forget among all of the good work that nonprofits do that we also need to follow the law! In this episode, Nancy and Sarah talk about the rules related to the people delivering our missions. There are work standards, safety and health laws, and workers' compensation rules that ...

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Dropwise #1 - The first steps in LA

Dropwise by Micha & Agnes Fritz | Viva Con Agua California - February 09, 2024 08:24 - 29 minutes
The last three years my wife @Agnes and me have been working on the idea of starting Viva con Agua California. We made a plan for ourselves, we applied for the O1 Visa, we created two years in a row the Waterweek an art music and culture festival in Los Angeles, we founded Viva con Agua Californi...

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070. Mastering a graceful AND effective leadership exodus: Ignacio Saiz

NGO Soul + Strategy - February 07, 2024 22:00 - 46 minutes
Summary Leadership transitions are tricky -- and potentially risky -- moments in a nonprofit's life. What are the most common pitfalls or aspects that get overlooked when nonprofits -- and outgoing leaders themselves -- tackle such leadership transitions? What key strategies and tactics are es...

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Nonprofit Finance: What Hat Are You Wearing?

Nonprofit Radio Show - January 30, 2024 17:00 - 17 minutes
Nonprofit finance can feel overwhelming to many nonprofit board and staff members. One way to break it down is by considering the five roles needed to ensure your organization’s money is well managed. When everyone knows what they need to be doing, you’ll get more people involved in conversation...

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069. Navigating Organizational Politics: A Team Coach’s Guide - with Alexander Caillet @ Corentus

NGO Soul + Strategy - January 24, 2024 18:00 - 55 minutes
Summary What should I imagine, practically, when a team coach starts to support my team? What does a well-known team coach find the most rewarding about working with nonprofit teams? Can a team coach detect any differences in team behaviors or tendencies between their for-profit and nonprofit...

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067. DEI trends in US development agencies, by the numbers – Shiro Gnanaselvam @ Social Impact

NGO Soul + Strategy - January 12, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour
Summary What is the state of DEI in US-founded international development organisations (both for-profit and nonprofit), and how has this state changed since 2021?   What has been the action, as compared to the professed intentions for action?    In this NGO Soul+Strategy podcast episode, I i...

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Change of Year Thoughts

Nonprofit Radio Show - January 04, 2024 18:00 - 15 minutes
The change of a year invites reflection on lessons learned and what we might do differently going forward. In this episode, Nancy and Sarah share a few change of year thoughts that they are reflecting on. Join us as we talk about the role of boards, conflict, recognition of hard work, curiosity,...

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The Superpowers of Small Nonprofits

Nonprofit Radio Show - January 02, 2024 19:00 - 18 minutes
It's easy to feel that our small nonprofits don't have a lot in the way of power. In this episode, Nancy and Sarah challenge that idea and share some of the comparative advantages that we have as small nonprofit organizations. They go one step further and describe ways to use those advantages to...

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067. Life after leadership: Sam Worthington, former President and CEO @ InterAction

NGO Soul + Strategy - December 07, 2023 23:00 - 49 minutes
Summary What is life after leadership like? What happens to you as a person when you leave a high-powered, highly visible role in civil society? What happens with your sense of identity? Does this also perhaps touch on ego as well? What offers new meaning and purpose, when we live our life-a...

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Three Buckets of Board Learning

Nonprofit Radio Show - December 04, 2023 17:00 - 17 minutes
There is so much a board needs to know-- where you do you begin in building a plan for learning? In this episode, Nancy and Sarah share the three categories of information every board member needs to explore. They give practical examples of what your board members might focus on to strengthen th...

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066. How to navigate the big scaling quandary: Amy Ragsdale @ Spring Impact

NGO Soul + Strategy - November 26, 2023 23:00 - 47 minutes
Summary What is scaling? And how is it different from growing? What’s the role of partner strategies or multiplier strategies in scaling? What are the implications of scaling in an era of decolonizing aid, localizing development, and shifting roles of nonprofits and NGOs, shifting power, auth...

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Putting personalization to work

Nonprofit Radio Show - November 21, 2023 16:00 - 16 minutes
We know that a personal email or letter is more likely to be read and acted upon. But how do we personalize communication when there is so much to do! In this episode, Nancy and Sarah explore the power of personalization for your fundraising and outreach efforts. They give you three practical ti...

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065. How you should transition into a new role as a leader: Adama Coulibaly @ Oxfam

NGO Soul + Strategy - November 13, 2023 17:00 - 52 minutes
Summary What are the vital steps a senior leader have to take as they step into a new leadership role? What to do and what to expect when you are transitioning into that new role? And, separately, to what extent are African leadership models and frameworks  different from global North ones?  M...

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Board governance made simple

Nonprofit Radio Show - November 06, 2023 16:00 - 15 minutes
A board's job is to govern, but what does that really mean? In this episode, Nancy and Sarah explain what governance means in normal, everyday terms. They name concrete tasks to move board members more deeply into their governing role. When boards are focused on governing, a lot of  common board...

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064. Positive power for organizational integrity: Bhavika Patel + Alex Cole-Hamilton

NGO Soul + Strategy - October 29, 2023 21:00 - 48 minutes
Summary What should we think of when we consider organization integrity issues? How do you distinguish between positive and negative forms of power? How do we nurture power for organizational integrity?  These are the fairly complex questions that we address in the podcast today. In this NG...

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How to Write an Annual Appeal Letter

Nonprofit Radio Show - October 23, 2023 17:00 - 19 minutes
It is that time of year-- the time when so many nonprofit Executive Directors are sitting down to write their end-of-year annual appeal letter. In this episode, Nancy and Sarah define the role of the annual appeal and talk about how to write a letter that someone would read and then act on with ...

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063. Decolonizing think tanks, policy research organizations and consulting agencies: Ajoy Datta

NGO Soul + Strategy - October 06, 2023 16:00 - 58 minutes
Summary How can the feelings of people who work in organizations both facilitate and suppress change? What makes people attach reputation and credibility to another person? And how does this relate to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, and these may work out in practice? What's the pro...

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062. Nonprofit operations CAN be a driver of transformation: Kim Kucinskas @ Humentum

NGO Soul + Strategy - September 24, 2023 17:00 - 50 minutes
Summary How should we think about the  ‘collective journey to equitable development’ of Northern-founded NGOs, national NGOs and their funders? What obstacles stand in the way of continuing on that journey?  Why does Humentum argue that NGO operating models need to enable  ERA (Equitable, Res...

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Civil Society for Dignity in Palestine part 1 : introduction to Palestinian civil society

PAX Palestine Podcast - September 09, 2023 08:00 - 34 minutes
This is the first part of a trilogy about the 'Civil Society for Dignity' project, a project by MEND, PCR, PCPD and PAX for Peace, supported by the European Union. This project aims to bridge the gap between the Palestinian civil society and the local governments. In this first episode you will...

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Civil Society for Dignity in Palestine part 3 : Media training for Palestinian youth

PAX Palestine Podcast - September 09, 2023 08:00 - 31 minutes
This is the third and last part of a trilogy about the 'Civil Society for Dignity' project, a project by MEND, PCR, PCPD and PAX for Peace, supported by the European Union. This project aims to bridge the gap between the Palestinian civil society and the local governments. In this last episode ...

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Civil Society for Dignity in Palestine part 2 : Palestinian civil society involvement

PAX Palestine Podcast - September 09, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes
This is the second part of a trilogy about the 'Civil Society for Dignity' project, a project by MEND, PCR, PCPD and PAX for Peace, supported by the European Union. This project aims to bridge the gap between the Palestinian civil society and the local governments. In this episode you will lear...

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Nonprofit Leader as Coach

Nonprofit Radio Show - August 29, 2023 14:00 - 19 minutes
Leaders wear many hats. One of those hats is that of coach. A coach guides someone to solve their own challenges by sharing questions, perspectives, or feedback. You can imagine how a nonprofit executive director, board chair, or volunteer manager might step into a coaching role in conversations...

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Rethinking Performance Reviews

Nonprofit Radio Show - August 29, 2023 14:00 - 29 minutes
The annual performance review is something that can cause stress for both managers and staff members. In this episode, Nancy and Sarah offer some tips and suggestions for rethinking the way you provide feedback and support to your staff or volunteers. They talk about how to reframe the review as...