Nonprofit Leadership Podcast
294 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 71 ratingsThe Nonprofit Leadership Podcast discusses important issues facing nonprofit leaders in our community and features real stories from real leaders about what strategies and practices have made them successful. Enjoy the show!
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How you can build a culture of trust through listening
June 18, 2023 01:42 - 31 minutes - 71.9 MBDid you know that employees are five times more likely to perform their best work if they believe their leader is truly listening to ...
Live from Amazon Web Service’s (AWS) Summit Washington event featuring Allyson Fryhoff
June 12, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes - 69.5 MBYou will remember that we had previously spoken to Allyson Fryhoff of Amazon Web Services, who explained how AWS provides many tech tools to ...
What is your intended impact and theory of change, and why does it matter?
June 05, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutes - 81.5 MBWhen it comes to making the best decisions for the future of your organization, you need to go about this strategically. Two very essential ...
Why character and virtue matter
May 29, 2023 13:00 - 37 minutes - 85.5 MBHave you considered the importance of character and virtue when it comes to leading? For many, these terms are either assumed or may seem ...
How to motivate your team towards mission alignment
May 22, 2023 13:00 - 37 minutes - 85.8 MBIs your Board on board with your ideas? Do you find it difficult to keep your team focused on the organization’s mission? What is ...
Strategies for helping to cultivate social change
May 15, 2023 16:08 - 37 minutes - 85.4 MBNonprofits are driven by the desire to create social change in their communities and in the world overall. Today’s guest, Jacob Harold, explains why ...
How to Make Better and Wiser Decisions Part 2
May 10, 2023 13:00 - 26 minutes - 61.6 MBToday’s episode is Part 2 of a conversation with guests, Dr. Jim Loehr and Dr. Sheila Ohlsson Walker. In Part 1, they discuss why ...
How to Make Better and Wiser Decisions Part 1
May 07, 2023 13:00 - 33 minutes - 75.8 MBYou may be surprised to learn that we humans make on average 35,000 decisions in a single day! Some decisions are fairly inconsequential, while ...
How you can improve your grant funding asks
April 30, 2023 15:43 - 38 minutes - 89.2 MBGetting funding in the form of grants is essential to many nonprofit organizations. Today’s episode is all about grant writing. Today’s guest, Holly Rustick, ...
Are leaders born or made?
April 24, 2023 13:00 - 35 minutes - 80.7 MBWe can’t discuss the topic of leadership without coming across the age-old question, “Are leaders born or are they made?” Rob’s guest, Mark Gauthier, ...
How our experience with leadership impacts how we view leadership
April 17, 2023 13:00 - 40 minutes - 92.7 MBWhen it comes to leadership attributes, what are the top attributes in your opinion? Is it motivation? Is it vision? Is it integrity? Most ...
How to overcome the most common barriers for growing as a leader
April 10, 2023 13:00 - 31 minutes - 73.2 MBAre you familiar with the term leadership “lids”? I first heard about leadership “lids” from author John Maxwell and these lids are self imposed ...
How this nonprofit is elevating the importance of hiring people with disabilities
April 03, 2023 19:56 - 19 minutes - 44.9 MBDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are key issues that most nonprofit leaders are discussing. When looking at the Inclusion aspect, there is one group ...
How one nonprofit is promoting both mental and digital wellbeing
March 27, 2023 13:56 - 26 minutes - 61.4 MBMental health issues are a growing concern all over the world. Right here in the US, there is a mental health crisis facing our ...
How this nonprofit is providing the gift of mobility to people all over the world
March 20, 2023 12:38 - 31 minutes - 72.6 MBWhen living in developed countries, we are accustomed to seeing special parking spaces and accessible ramps for those who may use wheelchairs. Unfortunately this ...
How you can become a changemaker through “micro-leadership”
March 13, 2023 13:00 - 36 minutes - 84.1 MBAre you a leader at a nonprofit who wants to bring about change, but you don’t think your idea will be welcomed by the ...
How Petco is impacting the lives of both pets and humans
March 06, 2023 14:02 - 33 minutes - 77.3 MBHumans are not the only ones who suffer through troubling times, their pets do as well. Pets are often the only companion a person ...
How Habitat for Humanity is developing creative solutions to our housing crisis
February 27, 2023 14:00 - 38 minutes - 88 MBHabitat for Humanity was founded in 1976 and is one of the strongest nonprofit brands in the United States. Many nonprofit leaders can learn ...
How you can bring positive change to your organization
February 20, 2023 14:05 - 30 minutes - 68.7 MBChange. Some people avoid it, while others thrive in it. Tension can sometimes rise when leaders of nonprofits seek to bring about change to ...
How to bring technological change to your organization
February 06, 2023 14:00 - 34 minutes - 78.3 MBIn order to have a successful nonprofit, sometimes changes must be made. While it may be difficult to bring change, it is necessary. Rob’s ...
How the Visa Foundation is helping both local and global nonprofits
January 30, 2023 14:00 - 35 minutes - 81.2 MBWe have all heard of Visa, a world leader in digital payments, but most don’t realize that the corporation has a philanthropic arm to ...
Do we have a “worker shortage” in America or a “quality jobs shortage”?
January 23, 2023 14:00 - 35 minutes - 80.2 MBSome people will use the phrase “the great resignation” to describe current employment trends, while others will use the phrase, “the great reshuffle.” Regardless ...
Why community foundations play a critical role in the success of the nonprofit sector
January 16, 2023 14:00 - 31 minutes - 71.2 MBCommunity foundations play an important role in the geographic regions they offer support. Today’s guest, Joel Zarrow, helps us to further understand the purpose ...
How to improve your organization’s diversity and inclusion with recruiting
January 09, 2023 14:00 - 30 minutes - 69 MBImproving the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) of your organization in terms of recruiting, is becoming increasingly important for both nonprofits and for-profit companies. ...
What Amazon Web Services is doing to empower nonprofits to go further and faster
January 02, 2023 14:00 - 27 minutes - 63.4 MBAmazon is not just a place full of great products to purchase and movies to stream, but the company is also making a social ...
What is your personal mission?
December 26, 2022 14:55 - 25 minutes - 57.4 MBMost in the nonprofit sector are passionate about affecting change with a particular issue in the world. Having a singular, focused mission in one’s ...
How to increase the number of women of color in tech leadership
December 12, 2022 14:00 - 27 minutes - 63.3 MBCurrently only five percent of the tech industry is made up of women of color. This figure is extremely low, but thankfully there are ...
Is It Possible to Achieve a Healthy Balance Between Work and Home?
December 05, 2022 14:00 - 31 minutes - 71.6 MBWhen you hear the phrase “healthy work-life balance”, what goes through your mind? That it’s impossible or possibly just a myth? Or perhaps you know ...
How nonprofits get started
November 21, 2022 21:11 - 26 minutes - 61.5 MBMany nonprofit founders will see a problem in their community and decide to tackle the problem by starting a nonprofit. Today’s guest, Doctor David ...
How to improve your grant writing
November 14, 2022 14:00 - 24 minutes - 56.6 MBWhether grants generate a large portion or a small portion of your budget, it is important to be efficient in your grant prospecting process. ...
Preparing your organization for the future of giving
November 07, 2022 14:00 - 25 minutes - 28.9 MBWhen it comes to auditing the donations coming into your nonprofit organization, have you ever thought about where your donations are primarily coming from? ...
How Can You Future-Proof Your Fundraising?
October 31, 2022 13:00 - 23 minutes - 54.6 MB2020 skyrocketed the move to online giving for all donors who give to nonprofits. Organizations who already had a clear and robust process for ...
Why are donor advised funds increasingly being used to fund nonprofits?
October 24, 2022 13:00 - 24 minutes - 27.7 MBDespite the market being hit hard as of late, thankfully charitable giving has remained resilient. One particular tool that is fueling philanthropy is Donor ...
Are the days of having a singular Executive Director leading a nonprofit over?
October 17, 2022 13:00 - 41 minutes - 47.3 MBThe traditional model of having a singular Executive Director can actually be an unsustainable way to lead an organization. This model can be overwhelming ...
“Stories from the front lines”: Real stories from nonprofit leaders just like you
October 14, 2022 02:06 - 36 minutes - 42.1 MBAcross the United States, nonprofit organizations are all struggling to serve their communities due to the current economic climate. Many people are having issues ...
How Harvard Business School is shaping today’s change makers Part 2
October 07, 2022 13:57 - 21 minutes - 25 MBToday’s episode is Part 2 of a fascinating conversation with Dr. Jan Rivkin of the Harvard Business School. In Part 1, Doctor Rivkin dives ...
What are giving circles and why do they matter?
October 01, 2022 17:57 - 26 minutes - 30.8 MBRight now in the United States, 95% of the sector is being overlooked and underinvested when it comes to nonprofit donations, according to Philanthropy ...
How Harvard Business School is shaping today’s change makers Part 1
September 26, 2022 13:00 - 20 minutes - 22.9 MBIt can be difficult to see actual change to today’s big problems, especially when starting at the federal level. Change usually occurs due to ...
How is cryptocurrency shaping the future of philanthropy? (Part two)
September 19, 2022 13:00 - 31 minutes - 72.6 MBCryptocurrency is all the rage in many ways right now, but there still remains a lot of skepticism about the long term sustainability of ...
How is cryptocurrency shaping the future of philanthropy? (Part one)
September 12, 2022 13:00 - 28 minutes - 65 MBCryptocurrency is here to stay and it’s coming to a nonprofit near you. Understandably, many of you might be very skeptical when it comes ...
“From Aristotle to Zuckerberg”, Learn How and When Philanthropy First Started and Where We Have Gone Wrong Today
September 05, 2022 13:00 - 27 minutes - 61.9 MBEver wondered how philanthropy and charity first began? The answer may surprise you! The Greek roots for the word “philanthropy” refer to the “love ...
The baton of leadership has been passed at the YMCA
August 29, 2022 13:00 - 34 minutes - 79.1 MBAlmost everyone is familiar with the YMCA, especially because of the Village People’s infamous song. What many may not know is that the Y, ...
How one organization is transforming philanthropy into a force for racial equity and justice
August 22, 2022 16:00 - 25 minutes - 29.2 MBRob has had several guests on the show to talk about the work they are doing with diversity, equity and inclusion. Today’s guest is ...
What Is the Key Predictor of Your Success as a Leader
August 15, 2022 13:00 - 32 minutes - 37.7 MBPersonality tests have existed for centuries, yet many leaders are still surprised by how insightful and beneficial understanding your personality type can be to ...
How to make sense of the current fundraising landscape
August 08, 2022 16:00 - 36 minutes - 42.2 MBRob’s guests today are Shelley Hoss, president and CEO of OCCF for nearly 22 years, and Tammy Tumbling, the first-ever Executive Vice President and ...
Why Is This Generation Responding to Racial Equality and Diversity Differently Than Past Generations?
August 01, 2022 09:00 - 36 minutes - 84 MBRacial equality and social justice are nothing new however they have become one of the most prominent conversations we are having now when it ...
How this organization is helping Gen Z find the jobs they are seeking
July 25, 2022 00:24 - 37 minutes - 43 MBRecruiters across the country have been feeling the pressure of the “great reshuffle” since COVID. They are relying on their existing networks to find ...
Are large fundraising events making a comeback?
July 11, 2022 01:07 - 34 minutes - 39 MBFor years, one of the most effective ways a nonprofit could raise money was through large in-person fundraising events. However, fast forward to 2020, ...
What a successful merger looks like
June 30, 2022 13:13 - 36 minutes - 41.5 MBNonprofit mergers are a trend that is increasing more and more, especially since COVID first started. Are mergers the wave of the future? Although ...
What major foundations are looking for in organizations they fund
June 24, 2022 13:34 - 30 minutes - 68.7 MBDonors don’t give to organizations, they give to people. Fundraising at its core is relationship building. When a donor gives to your organization, they’re ...