We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits
562 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago -Nonprofit professionals are faced with more challenges to accomplish their missions and the growing pressure to do more, raise more, and be more for the causes we hold so dear. Join Jon McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE as they learn with you from some of the best in the industry; sharing the most innovative ideas, inspiration and stories of making a difference. You’re in good company and we welcome you to our community of nonprofit professionals, philanthropists, world changers, innovators, and others to bring a little more goodness into the world. Get cozy, grab a coffee, and get ready to be inspired. We Are For Good. You in?
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We Are For Good is an online media and education platform with an aim to revolutionize the nonprofit industry by equipping this generation of for-good leaders with the mindsets, tools and innovative ideas to make a bigger impact than any of us could ever dream to accomplish on our own. Our vision is to cultivate an Impact Uprising. Learn more at www.weareforgood.com
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10. The Story of the OKC Terror Attack: From Heartbreak to Hope - Kari Watkins
September 11, 2020 10:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBMeet Kari Watkins. The 28 year old was heading out the door to an MBA class when the unthinkable happened miles from her house. A bombing had been reported in downtown OKC. The day was April 19, 1995. And from that point on, Kari would find herself on a 25 year journey to building one of the world's most beautiful memorial and embracing creativity and authenticity to teach the next generation about the effects of terrorism. She talks marathon fundraising, a Conscience Committee (jaw-dropping...
9. How to Keep Corporate Partners Engaged, Inspired + Happy - Mary Kate Tolan
September 09, 2020 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBMeet Mary Kate Tolan. This Oreo-loving Oregon girl is a manager on the Youth Development Programs team at ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Mary Kate is skilled in the cultivation, management, and stewardship of regional and national partners and leverages her passions for customer service and leadership development into these relationships! Tune in and hear 3 Tips for building deeper, more meaningful relationships with organizational partners. Access the show notes for this epis...
8. How We Sleep at Night: The Founding of Free Mom Hugs - Sara Cunningham
September 07, 2020 10:00 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBMeet Sara Cunningham. She is an angry, organized mother. She's also the most loving, big-hearted human to offer 1,000s of strangers hugs. Listen in as Sara shares her journey working to advocate for the LGBTQ+ community after her own son's coming out had her questioning her faith. It's not as much an interview as a love letter from a mother to a son. Did we mention Jamie Lee Curtis is her new BFF and directing/starring in the Free Mom Hugs story on film? And discover why hope became the guid...
7. Seven Core Beliefs to Transform Your Fundraising: Pt. 1 Everyone Matters - Jonathan McCoy and Becky Endicott
September 04, 2020 10:00 - 15 minutes - 10.9 MBThey're back. Today, Jon and Becky do a deep dive into why every organization should be placing people front and center AND on an equal playing field. This supports We Are For Good's belief that Everyone Matters. Hear two stories of donors whose involvement in philanthropy inspired Jon and Becky enough to make this our first company core value. Access the show notes for this episode here: https://www.weareforgood.com/episode/7 2024 (FREE) Responsive Nonprofit Summit presented by Virtuous (...
6. How To Pivot Fundraising Events During COVID-19 - Lenora Oeters
September 02, 2020 10:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MBMeet Lenora Oeters. This Strategic Director of the American Cancer Society's Global Headquarters shares how the organization is creatively embracing virtual events in new and engaging ways. ACS was working through a $200M budget shortfall in light of COVID-19, but found great success when they adopted a smart three-pong philosophy toward renewed event fundraising. Lenora provides heaps of examples and tips to pivot for those nonprofits feeling paralyzed by the absence of in-person events. We...
5. Transform Your Nonprofit's Social Media - Chris Fox
August 31, 2020 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBMeet our friend, Chris Fox. He's a digital brand whiz and brilliant storyteller who takes organizations' marketing needs to the next level with his smart creativity and intuitive approach to branding. Tune in and learn how Chris' desire to be neighborly in the aftermath of an EF5 tornado galvanized more than 10,000 volunteers to show up, clean up and cheer up one another in his hometown. And he orchestrated it all via social media. It's a mind-bending story of connection we're excited to sha...
4. How to Create Inclusive Communities That Thrive - Yolanda F. Johnson
August 28, 2020 10:00 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBMeet Yolanda F. Johnson. She's building communities where everyone has a place. The Manhattan-based entrepreneur, fundraiser and author advocates for voices who need to be heard. She is the founder of YFJ Consulting and WOC - Women of Color in Fundraising and Philanthropy. She also serves as the President of Women in Development New York, the New York City area premier fundraising organization. She works to deliver communities where this philosophy is the norm. Inclusion and empathy drive th...
3. How to Rethink Stewardship to Wow Your Donors - Brittany Fowler
August 26, 2020 10:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBMeet Brittany Fowler. This University of Tennessee Donor Relations Queen is passionate about ensuring all stewardship opportunities are as personal as possible. She's so good, she actually helped develop an entirely innovative, and experiential endowment report (yes, you read "innovative" and " endowment report" in the same sentence in history). She'll also dive into explaining how University of Tennessee Foundation streamlined their scholarship recipient thank you note process, reinvigorate...
1. How to Leverage Storytelling to Advance Your Cause - Julia Campbell
August 25, 2020 10:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBMeet Julia Campbell. Based in Boston, Julia is a global authority on digital storytelling, with happy clients spanning the globe from Moscow to San Francisco. While she runs her own digital marketing company, storytelling is definitely her jam. This episode she'll give tips on how to build a storytelling culture, ethical reporting of authentic writing and will share the personal moment where she saw humanity and philanthropy intersect in her development role that still affects her 15 years l...
2. How to Save the Worldwide Water Crisis by Putting Ourselves Out of Business - Matt Hangen
August 25, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBMeet Matt Hangen. Besides serving as the President & CEO of one of the world’s most forward-thinking water charities, Water4, he’s most well-known for being a tireless, selfless warrior to eradicate water scarcity around the globe. His journey from Alabama to Africa to Oklahoma is a TED talk-worthy story of enduring suffering that pales in comparison to the transformational hope he's been able to see - all because of clean water. His final goal: to put himself out of a job due to total globa...
0. Introducing the We Are For Good Podcast
August 25, 2020 10:00 - 8 minutes - 5.79 MBMeet Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE. They consider themselves creative rebels with a heart to merge brilliant creativity with missions that improve our world for a life-changing result. Along the way, they're collecting stories and building community to uplift the nonprofit sector like never before. They're passionate yet deprecating. They like to keep it light, but also dive into vulnerable moments. They're chasing authenticity, creativity and humanity at a dead sprint. And u...
Welcome! Glad You're Here.
August 11, 2020 20:00 - 3 minutes - 2.29 MBWelcome to the We Are For Good Podcast! Changing the world is hard work, and we shouldn't try to do it alone. Join Jonathan McCoy and Becky Endicott as they connect with movers and shakers in the nonprofit industry and leave inspired to take your causes and missions further. Our community isn't just a space for fundraisers. We want to hear from philanthropists, corporate leaders, and anyone out there trying to bring more goodness into the world. We'd love to meet you. Head over to weareforg...