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Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Celebrating the Valuable Nonprofit L&D Insights From 150 Episodes: Tasha Van Vlack Interviews Learning for Good Host Heather BurrightWelcome to episode 150 of the Learning For Good podcast! Thank you, dear listener. This podcast has grown so much since 2022, and it's all because of you.In this special episode, we are doing something a little different to celebrate: I'm going to be on the other side of the mic as my friend, fellow nonprofit consultant and community builder, Tasha Van Vlack, interviews me.You'll get my story, my career journey, and what I see as the biggest setbacks and opportunities for nonprofit learning and development.▶️ Key Points:0...

2025-09-0837 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Translating Behavior Science into L&D Strategy: Lessons from Top ExpertsWhen we create learning solutions, what we really want is to create a new behavior or change behavior in some way. So, what does it take to create a new behavior? On this episode of Learning for Good, I’m sharing lessons from behavior change experts Charles Duhigg, James Clear, and BJ Fogg. Then, I’m going to take those behavior change lessons and translate them into workplace learning.▶️ Translating Behavior Science into L&D Strategy: Lessons from Top Experts ▶️ Key Points:00:58 The cha...

2025-05-0511 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Working across Generations? Three Things L&D Needs to Know with Kat LandaOur world is constantly evolving, and because of that, our experiences across generations are different. Because our experiences are different, our perspectives are different, and because our perspectives are different, our actions are also different. All of those experiences, perspectives, and actions impact our workplaces, which is why L&D needs to get to know our audiences.In this episode, I've invited Kat Landa to talk to us about generational differences in the workplace. Kat is the senior vice president of talent solutions at Dickerson Bakker and brings 22 years of nonprofit fundraising and marketing experience t...

2025-04-2834 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Curious about Working in Nonprofit? Get an Inside Look from These Nonprofit L&D ProsI often get questions about working in nonprofit, so I launched Career Conversations - a series of LinkedIn Live conversations with people currently in nonprofit L&D roles. We are talking about their organizations, teams, and personal career journeys.Today, I’m bringing two of these conversations to you. We’re hearing from Nadra Dennis, the learning and talent development director at the Center for Employment Opportunities, and Dr. Jaimie Hoffman, the senior director of learning and development at Big Brothers Big Sisters of America.▶️ Key Points:02:22 Career Conversations series05:16 Intro to Nadra...

2025-04-211h 06

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations How to Conduct a Training Needs Analysis for Nonprofit Staff DevelopmentUnderstanding your training audience may be the best thing you can do as an instructional designer. Yet, many of us have never been taught how to conduct a training needs analysis.On this episode of Learning for Good, I want to talk about what you should be learning about your audience. What do you actually need to know? Tune in to find out.▶️ If You've Never Conducted a Training Needs Analysis, Listen to This ▶️ Key Points:02:11 Understanding your training audience to intentionally design for behavior...

2025-04-1408 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Identifying Nonprofit Training Audience Needs: 3 Effective StrategiesIn L&D, when we are approached with a training request, it's our job to do a little research for ourselves about training audience needs.Often, the time you have to do this research is limited. Your capacity and the capacity of your subject matter expert is limited, and you may not even feel like you have the expertise to do the analysis. So how can you validate the audience's needs with limited time, capacity, and expertise?On this episode, I’m sharing three ways you can identify training audience needs....

2025-04-0710 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Embracing Growth Mindset for Enhanced Nonprofit Leadership with Kim AndrewsThe fear of failure impacts our learners’ ability to learn, so we need to help them move to a growth mindset. A growth mindset is a place where it's okay to try new things, fail, and continue to show up and be persistent even in the face of failure.For this episode, I've invited certified professional coach, consultant, and learning facilitator Kim Andrews to talk about the growth mindset. I want us to think about how we help our learners learn and strengthen nonprofit leadership. The growth mindset is a great place to start....

2025-03-3129 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations How to Conduct a Training Project DebriefDo you take the time to intentionally reflect after a training project ends? Reflection is powerful and it's something we often do, but it's not something we often do with intentionality. That’s why on this episode of Learning for Good, I want to share the seven steps I follow each time I close out a training project and why they set you up for success later. This training project debrief is really a time of reflection.▶️ How to Conduct a Training Project Debrief ▶️ Key Points:

2025-03-2411 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Small L&D Team? How One Nonprofit University Uses Volunteers to Increase Capacity with Ashley DuggerIf you are looking to transition to L&D, your experience matters! Volunteering can help you fill in the gaps. This is exactly what Dr. Ashley Dugger is here to talk about.Ashley engages volunteers in her organization to help increase the capacity of her team. It also gives those volunteers a chance to deepen their skills in instructional design. So whether you're a small L&D team looking to expand the capacity of your team by using volunteers, or if you're someone who's looking to transfer to the field of L&D, this episode i...

2025-03-1732 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Crafting Effective Learning Objectives: A 4-Step Guide for NonprofitsIn this episode, I want to share my 4-step process to write better learning objectives. What do I mean by better? This is not a lesson on making them SMART (specific, measurable, actionable, relevant, and timely) though that is important. This is about the actual process I go through when writing objectives. This thought process is what gets me to action-oriented, performance-related objectives that drive behavior change.▶️ My 4-Step Process to Write Better Learning Objectives ▶️ Key Points:02:15 What it means to wr...

2025-03-1008 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Enhancing Nonprofit Training Engagement Through Learner PersonasAre your learners bored? So often our training audience attends training that isn't relevant or engaging, contains so much extra information they feel lost, or the included scenarios make no sense for them and their role.Context is one of the most important things in creating effective learning. That’s why in this episode, I want us to explore learner personas. What are they? Why are they important? And how do we build them?▶️ Are Your Learners Bored? How Building a Learner Persona Can Help. ...

2025-03-0310 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Leveraging a Personal Board of Directors for Nonprofit Career Growth with Jarrett RansomWhat’s the value of an outside perspective? An outside perspective will help you be more consistent, improve your awareness and confidence, and accelerate your career because they can see the things you can't. This is true in all areas of life, including your career. That’s why on today’s episode, I'm talking to self-proclaimed nonprofit nerd, Jarrett Ransom, about how to create a personal board of directors to help you thrive in your career.Jarrett established her consulting firm in 2009 and under her guidance, teams nationwide consistently raise millions of dollars annually...

2025-02-2426 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Applying Aviation Leadership Principles to Nonprofit Development with Craig CoyleA lot of what we do in Learning and Development is not life and death. We often have the freedom to experiment with new ideas in our nonprofit training and while we want the best possible outcome, we can feel safe to fail.This is not the case in every industry.In this episode I want us to take some time to learn from another industry - the aviation industry - with leadership development expert Craig Coyle. Craig is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and a former U.S. Army Apache pilot.

2025-02-1723 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Enhancing Nonprofit Health via People Manager Development with Kamaria Scott People managers have a hard job. They have to set goals, manage resources, support real humans who are not always easy to support, and keep everything moving on time and within budget so the organization can meet its goals.That’s why I’ve invited Kamaria Scott, an I/O psychologist focused on people manager development and enablement, to join me on this episode. She’s sharing how you can improve the health of your organization by investing in your people managers. ▶️ Enhancing Nonprofit Health via People Manager Development with Kamaria Scott

2025-02-1032 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations The Business Case for Mentoring - What's the Value? with Neil CunninghamWe know the impact a good mentor can have. Yet, according to a Forbes article, only 37% of professionals have a mentor. This means there are still many people out there who aren't benefiting from this type of relationship. How do we know when to create a mentoring program? And if we look at the needs and determine we should create one, how do we create the buy-in we need for it? That’s what we’re exploring today with L&D expert, Neil Cunningham.▶️ The Business Case for Mentoring - What's the Value...

2025-02-0320 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations The Belonging Blueprint: How to Create Connection among Your Teams with Abigail FinckWhile work may never be the top place you feel belonging, it can be a place where you can be yourself, where you can feel safe, and where you can feel connected to your work and team. However, this doesn’t happen organically, we have to work to create a space like this.That’s why in this episode, leadership and mindset coach Abigail Finck is sharing the Belonging Blueprint - a tested method for creating connection among your teams.▶️ The Belonging Blueprint: How to Create Connection among Your Teams with Abigail Finck ▶️ K...

2025-01-2735 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations How to Measure Behavior Change and Impact in a Federated Nonprofit or Membership Association Measuring behavior change and impact is hard in most organizations, but add the complexities of federated nonprofit organizations or membership associations, and it suddenly feels impossible.In this episode, I’m exploring why measuring behavior change and impact is so hard in these organizations and I’m sharing some creative ideas to measure them anyway.▶️ How to Measure Behavior Change and Impact in a Federated Nonprofit or Membership Association ▶️ Key Points:01:38 Why measuring behavior change and impact is hard in a federated nonprofit or membership association03:06 Creating effective learning experiences

2025-01-2011 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Using a Blended, Cohort Training Model to Create Behavior Change with Nonprofit Leader Rebecca KelleyCreating behavior change is no easy task. So when Rebecca Kelley of Waterford.org approached me about a change she wanted to facilitate in one of her teams, I knew we had a lot of work to do. Today’s episode is a case study of sorts - we're taking a closer look at how my team at Skill Masters Market partnered with Rebecca's team at Waterford to address their unique needs.Rebecca is a skilled executive and as Waterford's Executive Vice President of Advocacy, she is responsible for advancing Waterford's mission and growth within philanthropic, government, an...

2025-01-1323 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations I'm 20 Years into My Career. If You're New to L&D, Listen to This.I feel strongly that you don't need a formal education in adult learning to be a good instructional designer. But I do think instructional designers have to be open to learning new things.I’ve learned a lot over my 20 year career in Learning and Development and in this episode, I’m sharing three of my most valuable lessons.▶️ I'm 20 Years into My Career. If You're New to L&D, Listen to This. ▶️ Key Points:00:58 The education needed to be a good instructional designer02:18 My Learning and Development career05:59 Three essent...

2025-01-0613 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations How One Nonprofit Improves Emotional Intelligence through Training with Erin HarrisBoundaries, coping skills, conflict resolution, empathy, mental health, and self-care are skills we all need in life, and the nonprofit Un/Do Mindset is on a mission to make sure everyone has them. They're working to build a more resilient and compassionate society and I think we need more of that in the workplace too. That’s why I invited the founder and executive director, Erin Harris, to join me on this episode. She’s sharing how Un/Do Mindset is improving emotional intelligence through training.▶️ How One Nonprofit Improves Emotional Intelligence through Training with Erin Harr...

2024-12-3029 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Setting Values-Based Goals for 2025People with goals are 10 times more likely to succeed. That’s the kind of momentum I want as I head into 2025.I've worked with others to set goals for years. I've coached people through career transitions. And I've led project teams with a specific goal in mind so I know how important a goal can be.In this episode, I’m bringing you some recommendations for setting better goals so you can gain that momentum as you set out to achieve the things you want in 2025.▶️ Setting Values-Based Goals for 2025 ▶️ Key Points:00:5...

2024-12-2311 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Two Skills Your People Managers Need But Probably Don't Have with Eric GirardThe number one priority for HR leaders in 2025 is leader and manager development and yet, only 36% of organizations with leadership development programs think they work. Organizations are spending money and prioritizing leadership development but they aren't seeing the results. So what’s missing?New manager expert, Eric Girard is joining me on this episode to share two essential skills your people managers need, but probably don’t have.▶️ Two Skills Your People Managers Need But Probably Don't Have with Eric Girard ▶️ Key Points:04:27 Eric’s journey to new manager development07:48 The...

2024-12-1620 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Using AI to Create Persuasive, Visual Stories for Your Training with Nicholas LeonardStories help us learn and engage us on an emotional level. But one of the more challenging parts of using stories is finding the right visuals to go with them. That’s where AI comes in. I personally have not used AI to create visual stories, that’s why I invited Dr. Nicholas Leonard to be my guest. Nicholas’s passion is at the intersection of AI and learning and on this episode, he’s sharing how to use AI to create persuasive, visual stories in our training. ▶️ Using AI to Create Persuasive, Visual Stories for Your Tra...

2024-12-0933 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations 5 Ways to Incorporate Peer Learning into Your Nonprofit's Learning StrategyPeer learning is a great technique to use in your training programs because it encourages active participation and networking, ensures diverse perspectives are shared and considered, encourages social and collaborative skills, and so much more.That’s why on this episode, I’m sharing five ways you can incorporate peer learning into your nonprofit's learning strategy.▶️ 5 Ways to Incorporate Peer Learning into Your Nonprofit's Learning Strategy ▶️ Key Points:00:58 Should you add peer learning to your training programs?03:01 The benefits of peer learning04:16 Five ways you can incorporate peer learning into your no...

2024-12-0211 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Developing Your People Managers with Off-the-Shelf Courses + Customized Conversations. An Inside Look at One Nonprofit's Approach with Alberto GarciaProviding off-the-shelf courses is a common approach to training and development. But one of the limitations is the lack of context which is often needed to make the training relevant and meaningful. When I heard about Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston and how they were combining off-the-shelf courses with more contextualized learning, I knew I wanted to bring this case study to you. Is it possible to combine off-the-shelf learning with tailored content? That’s what we’re exploring in this episode with Alberto Garcia, a rising L&D professional.▶️ Developing Your People Managers with Off...

2024-11-2523 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Turn Your Subject Matter Expert into Your Biggest Asset with This ApproachWorking with subject matter experts can be a great experience, but it can also be challenging. They don't always understand Learning and Development, they may have competing priorities that take them away from your project, and sometimes they think that they don't really need you.That’s why, in this episode, I’m sharing how you can turn your subject matter expert into your biggest asset. ▶️ Turn Your Subject Matter Expert into Your Biggest Asset with This Approach ▶️ Key Points:00:58 The challenges of working with a subject matter expert in L&D02:36 N...

2024-11-1809 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations How to Use Change Management Principles to Improve Training Project SuccessIs training a change project? My vote is almost always YES. Training is often either being used to drive a change or it's being offered as the result of a change.Why does that matter? 70% of organizational changes fail and L&D has a role to play in this. That’s why in this episode I’m exploring how we, as L&D, can use change management principles to improve the chances of success in training and organizational change.▶️ How to Use Change Management Principles to Improve Training Project Success ▶️ Key Points:00...

2024-11-1108 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Three Practical Tips to Improve Your Nonprofit's Onboarding ProcessMost people form a first impression in just a tenth of a second, and there’s no second chances. So, what is your nonprofit's first impression? When you hire a new staff person, what do they think or feel? It's worth asking the question, and it's worth investing in making that first impression a good one. That’s why, on today’s episode, I‘m sharing three practical ways you can improve your nonprofit's onboarding process and create a great first impression.▶️ Three Practical Tips to Improve Your Nonprofit's Onboarding Process ▶️ Key Points:00:58 Creating...

2024-11-0408 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Want Better Leaders? Five Ways to Get Them.50% of leaders will fail. Even those who were once successful often eventually fail. Leadership failure comes with significant cost. You have to recruit, hire, and onboard a new leader and employees may have left or stopped performing under the old leader. So why do leaders fail? And how can we in L&D support them so they don't? That’s what we’re exploring in this episode.▶️ Want Better Leaders? Five Ways to Get Them. ▶️ Key Points:00:58 Leadership failure02:10 Why leaders fail02:30 5 Things nonprofits can do to support their leaders...

2024-10-2811 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations You Need Social Influence to Achieve Behavior Change. Here's How to Create It.70% of organizational changes fail. I feel strongly that almost every training project is a change project. So, how do we successfully facilitate change? One essential element is social influence. We have to create the environment and the relationships to help our audience create and sustain the change. But how do we do that? I'm sharing five ways to use social influence to facilitate behavior change in this episode.▶️ You Need Social Influence to Achieve Behavior Change. Here's How to Create It. ▶️ Key Points:00:58 Why most changes fail03:00 Getting clear on the chan...

2024-10-2110 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations 5 Low Cost Leadership Development Activities for Organizations with Tight BudgetsI often hear from nonprofit L&D leaders about the challenges they face with constrained budgets. And I feel their pain. I know so many of you are working with small teams and few resources. But leadership development activities don’t have to be expensive and you don’t have to let a constrained budget keep you from developing your leaders.That’s why, on this episode, I’m sharing five low to no cost ideas for leadership development.▶️ Five Low Cost Leadership Development Activities ▶️ Key Points:00:58 The cycle of learning03...

2024-10-1411 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Your L&D Team Needs Email Marketing. Expert Julie Nichols Shares Where to StartYou spend months working hard on a training only to launch it and hear crickets. If you can't mandate people take that training, what do you do?This is where marketing comes in.Marketing is a pretty different skill set than what most L&D teams have. And your marketing team may not have the capacity to support you with each new training. That’s why nonprofit L&D teams need email marketing.That’s what we’re exploring in this episode with marketing expert Julie Nichols.▶️ Your L&D Team Needs...

2024-10-0725 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Hiring in L&D? Three Things to Look for in Your Next Job CandidateI see a lot of L&D job descriptions and they usually include things like communication skills, project management skills, knowledge of learning design principles, and more. And while these are skills that you certainly do use as an L&D pro, what actually helps you hit the ground running?In this episode, I’m sharing three not-so-obvious skills or characteristics that actually make people successful in L&D roles.▶️ Hiring in L&D? Three Things to Look for in Your Next Job Candidate ▶️ Key Points:02:25 Typical L&D job descriptio...

2024-09-3010 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations 5 L&D Thought Leaders Predict the Future of Learning And DevelopmentOn today’s episode, I want us to look to the future of L&D. However, I don't only want to talk about the future of L&D from an L&D lens; I want us to be holistic and well-rounded and hear from a diversity of perspectives. That’s why I’ve invited some of my favorite L&D and L&D adjacent thought leaders to join me to talk about what they hope for the future of L&D. We’re sharing valuable insights, actionable strategies, and innovative ideas for the future of workplace...

2024-09-2338 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations What Corporate Training Can Steal from Fantasy FootballFantasy football is an $11 billion business with 29.2 million people playing in the US alone in 2022. So what’s the appeal?It's our job to look at what fantasy football is doing well and determine what we can steal to make our training more effective. In today’s episode, I’m exploring the four things L&D can steal from fantasy football to improve our training.▶️ What Corporate Training Can Steal from Fantasy Football ▶️ Key Points:00:58 The appeal of fantasy football04:09 4 Things L&D can steal from fantasy footbal...

2024-09-1610 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Making Generative AI Your L&D Thought Partner with Valerie EhrlichIs generative AI your L&D thought partner?I've used ChatGPT for this podcast, for LinkedIn posts, for training, and more. And while I don't yet rely on it daily, it's becoming a better partner for me, because I'm getting better at using it. I love the idea of helping L&D pros like us make generative AI our thought partner, that’s why today’s guest, Valerie Ehrlich, is sharing four ways you can leverage AI to enhance your strategic role in your nonprofit.▶️ Making Generative AI Your L&D Thought Partner...

2024-09-0927 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations 5 Reasons Blended Learning is a Good Strategy for Staff DevelopmentI'm a big fan of blended learning… I like being able to have learners spend some time inside a virtual or in-person classroom, but I also like them to spend time learning independently or in groups outside the classroom. Blended learning is a great approach to people development. In this episode, I’m sharing 5 reasons why.▶️ 5 Reasons Blended Learning is a Good Strategy for Staff Development ▶️ Key Points:00:58 Why blended learning aligns with adult learning needs02:51 5 Reasons why blended learning is effective fo...

2024-09-0211 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Ethical Storytelling in Nonprofit Training: Framework Insights with Diana Farias HeinrichWe often reach for storytelling in our nonprofit training and it’s easy to understand why. Stories evoke emotion, help us connect with each other, and help us learn.But, there is a wrong and right way to tell a story. On this episode, Diana Farias Heinrich is sharing her ethical storytelling framework with us so we can tell stories the right way and prevent harm.As the CEO of Habra Marketing, Diana helps nonprofits use ethical communication strategies and marketing to raise more money.▶️ Ethical Storytelling in Nonprofit Training: Framewo...

2024-08-2631 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations 5 Things to Include in Your Training Project KickoffI start every new training project with a sense of hope and excitement. I'm ready to build a lasting relationship with my client and I feel ready because I have a proven plan for my project kickoff. I'm not reinventing it every time I have a new project. On today’s episode, I want to share that plan with you.Whether you're a consultant or currently working inside an organization, this approach should work for you. And hopefully, you'll feel excited and hopeful about your projects when you use it.▶️ 5 Things to Include in Your T...

2024-08-1915 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Leadership Development Lessons from the OlympicsAs a training and leadership development consultant, I'm always wondering what we can learn from things around us, like the Olympics. The Olympics brings together top athletes from around the world as they compete against each other and their best selves. It takes years of practice and dedication to achieve something like this. We can learn a lot about leadership from the Olympics and I want to share that with you today with special guests Kirk Spahn and Sara Daum.▶️ Leadership Development Lessons from the Olympics ▶️ Key Points:02:06 The proc...

2024-08-1220 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Talent Development: 10 Tech Habits for Nonprofit Leaders with Shari SimpsonWe have so many tools available for how we design and deliver learning. From project management and identifying learning needs to delivering our learning solutions, we're using tech throughout the process. Nonprofit L&D pros have very specific tech needs and we often have unique constraints that other organizations don't have. That's why I'm so excited that I got to chat with Shari Simpson about 10 tech habits that will change the way you lead talent development.▶️ Talent Development: 10 Tech Habits for Nonprofit Leaders with Shari Simpson ▶️ Key Points:01:29 Nonprofit L&D tech need...

2024-08-0529 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Building Your Leadership Pipeline? 10 Things Nonprofits Should Do When Developing Future LeadersGetting qualified candidates into the nonprofit leadership candidate pool can be challenging, so we tend to start thinking about our internal candidates. They already know and love our mission so it's logical to want to advance them into these open leadership positions. But are your future leaders ready?In this episode, we're going to explore 10 things nonprofits should do to develop their future leaders and build their internal leadership pipeline.▶️ Building Your Leadership Pipeline? 10 Things Nonprofits Should Do When Developing Future Leaders▶️ Key Points:00:58 Are your nonprofit’s future lea...

2024-07-2917 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Why You Should Use Cohorts in Your Nonprofit's DEIB TrainingWhat makes a DEIB training successful?From meaningful discussion to skilled facilitation, there are a lot of things that make a DEIB training successful. But today, I want to talk about using cohorts in your nonprofit’s DEIB training.A lot of DEIB trainings are one-off experiences. And if there is more than one training, it's not really set up as a cohort. But I'm a big believer in using cohorts for DEIB training and I’m going to tell you why in this episode. ▶️ Why You Should Use Cohorts in Your Nonprofi...

2024-07-2210 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations The Role of Coaching and Mentoring in Your Nonprofit's Talent Development StrategyA good coach or mentor can be powerful. That’s why on today’s episode, I’m sharing five ways you can use coaching and mentoring in your nonprofit’s talent development strategy.There are so many benefits to coaching and mentoring and these tools can be used in a variety of ways. While this isn’t an exhaustive list, it’s a good place to start.▶️ The Role of Coaching and Mentoring in Your Nonprofit's Talent Development Strategy ▶️ Key Points:00:58 The power of a good coach or mentor02:54 Five ways you can use coaching...

2024-07-1510 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations How This One Needs Analysis Method Can Improve Your Nonprofit Training with Emily TaylorAre you listening to your learners? In this episode, our guest is strategic listener Emily Taylor. With a background in human-centered design, Emily is an expert listener. I've worked with Emily before and she's helped me and my clients be better listeners so we can identify skill gaps and create tailored training and resources to support behavior change.She's sharing some of her best tips in this episode, so you can too.▶️ How This One Needs Analysis Method Can Improve Your Nonprofit Training with Emily Taylor ▶️ Key Points:00:58 Why listening is so im...

2024-07-0823 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Four Partners Every L&D Team Should HaveI couldn't do what I do as a training and leadership development consultant to nonprofits without my support system, and you need a support system too.You are doing the work day in and day out to lead your L&D team (if you’re a supervisor), engage with your internal partners, and deliver quality learning experiences. There is a lot that goes into this.That’s why on today’s episode, we’re talking about the four partners every L&D team should have.▶️ Four Partners Every L&D Team Should Have

2024-07-0110 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations 5 Ways to Supercharge Your Nonprofit's Volunteer Training with Karen KnightIn this episode, I’ve invited Karen Knight, volunteer extraordinaire, to give us some specific ways we can supercharge our nonprofit’s volunteer training. The demand for nonprofit services has increased, but the number of volunteers has decreased before and since COVID. It’s important that volunteers are trained well so that they have a good volunteering experience, and continue to volunteer.This is the first episode that we have had specifically on volunteer training and I can’t wait for you to hear everything Karen has to share.▶️ 5 Ways to Supercharge Your Nonprof...

2024-06-2428 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations 4 Ways Good Instructional Design Can Break Down Silos in Your NonprofitAs I think about all the challenges nonprofits face, all the burnout nonprofit leaders experience, and all the amazing things they want to accomplish, I am consistently reminded of how important strong trusting relationships really are. That's why on this episode, I want to explore how good instructional design can break down silos and build those relationships in your nonprofit.▶️ How Good Instructional Design Can Break Down Silos in Your Nonprofit ▶️ Key Points:00:58 Why we need to build good relationships in nonprofits=02:31 How training can support relationship building03:14 4 Ways to build...

2024-06-1710 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Make People Uncomfortable: How Your Nonprofit's Training Can Improve Behavior with Matt GjertsenToday’s guest is Matt Gjertsen, former Air Force instructor pilot and founder of Better Everyday Studios. He is giving us an outside perspective on behavior change and bringing some great insights to the nonprofit sector.Why are we surprised when we want our learners to change something and they don't? Behavior change is a funny thing and even a simple change can feel very complex. We have to intentionally design for behavior change at every step in the process.▶️ Make People Uncomfortable: How Your Nonprofit's Training Can Improve Behavior with Matt Gjertse...

2024-06-1024 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Why Change Initiatives Fail? Should L&D Be Involved in Change Management?Why does change fail? There are a lot of reasons, but most of them come down to people. And if we're talking about people, L&D needs to be involved.That’s why on this episode of the podcast, I wanted to share the fastest way to organizational change and explore L&Ds role in change. ▶️ Why Change Initiatives Fail? Should L&D Be Involved in Change Management? ▶️ Key Points:02:49 Why change initiatives fail03:49 Creating a strategic people plan07:33 Should L&D be involved in organizational change?...

2024-06-0309 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations From 0 to 60 Employees in 4 Years: How this Nonprofit Onboarded and Trained Staff to Scale their Mission with Quilen BlackwellIn this episode of Learning for Good, my guest, Quilen Blackwell is taking us inside his nonprofit, Southside Blooms. They grew from zero to 60 employees in just four short years. That means they onboarded a lot of staff and learned a lot along the way. He’s sharing his experience with us, what worked and what didn’t, so you can take a look at your own onboarding program and make sure you're creating a lasting memory that helps your staff feel ready to take on that important role you hired them to do.▶️ From 0 t...

2024-05-2728 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations WARNING: Do Not Create a Learning Community Yet (Wait Until You Hear this Episode)People love communities. But not all communities are created equal.I have a learning community and it can be hard. It's not hard to create; that was pretty easy. But it's hard to get people to engage. That's where the work is.To get better at this, I've been reading books and listening to podcasts about community and I've been reflecting on communities that I'm a part of. I want to share some of the things I've learned. That’s why in this episode, I give you three tips for creating a thriving le...

2024-05-2014 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations New to People Data? Here are the First 3 Things Nonprofit Talent Development Leaders Should Do with Dr. Serena HuangIn nonprofits, we have limited budgets. This means we need to be able to prioritize the training and professional development opportunities to be created. How do we do this? With people data.But what data should we be asking for and how can we use it once we get it? That’s what we’re discussing in today’s episode of the Learning for Good podcast with data expert, Dr. Serena Huang.▶️ New to People Data? Here are the First 3 Things Nonprofit Talent Development Leaders Should Do ▶️ Key Points:06:37 What is people data...

2024-05-1331 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Workplace Well-Being: Forget Sporadic Happy Hours and Get a Strategy with Dave AllmanWith burnout at an all-time high and becoming a global trend, you need more than the occasional wellness perk to tackle it.If well-being in your organization is a top priority for you, but you aren't sure how to move from yoga and happy hours to something more meaningful, then this episode is for you. I’m discussing how to create a holistic plan for well-being that fits seamlessly into your HR and talent development strategies with well-being expert Dave Allman.▶️ Well-Being at Work | Forget Sporadic Happy Hours. Get a Strategy Instead▶️ Key Points...

2024-05-0627 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations One Thing I Don't Do When Creating Competency ModelsWhen I create a competency model, there are so many things I look at. The one thing I don’t look at?Indicators of poor performance.I’m sure we all already know what poor performance looks like. To me, the lowest behavior you want is one that meets expectations. And everything should just go up from there.That’s why today we’re discussing why I don't memorialize poor behavior in competency models, and why asset-based competency models work.▶️ One Thing I Don't Do When Creating Competency Models ▶️ Key Points:00:58 Th...

2024-04-2912 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations You Might Be Killing Your Team if You Aren't Doing This with Beth NapletonEffective teams are essential to your nonprofit. I’ve been a part of teams that worked so well together, everything ran smoothly, and there were no major issues. But I’ve also been a part of teams that were the opposite.So how do we create effective teams?That’s what we’re exploring on today’s episode with Beth Napleton, an executive leadership coach and consultant who helps senior leaders lead through layers.▶️ You Might Be Killing Your Team if You Aren't Doing This with Beth Napleton ▶️ Key Points:02:26 Beth...

2024-04-0824 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations The 3 Unique Audiences Nonprofits Create Training for (And How Instructional Design Can Help Them)What makes nonprofit training unique to corporate training or government training? While there are a number of things that are different, one thing that I thought would be fun to focus on is the three unique audiences that nonprofits create training for.These unique audiences come with their own challenges and I’m giving you some tips to overcome those challenges.▶️ 3 Audiences Unique to Nonprofit Training ▶️ Key Points:03:00 The three audiences unique to nonprofit training07:19 Challenges these unique audiences present and how instructional design teams can overcome themResources from this episo...

2024-04-0113 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Three Ways Your Nonprofit Can Use Animation in Trainings with Calvin DantleyWhy do we let our kids watch cartoons like Cocomelon or Bluey? Because they are teaching our kids valuable lessons through animation.We can do the exact same thing in our nonprofit training. We can use animation to impart valuable lessons to our learners. That’s why I’ve invited Calvin Dantley to join me and share his experience with animation and training. Calvin is a nonprofit L&D leader and an experienced animator, and he has so much good stuff to share with us today.▶️ Three Ways Your Nonprofit Can Use Animation...

2024-03-2519 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Your New Training is Perfect, but... Your Learners Won't Remember ItHave you heard of the forgetting curve? We naturally forget 90% of what we learn. That's troubling to hear for those of us in L&D. All we think about is helping people learn and creating behavior change from that learning. How can we do that If learners are forgetting the majority of what we teach them? That’s what we’re exploring in this episode.▶️ Your New Training is Perfect, but... Your Learners Won't Remember It ▶️ Key Points:00:58 The forgetting curve03:51 Making learning relevant06:33 Making training meaningful

2024-03-1812 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Workforce Development: Using Data to Move from Status Quo to Training Impact with Heather HiscoxIn this episode, I've invited self-proclaimed frustrated changemaker Heather Hiscox to talk about how she uses data to overcome the status quo and boost workforce development.Heather, the founder and CEO of Pause for Change, is on a mission to change the way we change the world. I'm so excited to talk with her more about data and what L&D can start to do differently to create a greater impact in training.▶️ Workforce Development: Using Data to Move from Status Quo to Training Impact ▶️ Key Points:03:00 Heather’s frustration working in social impa...

2024-03-1129 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations The Parental Leave Dilemma: Helping Your Nonprofit Leaders Navigate Time Out of the Office with Lacey KempinskiIf you've ever welcomed a baby into your home, you know how stressful it can be. You don't want to have the stress of what's being left undone at work on top of that. How do we help our nonprofit leaders navigate time out of the office? That’s what I’m discussing with mission-driven fundraiser, Lacey Kempinski on today’s episode. Lacey is focused on changing the way the nonprofit sector supports parental leave and working parents. ▶️ The Parental Leave Dilemma: Helping Your Nonprofit Leaders Navigate Time Out of the Office with Lacey Kempinski...

2024-02-2620 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations How One Nonprofit's Training Saved a Postpartum Woman's Life with Nonprofit Leader Lauren WileyGood training has a real impact on those who receive it. It can shift mindsets. It can build skills. It can change the way your organization works. And that's what I want to share with you today. Nonprofit leader, Lauren Wiley, shares how one training at her nonprofit impacted the midwives and doulas they train and ultimately the pregnant and postpartum women they serve.▶️ How One Nonprofit's Training Saved a Postpartum Woman's Life with Lauren Wiley ▶️ Key Points:03:44 Lauren’s journey from a finance major to a nonprofit leader15:11 The training and techni...

2024-02-1931 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Is L&D a Last Resort or a First Response? My Tips to Help Build Relationships in The WorkplaceAll too often, L&D feels like a last resort in the workplace. We, as L&D, need to be brought in earlier in the process of decision-making. We have experience and expertise to share and we have value to add, and we can help shape that final decision. In this episode, I’m sharing some tips to help build relationships so that L&D can become the first response in your nonprofit. ▶️ Is L&D a Last Resort or a First Response? ▶️ Key Points:05:14 Building relationships between L&D and other teams0...

2024-02-1211 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Taking A Well-Being Approach to Leadership Development with Loretta TurnerWork is a major contributor to well-being. Your leaders influence the well-being of everyone on their teams. So those leaders become an important part of the conversation. That's why I'm so excited to have well-being strategist Loretta Turner as my guest today. We’re exploring how you can take a well-being approach to leadership development. ▶️ A Well-Being Approach to Leadership Development with Loretta Turner ▶️ Key Points:03:21 Loretta’s career journey and unique background in the wellness and well-being sector06:55 The meaning of a well-being approach to leadership development10:17 The challenge with traditiona...

2024-02-0524 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations 4 Tips to Make a Large Cohort of Learners in Your Nonprofit Training Feel More IntimateI talk a lot about training as an avenue to create trusting relationships and psychological safety in your nonprofit. But what do you do when the training facilitates a large cohort of learners and it becomes harder to build those relationships?Today I am talking about what you can do to make those large cohorts of learners feel a bit more intimate.▶️ How to Make a Large Cohort of Learners Feel More Intimate ▶️ Key Points:03:49 Breaking a large cohort of learners into smaller groups05:13 Using technology to facilitate learning06:30 Providing access to perso...

2024-01-2911 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations 3 Essential Skills for Nonprofit Frontline Managers with Summer DaviesThe skills you need as an individual contributor are different than the skills you need as a manager. We hear it time and time again - you promote your very best individual contributor to a supervisory position and they struggle because they aren’t equipped with the skills they need. That’s why I’m so excited to have Summer Davies, an award-winning leadership development expert with over 15 years of experience, as my guest today. We talk about the 3 basic skills your frontline managers need and how you can develop these skills.▶️ 3 Essential Skills for Nonprof...

2024-01-2231 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Is Your Staff Prepared To Implement Your New Program or Service? THIS Is How Training Can HelpLet's say you are kicking off 2024 with a new program or service. Are your staff prepared to implement it? Have they had a chance to build the skills and confidence they need? Or will they be struggling to figure things out on the job? In today’s episode, I’m discussing just how Learning and Development can support your nonprofit as you’re changing program or service offerings. Have a listen to make sure you aren't left wondering whether you should have done more to support your staff during a time of change. ▶️ Is Your Staff...

2024-01-1509 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations 24 Learning And Development Tips for Nonprofit Pros to Kick Off 2024Hey friend and Happy New Year! Today's episode is a quick one. I wanted to kick off 2024 with something kind of fun and different. I’m sharing 24 tips for L&D leaders.From knowing your worth as an L&D leader to building relationships with other business units and teams, these tips will help you get 2024 off to a great start. Let’s jump right in.▶️ 24 L&D Tips for Nonprofit Pros to Kick Off 2024 ▶️ Key Points:01:08 24 Tips for L&D Leaders: Kickstart 202402:21 Creating a Theory of Change for L&D02:40...

2024-01-0207 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations End-of-Year Reflection: What Scheduling a Time and a Goal for Reflection Can Do for You And Your Nonprofit OrganizationIf you're doing a year-end reflection, you need to listen to this episode. I have some tips for how to do your time of reflection so that you get the most out of it. Because at the end of the day, I want you to learn from this time of reflection because when you learn from what you've done in the past, your perspective changes for what you can do in the future.▶️ Once You Reflect This Way, Your Perspective Changes ▶️ Key Points:00:58 Reflecting on 202304:30 Scheduling a time and goal for reflection...

2023-12-2611 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Why Setting Clear Expectations May Help Retain Gen Z Staff and Improve Workforce DevelopmentDo you ever feel like you're having two different conversations with someone? It’s like you're saying one thing, and they are hearing something completely different. This happens regularly in our workplaces. Your Gen Z staff are waiting for you to set clear expectations and if you don't, they just might leave.In this episode, I’m going over three ways we can help ensure clear expectations are set for staff and in turn, increase staff retention. ▶️ Why Setting Clear Expectations May Help Retain Gen Z Staff in Your Nonprofit▶️ Key Points:03:37 How Learning...

2023-12-1810 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations One Goal, Two Techniques: How L&D Can Prepare Your Workforce for the FutureThe skill sets your staff need are expected to change by 50% in 2027. That's according to LinkedIn’s 2023 Workplace Learning Report. 50% in just a few short years. With so much changing, Learning and Development has a role to play. In today’s episode of the Learning for Good podcast, we are exploring two techniques L&D can use to prepare your staff for the future. ▶️ One Goal, Two Techniques: How L&D Can Prepare Your Workforce for the Future ▶️ Key Points:02:55 Identifying skills for the future05:48 Allowing staff to build skills for th...

2023-12-0409 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Is Culture Change Hard? How to Succeed in 2024 with Rebecca MarchiafavaCulture can be a complex thing and it's what allows you to attract, retain, and develop your staff. That’s why I’m so excited to have Rebecca Marchiafava on the podcast today, to discuss culture change and to help you successfully lead or navigate that change.Rebecca is the founder of Culture Work LLC, where she consults with organizations to develop healthy environments and improve well-being at work. An experienced speaker, facilitator, and consultant, Rebecca is passionate about building workplaces that are engines of health and well-being.▶️ Culture Change is Hard - How to Succeed...

2023-11-2730 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Your Organization's Training And Development Project Meetings Are Going to Be VERY Different after THIS!Have you ever left a meeting thinking that could have been an email? As a nonprofit consultant working on training and leadership development projects, I lead a lot of meetings. And my goal is to make them an effective use of time, every time. Today, I want to share some ways you can make your meetings more effective. So no one leaves thinking it could have been an email. You’re going to want to take notes during this one!▶️ Your Training and Development Project Meetings are Going to be VERY Different After This

2023-11-2016 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Three Tips for Running a Global Learning Cohort in Your Nonprofit Organization with Tommy LeeHow do global nonprofits bring people together for a global learning cohort, despite the challenges, for the good of all involved? That's what we're going to explore on today’s episode of Learning for Good with Tommy Lee.Tommy is a seasoned leader with extensive experience in the areas of faith and work integration, organizational development, and strategic planning and he has a wealth of knowledge on running global cohorts. ▶️ Three Tips for Running a Global Learning Cohort in Your Nonprofit Organization with Tommy Lee ▶️ Key Points:05:00 Tommy’s career journey and a lesson...

2023-11-1328 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Need to Cut Content? How to Work with SMEs Without the FrustrationMost subject matter experts are open to redesigning activities and interactions, but when you talk about cutting content, that can be a challenge because it feels personal. So how do I navigate situations like these? And what can you do to navigate similar situations as you are working with your subject matter experts? I have three tips to share with you today.▶️ Need to Cut Content? How to Work with SMEs Without the Frustration ▶️ Key Points:03:49 Establishing expectations upfront05:15 Setting clear objectives07:43 Aligning your deliverables with meetings

2023-11-0610 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Leadership Training: Strategic Planning And How to Prepare Staff for Implementation with Carol HamiltonOne of my favorite things is when a nonprofit comes to me with a strategic plan that specifically mentions developing their people, their staff. But this isn’t always the case. Regardless of whether Learning and Development has been written into your strategic plan or not, it still has a large role to play.In today's episode, Carol Hamilton and I sit down to discuss the strategic planning process and how you prepare staff to implement it once your nonprofit strategic plan is done. ▶️ Leadership Training: Strategic Planning And How to Prepare Staff for Impleme...

2023-10-3028 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Leadership Training vs. Leadership Coaching - When to Use Which Solution in Your Nonprofit Organization?Depending on your experiences with training or coaching, you might have a preference for one over the other. But should we make organizational decisions based on our preferences? I'd argue no. Which is why I wanted to bring this episode to you. It's an episode where we will compare leadership training versus coaching and explore when to use which solution in your nonprofit organization.▶️ Leadership Training vs. Coaching - When to Use Which Solution ▶️ Key Points:03:19 Comparing leadership training and coaching08:34 When to use leadership training09:36 When to...

2023-10-2314 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Using Your Competency Model to Develop a Comprehensive Training Program (And Boost Workforce Development)You know you need a comprehensive training program based on your organization's prioritized competencies. But if you don't know how to get there, it can be overwhelming to start.This is one of the common questions I get when working with my nonprofit clients to create competency models. It's that now what question. Today, I want to explore how you can use your competency model to develop a comprehensive training program and boost workforce development. ▶️ Using Your Competency Model to Develop a Comprehensive Training Program ▶️ Key Points:02:48 Identifying your focu...

2023-10-1609 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Helping Nonprofits Achieve Their Staff Development & Training Goals - Behind the Scenes at Skill Masters MarketWe made it! Today is the 50th episode of the Learning for Good podcast and we’re taking a behind-the-scenes look at Skill Masters Market, my consulting business that powers this podcast and helps nonprofits all over the country achieve their staff development and training goals.I’m also giving you a sneak peek into my plans for the future!▶️ Behind the Scenes at Skill Masters Market: Helping Nonprofits Achieve Their Staff Development & Training Goals▶️ Key Points:03:30 Why I do what I do06:30 The Learning for Good Podcast09:09 The top 5 podcas...

2023-10-0913 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Want L&D Solutions And a Network of L&D Professionals Available 24/7? An Inside Look at the Nonprofit L&D CollectiveToday we're getting an inside look at the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective - a free virtual community for talent management, DEI, and learning and development leaders to share ideas and learn from each other. I’ll be sharing what the Nonprofit L&D Collective is (and what it isn’t), the value of the Nonprofit L&D Collective, and what exactly goes on inside of it.▶️ Want L&D Solutions And a Network of L&D Professionals Available 24/7? An Inside Look at the Nonprofit L&D Collective ▶️ Key Points:01:21 What prompted me...

2023-09-2512 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations What is the Real Value of Training? Real Stories from Learning And Development LeadersAs Learning and Development leaders, we spend so much of our time thinking about training.Who needs training? What do they need? How will it benefit them? How will it benefit the organization? What is the value and ROI?Today, I want to explore the qualitative impact of training. That's why I'm bringing the stories of impact from across my network. These are stories that were shared with me by previous guests and listeners just like you and I'm so honored to share them with you here today.▶️ What is the Real Value of Training?

2023-09-1820 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Is Your Nonprofit Working with New American Communities? Three Methods This Nonprofit Used to Identify Learner Needs with Trang Truong-HillWhen I decided to do an episode on identifying learner needs, I wanted to showcase an organization that used multiple approaches and saw results from their work. That's why I've invited Trang Truong-Hill from the YMCA of the USA to join me today to explore a project that we've worked on together as well as many other projects they have going on inside of this nonprofit. Trang shares how her nonprofit identified what staff needed to be able to do to work with New American communities more effectively. I can't wait to dive into this conversation.

2023-09-0425 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Creating a Custom Competency Model to Establish a Common Language for Staff PerformanceWhen you say you expect good communication skills, do your staff know what you mean? Is it verbal communication or written? Do you mean that they are using clear concise language or that the communication is error-free? When you talk about communication, are you talking about with their colleagues, or with organizational partners, or industry leaders? There are so many ways you can communicate. So how does your staff know what you mean? Are you using the same language?That’s exactly what we’re going to discuss in today’s episode of Learning for Good.

2023-08-2808 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Is Learning and Development a Valued Business Partner in Your Nonprofit? Three Ways to Know For SureIn our house, we have a good couch and an everyday couch. Our good couch is taken care of. And it's lasted for years. Then we have our everyday couch. It's also used to watch movies or lounge around on. But we are a little less careful about spilling popcorn on it and kids jumping on it. This couch is also part of our story, but we don't expect it to last as long. It's easy to know which couch is more valuable. It's the one we care for. But is it that easy to know if your...

2023-08-2108 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations 3 Reasons to Use Intrapreneurship to Build Skills In Your Nonprofit's Early Career Staff with Emily Glasgow and Alanna HughesDo you remember your first real job?I was probably a strange combination of timid and overconfident. I probably hesitated to speak up at first. Thankfully, I gained experience, skills, and competence over time. What if we could help our early career staff gain some of those invaluable skills earlier in their career? Imagine the impacts that could have on your nonprofit. That's what we're exploring on this week's episode of Learning for Good with Emily Glasgow and Alanna Hughes.Emily and Alanna are the co-creators and co-founders of Withinnovate, where t...

2023-08-1426 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Not Sure Where to Start with Personalized Learning? Three Tips for NonprofitsI knew I wanted to record an episode on personalized learning. So I asked myself, why do people want that? Why do people want personalized learning? And why does it work?When I started thinking about things in my life that have been personalized like birthday parties, or baby showers, things that were just for me - I cherished them. Our learners want that. They want something that is for them, that feels like the perfect fit for exactly what they need when they need it. But for those of us who work in Learning...

2023-08-0710 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Three Tips for Juggling Multiple Training Projects at Once with Jami YazdaniI can remember when working internally at a national nonprofit, managing up to 10 projects at once. They were in various stages of the process. They had different subject matter experts and different people approving the projects. They all had different modalities. And I had to keep up with all of them. Project management is a key skill in Learning and Development teams. So when Jami Yazdani and I connected about bringing you an episode on project management, I knew we had to get it scheduled. Jami is a pro at managing projects and she...

2023-07-3121 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Ask These Two Questions to Identify Your Nonprofit's Core CompetenciesRole clarity, career development, and accountability - are just a few of the most common reasons a nonprofit reaches out to me about creating a custom competency model. Here's the thing, a competency model can do all of those things if it's created with your organization in mind and implemented correctly. It has to be specific to your nonprofit. That's why today, we are focused on two questions you can ask to identify your nonprofits core competencies ▶️ Ask These Two Questions to Identify Your Nonprofit's Core Competencies ▶️ Key Points: 02:10 Tailoring your competen...

2023-07-2407 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Dealing with Corporate Burnout? One Easy Way to Manage Stress as a Nonprofit Leader with Jessie PagliariAs nonprofit learning and development leaders, there are so many reasons we may feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or even burned out. And to overcome burnout, we need to be able to identify the underlying causes of it. That's why I've invited special guest Jessie Pagliari to talk about dealing with corporate burnout and managing stress as a nonprofit leader. Jessie is the founder and CEO of Everyday Bliss, a personal and corporate wellness company. She is an ex-top performer in the Fortune 15 and a survivor of stress-related illness. If you are struggling with burnout yourself, if you have...

2023-07-1717 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Two Ways to Keep Your Staff Development Projects On Time & Within BudgetI remember many years ago, working on a tough project – like all caps, screaming at the microphone tough. I was working internally at a national nonprofit on a high-profile project. I had a difficult subject matter expert, things kept changing, and decisions were hard to come by. And yet, I somehow managed to keep the project on time and within budget. How did I do it? That's what we're focusing on in this week's episode of Learning for Good.▶️ Two Ways to Keep Your Staff Development Projects On Time and Within Budget ▶️...

2023-07-1008 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations How Nonprofit L&D Leaders Can Use Play to Create Organizational Change with Acey HolmesIf your nonprofit or association is undergoing organizational change, you know that it can feel heavy and overwhelming. That's where play comes in. As nonprofit learning and development leaders, we can use play to bring curiosity and fun back to the workplace. I'm so excited to have play expert Acey Holmes here with me today to explore how we can do just that. Acey believes that adults deserve (and need) more play. As a former speech and language pathologist, Acey has decades of experience studying the effects of play and flow on our brains and behaviors. She h...

2023-07-0321 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Leadership Development: Three Ways to Identify the Skills Your People Managers NeedPeople managers are critical to your organization. They have the greatest influence. They have the ability to help initiatives go well. They hear from both the senior leaders and the support staff.I've heard from several nonprofits that they are focused on developing their people managers this year. But how do you know what to focus on? That's what we're going to explore in this week's episode of Learning for Good.▶️ Training Your People Managers? Three Ways to Identify the Skills They Need ▶️ Key Points:02:14 The three...

2023-06-2608 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Workforce Development: Get Clear on Staff Expectations with This Fundamental ResourceI've worked with dozens of nonprofits as a consultant. And one thing I hear over and over again is the need for clear staff expectations. And you might be thinking, but isn’t that what the job description is for? Isn't it all laid out there? A job description is a great first step – and it's an input into the fundamental resource I often recommend, a competency model. In this episode, I’ll share what a competency model is and how it can help your staff thrive.▶️ 34: Get Clear on Staff Expectations with This Fundamental...

2023-06-1907 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Misconceptions, Barriers & Solutions to Creating Accessible Learning in a Nonprofit Organization with Dr. Saeide MirzaeiAs nonprofit L&D leaders, we are investing time and money into creating engaging solutions for our learners. But all of our learners are not the same. Their needs are not the same. Their likes and dislikes are not the same. Their goals are not the same. And their abilities are not the same. So how do we create solutions that are accessible to everyone? That's what we’ll explore today with Dr. Saeide Mirzaei on this episode of Learning for Good. Dr. Saeide's journey is inspiring. She grew up in a small town where she was den...

2023-06-1243 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations 5 Coaching Questions to Spark Behavior Change in Your People ManagersAre you investing in your people managers this year? They have a central role in the organization – taking the vision and strategy from leadership, and helping your teams put all of that into action. It requires a lot of skill and leadership. Yet, people managers don't always have the training or the support they need to be successful. So, in today's episode of Learning for Good, we'll explore five coaching questions you can ask to spark behavior change in your people managers. ▶️ Top 5 Coaching Questions to Spark Behavior Change in Your People Managers ▶️ Key Points...

2023-06-0507 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Staff Not Ready to Change? This One Practice Creates Buy-In for Workforce DevelopmentHave you ever created a training, but realized staff just didn't want to attend? Maybe you facilitated or observed and saw the hesitation, or worse, the resistance from learners. Sometimes our staff isn't ready to change. So, today, let’s talk about creating buy-in for staff development.In this episode of Learning for Good, I'm going to share an approach that I used in a virtual instructor-led training for a national nonprofit focused on the early childhood years. ▶️ Staff Not Ready to Change? This One Practice Creates Buy-In for Staff Development▶️ Key Points:...

2023-05-2908 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Why Well-Being Is The Secret Sauce to Change Management with Mandy Sharp EizingerWe keep hearing that burnout is at an all-time high, especially within nonprofit organizations, yet changes continue happening and can sometimes add to our stressors in the workplace. That's why today I've invited Mandy Sharp Eizinger to talk about staff well-being and what nonprofit organizations can do to help prevent burnout even in the midst of a change. In this episode, we talk about shifting the narrative around rest, how staff well-being affects your nonprofit culture and bottom line, and some practical tips on what you can start doing today to prioritize your staff’s well-being.

2023-05-2230 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Mediocre Training? Improve Your Staff's Presentation Skills with Author Dave PowellIf your nonprofit or association is delivering in-person or virtual instructor-led training, you probably have trainers who lead that experience. This one role can make a big difference in the outcome of the training. And while we focus a lot on creating the training for impact, it's also important to support the trainers. That’s why I invited Dave Powell, nonprofit veteran and author of The Presenter’s Dilemma, to talk about presentation skills for nonprofit trainers in today’s episode of Learning for Good.In this episode, we talk about why presentation skills are important and...

2023-05-1525 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations Leadership Development: Dealing with Toxic Staff? Why Training Is Not the AnswerWe've all been there. You're working on a project or initiative, and you find yourself working around someone on the team. It's a pain, but it's easier than working with them. So, let’s talk about dealing with toxic staff today.Do they need training? Maybe. Training can help create cross-functional relationships needed to get work done. It can help motivate staff to contribute in new ways. It can build the skills and confidence needed to be effective, but it won't fix a toxic team member. What do I mean by that? Let's explore it tog...

2023-05-0807 min

Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations 4 Easy Habits to Improve Employee Performance and Culture with Veronica LaFeminaWhen I first started working with nonprofit organizations, I thought that the shared mission would instantly create a positive work environment. But it takes more than a shared purpose. There’s more that goes into creating a positive culture, and that’s why I invited Veronica LaFemina, non-profit executive strategic advisor, to talk about it on today’s episode of Learning for Good. In this episode, we talk about what we’ve learned about creating and maintaining a positive culture that improves employee performance in a non-profit organization. ▶️ 4 Easy Habits to Improve Employ...

2023-05-0131 min