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This Kaleidoscope Career PodcastJoan Garry's Kaleidoscope CareerJoan Garry is an internationally recognized champion for the nonprofit sector and a highly sought-after executive coach for CEOs of some of the nation’s largest organizations. An author, blogger, and founder of the Nonprofit Leadership Lab, Joan has helped hundreds of thousands of nonprofit board and staff leaders become five-star managers, communicators, and the inspiring ambassadors their organizations need and deserve. Learn more about Joan and Nonprofit Leadership Lab by clicking here. More About Joan: Instagram: @JoanGarryConsulting @Nonprofitleadershiplab LinkedIn: @JoanGarry @NonprofitLeadershipLab Facebook: @Jo...2024-10-1626 min

Coaching for Leaders - Talent Management | Leaders662: How an Executive Aligns with a Board, with Joan GarryJoan Garry: Guide to Nonprofit Leadership Joan Garry is an internationally recognized champion for the nonprofit sector and a highly sought after executive coach for CEOs at some of the largest organizations. Joan’s firm offers high-end strategic advisory services with a unique combination of coaching and management consulting. She is the founder of the Nonprofit Leadership Lab, a worldclass online educational membership organization for board and staff leaders of small nonprofits. As a columnist for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, contributor to Harvard Business Review and to Forbes, Joan is a preeminent media spokesperson and thought leader on the role of...2024-01-1538 min

Coaching for LeadersHow an Executive Aligns with a Board, with Joan GarryJoan Garry: Guide to Nonprofit Leadership Joan Garry is an internationally recognized champion for the nonprofit sector and a highly sought after executive coach for CEOs at some of the largest organizations. Joan’s firm offers high-end strategic advisory services with a unique combination of coaching and management consulting. She is the founder of the Nonprofit Leadership Lab, a worldclass online educational membership organization for board and staff leaders of small nonprofits. As a columnist for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, contributor to Harvard Business Review and to Forbes, Joan is a preeminent media spokesperson and thought leader on the role of...2024-01-1538 min

Nonprofit Expert8: Revolutionizing Nonprofit Fundraising: Empowering Board Engagement and Effective Partnerships with Joan GarryRenew your fundraising with insights from seasoned nonprofit veteran Joan Garry. Discover the significance of teamwork, development director partnerships, and strategic board recruitment. Avoid just filling seats. Foster strong bonds and learn effective strategies for active board participation through storytelling workshops and donor stewardship. Tune in to transform your board into a dynamic fundraising team.Connect with DonorPerfectLinkedIn | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok | XRead: Building Innovation Into Your Nonprofit Culture: 5 Lessons from Joan GarryWatch full episode 2023-12-1448 min

We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits493. Strategic Planning + Innovation in Uncertain Times - Joan GarryMeet Joan. She’s a powerhouse in the nonprofit sector, Principal of Joan Garry Consulting and founder of the Nonprofit Leadership Lab. With a blog reaching 150,000 leaders monthly and a podcast, Nonprofits Are Messy, with over 2 million listens from 207 countries 🌎, Joan is a sought-after executive coach and strategic advisor for major organizations. Her remarkable journey includes turning around GLAAD during a deep financial crisis (with just $360 in the bank 😬), leading it to prominence and impact. In this episode, we explore the necessity of injecting innovation into nonprofits and the hallmarks of an innovative, modern nonprofit professional. Join us as we uncov...2023-12-0452 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 173: Good Fortune, Celebrity Philanthropy, and the Quest to End PovertyWhat happens when purpose and celebrity status join forces? Join me as I sit down with Jessica Seinfeld — bestselling author, founder of the powerhouse nonprofit, Good+ Foundation, and wife of comedy legend Jerry Seinfeld to find out!2023-01-3053 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 172: How Public-Private Partnerships Create Real and Lasting ChangeTune in as collaboration evangelist and Walton Family Foundation CSO, Chelsea Peters and I uncover the power of public-private partnerships. Spoiler alert: it's all about combining your superpowers!2023-01-1444 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 171: True Confessions of a Nonprofit VolunteerA very special guest joins me in this episode to share her journey from burned out realtor to ignited volunteer. Tune in to learn how to find volunteer opportunities that fuel you.2022-12-1744 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 170: The Top Nonprofit Sector Trends and Takeaways of 2022What were your biggest takeaways from 2022? Tune in as Stacy Palmer, editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, and I discuss some of the nonprofit sector’s biggest headlines, trends, and takeaways of 2022.2022-12-0352 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 169: When Your ED Has a Low Appetite For FundraisingDoes your organization have an ED with a low appetite for fundraising? Tune in to learn how strengthening the partnership between your ED and development director can help!2022-11-1250 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 168: Hamza Khan’s Recipe for Preventing BurnoutFeeling the heat lately? You are not alone… burnout impacts many of us in the nonprofit sector. Tune in to learn best-selling author and global keynote speaker, Hamza Khan’s strategies for preventing burnout.2022-10-2256 min

Nonprofit Lowdown#207 - Who's going to run the Sector with Joan GarryJoin the epic Joan Garry for a chat about how we attract and retain talent in the sector, how to prepare for the next generation of leaders and why talking to your board about Hawaii makes sense. Joan has a long history of leading, consulting, and advising in the nonprofit world and it's a delight to speak with her. She and I bring our soapboxes so get ready! Connect with Joan Garry Quote from Joan: "A lot of people leave because they don't have good managers, they're not paid fairly and they...2022-10-1742 min

Nonprofit Nation with Julia CampbellHow to Build A Strong Leadership Team with Joan GarryJoan Garry’s Nonprofit Leadership Lab opens it’s doors for one last day this year - October 3! Get your invite here https://jcsocialmarketing.com/lab/ Joan Garry is the go-to resource for hundreds of thousands of nonprofit leaders worldwide. Through her blog, podcast and book, Joan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership, she has become the ‘Dear Abby’ of the nonprofit sector, advocating for the success of nonprofits, large and small. As a columnist for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, contributor to Harvard Business Review and Forbes Magazine, among others, Joan...2022-09-2835 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 167: For the Love of Strategic PlanningIn this episode, my guest compares strategy to love — tune in as Robert Raben and I dig deep into the topic of nonprofit strategic planning and how the right approach can help promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.2022-09-2448 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 166: Uncovering New Nonprofit Funding SourcesAre there nonprofit funding sources out there that are not being sufficiently taken advantage of? According to my guest, Candid CEO, Ann Mei Chang, the answer is yes. Tune in to learn more.2022-09-1047 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 165: Eye-Opening Tales of a Board Nominations Committee ChairGetting the right people on your nonprofit board is no easy task. Tune in to this episode to learn how one nominations committee chair helped her org build the board of its dreams!2022-08-2740 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 164: A 7-Step Succession Planning Process for NonprofitsWant to leave your nonprofit in good hands even after you move on to your next adventure? Tune in to discover the 7 crucial steps to a successful succession planning process.2022-08-1427 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 163: What It Takes to Be a Successful Director of Development (with Lori Abrams)Join me for an eye-opening conversation about fundraising mistakes, fundraising anxiety, and what it actually takes to be a first-rate development director for your nonprofit.2022-07-3048 min

Volunteer Nation16. Nonprofit Boards with Joan GarryIn this week’s podcast, Tobi chats with Joan Garry, founder of the Nonprofit Leadership Lab, on the topic of nonprofit boards. This unique subset of service-minded leaders is often overlooked when discussing volunteers. Tobi and Joan take a closer look at the specific needs of this group and share some action steps to diversify and strategically fill your own nonprofit board with the right people for the job. Full show notes: 016-Nonprofit Boards with Joan GarryThanks for listening to this episode of the Volunteer Nation podcast. If you enjoyed it, please be sur...2022-07-2856 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 162: Inside the Heart & Mind of a Program Officer (with Rebecca Cokley)What does an ideal relationship between a program officer and a grantee actually look like? Experienced program officer, Rebecca Cokley, joins me in this episode to answer this frequently asked question.2022-07-1645 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 161: Inclusion is About More Than Diversity (with Daisy Auger-Domínguez)In this episode, author and Chief People Officer at Vice Media Group, Daisy Auger-Domínguez to talk about the best starting place for nonprofit leaders who want to dismantle racial inequity and foster more inclusivity in the workplace.2022-06-1849 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 160: Corporate Philanthropy and the Paul Newman Foundation (with Miriam Nelson)In this episode, Miriam Nelson, CEO of the Newman Foundation, joins me to talk about corporate philanthropy, purpose-driven work, and shameless exploitation for the power of good…2022-06-0446 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 159: Helping Veteran Volunteers Find Their Next Mission (with Art delaCruz)My guest in this episode is Team Rubicon CEO, Art delaCruz. Listen in as we chat about the positive impact of volunteerism — particularly for military veterans.2022-05-2146 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 158: 3 Big Trends That Are Altering the Nonprofit Sector (with Eric Nee)Eric Nee, Editor in Chief of SSIR, joins me to talk about what’s going on in our world and how it impacts social change and the work nonprofit leaders do every single day.2022-05-0751 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 157: How Equitable Technology Can Supercharge Your Mission (with Amy Ward and Afua Bruce)Technology for nonprofits is often thought of as being external to the work that goes on inside the sector. In this episode, Amy Ward and Afua Bruce join me to talk about how equitable technology can help us build a more equitable world.2022-04-2345 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 156: How Leaders Can Promote Belonging In the Workplace (with Rhodes Perry)In this episode, guest Rhodes Perry joins me to uncover the role inclusive leaders play when it comes to building belonging cultures in the nonprofit workplace.2022-04-0955 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 155: A Once-In-A-Generation Opportunity to Shape the Future of Nonprofit Work (with Allison Fine and Beth Kanter)What is smart technology? And what does it look like in the nonprofit sector? Beth Kanter and Allison Fine join me for a deep dive into human-centered software and how to use it ethically, responsibly, and intentionally in today’s nonprofit world.2022-03-2646 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 154: The Nonprofit Business Model is Broken (with Vu Le)What does the ideal nonprofit business model look like? Does it bear any resemblance to the model we have today? Listen in as guest Vu Le and I paint the picture of an evolved nonprofit sector.2022-03-1253 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 153: Supervision vs. Management – What’s the Difference? (with guest Rita Sever)Is there really a difference between leadership and management? And what about supervision and management? In this podcast, Rita Sever and I discuss why these skills are actually quite different — and why nonprofit leaders need to be proficient in all of them.2022-02-2652 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 152: Secrets of a High-Functioning Board of Directors (with Joan Garry)There is no way your nonprofit organization can thrive without one — but do you know what a high-functioning board of directors actually looks like? Tune in to this episode to crack the code.2022-02-1231 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 151: Using Pop Culture for Social Good (with Noelani Pearl Hernandez)In this episode, my colleague, Noelani Pearl Hernandez and I dig into the popular Netflix series, MAID, and how you can use pop culture as a tool for nonprofit storytelling and media advocacy.2022-01-2943 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 150: Reflection: How My White Privilege Affects My LeadershipIn this episode, I reflect on how racial bias impacts the lack of leadership diversity in the nonprofit sector — and my own position as a nonprofit leader who benefits from white privilege.2022-01-1517 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 149: Can We Fix the Nonprofit Burnout Problem? (with Chris Barlics)In this episode, Health Coach and Personal Trainer, Chris Barlics, and I talk about something many nonprofit leaders put last on their to-do lists — self care. Listen in to learn how it can help you avoid nonprofit burnout — even if you don’t like eating kale or going to the gym.2022-01-0847 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 148: Why Nonprofits Are Still Messy in 2021 (with Jim Axelrod)It’s the one-year anniversary of the second edition of my book, Nonprofits Are Messy. Listen in as my friend and neighbor, CBS correspondent Jim Axelrod and I chat about my book, nonprofit fundraising, and the real reason so many small nonprofits are messy.2021-12-2551 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 147: How Powerful Partnerships Drive Innovative Nonprofit Marketing (with Alison Moore)In the digital age, it is nearly impossible to get the word out about your mission without a strategic nonprofit marketing plan. In this episode, Alison Moore, Chief Executive Officer of Comic Relief US shares how a nonprofit partnership can help in this area.2021-12-111h 01

Nonprofit OptimistNPO 047: Redefining How We Measure Success (Joan Garry, Nonprofit Leadership Lab)Today's guest is Joan Garry, author of Guide to Nonprofit Leadership and host of the Nonprofits are Messy podcast. Molly MacCready (host of the Nonprofit Optimist podcast) and Joan discuss the importance of knowing what activities fuel you, how to define success and impact beyond the typical metrics, and some ways to learn and grow as a nonprofit following this unexpected pandemic time. Joan shares from her experiences of working with small nonprofit leaders within the Nonprofit Leadership Lab, along with her own years as a nonprofit leader, board member, and donor. See our website for more show notes: www.n...2021-12-0246 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 146: Why Unbecoming Is the Key to Innovative Leadership (with Kerri Hoffman)In this episode, my guest Kerri Hoffman (CEO of the nonprofit media company, PRX) and I discuss what innovative leadership really looks like in the post-Covid nonprofit sector.2021-11-1342 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 145: How Tiny Habits Create Big Change (with BJ Fogg)In this episode, I chat with Stanford professor and author, BJ Fogg about why creating tiny habits is the key to good habit formation and creating change.2021-10-3058 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | Communications144: A Fresh Perspective on Inclusive Leadership (with Dr. Ella Bell Smith)Inclusive leadership requires more than just attending DEI training and then integrating what you learn into your nonprofit org. Listen in as leadership and DEI consultant, Dr. Ella Bell Smith, shares how this work goes much deeper.2021-10-1656 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 143: Lollipop Moments and Everyday Leadership Lessons (with Drew Dudley)In this episode, everyday leadership expert and inspirational TED speaker, Drew Dudley joins me to share some of the most dangerous leadership lessons you should unlearn and their impact on the nonprofit sector.2021-10-0259 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 142: How Kindness and Community Empower Today’s Nonprofit Leaders (with guest John Hoffman)Join me and my friend and six-time Emmy winner, John Hoffman, as we discuss his 2020 documentary film, The Antidote, and the role of kindness in the work of today’s nonprofit leader and our society as a whole.2021-09-181h 03

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 141: Why So Many Nonprofit Fundraisers Struggle With Donor Stewardship (with Lisa Greer)In this episode, I have an honest conversation about donor stewardship with five-star philanthropist, Lisa Greer. Listen in as we discuss some of the most common mistakes orgs make when it comes to donor relations.2021-09-041h 03

Nonprofit Nation with Julia CampbellOrganizational Resilience in An Uncertain World with Joan GarryNonprofits are messy and imperfect, and my guest for this episode, Joan Garry, doesn't hold back in saying so. Annnnd she called us "kindred spirits" - so, #swoon. Joan is the go-to resource for hundreds of thousands of nonprofit leaders worldwide. Through her blog, podcast and book, Joan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership, she has become the ‘Dear Abby’ of the nonprofit sector, advocating for the success of nonprofits, large and small. As a columnist for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, a contributor to Harvard Business Review and Forbes Magazine, among others, Joan is a pr...2021-08-2538 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 140: How to Attract, Develop, and Retain Top Nonprofit Talent (with Gali Cooks)Filling positions in a nonprofit org can be a challenge. Here's how to get the right people in the right seats on the bus (not just butts in seats).2021-08-221h 02

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 139: Interpersonal Skills are Hard Work (with Carole Robin)Nonprofit executive directors, join Joan Garry and award-winning Stanford professor, Carole Robin to learn how your interpersonal skills impact your org’s success.2021-08-0759 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 138: Joan’s Favorite Books for Nonprofit LeadersIn this episode, the tables turn. Cindy Pereira interviews Joan Garry on her favorite books for nonprofit leaders.2021-07-2445 min

Fordham FootstepsJoan Garry, FCRH '79After graduating from Fordham with a double major in communications and philosophy, Joan Garry began a career that would one day make her an ideal executive coach and advocate for nonprofit organizations. Starting out in the private sector, she was part of the team that launched MTV, and later worked as an executive at Showtime Networks. The switch to nonprofit work came when Joan was named executive director of GLAAD and began using her media savvy to advocate for LGBTQ rights and visibility. Now an independent consultant and founder of the Nonprofit Leadership Lab, Joan helps thousands of nonprofit...2021-06-3025 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 137: Cryptocurrency and the Future of Donor Advised Funds (with Robbie Heeger)More and more folks are donating to charity with cryptocurrency. Meanwhile, only a few large nonprofits have any idea what to do with it.2021-06-2658 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 136: Who’s Afraid to Return to the Office? (with Ellen LaPointe and Nick Turner)As more and more of us are fully vaccinated, many are getting back into the physical work space. But what do we do when people are afraid to come to work?2021-06-1258 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 135: Building Resilience to Withstand a Disaster (with Nina Meehan)Things were going great for Nina Meehan's theater organization. Then disaster struck. Learn how she overcame huge challenges to emerge stronger than ever.2021-05-2938 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 134: An Alternative to Strategic Planning (with Lindsay Hoffman)Strategic planning, as a traditional process, can be costly, stressful, and deeply draining. Here’s a better alternative.2021-05-1548 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 133: Choosing the Right Nonprofit Business Model (with Rinku Sen)Does it always make sense to organize as a 501c3? How do you decide whether you need a c3, c4 or even a for-profit LLC? What are the pros and cons?2021-05-0153 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 132: Let’s Make Program Evaluation Simpler (with Chari Smith)One of the biggest achilles heels in the nonprofit sector is program evaluation. But it’s critical to funders. Let’s make it simpler.2021-04-1753 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 131: Becoming a Social Prophet (with Lynne Twist)If you’re struggling with fundraising or having trouble getting people you know to open their hearts and pockets, listen for tips on how you can inspire others to become social prophets.2021-04-0349 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 130: A Powerful Approach to Keeping Remote Staff MotivatedHow do we continue to motivate and appreciate our staff in times of prolonged crisis? It has been over a year since the world shut down due to the pandemic and it has been challenging to stay motivated and connected in a virtual work environment. Dr. Paul White makes work relationships work. He is a speaker and trainer who has taught all around the world, from NASA to the CDC, and has co-authored The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace. In this episode he shares the 5 ways to show your coworkers appreciation, but perhaps more importantly, he shares how learning...2021-03-2050 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 129: Finding the Right Leader For Your Org (with Melissa Madzel)An org is most vulnerable when the CEO decides to move on. In this episode, we discuss the right way to conduct a search for a new leader.2021-03-0651 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 128: Making Beautiful Music With Community-Driven Partnerships (with Henry Donahue)Learn how Save the Music Foundation creates long-term renewable relationships that lead to multi-year investments from philanthropic funders.2021-02-2056 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 127: Building a Grassroots Movement From Scratch (with Donna Dees and Shikha Hamilton)In the year 2000, Donna Dees rallied hundreds of thousands of people to march on Washington. How did she build such a large grassroots movement from scratch in only 9 months?2021-02-0652 min

Get New Full Audiobooks in Business & Economics, Management & LeadershipJoan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership: 2nd Edition by Joan GarryPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/485660to listen full audiobooks. Title: Joan Garry’s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership: 2nd Edition Author: Joan Garry Narrator: Joan Garry Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 31 minutes Release date: January 26, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Management & Leadership Publisher's Summary: As a champion for nonprofit leaders hell bent on maximizing the impact of the nonprofit sector, Joan wrote this second edition of Joan Garry's Guide to Nonprofit Leadership during COVID lockdown. She knew that board and staff leaders would need a guide come January 2021 to navigate a world where ol...2021-01-269h 31

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 126: Creating 5-Star Special Events in the Virtual Age (with Liz Page and Amanda Harless)How do you create a truly successful virtual event? My guests share with us how intimate a virtual event can actually be!2021-01-2353 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 125: What Will You Carry Into 2021?As we close out a most devastating year, I’d like to offer you my own reflections on the things I am carrying into 2021.2021-01-0919 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 124: The 5 Giving Trends That Will Define Online Fundraising (with Scot Chisholm)Where is online fundraising headed post-pandemic? Scot Chisholm, founder of fundraising software platform Classy, looks into his crystal ball and tells us what he sees.2021-01-0252 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 123: The Single Best Sign of a Healthy Nonprofit (with Carlos de la Rosa and Rosanne Siino)Do you know the single best indicator of the health of a nonprofit? There is one KEY ingredient for a healthy nonprofit. And it’s even more important during a crisis. In this episode I talk with Carlos de la Rosa and Rosanne Siino, Executive Director and Board Chair of the Lindsay Wildlife Preserve. Hint: Notice I invited an E.D. AND a board chair on the podcast… The “co-pilots” of the organization. Carlos and Rosanne tell me all about the Preserve and in particular about the process of hiring Carlos as executive director. They also tell the story of how they...2020-12-191h 02

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 122: How to Use Artificial Intelligence to Improve Donor Retention (with Allison Fine and Beth Kanter)This episode is about the role that AI is starting to play in transforming philanthropy by reducing rote tasks and fueling donor retention.2020-12-0555 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 121: Creating a 5-Star Board Retreat (with Dolph Goldenburg)We discuss why boards matter, when to have a board retreat, how retreats have gone virtual, and what it takes to make a retreat a home run.2020-11-2149 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsBonus Episode: Turn Your Impatience to Your Heroic PursuitsI would like to encourage you to turn your impatience toward your heroic pursuits. After all, there’s a reason you become a nonprofit superhero.2020-11-0512 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 120: Raising the Next Generation of Nonprofit Leaders (with Charlotte Alter)Boomers are aging out of nonprofit leadership in droves. Many started organizations post Vietnam and there is a huge impending leadership void in the sector that needs to be filled. Nonprofit boards tend to skew old and are distrusting of youth and "inexperience". And so the cycle continues. So who will fill this void? How do we build a leadership pipeline? In May of 2017 Charlotte Alter, national correspondent at Time, heard President Trump’s speech on how the US was withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement. She looked up each person who advised him to do so and began to fe...2020-10-241h 00

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 119: Your First 90 Days as an Executive Director (with Michael Watkins)There are steps can be taken to ensure success and begin the process of crafting your legacy as a leader, even BEFORE you take on a new role.2020-10-1053 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp. 118: The Growing Charitable Movement That’s Raised a Billion Dollars (with Sara Lomelin)Giving circles have raised well over a BILLION dollars over the past 20 years. Learn how your org can tap into this growing movement.2020-09-2649 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 117: The Hunt for Great Board Members (with Robert Acton and Lalita Badinehal)If you’ve ever had trouble finding great board members, or getting them ready to serve your organizations at a high level, you’ll want to listen to this episode.2020-09-1255 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 116: The Most Important Piece of Diversity Work: Belonging (with Neha Sampat)My journey through the world is highly enriched by the diversity of folks around me.2020-08-2956 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 115: Taking Nonprofits From Good to Great – Part 2 (with Jim Collins)In this episode, Jim Collins and I continue to explore the question of why some organizations thrive in uncertainty and chaos and others do not. Quite timely!2020-08-1541 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 114: What If Fundraising De-Emphasized the Donor? (with Vu Le and Michelle Muri)There are those who believe that the donor-centric fundraising model may be perpetuating the very inequity we seek to address in the nonprofit sector.2020-08-0152 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 113: Taking Nonprofits From Good to Great – Part 1 (with Jim Collins)My guest today, best selling author Jim Collins, literally wrote the book on how to navigate a path from good to great and I could not be more excited to have him on the podcast!2020-07-1832 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 112: What Foundations Are Thinking Right Now (with Caryl M. Stern)So many nonprofits are struggling. Facing crises that are existential. I wanted to know what funders, especially foundations, are thinking at this time.2020-07-0438 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 111: Once Upon a Time There Was a Fundraiser Who… (with Dan Portnoy)Just for a moment, imagine what it would mean for your organization if you could double your online fundraising next year.2020-06-2051 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 110: How to Have Difficult Conversations – Part 2 (with Sheila Heen)Accepting criticism is an important leadership skill. But how might we exercise that skill when it feels off base, unfair, or poorly delivered?2020-06-0634 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 109: How to Have Difficult Conversations – Part 1 (with Sheila Heen)How do you build the muscle to make sure difficult conversations go well? What might you not be aware of that could change everything?2020-05-2339 min

ChangemakersJoan Garry - ChangeMaker ChatSocial service organisations like food banks, charities, and nonprofits are being squeezed at both ends by the pandemic - their resource base has collapsed while they now have much greater demand for their services. Joan Garry talks us through these challenges based on her decades of experience as an advocate, nonprofit CEO and mentor to thousands of nonprofit leaders across North America.2020-05-1834 min

ChangeMakersJoan Garry - ChangeMaker ChatSocial service organisations like food banks, charities, and nonprofits are being squeezed at both ends by the pandemic - their resource base has collapsed while they now have much greater demand for their services. Joan Garry talks us through these challenges based on her decades of experience as an advocate, nonprofit CEO and mentor to thousands of nonprofit leaders across North America.Find us at https://changemakerspodcast.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2020-05-1834 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 108: A New CEO Job Starts in the Heat of a Pandemic (with Ellen LaPointe)Imagine you start a new CEO job at a wonderful nonprofit. And then a pandemic hits. Changes things just a bit, right? That's what happened to my guest.2020-05-0949 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 107: The Top 20 Attributes of an Outstanding BoardWhen you are looking to build an outstanding board think of it as a strategic casting call! Here are the top characteristics of an outstanding board and the ideal attributes of a board leader.2020-04-2540 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 106: Introducing Your Nonprofit Life (with Laura Zielke)There is nothing like a good spinoff. Some of the best TV shows of all time found their origins in another show. And now there’s a spinoff of this podcast!2020-04-1128 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 105: Leadership in the Time of COVID-19Everyone contends with pervasive anxiety in different ways. I have five pieces of advice from me to all of you leaders and helpers out there. Stay safe!2020-03-2834 min

Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | CommunicationsEp 104: Creating a Nonprofit Communications Engine (with Sarah Durham)Your nonprofit can probably do a better job of communicating to build engagement and inspire action. Sarah Durham is THE expert on this.2020-03-1448 min

Nonprofit Leadership PodcastNonprofit author and coach Joan Garry’s thoughts on leadershipWith 1.5 million nonprofits in the U.S. vying for the attention and generosity of the public, there are a whole lot of changemakers crying out for a ‘whisperer’ to guide them behind the scenes. Joan Garry knows this all too well. Before becoming an advisor to many of our nation’s leading nonprofits, Joan was Executive Director of GLAAD. She’s also advised leaders and worked on organizational… Source 2019-07-0237 min