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510. 9 Nonprofit Trends That Matter in 2024: Our sector needs whole leaders. - Jon McCoy, Becky Endicott, and Sonya Perez-Lauterbach

510. 9 Nonprofit Trends That Matter in 2024: Our sector needs whole leaders. - Jon McCoy, Becky Endicott, and Sonya Perez-Lauterbach

We’re at the halfway point of the 9️⃣ Nonprofit Trends that Matter in the 2024 Series - welcome back! This week, we’re talking all about how our sector needs whole leaders. It's all too common to sacrifice our well-being in the name of "the greater good," often without realizing the toll it takes on ourselves and our teams. Special guest, Sonya Perez-Lauterbach, founder of Atlas Leadership, is sharing how to create new ways of being and serving with resilience, clarity, and joy. This conversation is for everyone because everyone can be a leader. Let's arm ourselves with strategies to sidestep unproductive behaviors that fuel stress and fear💪

Leadership, Self Care, Mental HealthAndie MurphyFebruary 14, 2024batch22, trends, leadership, mental health, self careComment

507. Leading With Light: Choosing Conscious Leadership When You're Ready For More - Jeff Shuck and Jennifer Mulholland

507. Leading With Light: Choosing Conscious Leadership When You're Ready For More - Jeff Shuck and Jennifer Mulholland

Meet Jeff and Jennifer. They’re the co-leaders of Plenty, where their vision is a world of plenty for everyone — plenty of health, hope, happiness and fulfillment. Their forthcoming book, “Leading with Light” offers a blueprint to help you become more aware of what works for you, more attuned to your soul’s deepest calling, and more confident in the choices you make📘 They're offering up their experiences and actionable advice, encouraging us to listen to our bodies, trust our instincts, and discern environmental cues—all in the service of crafting lives that flow with intention and purpose. Join us as we uncover a path forward that promises to reshape not just how we lead, but how we live✨

Leadership, Management, Mental HealthAndie MurphyFebruary 5, 2024batch22, leadership, mental health, mindsetsComment

506. 9 Nonprofit Trends That Matter in 2024: Retention is an Inside Job. - Jon McCoy, Becky Endicott, Evan Wildstein and Michelle Flores Vryn

506. 9 Nonprofit Trends That Matter in 2024: Retention is an Inside Job. - Jon McCoy, Becky Endicott, Evan Wildstein and Michelle Flores Vryn

Welcome back to week three of our 9️⃣ Nonprofit Trends that Matter in 2024 Series! It’s time to name the elephant in the room: Retention. But we aren’t just talking about retaining our donors - the greatest retention issue that isn’t talked about enough is the retention of our nonprofit staff. For a sector built on relationships, we have to build a culture that creates retention from the inside out. After all, if our staff isn’t compelled to stay, why should our donors? 🤔Joining us to delve into this critical trend are two seasoned in-house nonprofit leaders, Evan Wilstein and Michelle Flores Vryn, CFRE. Together they conducted a comprehensive survey on staff retention—exploring the reasons people leave and, conversely, what motivates them to stay. The survey results, though disheartening, shed light on the reality we face. Join us to find out more about the reality of retention and where we go from here🧭

Strategy, Leadership, ValuesAndie MurphyJanuary 30, 2024batch22, trends, culture, retention, leadershipComment

505. How Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Launched + Scaled with a Startup Mentality - Channon Lucas

505. How Mother Cabrini Health Foundation Launched + Scaled with a Startup Mentality - Channon Lucas

Meet Channon. Five years ago, she started as the second official employee of Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, New York’s largest grantmaking foundation. Since then, the Foundation has granted over $635 million to nonprofits improving the health and well-being of New Yorkers 🏥From the jump, Channon set out to disrupt traditional philanthropy practices and organizational structures. She’s pulling back the curtain on how she operationalized and designed the Foundation with a ‘startup mentality’, building an internal system that allows the organization to flourish but remain flexible🔄 If you’re wondering if you can truly foster a workplace culture that balances continuous learning with the courage to embrace change, this episode is for you💪

Leadership, Management, Strategy, InnovationAndie MurphyJanuary 29, 2024batch22, leadership, culture, InnovationComment

503. Simplifying + Scaling Social Impact: Practical Tools for Maximizing Your Impact - Scott Curran

503. Simplifying + Scaling Social Impact: Practical Tools for Maximizing Your Impact - Scott Curran

Meet Scott. He’s a visionary social impact and legal adviser to global brands and nonprofits🌍 He’s the CEO and Founder of Beyond Advisers, with current and former clients including the Clinton Foundation, UN Foundation’s Clean Cooking Alliance, The Starbucks Foundation, Sean Penn’s CORE and many more. Navigating uncertainty and fostering organizational growth is a challenge, but Scott's insights remind us to learn from other’s success remembering that all nonprofits have the same four core tenants. Tune in to get excited about maximizing your organization’s impact in 2024🌟

Leadership, Management, StrategyAndie MurphyJanuary 22, 2024batch22, leadership, strategic planning, culture, social impactComment

502. 9 Nonprofit Trends That Matter in 2024 - Jon McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE

502. 9 Nonprofit Trends That Matter in 2024 - Jon McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE

Join Jon and Becky as we kick off our 9 Nonprofit Trends That Matter in 2024 Series! This is where we introduce the trends we believe nonprofits should get behind in the new year and beyond. Over the next several weeks, we’re rolling out each of these trends, curating resources for each one and bringing epic guests to share their insights all to help you elevate your mission in 2024. Join us to embrace this year with bravery and boldness! 🌟

Leadership, Strategy, Innovation, ValuesAndie MurphyJanuary 17, 2024batch22, leadership, culture, trends, mindsetComment

501. Building Thriving Teams + Crafting Strategic Plans for Success and Retention - Kishshana Palmer

501. Building Thriving Teams + Crafting Strategic Plans for Success and Retention - Kishshana Palmer

Meet Kishshana. She’s an evangelist in her belief that having amazing talent is the #1 competitive advantage in your business💪 Her perspective is a valuable lens to evaluate and elevate organizational cultures. She’s bringing her insights on building thriving teams, crafting strategic plans for success, and creating a retention culture. This is a must-listen for all leaders who want to level up their impact and keep their team engaged for the year ahead. Don’t miss it! 🎤

Leadership, Management, StrategyAndie MurphyJanuary 15, 2024batch22, leadership, strategic planning, cultureComment

493. Strategic Planning + Innovation in Uncertain Times - Joan Garry

493. Strategic Planning + Innovation in Uncertain Times - Joan Garry

Meet 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 uncover the secret sauce to nonprofit success, featuring Joan’s stories that had us literally laughing out loud 🤣

Strategy, Innovation, LeadershipAndie MurphyDecember 3, 2023strategy, strategic planning, Innovation, leadership, batch21Comment

484. Empowering Equity: Navigating Leadership, Justice and Power in Nonprofits - Mia Henry

484. Empowering Equity: Navigating Leadership, Justice and Power in Nonprofits - Mia Henry

Meet Mia. She’s the Founder and CEO of Freedom Lifted, a company that supports justice-centered leadership development through online learning, training, and coaching. Mia has more than 20 years of experience in organizational leadership, group facilitation, intergenerational community organizing, and history education. Drawing from her personal experiences and deep-rooted family legacy in civil rights activism in the U.S. Deep South, Mia is sharing her wisdom on justice-centered leadership. We delve into the core components of power and its potential to create more just and equitable communities. Don't miss this empowering conversation rooted in abundance.

Community, Diversity and Inclusion, LeadershipAndie MurphyNovember 1, 2023batch20, community, culture, justice, equity, empowermentComment

474. Navigating Through Burnout: Insights and Effective Strategies to Break the Burnout Cycle - Diaris Alexander

474. Navigating Through Burnout: Insights and Effective Strategies to Break the Burnout Cycle - Diaris Alexander

Meet Diaris. As the Founder of Inwellth, she supports mission-driven high achievers in achieving more nourishing habits so that they can sustainably lead their lives with more passion, purpose and impact. Burnout is a pervasive issue affecting individuals across various sectors, especially those in high-stress, mission-driven roles. Diaris is sharing strategies for breaking the burnout cycle advocating instead for transparency and the creation of fairer, healthier work environments. Don't miss out on this eye-opening discussion👀

Community, LeadershipAndie MurphyOctober 10, 2023batch20, leadershipComment

473. Journey to Self-Care: Embracing Ease and Abundance - Jennifer Mulholland and Jeff Shuck

473. Journey to Self-Care: Embracing Ease and Abundance - Jennifer Mulholland and Jeff Shuck

Meet Jennifer and Jeff. They’re the co-leaders of Plenty, where they help leaders leave behind the mindset of scarcity and develop a mindset of abundance to create fulfillment, impact and profit. This conversation is a challenge for all of us to embrace abundance. Jennifer and Jeff invite us to recognize that we are enough right now, with enough to go around. Plus, they’re sharing their insights on leadership exploring the importance of self-awareness, alignment and intentionality. If you feel stuck in a mindset of scarcity, this episode is for you💙

Community, Leadership, Self Care, Mental HealthAndie MurphyOctober 9, 2023batch20, leadershipComment

471. Launching a Nonprofit + Foundational Strategies for Lasting Change - Tiffany Allen

471. Launching a Nonprofit + Foundational Strategies for Lasting Change - Tiffany Allen

Meet Tiffany. She’s the CEO and Founder of Boss on a Budget, where she’s built an online community of over 15,000 people who use her products and teaching to launch their nonprofit dreams. Her mission is to bring more visibility to black-owned, small, and new nonprofits by helping them own their power, and harness their personal and professional expertise to create organizations that will change their communities and eventually, the world🌎 Tiffany's passion for this sector is infectious as she urges founders to recognize their unique value, believe in their power, and leverage their lived experiences. Don’t miss this episode if you’re looking to start a nonprofit that meets the needs of your community💙

Philanthropy, Community, Management, LeadershipAndie MurphyOctober 4, 2023batch20, philanthropy, strategy, community, leadershipComment

463. The Founder‘s Journey: Growing + Leading An Organization You Love - Brooke Richie-Babbage

463. The Founder‘s Journey: Growing + Leading An Organization You Love - Brooke Richie-Babbage

We’re so excited to be kicking off a brand new series today: The Founder’s Series. Were talking to founders about the challenges they’ve overcome, their wins and the lessons learned along the way. Here to help us kick off this series is Brooke Richie-Babbage, one of our “phone a friend” experts to move from overwhelm to clarity. Brooke helps nonprofit founders and leaders launch, scale and lead their organizations with more clarity and confidence and without overwhelm.

Values, LeadershipAndie MurphySeptember 8, 2023leadership, values, batch20Comment

461. How Nonprofits Should Step Into an Activist Role (Replay) - Robert Egger

461. How Nonprofits Should Step Into an Activist Role (Replay) - Robert Egger

Meet Robert. This nonprofit leader, entrepreneur, author, speaker and activist is a passionate proponent of social good. In fact, he's the founder of D.C. Central Kitchen, the Campus Kitchen Project and the L.A. Kitchen, which have collectively produced over 40 million meals and helped over 2,000 individuals attain jobs. He's talking about the economics of nonprofit (Spoiler: we're REALLY good for business) and sharing why activism matters to the sector. Bottom line: you don’t have to choose between making good and making a living.

Social Good, Philanthropy, Leadership, InnovationAndie MurphyAugust 23, 2023mission story, activism, leadership, community, batch19Comment

459. Real Talk: How to Recruit + Empower a Diverse Team (Replay) - Kishshana Palmer

459. Real Talk: How to Recruit + Empower a Diverse Team (Replay) - Kishshana Palmer

Meet Kishshana. Educator, speaker, head honcho, coach, you name it. She is the real deal. Kishshana delivers meaningful messages with such wisdom and knowledge. There is power in her words and actions of creating a more inclusive world, not just in the nonprofit sector. Kishshana gives us an insight into creating a more inclusive and diverse workplace as well as real-life experiences that shaped her into the powerhouse she is today. Hunker down with your notepad and a good pen, you’ll want to write this down.

Community, Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion, Board ManagamentAndie MurphyAugust 16, 2023philanthropy, strategic planning, major gifts, annual giving, donor relations, women, batch19Comment

457. 4 Fundraising Tips to Transform Your Fundraising (Replay) - Mallory Erickson

457. 4 Fundraising Tips to Transform Your Fundraising (Replay) - Mallory Erickson

Meet Mallory. This former nonprofit executive director hit rock bottom seven years ago as she burned out on the nonprofit grind. Her saving grace: discovering an uncanny connection between coaching and fundraising. Since then, her unique programs combine her technical fundraising expertise with rockstar coaching skills to address the fears and discomforts around asking for money. And she's got the secret sauce to transform your 2021 fundraising plan. Tune in!

Leadership, Cultivation, Donor Relations, Major GiftsAndie MurphyAugust 11, 2023philanthropy, strategic planning, annual giving, donor relations, batch19Comment

453. How to Harness Innovation to Scale Meaningful Impact (Replay) - Evan Feinberg

453. How to Harness Innovation to Scale Meaningful Impact (Replay) - Evan Feinberg

Meet Evan. This starry-eyed dreamer sought to change the world first through politics before pivoting into the nonprofit sector after finding his passion awakened in social service. In five years, his organization built one of the largest and most effective anti-poverty nonprofit communities in the country. Tune in and hear how the Stand Together Foundation viewed poverty as an innovation problem and began to look for solutions in new spaces to unleash human potential. It's a brilliant discussion into innovation, storytelling & they're even giving funding away to high-impact orgs who are breaking cycles and changing lives. You might be one of them!

Leadership, Strategy, InnovationJulie ConferAugust 2, 2023leadership, innovation, vision, batch19Comment

445. How to Navigate Seasons of Change at your Organization (Replay) - Aila Malik

445. How to Navigate Seasons of Change at your Organization (Replay) - Aila Malik

Meet Aila. She loves molding strong leaders and getting organizations pointed toward success - which means she joins them in the trenches. She's come to know that if leaders enter from a place of humility and ready to learn from everything/everyone, then great partnerships are built from the ground level. We know many leaders are asking now, "How can I lead well during this crazy season of change?" Well, Aila's taking our hand and walking us through the steps to be an in-tune, inspiring leader. BONUS: she's providing tips for rolling out a new vision too.

Leadership, StrategyAndie MurphyJuly 5, 2023leadership, batch19Comment

444. Evolved Leadership Panel: How Leaders Can Center Authenticity, Collaboration + Community - Ben Collier, Boi Carpenter, Brooke Richie-Babbage + Rena Greifinger

444. Evolved Leadership Panel: How Leaders Can Center Authenticity, Collaboration + Community - Ben Collier, Boi Carpenter, Brooke Richie-Babbage + Rena Greifinger

Calling all leaders (spoiler alert: that’s YOU!) 📣Join this panel of modern leaders as we explore the mindsets that might be holding you and your mission back. Immerse yourself in an evolved way to look at leadership: one that centers empathy, inclusivity, and equity at its core. Trust-based leadership grounds this discussion as we explore mindsets, culture and innovation.

Leadership, ManagementAndie MurphyJuly 3, 2023leadership, management, batch19Comment

439. The Power of the Collective for Systems Change - Anne Marie Burgoyne

439. The Power of the Collective for Systems Change - Anne Marie Burgoyne

Meet Anne Marie. She’s the Managing Director of Philanthropy at the Emerson Collective, where her passion for amplifying voices has shaped her career and the impact of Emerson Collective's programs in education and environmental justice. She’s sharing her wisdom about how strong leaders and strong models have the capacity to scale and create systems change. Don’t miss this inspiring conversation that answers the question - can the collective power of individuals truly create lasting change?

Philanthropy, Leadership, CommunityAndie MurphyJune 21, 2023leadership, philanthropy, social change, community, batch18Comment