Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons In Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | Communications

How educated do you think most donors are about the organization they support and invest in? Not very. And this is a big problem we must solve. The post Ep 64: Donors Who Know More, Give More (with Roxie Jerde) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

Mergers can help nonprofits increase reach and impact, but they can also become a disaster. Here’s how to decide if you should go for it. The post Ep 63: How To Think About Mergers and Collaborations (with Nadya Shmavonian) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

What is the secret sauce to finding and hiring the perfect ED for your organization? How can you become a “rockstar” candidate? Find out in today’s episode. The post Ep 62: Hiring the Perfect Executive Director (with Dara Klarfeld) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

In this episode, Ben Wyskida, CEO of Fenton Communications explains what you must do to build a successful communications plan for your nonprofit. The post Ep 61: How to Build a Smart Communications Plan (with Ben Wyskida) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

Nonprofit media fills an important gap. Local and regional newsrooms have been decimated and the expense of investigative journalism is very high. In this episode, Christa Scharfenberg, the acting CEO for the Center of Investigative Reporting, explains the specific challenges nonprofit journalism faces. The post Ep 60: Why Nonprofit Journalism Matters (with Christa Scharfenberg) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

Your nonprofit has hit a wall and you want to scale up. But how? Why do some organizations grow and others do not? In this episode, Kathleen demystifies the process for “biggie-sizing” your nonprofit. The post Ep 59: Scaling Up Your Nonprofit (with Kathleen Kelly Janus) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

Facebook has broken trust with the public. Should your nonprofit think about leaving the platform? Learn how Cambridge Analytics purchased data from people who did not explicitly give permission and how this affects your nonprofit. The post Ep 58: Is It Time to Leave Facebook? (with Julia Campbell) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

How can you run a nonprofit with so little staff? You want to make a difference with that budget? There is so much hard work to be done - surely you can’t do these hard things, can you? Guess what… you can. Here’s the proof. The post Ep 57: You Can Do Hard Things appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

When a major crisis hit – an employee had been mugged at gunpoint and a dog stolen – Emily Klehm stepped up big time as the leader of the South Suburban Humane Society. But she never could have guessed what would happen next. The post Ep 56: Anatomy of a Crisis (with Emily Klehm) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

Do you get anxious asking people for donations? How much salary should the leader of a nonprofit make? How do you feel about wealthy people? The answers to these questions all come down to your deeply rooted feelings about money. How can we recognize and understand these feelings so we can make them more productive? The post Ep 55: The Nonprofit Sector Has Serious Money Hangups (with Belinda Rosenblum) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

Kayla Abramowitz is AMAZING. At 11 years old, she founded a nonprofit that helps sick kids feel a whole lot better. In this episode, Kayla and her CEO-mom share what they’ve learned over the last 4 years running their nonprofit, and provide some well-earned wisdom for every nonprofit founder out there. The post Ep 54: The 15-Year-Old Nonprofit Superhero (with Kayla & Andrea Abramowitz) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

Neuroscientists confirm that when somebody gives a donation, it lights up the same part of the brain as having sex or eating chocolate. So why does fundraising give so many adults the creeps? And how to you build a culture of philanthropy where everyone understands how they can effectively contribute? The post Ep 53: Asking for Money Isn’t Sexy… But Philanthropy Is (with Claire Axelrad) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

Every person who joins a board comes with opinions and points of view. But what happens when your responsibility to your organization as a board member conflicts with your personal politics? Should you keep it to yourself? The post Ep 52: Personal Politics vs. Public Responsibilities (with Anne Wallestad) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

At arts orgs, how should power be shared when, in addition to the Executive Director, there is also a creative director who is, perhaps, the most important leader of all? My guests explain how their very successful shared leadership model really works for them, and ultimately results in a beautiful symphony. The post Ep 51: A Symphony of Shared Leadership (with Jim Roe and Bernard Labadie) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

Based on lessons she learned working as a bartender while pursuing degrees in business and behavioral science, Dr. Helen Rothberg identifies leaders by a cocktail of choices they make; how to approach obstacles, managing conflict, facilitating groups and connections, adapting to current realities, and much more. The post Ep 50: Why Bartenders Make Great Leaders (with Helen Rothberg) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

This podcast is about resolving to bounce back. It’s about living in a world of unease while keeping your passion and desire to improve it -- alive and well. In this episode, I share 15 things worth a shot in 2018. These non-resolutions have three things in common. They are doable, universal, and meaningful. The post Ep 49: How To Make 2018 a Whole Lot Better appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

A strong leader builds an organizational culture of gratitude. It impacts your staff, board, volunteers, donors, and more. But how do you do it? And when? The post Ep 48: Building a Culture of Gratitude appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

How do we engage millennials and get them to support causes we care about, and that we hope they care about too? That's the topic of today's podcast... The post Ep 47: How to Engage Millennials (with Abra Annes) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

Too often, nonprofits become distracted by the newest and shiniest programming. This can cause big opportunities to be missed. Lindsay Hoffman explains... The post Ep 46: Strategic Program Design (with Lindsay Hoffman) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.

We're now in the critical year-end fundraising season. It's daunting. My guest, Seth Rosen, will help you sort it out and make the most of these 2 months… The post Ep 45: The Final 60 Days of the Year (with Seth Rosen) appeared first on Joan Garry Nonprofit Leadership.