Inspired Nonprofit Leadership

Episode 460: Use Details to Communicate Clearly with Sarah Olivieri

Show Notes When you explain an idea to your team, the big picture may be clear in your head, but it's probably not as clear in your team's head as you think it is. Specif

459: What to Ask Before AI Touches Your Data with Sam Fankuchen

Show Notes Reaching out to potential major donors can feel premature when you haven't figured out how you will follow up. A written contact list and a plan for the next i

458: A Simple Follow-Up Process for Major Gifts with Sarah Olivieri

Episode Description Reaching out to potential major donors can feel premature when you haven't figured out how you will follow up. A written contact list and a plan for t

457: Why Ethical Storytelling Raises More Money with Maria A. Bryan

A fundraising story asks people to care and act. How you gather and share that story matters to the person who lived it, the audience hearing it, and the donor relationsh

456: When Preparing for a Meeting is NOT Helpful with Sarah Olivieri

Show Notes Arriving at a team meeting with a solution already worked out can feel like you're helping everyone get ahead. When the work needs several people's perspective

456: When Preparing for a Meeting is NOT Helpful with Sarah Olivieri

Show Notes Arriving at a team meeting with a solution already worked out can feel like you're helping everyone get ahead. When the work needs several people's perspective

455: Make Trust Tangible with Kim Bohr

Episode Description Trust can be measured. It grows through honest communication and fair treatment, and it can break when leaders mishandle change. Sarah invited Kim B

454: Planned Giving Made Simple with Tony Martignetti

Show Notes Planned giving often lands on the someday list right beside the wealth screen a nonprofit can't yet afford. Tony Martignetti says you can launch it this week w

453: Are You Playing Leadership Whack-A-Mole with Sarah Olivieri

Episode Description Many nonprofit leaders treat strategy, operations, and team as three separate pillars in their organization, but in fact, they are part of one integra

452: Why Your Former Employees Still Matter with Steve Cadigan

Episode Description Many nonprofit leaders treat turnover as a problem to solve after someone resigns. The organizations that handle it well plan for it before the hire,

451: How to Build a Simple Nonprofit Marketing Strategy with Sarah Olivieri

Episode Description Many nonprofit leaders pick a marketing tactic first- a gala, a Facebook fundraiser, a social media takeover, and then hope it works. The organization

450: Hiring Is Your Culture with Crystal FitzSimons

Show Notes: Most nonprofit leaders treat retention as a problem to fix after the hire. The organizations that keep people for decades treat it as something they build int

449: Let Them Go Well with Sarah Olivieri

Let Them Go Well with Sarah Olivieri The thought shows up quietly and then keeps coming back. Maybe this person is not right for us. Then it sits there for months while y

448: Distributed Leadership That Actually Works with Jocelyn Wyatt

Show Notes Most nonprofit leaders already know they can't make every decision themselves. They've said it out loud in meetings and retreats. They want more decisions happ

447: Take The Full Hour with Sarah Olivieri

Lunch Is Leadership with Sarah Olivieri Lunch is the first thing to go. The calendar fills up, something has to give, and the hour in the middle of the day is the one tha

446: Build Fundraising That Compounds with Bill Crouch

Reflections from host Sarah Olivieri ... Is Your Budget Killing Your Major Gifts Program? Many nonprofit leaders I talk to about major gifts describe some version of th

445: Ride the Wave Already Moving with Sarah Olivieri

Ride the Wave Already Moving with Sarah Olivieri Strategic planning gets treated like a decision you make in a quiet room, then hand down to the team. So leaders sit down

444: Top Five Episodes, Ranked with Sarah Olivieri

Top 5 Episodes Countdown Five episodes rose to the top over the last two years of this show. Trauma. Cash flow. Starting a nonprofit from scratch. Health equity. Organi

Build Programs That Stick with Sarah Olivieri [Episode 443]

Build Programs That Stick with Sarah Olivieri Most programs are built middle-out. Someone has an idea for a workshop, a curriculum, a service, and the design starts with

442: Name Your Product, Fund Your Mission with Barb Clapp

Reflections from host Sarah Olivieri ... "Run It Like A Business" There is a quiet belief inside a lot of nonprofits that running things like a business would somehow c