What Works: Conversations on Nonprofit Leadership with Marla Moody

SE01E47 The Loneliness Epidemic: Why We Need a Third Place | Farah Eck

Farah shares practical insights on building stronger relationships, creating a sense of belonging and making space for people to feel comfortable being themselves. She al

SE01E46 The People Closest to the Problem Already Know the Solution| Karrah R. Lompa

Trust is the currency most nonprofit leaders never learn how to spend, and Karrah Lompa built an entire career learning how to earn it. As Managing Director of the UCLA S

SE01E45 The 'yes-and' philosophy: Creativity & data are non-negotiables in nonprofit | Anna Mottice

Anna Mottice learned long before she ever stepped into a boardroom that the best performances never happen by accident, they happen by design. Today she leads alumni enga

SE01E44 Beyond the Data: Why Great Leaders Listen to the Story | Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo

Sharon Attipoe-Dorcoo, MPH, Ph.D. of TERSHA LLC brings a powerful human centered leadership perspective that challenges transactional thinking and reconnects leadership w

SE01E43 From Grassroots to Growth expanding your nonprofit | Heather Caillier

Nonprofit growth demands more than funding. Heather Collier, founder and president of Ascend Consulting, brings 18 years of experience helping nonprofits build strategic

SE01E42 The Room You Haven't Walked Into Yet | Joe Darago

Joe Darago left the pulpit to fight a four and a half billion dollar problem: well meaning donors funding orphanages that hurt the very children they want to save. As Exe

SE01E41 - Listening Is the Political Skill Saving Modern Democracy | Kamy Akhavan

Kamy Akhavan spent over two decades walking into the most divided rooms in America and leaving with something nobody else could, proof that listening is the most radical

SE01E40 - The Courage to Change a 200-Year Legacy | Matthew Stephens

Matthew Stephens stepped into a nearly 200 year old institution and chose to reimagine what it truly means to serve the living. As President and CEO of Mount Auburn Cemet

SE01E39 - The Secret to Retaining Volunteers in Nonprofits | Deanna Wilken

Deanna Wilken turned a seven person volunteer operation into a 128 strong global force spanning 28 countries, and she did it without a single salary line. As Founder and

SE01E38 - Family Based Care Is Replacing Orphanages & Reshaping Child Welfare Worldwide | Brad Voss

Brad Voss left a successful business career, boarded a plane to Nairobi, and chose the hardest mission of his life, rebuilding futures for street-connected children throu

SE01E37 - Life Changes When Someone Believes in Your Potential Before the World Does | Thais Rezende

What if the only thing standing between a child and their future was one person who believed in them first? Thais Rezende, CEO of BUILD.org and former CEO of BizWorld.org

SE01E36 - Turnover Costs More Than Coaching Today Because Belonging Drives Retention | Heidi Bailey

Most nonprofits are bleeding talent and calling it a budget problem. Heidi Bailey, Founder of Bluebird Coaching LLC, spent years inside the eye of that storm as both an H

SE01E35 - Data Isn’t a Report for Funders : It’s Your Promise to the Community | Tyler C. Hein

Tyler Chein walked away from a neuroscience PhD to answer one question no nonprofit dares to ask out loud: who is your data actually working for?From brain development la

SE01E34 - Most Culture Problems Start When Leaders Expect What They Don’t Model | Alex Montgomery

What if the real reason your nonprofit is quietly falling apart has nothing to do with your team and everything to do with the culture you are building as a leader withou

SE01E33 - Human Trafficking Recovery Fails When Support Ends After the Rescue Story | With Merrie Karimov

Most people think rescuing a trafficking survivor is the finish line. Merrie Karimov, Founder and CEO of Harbour Hope International, is here to prove it is only the begin

SE01E32 - Healthy Workplace Cultures Start With Protecting Human Energy | With Henriette M. Recny

What if the secret to a thriving nonprofit was not a bigger budget, but a braver culture? Henriette Recny, President of People and Organizational Strategy at The Literacy

SE01E31- PUBLIC MEDIA LOST TRUST WHEN NEWS BECAME PROFIT DRIVEN AND ALGORITHMIC | With David Fischer

What if the antidote to a fractured, algorithmically poisoned society was already broadcasting 60 years ago? David Fischer, President and General Manager of KNKX Public

SE01E30 - Rescue Horses Are Healing Trauma in Ways Therapy Sometimes Cannot | With Melissa Kitchen·

She walked into nonprofit leadership with zero nonprofit experience and built one of the most purposeful equine welfare movements in America. Melissa Kitchen, President o

SE01E29 - Survival Moral Courage Turning Pain Into Power & Purpose Against Odds | Maddie Cheatham

What happens when the world counts you out, your in-laws are breaking you down, community leaders are working to destroy your name, and you have no home to call your own

SE01E28 - Nonprofits Fail When They Compete:Real Growth Comes From Collaboration | Christine Faressa

One mother's love for her son became a lifeline for hundreds of families navigating autism, and the ripple effect is still growing. Christine turned the everyday challeng