Agents of Nonprofit The Keys to Starting a Nonprofit with Brooke Richie Babbage
Do you wonder what details go into setting up a nonprofit? What problem are they solving? Are other people solving the same problem? How do I receive advice? This is for you!
In this week’s episode, Brooke Richie Babbage joins us to share from her experience in setting up nonprofits. Brooke wanted to get into social justice work from as early as 10 years old! Now with over 20 years experience in the nonprofit sector, she shares about the details of setting up a nonprofit. From landscape mapping to how to hire staff, looking for funding, setting up a board of advisors, handling feedback, technology recommendations to use and more.
The topics we cover
- How Brooke started working with nonprofits
- Landscape scanning before starting a nonprofit
- To partner with an already established nonprofit or start a new one?
- Merging with stronger nonprofits for greater impact
- Which feedback to pay attention to when making decisions about a nonprofit
- Why it’s important to create a startup board of advisors
- How and when to transition from a startup board to a governance board
- Difference between a board of directors and an advisory council
- How can a nonprofit without enough funding get people to do goodwork
- Taking advantage of AI to do some roles for a new nonprofit
- Technology recommendations from Brooke
Learn more and connect with Brooke:
Website: https://brookerichiebabbage.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjrichiebabbage/
Nonprofit Launch Lab: https://brookerichiebabbage.com/guides-trainings/