We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits

Meet Amy. She's a lawyer and art historian who uses works of art to sharpen observation, analysis, and communication skills. By showing people how to look closely at art, she helps them hone their visual intelligence to recognize the most pertinent and useful information as well as recognize biases that impede decision-making. She's not here to change your biases; she's here to make you aware of them 👀💡Learn:The art of perception in fundraisingThe Four A's of Critical InquiryThe dangers of assumptions and biasesToday’s GuestAmy Herman, Founder + President, The Art of PerceptionEpisode HighlightsAmy’s story and journey to where she is today (4:00)The Art of Perception (12:00)The Art of Perception in Fundraising (15:00)Assumptions and Biases (23:40)Visual Intelligence (31:30)Four A’s of critical inquiry: Assess, Analyze, Articulate, and Adapt (33:10)A powerful moment of philanthropy in Amy’s life (36:45)Amy’s One Good Thing: As human beings, we have  two ears and one mouth for a reason. We need to use them proportionately. (41:45)For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/338About Our Sponsor Slingshot GroupOur friends over at Slingshot Group partner with nonprofits to recruit and hire great leaders, build remarkable teams, and unleash your mission’s potential.You know we talk often about how much your organization’s culture matters especially today -  in being not just being a place that attracts talent - but also becomes a magnet to connect donors to your mission. Sound like Slingshot Group might be a fit for your organization? Learn more at slingshotgroup.org.About our Sponsor Neon OneTechnology alone can’t solve the challenges nonprofits face. That’s why Neon One provides software that empowers you to manage constituents all while giving you the resources and support you need to connect to what matters most - your people and their passions. Learn more about how Neon One is helping nonprofits create stronger connections by visiting neonone.com/weareforgood.About our Sponsor VirtuousYou know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when yThank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, Whiteboard, and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.//Join the We Are For Good Community—completely free.Join fellow changemakers, share takeaways from this working session, and keep collaborating in a space built for connection, inspiration, and real impact: www.weareforgoodcommunity.com Say hi 👋LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Meet DJ. He’s sharing the gift of rest and rejuvenation. In 2019, he founded The Sabbatical Project to define, explore, and research sabbaticals following a 900-mile pilgrimage in Shi-Ko-Ku, Japan. He knows nonprofits doubt their ability to implement a sabbatical-focused work experience, but keep an open mind! He’s bringing the playbook (and data!) to show how it’s good for business. We’re working toward a world where extended leave is the norm, not the exception. Tune in and hear the science and benefits behind rest.Today’s GuestDJ DiDonna, Founder, The Sabbatical ProjectEpisode HighlightsDJ’s story and journey to where he is today (1:15)External catalysts that result in sabbaticals (6:00)Types off sabbaticals people take (11:50)DJ’s sabbatical + walking 900 miles (16:00)Barriers that prevent people from taking a sabbatical (21:45)Archetypes of sabbaticals (24:20)Business case for sabbaticals (30:10)Case studies of nonprofit leaders taking sabbaticals (35:00)DJ’s advice for people exploring sabbaticals in the nonprofit sector (42:00)A story of powerful philanthropy + impact that DJ witnessed in his career  (45:15)DJ’s One Good Thing: Life is too short to not take a sabbatical. (50:25)For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/337About our Sponsor Neon OneTechnology alone can’t solve the challenges nonprofits face. That’s why Neon One provides software that empowers you to manage constituents all while giving you the resources and support you need to connect to what matters most - your people and their passions. Learn more about how Neon One is helping nonprofits create stronger connections by visiting neonone.com/weareforgood.Thank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, Whiteboard, and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.//Join the We Are For Good Community—completely free.Join fellow changemakers, share takeaways from this working session, and keep collaborating in a space built for connection, inspiration, and real impact: www.weareforgoodcommunity.com Say hi 👋LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Meet Bekah. She’s a self-proclaimed nonprofit dropout and founder of the Interdependence Incubator, a community for white women who crave healing and a space to practice freedom. She’s made us a believer in the power of leaning into healing and making a collective change. She courageously shares her mental health journey in nonprofit and the change it awakened in personal, interpersonal and systemic levels. 💡LearnBekah’s mental health journey storySlowing down as self- & community-careAdvice for leaders looking to foster a culture of balance & well-beingAdopting a curiosity mindset to be “medicine in these fractured and fracturing times”Today’s GuestBekah Giacomantonio, Liberatory Healing Doula & FacilitatorEpisode HighlightsBekah’s story and journey to where she is today (3:00)Bekah’s personal mental health story and what she experienced in the nonprofit sector (10:20)Signals of burnout Bekah experienced (18:00)What Bekah learned in community in Guatemala (22:45)What slowing down looks like (28:05)Activation (34:45)Fostering a culture of wellbeing (41:15)A powerful moment of philanthropy in Bekah’s life (43:25)Bekah’s One Good Thing: Go outside. (46:35)For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/336About our Sponsor Neon OneTechnology alone can’t solve the challenges nonprofits face. That’s why Neon One provides software that empowers you to manage constituents all while giving you the resources and support you need to connect to what matters most - your people and their passions. Learn more about how Neon One is helping nonprofits create stronger connections by visiting neonone.com/weareforgood.Thank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, Whiteboard, and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.//Join the We Are For Good Community—completely free.Join fellow changemakers, share takeaways from this working session, and keep collaborating in a space built for connection, inspiration, and real impact: www.weareforgoodcommunity.com Say hi 👋LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Meet Kirk. He believes managing mental health should be done in community - and he’s got plenty of lived experience & stories to prove it. This executive director and mental health leader has spent 20 years working with economically disadvantaged families and actively recruited rabid fans to become activists in educating, empowering & embracing communities in need. And his org, HANDY Inc, is doing it, one child at a time. Tune in for the story of how a hamster funeral embodied the core of how to care for your mission and people equally. Bring tissues🤧💡LearnProtecting the well-being of the nonprofit superheroes who save livesDefining micro and macro harmCounsel for NP leaders on prioritizing the well-being of their staff, volunteers, and those surrounding their missions. Overview of Handy’s missionToday’s GuestKirk Brown, CEO, HANDY Inc.Episode HighlightsKirk’s story and journey to where he is today (4:00)Overview of HANDY (4:05)Over the past 2 years reflection (10:00)Macro harm that turns into micro hate in communities and homes (12:35)How to support your staff through this time in our world (17:00)Making the unique case for our needs (24:00)Mental Health Today: Kindness is not difficult. (30:00)Be a human being and ask your staff: (31:00)How are we doing?How are you on your 5 year plan?If you were me, what would you do different so your job could be easier?Kirk’s One Good Thing: You don’t know everything. (37:00)How to connect with HANDY Inc. (45:00)For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/335About our Sponsor Neon OneTechnology alone can’t solve the challenges nonprofits face. That’s why Neon One provides software that empowers you to manage constituents all while giving you the resources and support you need to connect to what matters most - your people and their passions. Learn more about how Neon One is helping nonprofits create stronger connections by visiting neonone.com/weareforgood.Thank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, Whiteboard, and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.//Join the We Are For Good Community—completely free.Join fellow changemakers, share takeaways from this working session, and keep collaborating in a space built for connection, inspiration, and real impact: www.weareforgoodcommunity.com Say hi 👋LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Meet Dr. Taryn Marie. This resiliency expert believes there’s a lot of info on building resilient mindset, but that the world knows very little about resilient doing. This convo is about how vulnerability enhances and creates resiliency. Tune in and discover tools/resources that promote resilience when we inevitably face challenges, change and complexity.💡LearnThe practice of vulnerability5️⃣ Practices of Highly Resilient PeopleDefining vulnerability biasesActivation, tools & resources to helpToday’s GuestDr. Taryn Marie Stejskal, International Keynote Speaker and Author Episode HighlightsDr. Taryn’s story and journey to where she is today (3:00)Defining resilience and misconceptions around it (6:45)The practice of vulnerability (10:45)Vulnerability comes alive in community (18:45)Further exploring the 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People (27:55)How to lean into vulnerability and build resiliency (37:30)A powerful moment of philanthropy in Dr. Taryn’s life (47:00)Dr. Taryn’s One Good Thing: The power of simple pleasures and presence. (50:00)For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/334.About our Sponsor Neon OneTechnology alone can’t solve the challenges nonprofits face. That’s why Neon One provides software that empowers you to manage constituents all while giving you the resources and support you need to connect to what matters most - your people and their passions. Learn more about how Neon One is helping nonprofits create stronger connections by visiting neonone.com/weareforgood.Thank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, Whiteboard, and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.//Join the We Are For Good Community—completely free.Join fellow changemakers, share takeaways from this working session, and keep collaborating in a space built for connection, inspiration, and real impact: www.weareforgoodcommunity.com Say hi 👋LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Meet Lindsay and Chad. They want you to know that you are not a burden. These two heart-wired humans are leading conversation and community at To Write Love on Her Arms - a nonprofit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. We’re talking self-love, self-care in community and the importance of being connected. TWLOHA is preaching that we’re “all part of this bigger story. And without that, we don't know where this story's going. So stay.”💡LearnOverview of TWLOHA’s missionBuilding Digital Community + The Power of StorytellingArchitecting a digital “nonprofit movement” grounded in caring & listeningCounsel for nonprofit professionals who are feeling burnt out, anxious & struggling with compassion fatigueToday’s GuestsLindsay Kolsch, Co-Executive Director, To Write Love on Her ArmsChad Moses, Director of Outreach and Experience, To Write Love on Her ArmsEpisode HighlightsLindsay’s story (4:30)Chad’s Story (6:25)Founding story of TWLOHA (10:00)Nontraditional approach to measuring impact (17:05)Grassroots movement built in authenticity (30:55) Mental health for nonprofit professionals today (38:35)Chad’s One Good Thing: Lead with honesty. (46:20)Lindsay’s One Good Thing: Be willing to listen and hear how hard things are right now (48:30)How to connect with To Write Love on Her Arms (51:40)For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/333About our Sponsor Neon OneTechnology alone can’t solve the challenges nonprofits face. That’s why Neon One provides software that empowers you to manage constituents all while giving you the resources and support you need to connect to what matters most - your people and their passions. Learn more about how Neon One is helping nonprofits create stronger connections by visiting neonone.com/weareforgood.Thank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, Whiteboard, and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.//Join the We Are For Good Community—completely free.Join fellow changemakers, share takeaways from this working session, and keep collaborating in a space built for connection, inspiration, and real impact: www.weareforgoodcommunity.com Say hi 👋LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

We're warming up for Mental Health Week next week, and we wanted to set the tone with a powerful mental health conversation we powered at the Virtuous Summit. Join Nneka Allen, Eleanor Wells, Aila Malik and Jean Pierre-Louis for a robust discussion about Why it’s time to Prioritize Mental Health & Well-Being in the Nonprofit Sector.You’re not alone. Join us in community and feel seen, inspired and ready to take steps toward healing on Friday's podcast episode moderated by Jon and Becky. Tune in ✌️ Today’s Guest Panelists Nneka Allen, Principal + Founder, The Empathy AgencyAila Malik, Founder and CEO, Venture Leadership ConsultingEleanor Wells, Co-Founder, Cohort4CareJean Pierre-Louis, Founder, President + CEO, capracareEpisode HighlightsIntroducing the panelists (1:00)Compassion fatigue and burnout in the nonprofit sector (3:35)Importance of leaders celebrating wins (8:40)Racism is a mental health issue (12:25)Need for space to grieve (25:15)Prioritizing mental health as a nonprofit leader Letting team members take care of themselves, but also respond to crises (40:45)Power of community and healing (45:25)For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/332About our Sponsor Neon OneTechnology alone can’t solve the challenges nonprofits face. That’s why Neon One provides software that empowers you to manage constituents all while giving you the resources and support you need to connect to what matters most - your people and their passions. Learn more about how Neon One is helping nonprofits create stronger connections by visiting neonone.com/weareforgood.About our Sponsor VirtuousYou know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you both SEE and activate donors at every level, and Virtuous is the platform to help you do just that. It’s so much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous helps charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising, volunteer management, and online giving,  and we love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.Sound like Virtuous might be a fit for your organization? Learn more today at virtuous.org.About our Sponsor Thank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, Whiteboard, and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.//Join the We Are For Good Community—completely free.Join fellow changemakers, share takeaways from this working session, and keep collaborating in a space built for connection, inspiration, and real impact: www.weareforgoodcommunity.com Say hi 👋LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Meet Nick. This childhood cancer survivor and nonprofit advocate is passionate about measuring impact - for good. He's combined his savvy tech background with social media analytics and measurement software allowing global causes, influencers, and organizations to collaborate and measure their cumulative influence and impact. Plus, he's giving us a crash course in NFTs 🤔 💡Learn:Measuring impact + key metrics to keep our eyes onCreator Economy + flexing influencer marketingIntersection of creating content + building communityNFTs for nonprofits (what the heck are they??)Today’s GuestNick Lynch, Co-Founder and CEO, Collidescope.ioEpisode HighlightsWhat Nick has learned since we last talked (3:00)Changing landscape of the nonprofit sector (7:00)Measuring Impact and Leveraging Data (11:00)Key Metrics Organizations should be measuring (14:00)Creator Economy + Influencer Marketing (17:00)Powerful moment of philanthropy for Nick (36:00)Nick’s One Good Thing: Pull up and show up. (40:00)Connect with Collidescope (41:00)For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/331About our Sponsor Neon OneTechnology alone can’t solve the challenges nonprofits face. That’s why Neon One provides software that empowers you to manage constituents all while giving you the resources and support you need to connect to what matters most - your people and their passions. Learn more about how Neon One is helping nonprofits create stronger connections by visiting neonone.com/weareforgood.About our Sponsor VirtuousYou know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you both SEE and activate donors at every level, and Virtuous is the platform to help you do just that. It’s so much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous helps charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising, volunteer management, and online giving,  and we love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.Sound like Virtuous might be a fit for your organization? Learn more today at virtuous.org.Thank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, Whiteboard, and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.//Join the We Are For Good Community—completely free.Join fellow changemakers, share takeaways from this working session, and keep collaborating in a space built for connection, inspiration, and real impact: www.weareforgoodcommunity.com Say hi 👋LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Meet Boi. This senior development VP at Johns Hopkins University is on a mission to get nonprofits focused more squarely on the horizon - not just on what's in front of them. She believes signals exist and that our top talent is noticing what is happening on the fringes of our work. And all of it can inform future thinking. Join us for this chat that puts Jon and Becky in the hot seat on their future visions too!Today's GuestBoi Carpenter, Senior Associate Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations, Johns Hopkins UniversityEpisode HighlightsBoi’s story and journey to where she is today (3:00)Overview of Futurism (6:50)Adopting a disruption mindset (14:00)Hurdles leaders run into that prevent them from thinking like a futurist (15:00)Activating futurism (16:40)Areas nonprofits should pay attention to (23:15)Shifts in engagement, ease of giving and stewardship (30:35)A powerful moment of philanthropy in Boi’s life (37:00)Boi’s One Good Thing: Mindset Matters and Be Open to Possibility. (41:00)For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/330About our Sponsor Neon OneTechnology alone can’t solve the challenges nonprofits face. That’s why Neon One provides software that empowers you to manage constituents all while giving you the resources and support you need to connect to what matters most - your people and their passions. Learn more about how Neon One is helping nonprofits create stronger connections by visiting neonone.com/weareforgood.About our Sponsor VirtuousYou know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you both SEE and activate donors at every level, and Virtuous is the platform to help you do just that. It’s so much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous helps charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising, volunteer management, and online giving,  and we love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.Sound like Virtuous might be a fit for your organization? Learn more today at virtuous.org.About our Sponsor GravytyGravyty is your foThank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, Whiteboard, and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.//Join the We Are For Good Community—completely free.Join fellow changemakers, share takeaways from this working session, and keep collaborating in a space built for connection, inspiration, and real impact: www.weareforgoodcommunity.com Say hi 👋LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Welcome back to our Friday Series The Habits of an Impactful Fundraiser. This week we're taking on that top role with Do-Gooder (and attorney!) Brooke Richie-Babbage, founder of Bending Arc and former ED is breaking down Habits of an Impactful Executive Director. We're bringing tips, case studies and the Do's/Dont's for a modern fundraiser. Tune in ✌️ Special GuestBrooke Richie-Babbage, Nonprofit strategist and coach + Host, Nonprofit Mastermind Podcast Episode HighlightsBrooke’s story (3:00)What is the big picture question we need to be asking (7:00)Habits of an impactful Executive Director (10:00)KPI’s and success indicators that matter and some that don’t matter (21:00)Mental Health Minute (28:10)How to connect with Brooke (33:55)For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/329About our Sponsor Neon OneTechnology alone can’t solve the challenges nonprofits face. That’s why Neon One provides software that empowers you to manage constituents all while giving you the resources and support you need to connect to what matters most - your people and their passions. Learn more about how Neon One is helping nonprofits create stronger connections by visiting neonone.com/weareforgood.About our Sponsor VirtuousYou know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you both SEE and activate donors at every level, and Virtuous is the platform to help you do just that. It’s so much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous helps charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising, volunteer management, and online giving,  and we love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.Sound like Virtuous might be a fit for your organization? Learn more today at virtuous.org.Thank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, Whiteboard, and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.//Join the We Are For Good Community—completely free.Join fellow changemakers, share takeaways from this working session, and keep collaborating in a space built for connection, inspiration, and real impact: www.weareforgoodcommunity.com Say hi 👋LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter