The Business of Giving

The following is a conversation between Frank Fernandez, President & CEO of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. The mission of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta is to inspire and lead the region toward equity and shared prosperity for all. The foundation's strategic touchstone is TogetherATL, a collaborative approach with community stakeholders, donors, nonprofits, and others to examine complex challenges and to create solutions that build a thriving region. And here to discuss this with us in more detail is Frank Fernandez, the President and CEO of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. Welcome to The Business of Giving, Frank.

he following is a conversation between Amy Freitag, President of The New York Community Trust, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. The New York Community Trust is a community foundation for New York City with divisions in Westchester and Long Island. It is one of the largest community foundations in the United States, and it will be celebrating the centennial anniversary next year. There's been a lot happening, and here to discuss it with us, as well as what the future holds, is Amy Freitag, the president of The New York Community Trust.

The following is a conversation between Dr. Jean Greaves, Co-Author of Team Emotional Intelligence 2.0, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. As organizations shift to depend more on team-based structures, the pressure to develop high-performing teams is more critical than ever. And while it's crucial to have talented, bright people within a team, there's a dynamic that's even more essential to overall team effectiveness. That dynamic is Team Emotional Intelligence, or Team EQ. And here to discuss that with us today is Dr. Jean Greaves, EQ expert and co-author of Team Emotional Intelligence 2.0. Welcome to The Business of Giving, Jean.

The following is a conversation between Dr. David Burkus, Author of Leading from Anywhere, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. One of the world's leading business thinkers, Dr. David Burkus, helps leaders and teams to do their very best work. His latest book is titled Leading from Anywhere. In it, he tackles the key challenges that managers face, from hiring and onboarding new members from afar, to building culture remotely, tracking productivity, communicating speedily and avoiding burnout. And he is with us now. Welcome to the Business of Giving, David.

The following is a conversation between Timothy Clark, Founder and CEO of LeaderFactor, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. If there was a guide, a playbook that showed you how you could build psychological safety in your organization, create an environment where your employees felt included, fully engaged, and were encouraged to contribute their best efforts and ideas, would you be interested in learning more about it? Well, you're about to from Dr. Timothy Clark, founder and CEO of LeaderFactor and the author of the bestselling book, The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety: Defining the Path to Inclusion and Innovation. Welcome to the Business of Giving, Tim.

The following is a conversation between Gustavo Razzetti, founder of Fearless Culture and author of Remote, Not Distant, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. Very rarely is there a question of universal concern that impacts every organization and every company. But today, there is. What will the workplace of tomorrow look like? And when, if ever, will employees return to the office? No one has examined this question any more thoroughly or skillfully than my next guest. He is Gustavo Razzetti, the founder of Fearless Culture, and author of Remote, Not Distant.

The following is a conversation between La June Montgomery Tabron, President & CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, founded in 1930, is among the largest philanthropic foundations in the United States. Guided by the belief that all children should have an equal opportunity to thrive, the foundation works with communities to create conditions for vulnerable children so they can realize their full potential in school, work, and life. And here to discuss this work and a number of their recent initiatives is La June Montgomery Tabron, the president and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

The following is a conversation between Soraya Alexander, President of Classy & COO of GoFundMe, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. Classy is a social enterprise that helps nonprofits maximize their impact through a suite of world-class, online fundraising tools. GoFundMe is a crowdfunding platform that allows people to raise money for events such as celebrations and graduations, as well as for challenging circumstances like accidents and illnesses. Earlier this year, these two organizations came together as one. And here to tell us all about it is Soraya Alexander, the President of Classy and the Chief Operating Officer of GoFundMe.

The following is a conversation with Jeroo Billimoria, chief facilitator of Catalyst 2030, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. Catalyst 2030 is a fast-growing global movement of people and organizations committed to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, by 2030. Launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January of 2020, the organization is a social entrepreneur and innovator-led movement responding to this global call to action for people and planet. It's also a learning organization. And earlier this year, it issued a report titled: Catalysing Change: Catalytic networks and catalysing collaboration towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals. And here to discuss those findings with us are Jeroo Billimoria, chief facilitator of Catalyst 2030, and Cynthia Rayner, a consultant to the group.

The following is a conversation between Michelle Brown, founder and CEO of CommonLit, and Denver Frederick, the Host of The Business of Giving. CommonLit is a nonprofit education technology organization dedicated to ensuring that all students, especially those in Title I schools, graduate with the reading, writing, communication, and problem-solving skills they need to be successful in college and beyond. They have been especially busy since the lockdown and are now helping create solutions to address the learning loss that occurred as a result. And here to share that story with us is Michelle Brown, the founder and CEO of CommonLit.