Successful Nonprofits Podcast
The Goldenburg Group, LLC
With over half-a-million downloads, the Successful Nonprofits Podcast shares insights, tools, and tips to help you and your nonprofit thrive. Our incredible content is the reason we're ranked in the top 2% of podcasts globally.
Each week, Dolph interviews nonprofit experts and leaders who share their experiences and wisdom on a wide range of topics relevant to the nonprofit sector. From fundraising and board development to leadership and strategic planning, and more!
We also offer shorter Bonus Break episodes you can listen to while taking a tea break – and get the added bonus of making you and your nonprofit stronger. These Bonus Breaks are solo episodes, where Dolph shares hard-learned (sometimes painfully learned) lessons from his 3 decades in the sector. And he often create worksheets and templates that accompany the bonus breaks.
The podcast is hosted by Dolph Goldenburg, a consultant, coach, and confidant to nonprofit leaders across the nation.
Each week, Dolph interviews nonprofit experts and leaders who share their experiences and wisdom on a wide range of topics relevant to the nonprofit sector. From fundraising and board development to leadership and strategic planning, and more!
We also offer shorter Bonus Break episodes you can listen to while taking a tea break – and get the added bonus of making you and your nonprofit stronger. These Bonus Breaks are solo episodes, where Dolph shares hard-learned (sometimes painfully learned) lessons from his 3 decades in the sector. And he often create worksheets and templates that accompany the bonus breaks.
The podcast is hosted by Dolph Goldenburg, a consultant, coach, and confidant to nonprofit leaders across the nation.
Episodes
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Feb 14, 2023 • 32min
12 Ways You Can Recruit and Retain Top Talent
Discover innovative strategies for recruiting and retaining top talent in the competitive job market. Learn about the importance of clarity in job descriptions, building relationships with senior leadership, providing training for new employees, offering unique benefits, promoting equity and inclusivity, providing flexible work options, and prioritizing work-life balance. Explore how nonprofits can enhance competitiveness and staff retention through personal growth, mentorship, and career development.
Feb 7, 2023 • 33min
Surefire Ways to Retain Your Donors
Samantha discusses her techniques to cultivate and retain donors.
Jan 31, 2023 • 31min
Solving Burnout at Your Nonprofit with Jennifer Moss
Jennifer discusses how nonprofit leaders can prevent burnout by supporting their staff and creating a healthy workplace culture.
Jan 24, 2023 • 35min
Standing Up for Equitable Funding Practices with Lauren Steiner
Explore the push for equitable funding practices in nonprofits and grant writing, contrasting the speed of change between foundations and government funders. Learn about navigating grant funding challenges, career transformative reflections, and the journey into philanthropy and grant seeking.
Jan 17, 2023 • 34min
Moving from Reactive to Proactive with Mary Gladstone-Highland
Mary discusses how nonprofit leaders can step back from the daily fires to find the space to think about and plan for the future.
Jan 10, 2023 • 29min
Make the Most of Your Time with Shanice Miller
Shanice discusses simple ways you can structure and automate your nonprofit’s back office so you can focus on your mission and impact.
Jan 3, 2023 • 28min
Resolutions and Trends of 2023
Explore the personal resolutions of individuals in non-profits for 2023, becoming foster parents for LGBTQ+ support, and upcoming trends affecting the nonprofit sector incluiding staff recruitment, pay strategies, and challenges amid rising costs and uncertainty.
Dec 27, 2022 • 32min
Holiday Encore: All Things Interns with Lauren Kent-Delany
In this holiday encore, we revisit 2022's most popular episode with Lauren Kent-Delany --- all about finding extraordinary interns, from recruitment to interviews to orientation.
Dec 20, 2022 • 37min
The Job Expectations No One Talks About with Gorick Ng
Gorick discusses the unspoken rules and expectations around job performance.
Dec 13, 2022 • 45min
Breaking Down Barriers: Hiring Formerly Incarcerated People with Terrell Blount
Terrell discusses why it’s important to hire formerly incarcerated people and what structural changes your nonprofit can make to be more inclusive and equitable in its recruitment, hiring, and promotion practices.
