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Joan Garry
Joan Garry: Nonprofit Leader and former Executive Director of GLAAD helps fellow CEOs, Boards and Board Chairs, Fundraisers, and Nonprofit Marketers
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Dec 2, 2017 • 56min
Ep 47: How to Engage Millennials (with Abra Annes)
How do we engage millennials and get them to support causes we care about, and that we hope they care about too? That's the topic of today's podcast...

Nov 18, 2017 • 42min
Ep 46: Strategic Program Design (with Lindsay Hoffman)
Too often, nonprofits become distracted by the newest and shiniest programming. This can cause big opportunities to be missed. Lindsay Hoffman explains...

Nov 4, 2017 • 40min
Ep 45: The Final 60 Days of the Year (with Seth Rosen)
We're now in the critical year-end fundraising season. It's daunting. My guest, Seth Rosen, will help you sort it out and make the most of these 2 months…

Oct 14, 2017 • 39min
Ep 44: The Executive Director With No Staff (with Sarah Audet)
With everything nonprofit leaders have to get done, imagine that you are the only staff person. What would that look like? I wanted to know...

Sep 30, 2017 • 40min
Ep 43: Nonprofits, Storytelling, and ‘This American Life’ (with Alex Blumberg)
Alex Blumberg, executive producer of 'This American Life' discusses with me the power of storytelling to activate people to engage and help your nonprofit.

Sep 16, 2017 • 38min
Ep 42: What’s With All The Ribbons? (with Dan Osheyack)
In this episode, my guest Dan Osheyack and I will explore issues of awareness, action, and cause marketing at nonprofits.

Jul 29, 2017 • 40min
Ep 41: What Every New Board Member Needs to Understand
I’d love for this podcast to be played for new board members – maybe at an orientation or perhaps at a board retreat when you are setting expectations.

Jul 15, 2017 • 41min
Ep 40: Overcoming Fundraising Mistakes (with Jim Bennett)
Fundraising can be full of landmines. But is there a way to turn fundraising lemons into lemonade? Why yes, I do believe there is.

Jul 1, 2017 • 41min
Ep 39: From Kitchen Volunteer to Board Chair (with Sylvia Vogelman)
Multiple studies show the positive benefits of volunteering (for the volunteer). Today's guest took that to the limit and ultimately became the board chair!

Jun 17, 2017 • 44min
Ep 38: What the Heck is Marketing Anyway? (with Sarah Durham)
Marketing, done right, is central to all aspects of a nonprofit organization, from raising money to attracting the best people to enabling programs...