We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits

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271. Pay, Leave and Power: The Paid Leave Conversation - Orli Cotel May 17, 2022

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Meet Orli. She’s a founding leader of Paid Leave for the U.S. (PLUS), a nonprofit focused on winning paid family and medical leave. PLUS has helped win paid leave for more than 8M people, and Oril is bringing her knowledge, tools, case studies and adapting it all to the nonprofit sector. She’s also sharing how to create a work environment that promotes work-life balance for employees as we build a movement where personal life comes first.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

Orli’s story and journey to where she is today (3:00)
Overview of the paid leave landscape in the United States (7:00)
Where to start with this topic and get the right conversations started (13:00)
Getting involved with legislation (21:00)
Examples of best in class paid leave policies (27:00)
- Cost Benefit Analysis Resources from PL + US
- Toolkit and Template Proposal from PL + US
You're never going to be the kind of visionary organization to the world if you can't be that kind of visionary organization to your own team: moving away from scarcity mindset in the sector (37:00)
A powerful moment of philanthropy in Orli’s life (39:00)
Orli’s One Good Thing: Low ego high impact. (42:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/271

The We Are For Good Podcast is co-hosted by Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE and welcomes the most dynamic nonprofit leaders, advocates and philanthropists to share innovative ideas and lessons learned 3x a week!
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270. Pay, Leave and Power: The Nonprofit Pay Conversation - Evan Feinberg May 16, 2022

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Meet Evan. As the Stand Together Foundation Executive Director, he leads the charge on building replicable frameworks that disrupt, empower and accelerate doing good in the world. And he’s brought an entirely new playbook to the convo of compensating nonprofits - and compensating them big-time - and we want you to have it. We’ve all heard the phrase “I won’t make a lot in nonprofit, but I love having a career with meaning.” NO MORE. Tune in to get the frameworks, negotiation tips and script to help you build a strong case for better pay. Those who pour into others should be incentivized for their work - not handed scraps. Let’s elevate and equalize!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

Evan’s story and journey to where he is today (2:45)
The equity problem in the sector and what Evan is seeing (6:00)
Historical and current narratives about the nonprofit sector (9:00)
How we pay people as individuals and incentivize around top performance (17:00)
Advice for fundraisers: negotiating salaries and benefits (29:00)
Evan’s advice for small organizations (39:00)
Evan’s One Good Thing: Think of the empowerment movement. (42:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/270

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269. LIVE! from Phoenix: Build Better Boards - Sabrina Walker Hernandez, Jazmin Chavez, Tammy Tibbetts, and Skyler Badenoch May 13, 2022

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Join Jon + Becky for this Friday's episode alongside a panel of legit experts on Building Better Boards. We talk about creating active boards comprised of diverse voices, lived experiences, and representing the population of people served by the mission. Special thanks to Virtuous for convening this discussion with our panel experts: Skyler Badenoch (Hope for Haiti), Sabrina Walker Hernandez (Saving World Hope), Jazmin Chavez (Hispanics in Philanthropy) and Tammy Tibbetts (She's the First) 👊

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268. A Place at The Table: Fighting Food Insecurity with Dignity, Choice + Radical Hospitality - Maggie Kane May 11, 2022

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Meet Maggie. After spending her childhood serving in soup kitchens, she felt an awakening to bring more than a meal to those who were hungry - she wanted to bring dignity, civility and friendship too. Thus, A Place at the Table was born - Raleigh's first pay-what-you-can nonprofit cafe. She's reimagining a way to feed those in need and baking equity and community into the equation. Swoon🥰👏

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

Maggie’s story and journey to where she is today (4:00)
Meet the mission: A Place at the Table (11:00)
A Place at the Table’s unique “pay what you can” model and why it is working (19:00)
What Maggie has learned along the way of starting a nonprofit and about dignity (20:00)
A powerful story of when she witnessed community at this organization (23:00)
Funding this dream and partnering with the community (27:00)
Dreams for A Place at the Table (29:00)
A powerful moment of philanthropy in Maggie’s life (31:00)
Maggie’s One Good Thing: Ask for help and celebrate everything. (33:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/268

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267. The Rise of Corporate Social Impact + How Nonprofit Missions Can Meet the Moment - Olivia Khalili May 09, 2022

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Meet Olivia. She's been on a lifelong quest to create community-based workplace cultures that fuel good while helping the bottom line. And now that company PagerDuty, a real-time impact response platform, is driving the effort of societal benefits through business and its employees. As social impact and philanthropy are becoming more important in attracting top talent, Olivia explains how connecting social impact to success is game-changing.

💡Learn:

Shifting & redistributing power: centering partnership models and programs around equity and trust-based/participatory philanthropy practices
PagerDuty's approach to social impact
Current landscape of social impact right now + how can people formulate that business case

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

Olivia’s story and journey to where she is today (3:30)
Overview of PagerDuty and their social impact initiatives (13:00)
Shifting our mindset around social impact (15:00)
Key indicators of when a company is ready to implement a social impact program (21:00)
The current landscape of social impact + how can people formulate that business case (26:00)
Focusing on deeper partnerships and unrestricted capital vs. transactional gifts and event sponsorships (31:00)
What an ideal partnership looks like (39:00)
A powerful moment of philanthropy in Olivia’s life (43:00)
Olivia’s One Good Thing: Lead with your full selves, your voice, your values, and lift up others. (46:00)

For more information and episode details visit: weareforgood.com/episode/267

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266. LIVE! from Phoenix: Build Better Culture - Aila Malik, Lawanna Kimbro, Ted Vaughn, and Sara Cunningham May 06, 2022

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Join Jon + Becky for this Friday's episode where they talk with a Varsity Team of experts on Building Better Culture. We talk through what modern nonprofit culture should encompass, how leaders can better shape vibrant cultures, why the term "culture fit" is damaging, and a host of other topics. Special thanks to Virtuous for convening us all and for our panel experts: Sara Cunningham (Free Mom Hugs), Lawanna Kimbro (Stardust Fund), Ted Vaughn (Historic Agency) & Aila Malik (Venture Leadership Consulting)👊
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

Tone setting and why culture is an incredibly important topic right now (3:45)
The phrase “cultural fit” and what the problem is with it (5:00)
How leaders can intentionally help shape culture today (9:00)
- 1. Check yourself as a leader and do the work.
- 2. Create transparency and clarity within your organizations.
- 3. Make time to build connection with each other.
- 4. Look at your rituals as an organization.
Navigating unhealthy cultures within our organizations (21:00)
Rethinking our definition of what conflict is (25:00)
Prioritizing mental health within our cultures (31:00)
The more senior you are in the organization you lead, the more culture shaping you do more than your specific skill competency ability (40:00)
Lawanna’s One Good Thing: Something being unprecedented doesn't mean it's impossible. (41:00)
Aila’s One Good Thing: Get very clear with yourself. Have your own personal vision on this world so that your work is simply in alignment to that. (42:00)
Ted’s One Good Thing: Culture is a tension to manage. It's not a problem to solve. (43:00)
Sara’s One Good Thing: Focus on the joy. (44:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/265

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265. Stop Interrupting. Start Empowering. How to Grow Fans + Donors Exponentially - Jeff Rosenblum May 04, 2022

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Meet J eff. You know we love a dynamic convo with disruptors-for-good, and Jeff is taking his corporate branding knowledge and applying it to our nonprofit missions. This Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Questus, one of the country's leading digital advertising agencies, makes a passionate case that nonprofits can learn from the consumer journeys of powerhouse brands, and he's bringing the playbook to apply to donor journeys. Holla! 🙌

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

Jeff’s story and journey to where he is today (4:00)
What nonprofits can learn from some of the biggest brands in our world (11:30)
What can we learn from some of these powerhouse brands and their consumer journeys (14:00)
Emotional intelligence and self awareness (19:00)
Ethical storytelling (25:00)
Moving from just interrupting to this idea of empowerment through your marketing and advertising (32:00)
Jeff’s new book: EXPONENTIAL: Transform Your Brand by Empowering Instead of Interrupting (34:00)
Steps and tactics that people can employ to embrace this ethos of empowering instead of interrupting (35:00)
Storytelling Pro Tip: The Three Act Structure (44:00)
A powerful moment of philanthropy in Jeff’s Life (46:00)
Jeff’s One Good Thing: Win the morning, win the day. (49:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/265
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264. Anti-Hate, Influence + Raising the First Billion: Meet The Asian American Foundation - Prisca Bae May 02, 2022

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Meet P risca. This corporate diversity expert and advocate for global women’s issues is passionate about chasing equality. Her lifelong quest to bring equity to the world led her to the newly formed The Asian American Foundation. Join us as we talk about the longstanding lack of investment and resources provided to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders communities and why TAAF is creating an irrevocable sense of belonging for its 23 million U.S. citizens.

💡Learn:

The mission of The Asian American Foundation
TAAF’s Investments in Anti-Hate, Education, and Data (& Culture Narrative)
Committing $1 billion to the AAPI Giving Challenge
How we can become allies during this time of hate crime targeting our Asian American friends

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

Prisca’s story and journey to where she is today (3:21)
Overview of The Asian American Foundation (16:00)
Overview of TAAF’s flagship programs (21:00)
How to be mobilized to move this conversation forward (25:00)
Community is everything - Prisca’s philosophy behind partnerships (27:00)
A powerful moment of philanthropy in Prisca’s life (31:00)
Prisca’s One Good Thing: You are much more powerful than you realize. (33:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/264
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263. #AMA (Ask Me Anything) Fridays: Staffing Up During the Great Resignation - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE Apr 29, 2022

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Jon + Becky are hosting a special #AMA (Ask Me Anything) style convo on Friday's episode, and this week's topicis Staffing Up During the Great Resignation. Where to hire? Which roles to hire? And how do allow staff to be in their zone of genius - not wearing all the hats? We love adding your voice to the podcast! So drop us an email, DM or (best option🤩👉) leave us a voice memo and we'll play your question on-air🎙
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

Leave us a voicemail! (1:00)
Tone setting and scarcity mindset (3:30)
The Great Resignation (5:00)
- Listen: 192. The Great Resignation is Here. How to Leverage it as The Great Opportunity - Sally Bryant
Are you asking the right questions? (9:00)
- What are your short-term and long-term goals?
- What role is most critical?
Key steps to making the right nonprofit hire (9:50)
Pro Tips (23:00)
- “‘Cultural Fit’ is just a container for the prejudices that we hold around who we think belongs.” - Kishshana Palmer

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/263
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262. How Centering Lived Experience is Transforming the Child Welfare System - Sixto Cancel Apr 27, 2022

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Meet Sixto. He's been advocating for change at the intersection of child welfare and advanced technology since the age of 16. His lived experience in foster care fuels his passion for shifting system policy and practice through the use of technology, data & unyielding compassion. This Founder and CEO of Think of Us is directing this progressive nonprofit to end institutional placements and reform our foster care system by listening, gathering & activating.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

Sixto’s story and journey to where he is today (3:00)
Prioritizing kinship care in the system (10:00)
Overview of Think of Us (14:00)
Leveraging research and amassing a huge database to make the change happen (18:00)
Shifting the power dynamics in the child welfare system (24:00)
Check for Us Initiative (28:00)
A powerful moment of philanthropy in Sixto’s life (36:00)
Sixto’s One Good Thing: Stay in joy. (40:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/262
The We Are For Good Podcast is co-hosted by Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE and welcomes the most dynamic nonprofit leaders, advocates and philanthropists to share innovative ideas and lessons learned 3x a week!
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