We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits

This Friday we're launching a new Friday Series called The Habits of an Impactful Fundraiser. We're starting by tearing down the old models of professional development and rewiring our brains to embrace learning differently and openly. We're bringing tips and examples of who's doing it well. 🎉

Episode Highlights

• Series Tone Setting (2:00)
• Where to start: think about playing in a different sandbox. (4:00)
• Your development will be defined by you alone (5:00)
• The importance of developing your soft skills (11:00)
• How to ask your boss for professional development budget (15:00)
• Topics we will be unpacking throughout this series (20:00)
• Dive in deeper with We Are For Good PRO 
• Join the We Are For Good Community

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/320

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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 Virtuous
You 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.

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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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

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Overview
Meet Monica. This internationally renowned soprano believes in the power of the arts to gather, unify & awaken positive change. She's the co-founder of Sing for Hope, a leading nonprofit that brings arts outreach programs to communities in need and presents initiatives that make the arts accessible to all. We're talking about scaling up a nonprofit and using your platform for good. This operatic superstar-for-good absolutely exceeded our Ungettable Get expectations!

💡Learn

• Scaling a nonprofit from the ground up
• How to approach partnerships with corporations & municipalities
• Flexing your platform for good
• The mission story of Sing for Hope

Today’s Guest
Monica Yunus Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director, Sing for Hope

Episode Highlights

• Monica’s story (5:00)
• Overview of Sing for Hope (8:30)
• Sing for Hope’s programs (16:00)
• Scaling a nonprofit (27:15)
• Monica’s advice for those looking to start a nonprofit (29:45)
• Creating magical partnerships (33:10)
• Using your gifts and showing up authentically (37:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Monica’s life (41:00)
• Monica’s One Good Thing: Be good to yourself. (49:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/319

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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 Virtuous
You 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.

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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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

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Overview

Meet Alison. This fascinating media exec turned nonprofit disruptor is channeling her moxie for creative storytelling, business ops and multi-channel strategy into a joyful movement that’s democratizing philanthropy (insert heel kick!) As CEO of Comic Relief US - the 💥 behind Red Nose Day - she’s unpacking the playbook for convening meaningful partnerships, building + scaling grassroots campaigns and taking it outside the walls through multi-channel engagement. Tune in for the bold insights and stay for the full display of red-nose-wearing evolved leadership. 

Today’s Guest
Alison Moore, CEO, Comic Relief US

Episode Highlights

• Alison’s story and journey to where she is today (5:15)
• Overview of Comic Relief USA (14:10)
• Founding of Red Nose Day in the UK (15:00)
• Bringing Red Nose Day to the US (16:30)
• Their approach to fundraising (23:25)
• Millennials and philanthropy today (25:15)
• How to spark engagement (27:25)
• Innovation + Collaboration to Deepen Impact (34:55)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy (39:30)
• Alison’s One Good Thing: Focus on Curiosity. (42:15)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/318

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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 Virtuous
You 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.

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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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

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We're sharing a two-year birthday retrospect covering the Top 9️⃣ Revelations we've learned these past two years on the podcast. And we're bringing your voices onto the podcast about what this community has meant to you and how it's helped you better serve your mission. Check out Becky's blog post about her observations, and add your voice to the conversation in the Community. These revelations are only the beginning of what we're co-creating in this Impact Uprising✌️


Episode Highlights

• 9 Revelations from 2 Years of Podcasting (10:00)
  • 1. Digital Community is the Future (11:00)
  • 2. Storytelling is the most powerful tool in the nonprofit arsenal. (12:30)
  • 3. Partnerships are evolving in new, exciting ways. (14:00)
  • 4. Your nonprofit friends are not ok right now. (18:00)
  • 5. People need a break from the world’s heaviness to hear a story that’s good. (22:00)
  • 6. Nonprofits investing in professional development and marketing are winning right now. (25:00)
  • 7. Nonprofit leaders must evolve quickly and humanly. (27:00)
  • 8. We must commit to thinking differently. (28:30)
  • 9. Just be nice. (29:00)
• Community really is everything (31:00)
• Join the We Are For Good Community
• Dive in with We Are For Good PRO
• Leave us a voicemail! (We would love to hear from you!)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/317

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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 Virtuous
You 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.

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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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 👋
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Meet Sarah. This Peace Corp alumna is an expert in entertainment strategy and engagement with extensive philanthropic experience working with many of the world’s leading global celebrities. And yet, there is nothing Hollywood about her love for doing good and the unique ways she unites celebrity and philanthropy. Tune in and understand the opportunity that exists for your mission🎧 

💡Learn

• The role of celebrity in philanthropy
• Core pillars of a successful campaign or event when working with a celebrity, influencer or corporation
• Opportunities that exist for nonprofits to partner with celebrities
• The mission story of The Artemis Agency

Today’s Guest

Sarah Adolphson, Co-CEO, The Artemis Agency

Episode Highlights

• Sarah’s story and journey to where she is today (4:50)
• Overview of Artemis Agency (7:45)
• The role of celebrity in philanthropy + Opportunity for nonprofits today (12:00)
• How Sarah has witnessed philanthropy change throughout her career (17:00)
• Examples of successful campaigns (21:25)
• What creates a magical partnership (26:30)
• Moving into the new year + how nonprofits can challenge themselves next year (31:15)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy (33:40)
• Sarah’s One Good Thing: Be kind. (36:55)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/316

About our Sponsor Feathr
Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes turn to Feathr to grow their campaigns with targeted digital ad tools that reach people, whenever and wherever they are online. And they just happen to be some really incredible people too. Use Feathr to grow your end of year fundraisers.  Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co.

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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.

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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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

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Overview
Meet Matthew. As The *DRG's resident Unicorn, he believes in embracing organizational change through novel ideas. This internationally recognized storyteller has led teams in the production of award-winning events, communications, and donor engagement efforts (tune in for a fascinating case study!) . We're chatting about how to evolve our teams, embracing streamlined processes and pitching creative engagement opportunities.

💡Learn

• How organizations can reimagine internal collaboration and innovation
• Case Study: Colorado State University Foundation's event & engagement realignment Incorporating data and metrics into the event planning process
• Unlocking your unique gifts - straight from the sector's other Unicorn

*Donor Relations Guru is now renamed The DRG Group. So proud of you for this brave move, friends. Check out the announcement here.

Today’s Guest

​Matthew Helmer, Consultant and Strategist, DRG Group

Episode Highlights

• Matthew’s story and journey to where he is today (3:00)
• Experiencing organizational change at Colorado State University (9:00)
• Centralized event management in higher education (12:00)
• Creating meaningful events and experiences (19:00)
• An example of bringing these philosophies to life (25:00)
• Releasing the inner unicorn in all of us (39:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Matthew’s life (44:00)
• Matthew’s One Good Thing: Gratitude. (49:00)
• How to connect with Matthew (51:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/315

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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.

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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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

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We're completing part deux of our Friday #AMA series focusing on helping small shops with a focus this week on determining when it's time to stay or go at your current nonprofit. Posed by our small shop queen, Rachel Bearbower, addressed the elephant in the room that many COVID survivors are feeling right now. Do I stick it out or move on? We'll talk through some questions to ask yourself, address compassion fatigue/burnout, and how to socialize an upcoming transition. Come hang with us!

Episode Overview

• Leave us a voicemail! (2:00)
• Rachel Bearbower’s questions: “When the founder is ending their tenure with their organization and they don't quite realize that it's time for them to move on. What do they do?” and “If you are an ED and it's time to go and you're ready to go. What are some of the steps that you should be taking?” (2:40)
• Many of us are in an existential place asking questions (3:35)
• Questions to ask yourself as a leader (7:20)
• Differences between burnout versus compassion fatigue (13:05)
• Aila Malik’s four practical questions for leaders to ask themselves today (17:05)
  • What is my core belief?
  • How strongly do I believe in this mission? 
  • What needs to be true in my workplace to become an evangelist about this? 
  • How are you lifting others that you can pass the torch to?
• Dr. Ryan Bisel’s Hallmarks of Great Leadership (18:55)
  • Focus on meaning
  • Take building trust seriously
  • Be approachable, vulnerable + relatable
  • Build community amongst your team 
  • Develop two-sided messages 
• Ensuring a smooth transition for the organization and for yourself (21:05)
• Consider sharing values and culture with your predecessor (25:25)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/314

About our Sponsor Feathr
Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes turn to Feathr to grow their campaigns with targeted digital ad tools that reach people, whenever and wherever they are online. And they just happen to be some really incredible people too. Use Feathr to grow your end of year fundraisers.  Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co.

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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.

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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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

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Overview
Meet June & Meena. This dynamic tech-for-good team is on a global mission to empower girls with technology, and the results are quite extraordinary. Their combined expertise and grit is powering community-based technology projects in the developing world for the past two decades - and the effect is staggering. Tune in🎧

💡Learn

• The massive opportunity to put technological innovation to work for good.
• Importance of social media networks to enact positive change rather than spread misinformation
• Case Study: campaign to tackle vaccine hesitancy in Puerto Rico
• Overview of Atma Connect & Vodafone Americas Foundation

Episode Highlights

• Meena’s story and journey to where she is today (4:20)
• June’s story and journey to where she is today + an overview of Vodafone (6:00)
• How Meena met June + an overview of Atma Connect (10:15)
• Using Technology for Good (15:00)
• How women disproportionately experience the affects of disasters (19:00)
• Creating human-centered tech (32:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in June’s life (37:45)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Meena’s life (40:10)
• June’s One Good Thing: You have to be really good listeners to create solutions; Meena’s One Good Thing: Being an entrepreneur is not the journey for the the meek of heart (42:15)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/313

About our Sponsor Feathr
Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes turn to Feathr to grow their campaigns with targeted digital ad tools that reach people, whenever and wherever they are online. And they just happen to be some really incredible people too. Use Feathr to grow your end of year fundraisers.  Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co.

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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.

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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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

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Overview

Meet Otisa. This Human Resources & Systems Strategist combines her great love for nonprofit HR with DEIJ (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion + Justice) to ensure equitable hiring happens from the beginning. We’re chatting through how to acquire the best talent to take our missions further and why systems and mindsets are essential to making it happen. This is not your grandma’s operations nor DEI discussion. Join us and let’s level up together!

💡Learn

• Equitable hiring practices 🙌
• Common missteps leaders make in hiring
• Systems creation for processes & evaluations
• Common unconscious biases baked into our hiring systems & practices

Episode Highlights

• Otisa’s story and journey to where she is today (2:30)
• How to bake equity into hiring practices (9:15)
• Missteps leaders are making in hiring decisions (19:35)
• De-biasing the workplace (25:00)
• A powerful story of philanthropy in Otisa’s life (35:00)
• Otisa’s One Good Thing: Figure out how to incorporate play and joy. (39:00)

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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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 👋
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You asked, we responded! This Friday we're launching a quick two-part #AMA Friday series focused on helping small shops beginning with How Cultures Can be Changed & How Leaders Can Help. Our small shop queen Rachel Bearbower left a message on our voicemail asking some tough questions that we know are on your mind too - you want to see your organization modernize and evolve, but leadership may not agree. We'll break down the myths, the fallout of not listening to staff, and the incredible opportunity sitting before brave small (and big!) shop leaders. Even if you're not a small shop, there's plenty to be learned from these topics. Come hang with us!

Episode Highlights

• Leave us a voicemail! (10:10)
• Rachel Bearbower’s question: “What you are seeing working inside small shops, small organizations that are really shifting the culture and making a huge difference for their staff, their volunteers, even their board members? (2:10)
• Tonesetting (3:20)
• Alignment of values and culture (9:00)
• Pro tips for leaders to intentionally shape culture (10:30)
• Slushie runs (15:00)
• Focus on telling the story of impact (22:45)
• Nonprofit organization’s culture examples (25:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/311

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

About our Sponsor Feathr
Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes turn to Feathr to grow their campaigns with targeted digital ad tools that reach people, whenever and wherever they are online. And they just happen to be some really incredible people too. Use Feathr to grow your end of year fundraisers.  Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co.

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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.

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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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

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Overview

Meet Olanike. This equity strategist and executor is obsessed with building equity in the world - starting with the workplace. Diversity & Inclusion is trendy, but the transformation is slow and fatigue has set in. We're talking through biases, psychological safety and building spaces where everyone can thrive. "Being in all of these different pockets of life, it has taught me that so many issues of inequity and injustice are rooted in our human nature." Let's work through it together, friends.

💡Learn

• Global perspective on DEI in the workplace
• What it means to live at the Intersection of Difference
• De-Biasing the workplace + building equitable workplaces
• How to create safe working environments

Today’s Guest

Olanike Ayomide-Mensah, Founder and CEO, Mosaic Consulting

Episode Highlights

• Olanike’s story and journey to where she is today (5:00)
• Global perspective of DEI in the workplace today (11:00)
• DEI work in the nonprofit sector right now (20:00)
• Living at the intersection of difference (24:00)
• De-biasing the workplace (35:00)
• Creating a safe work environment (43:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Olanike’s life (47:00)
• Olanike’s One Good Thing: Seek and embrace joy in all of the challenges. (54:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/310

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

About our Sponsor Feathr
Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes turn to Feathr to grow their campaigns with targeted digital ad tools that reach people, whenever and wherever they are online. And they just happen to be some really incredible people too. Use Feathr to grow your end of year fundraisers.  Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co.

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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.

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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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

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Overview

Meet Sterrin. This fundraising expert spent three decades in campaigns and major gifts conducting more than three-dozen capital campaigns with combined goals in excess of $5.5 billion. Bottom line - she knows her stuff 🤩 This tech-for-good guru is walking us through innovation in the modern-day campaign and how to update outdated practices. And her personal story of how philanthropy intersected with her life will have you reaching for the Kleenex.

💡Learn

• How the modern campaign is evolving in a post-pandemic world
• How to integrate innovation & tech into your campaign
• Advice for fundraisers preparing for their first capital campaign
• Misconceptions fundraisers have about soliciting major gifts

Today’s Guest

Sterrin Bird, Senior Director, Nonprofit Industry Advisor, Salesforce

Episode Highlights

• Sterrin’s story and journey to where she is today (4:00)
• Innovation in the nonprofit sector + where we are going (7:30)
• Capital campaigns (21:00)
• Misconceptions around Major Gifts (30:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Sterrin’s life (41:10)
• Sterrin’s One Good Thing: Courage, curiosity and letting go of the ear of fear of failure (48:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/309

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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 Feathr
Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes turn to Feathr to grow their campaigns with targeted digital ad tools that reach people, whenever and wherever they are online. And they just happen to be some really incredible people too. Use Feathr to grow your end of year fundraisers.  Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co.

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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It’s the final epsiode of our Enneagram Friday series, and we're betting you just might have been waiting for this one. Kishshana Palmer, CFRE is back to talk about how to utilize the Enneagram with your donors. She's bringing stories and examples, and they're ones we can relate to. Still haven’t taken the free test? No sweat - find it here and report back!

Jon #9 - The Peacemaker
Becky #2 - The Helper
Julie #2 - The Helper

Today’s Guest

Kishshana Palmer, Speaker, Educator, Trainer, Coach and Recovering Fundraiser, and Founder of The Rooted Collaborative

Episode Overview

• Tone setting for the final Enneagram conversation (2:00)
• Importance of knowing yourself (3:40)
• Breaking down limiting beliefs with the Enneagram (12:30)
• Examples of different Enneagram types in fundraising scenarios (15:30)
• Kishshana’s One Good Thing: “Be awake, be present.” (13:30)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/308

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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 Feathr
Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes turn to Feathr to grow their campaigns with targeted digital ad tools that reach people, whenever and wherever they are online. And they just happen to be some really incredible people too. Use Feathr to grow your end of year fundraisers.  Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co.

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Sara. As the founding CEO of Philanthropy Together, she's working to diversify and democratize philanthropy through the power of giving circles. She believes nonprofit leaders can best connect with giving circles by working in local communities and remembering that giving circle donors are not your regular donors. They want to go beyond giving to elevate your message. “Giving by, for, and with the communities we represent is the future of philanthropy — and each and every one of us belongs in this movement.” 

💡Learn

• The history, present & future of collective giving
• 5️⃣ Steps to the giving circle model
• How to democratize and diversify philanthropy
• Starting point for orgs looking to launch or wrap a giving circle around a program

Today’s Guest
Sara Lomelin, CEO, Philanthropy Together

Episode Highlights

• Sara’s story and journey to where she is today (3:50)
• Overview of collective giving (6:55)
• The story of Philanthropy Together (11:00)
• The potential for nonprofits today with collective giving (17:00)
• What happens after the gift is made (31:00)
• 👇 5 STEPS TO THE GIVING CIRCLE MODEL (34:00)
  • Gather your people
  • Discuss values
  • Decide where to give your money
  • Give - pool funding, talents, and resources
  • Engage
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Sara’s life (36:00)
• Sara’s One Good Thing: Never assume who can give and who cannot give. (39:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/307

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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 Feathr
Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes turn to Feathr to grow their campaigns with targeted digital ad tools that reach people, whenever and wherever they are online. And they just happen to be some really incredible people too. Use Feathr to grow your end of year fundraisers.  Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co. 

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Mona. She's a globally recognized advocate for gender equality in business and society, and she's never met a challenge she didn't tackle head on with visibility and humility. Mona is the Board Chair of Women Moving Millions, a community of women who fund big and bold ($1 million+) to create a gender equal world, as well as Board Chair of the ERA Coalition Fund for Women’s Equality. With only 1.6% of philanthropy making its way to women and girls, we're tackling this issue, discussing how to break cycles and why investing in women has a massive return. Jaw-dropping convo with a seriously impressive good human 💪

💡 Learn

• How to build a community of empowered women + drive social change
• How to best utilize your board chair (spoiler: empowerment!)
• 3️⃣ Tips for shifting power dynamics with your board
• The story of Women Moving Millions

Today’s Guest

Mona Sinha, Board Chair, Women Moving Millions

Episode Highlights

• Mona’s story and journey to where she is today (4:20)
• Women Moving Millions (12:00)
• Giving in Community (18:00)
• Shared Leadership as a Board Chair (24:00)
  • Respect.
  • Give each other the space to disagree.
  • Always have each other’s back.
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Mona’s life (47:00)
• Mona’s One Good Thing: You can lean into visibility and humility at the same time. (50:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/306

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!

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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 Feathr
Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes turn to Feathr to grow their campaigns with targeted digital ad tools that reach people, whenever and wherever they are online. And they just happen to be some really incredible people too. Use Feathr to grow your end of year fundraisers.  Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co. 

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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It’s Enneagram Friday! Our Peacemaker and Helper hearts are geeked out around the enthusiasm and noise for our Friday Enneagram series. And now we’re moving from theory to application with the nonprofit leadership expert of our hearts: Kishshana Palmer, CFRE! Kish breaks down how to use the Enneagram internally with your fundraising shop: how it helps give grace to each other, how to flex it amidst team dynamics, and the good/bad/ugly she’s seen with different types over the years. Still haven’t taken the free test? No sweat - find it here and report back!

Jon #9 - The Peacemaker
Becky #2 - The Helper
Julie #2 - The Helper

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/305

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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 Feathr
Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes turn to Feathr to grow their campaigns with targeted digital ad tools that reach people, whenever and wherever they are online. And they just happen to be some really incredible people too. Use Feathr to grow your end of year fundraisers.  Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co. 

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Dr. Behrtrude Albert. Following a humbling trip to her native Haiti, she learned a valuable lesson: ask before you aid. Alongside her partner, they founded P4H Global and are revolutionizing the way education is delivered in Haiti by training teachers. “We don’t have what Haiti needs…but they do. Invest in their capacity then get out of the way to watch them transform their nation.” Boom! 🎤💥

💡Learn

• The dangers of compassion (& how it can undermine dignity)
• How she garnered 1.1M likes & 70K+ TikTok followers!
• The power of local partnerships: ask questions, understand strengths, listen to lived experiences
• P4H Global mission overview

Today’s Guest
Dr. Bertrhude Albert, Co-Founder + CEO, P4H Global

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/304

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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 Feathr
Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes turn to Feathr to grow their campaigns with targeted digital ad tools that reach people, whenever and wherever they are online. And they just happen to be some really incredible people too. Use Feathr to grow your end of year fundraisers.  Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co. 

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Overview

Meet Anne Marie. She's also a marketer disguised as a fundraiser leveraging unmatched moxie and grit as CEO of the Bob Woodruff Foundation, supporting the nation’s veterans and their families. She’s disrupting traditional fundraising models via a unique use of metrics, relationships, and results to maximize the foundation’s $80 million investment impact. It’s an entrepreneurial approach that’s permeating the entire organization - and growing. She’s got your 6!

💡Learn

• What BWF is doing to support veterans with fertility support
• Unique partnership approach to the NFL & USA Wheelchair Football League
• The story of its $15M MacKenzie Scott gift
• Bob Woodruff Foundation mission overview

Today’s Guest

Anne Marie Dougherty, CEO, Bob Woodruff Foundation

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/303

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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 Feathr
Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes turn to Feathr to grow their campaigns with targeted digital ad tools that reach people, whenever and wherever they are online. And they just happen to be some really incredible people too. Use Feathr to grow your end of year fundraisers.  Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co. 

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Our Enneagram for Nonprofits Friday series started off with a bang last week! Last week we broke down the types - now we're putting them into action. Today we're talking about the correlation between relationships and the Enneagram and how to activate it in our personal and professional lives. Ashley Engle is back to breathe more insight and love into this conversation as we talk about how to flex the Enneagram - for good!

Today’s Guest
Ashley Engle, Pastor of Spiritual Formation, The Well Church

Episode Overview

• Correlation between building relationships and the enneagram (2:45)
• Working through fears and re-wiring our mindsets (6:00)
• Celebration and culture at an organization (19:05)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Ashley’s life (20:30)
• Ashley’s One Good Thing: Create a vision board (23:15)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/302

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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 Feathr
Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes turn to Feathr to grow their campaigns with targeted digital ad tools that reach people, whenever and wherever they are online. And they just happen to be some really incredible people too. Use Feathr to grow your end of year fundraisers.  Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co. 

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Overview

Meet Rafi. He's a true expert in the field of search engine optimization (SEO), and how it can be used to power social-driven solutions. Join us as we break down what SEO is, why you need to be paying attention and how it can help value-aligned rabid fans better find your mission. This is a beginner's guide to SEO, and one you and your nonprofit won't want to miss!

 💡Learn

• How SEO is different from the other ways people show up in marketing
• The 3 pillars you need to have right to flex SEO for your mission
• How to convert traffic into leads
• How to flex SEO to ensure your content shows up in many places

Today’s Guest
Rafi Norberg, President, Nexus Marketing Agency

Episode Highlights

• Rafi’s story and journey to where he is today (3:00)
• Overview of SEO + the opportunity if you leverage it well (8:30)
• Myths around SEO (10:00)
• How SEO is different from the other ways people show up in marketing (12:00)
• 3 SEO pillars people need to think about (15:00)
• Keywords (23:00)
• Leveraging SEO to help with syndication (26:00)
• Where SEO is going (30:00)
• Converting traffic into leads (33:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Rafi’s life (37:00)
• Rafi’s One Good Thing: Indecision is the only wrong decision. (40:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/301

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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 Feathr
Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes turn to Feathr to grow their campaigns with targeted digital ad tools that reach people, whenever and wherever they are online. And they just happen to be some really incredible people too. Use Feathr to grow your end of year fundraisers.  Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co. 

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Overview

Meet Aiden and Ben. There's is a nonprofit fairy tale story: three college students who saw a problem in the world and built a scrappy, grassroots solution that's changing the world. The Farmlink Project connects surplus food from farms to food banks all around the country and has rescued nearly 70M# of produce since its inception. Tune in and help us fight for a world where everyone has access to the food they need.

💡Learn

• The founding story of Farmlink
• The new generation of nonprofits and nonprofit leadership - how rising GenZers are innovating the nonprofit experience
• Their unique approach to corporate partnerships (that are working!)
• What food insecurity & food waste looks like in the U.S. today.
  
  

Today’s Guests

Ben Collier, Co-CEO and Aidan Reilly, Head of Partnerships, The Farmlink Project

Episode Overview

• Ben and Aidan’s stories and journey to where they are today (4:00)
• The founding of Farmlink (12:00)
• Media attention (20:00)
• Partnerships and Farmlink’s mentality around partnering with companies (25:00)
• Mindset shift to create systemic change (29:00)
  • Create technical improvements to the space
  • Create a shift in policy and adjust the rules of the environment
  • Create a shift in social perspective about the problem that is being addressed
• Philanthropy through the eyes of Gen Z (35:00)
• Story of impact: Martha Barajas, United Hands of Compton (42:00)
• Internal team story of impact (46:00)
• Aidan’s One Good Thing: Find your purpose, but commit to what you’re doing in that moment. Go easy on yourself.
• Ben’s One Good Thing: Find like minded individuals, then there is not an idea that is not worth sharing.

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/300.

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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 Feathr
Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes turn to Feathr to grow their campaigns with targeted digital ad tools that reach people, whenever and wherever they are online. And they just happen to be some really incredible people too. Use Feathr to grow your end of year fundraisers.  Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co. 

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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We've been teasing it for five seasons now, and the week is finally here - Enneagram series launch time🚀🤩🙌 We've brought in a wise student of Enneagram to break down this powerful personality and relationship tool. Ashley Engle explains each type's strengths and weaknesses, and it's an open, loving convo celebrating the diversity we all bring to our personal and professional relationships. The four-part Enneagram series launches today learning about the nine types. Don't miss it! Self-awareness and grace are so needed in our fractured cultural moment. The Enneagram is here to help. Shout out your types to us this week!

Jon (Enneagram 9 - The Peacemaker✌️)
Becky (Enneagram 2 - The Helper🤗)
Julie (Enneagram 2 - The Helper🤗)

Today’s Guest
Ashley Engle, Pastor of Spiritual Formation, The Well Church

Episode Overview

• Background and history of the Enneagram (3:45)
• Overview of resources to determine your Enneagram type (7:00)
• Heart Triad (10:00)
  • Type 2: The helper or the befriender 
  • Type 3: The achiever, the performer or the motivator
  • Type 4:  The romantic or the individualist
• Head Triad (19:55)
  • Type 5 The investigator or the observer
  • Type 6: The loyalist
  • Type 7: The enthusiast
• Gut Triad (32:00)
  • Type 8: The challenger or the leader
  • Type 9: The peacemaker
  • Type 1:  The perfectionist or the reformer
• Looking ahead to part 2: How to activate the Enneagram (44:45)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/299.

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

About our Sponsor Neon One
Technology 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 Feathr
Nonprofits of all shapes and sizes turn to Feathr to grow their campaigns with targeted digital ad tools that reach people, whenever and wherever they are online. And they just happen to be some really incredible people too. Use Feathr to grow your end of year fundraisers.  Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co. 

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Overview

Meet Elizabeth. She's baaaccckkk! The queen of interpreting philanthropic data reports is back in our house, and today we're breaking down Giving USA's 2002 Report. CCS's brilliant thought leader is explaining why dollars are up and donors are down, and how we can maximize that potential (and turn the tide of donor retention!). CCS is even giving away it's FREE breakdown of the report here (👈 waiting list, report dropping soon!) 🧐

 💡Learn

• High-level overview of greatest Giving USA trends, surprises & data points we don't want to overlook
• Planned giving and corporate giving trends are fascinating...!
• Why COVID-19 changes are likely to last
• Actionable steps to leverage knowing this latest data 

Today’s Guest
Elizabeth Abel, Senior Vice President, CCS Fundraising

For more information and episode details, visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/298.

About Our Sponsor Feathr
Are you ready to take your digital engagement to the next level but feel stuck about where to start? Feathr is focused on making nonprofit outreach more impactful by connecting you to your audience - wherever they are online. Feathr offers great training, support, and campaign recipes based on goals specific to nonprofits. From fundraising to program awareness, they’ve got you covered.

Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Nejeed. He empowers nonprofits with A.I.-powered technology while also highlighting the positive impact that adopting smart technology WILL have on the sector. Friends, technology can be simple AND revolutionary. Believe us, this is the convo you've been waiting for to get jazzed about your data! 🤩

💡Learn:

• How smart technology is transforming the fundraising landscape
• Making the business case for leveraging A.I. in nonprofit
• Storylines you can extract from data
• Outdated technology "best practices"

Episode Highlights: 

• Nejeed’s story and journey to where he is today (4:00)
• Overview of Keela (10:00)
• Storylines you can see through data (19:00)
• Modern day best practices (23:10)
• Outdated “best practices” we could do away with (26:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Nejeed’s life (37:40)
• Nejeed’s One Good Thing: Human beings have phenomenal capacity. (48:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/297.

About Our Sponsor Slingshot Group
Our 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. Slingshot Group is the organization we trust to help you do just that. 

It’s so much more than a staffing and executive search firm. Slingshot Group goes deep and gets to know your culture so they can help you find the leaders and staff who will help take your mission to the next level.

Sound like Slingshot Group might be a fit for your organization? Learn more at slingshotgroup.org.

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It's #AMA (Ask Me Anything) Fridays: Storytelling + Sharing Impact to Funders, and we're breaking down an excellent question posed about impact reporting to multiple funders. Did you ever consider that an impact report could be more than simply fulfilling your granting duties? We believe it's an important cultivation strategy - not just a stewardship tactic. Tune in and hear how elevating your thinking is game-changing for the funder/grantee relationship. Special thanks to nonprofit impact communications genius, Dulari Gandhi, for sharing her insights and tips on how to communicate funding outcomes.

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Overview
Meet Tara. This multi nonprofit-board chair and Head of Impact at The Meteor, is passionate about tackling challenges women and girls are facing worldwide. Tune in and discover why we think she is exactly the kind of modern board chair nonprofits should be looking to recruit, and how she's channeling her passion into her nonprofit volunteerism. It's the thing of board legends🤩💪

 💡Learn

• Exploring what a modern fundraising board looks like today
• Finding the right board fit for volunteers who have specific interests and skillsets
• Why empowering young girls could be the key to global prosperity
• Lessons learned as a board chair

Episode Highlights

• Tara’s story and journey to where she is today (4:20)
• Tara’s board experience (8:45)
• Girl Rising and when Tara’s passion clicked (13:00)
• Modern boards that meet the moment of today (32:00)
• Collaboration in the impact sector (40:00)
• The Meteor (44:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Tara’s life (53:00)
• Tara’s One Good Thing: We don’t have to wait for anything at all. What we have to do is start. (57:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/295

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Jonathan. He believes in American exceptionalism, and is intently focused on uplifting unification and tamping down hate. He's leading the world's largest anti-hate organization, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), with a distinguished record of fighting antisemitism and advocating for just and fair treatment to all. We're talking about the heaviness of the world, and how we can right the trajectory through inclusion, kindness & community. You in?
Learn:

• Understanding how ADL is fighting hate through investigative research, education programs, & legislative victories
• Pyramid of Hate: how hate can quickly escalate from mere words to acts of violence
• ADL’s formula for dismantling hate
• New book: "It Could Happen Here: Why America Is Tipping From Hate To The Unthinkable And How We Can Stop It."

Episode Overview

• Jonathan’s story and journey to where he is today (5:00)
• Overview of ADL (14:00)
• Jonathan’s book: "It Could Happen Here: Why America Is Tipping From Hate To The Unthinkable And How We Can Stop It" (23:00)
• The Pyramid of Hate (31:00)
• Action (41:00)
  Whole of society strategy (43:00)
• Jonathan’s One Good Thing: Fight hate, but find hope. (47:00)

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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It's been a mind-blowing six months of the most progressive, heart-wired, action-oriented discussions to get your nonprofit moving toward innovation. Best of Season 5 unites Jon, Becky and Julie as they walk through 10 Takeaways + 1 Good Thing they've seen trending these past six months. For all our lurkers out there, this is a great time to get a high-level overview of the best moments that knocked our socks off this year. Plus, we each curated favorite playlists from this season, so there's a starting place if you're new to our community. Tune in and take notes ✍️

• Season 5 highlights (0:50) 
• 10 Takeaways from Season 5:
  1. Mission moments - Focus on Listening. (3:20)
  2. Community building - Embrace nuance and micro-moments. (5:25)
  3. Storytelling - Be intentional, be authentic, and be future-focused. (8:40)
  4. Philanthropy - Foster trust-based philanthropy. (10:40)
  5. Leadership - Culture will attract or repel the next believer of your mission. (12:45)
  6. Social Impact - Embrace your power + be open-handed. (15:15)
  7. Donor Engagement - Focus on Holistic Generosity. (16:45)
  8. Fundraising - Ask the Bigger Questions. (19:20)
  9. Marketing - Make Good Famous. (25:30)
  10. Young Professionals - Everyone is a Philanthropist and If the path is clear, you’re on someone else’s. (27:20)
• Favorite missions we met this season: (29:30)
  • Julie: The Adventure Project
  • Jon: Global Citizen Year
  • Becky: Think Of Us
• Season 5 One Good Thing: Do something kind for yourself, or something kind for your teammate. (32:50)
• Season 6 Preview (33:40)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/293

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Tim & Tracy. We've been called a lot of things in our day, but never nontoxic optimists - and we kinda like it!  Tune in to the Why IT Matters podcast (click and subscribe too - you won't regret it!), which is a truth tech talk with two dynamite humans. If you’re a giver, a business leader, or an application developer, this is a conversation not to miss, because, if you’re not leading with value and humanity first, you’re missing out. 🎧

Episode Highlights 

• Nontoxic optimism (1:45)
• An open love letter to philanthropy (9:05)
• The power of good (16:10)
• Money as a force for positive influence (21:40)
• Outlining core values (26:20)
• Outcomes materialize by achieving values (38:30)
• Finding your voice (41:25)
• The importance of technology for good (44:30)
• The emotional barrier to tech adoption (52:00)
• We Are For Good PRO (58:45)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/292

About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.

Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/

About Our Sponsor The Productive Executive Director
If you are an ED feeling like you are being pulled in a million different directions and drowning in your to-do list, here’s an epic professional development opportunity for you called the Productive Executive Director.

It’s a 12-month learning journey – part curriculum, coaching and community designed for small shop Executive Directors – like YOU. And it’s led by our friend and small shop coach, Rachel Bearbower. Enrollment to this community is open right now but only for a few more days. And because you’re a loyal listener, Rachel is offering $25 off your first month if you use use the code: [WEAREFORGOOD25]

Rachel has coached me individually, and she is a brilliant systems manager that builds efficiency, trust and productivity. Highly recommend!  Enrollment closes July 1, so check it out now. Learn more: at smallshopstrategies.com/beproductive

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Overview

Meet Katie. We adore our Nonprofit Hub Executive Director and friend who's been in the trenches of nonprofits - just like us. We were honored to join her on her podcast, Good to Growth, which is an awesome space breaking down how nonprofits can grow. Be sure to subscribe and add it to your podcast queue!   🎧

💡Learn

• We chat with Katie about themes emerging from the nonprofit sector this year, including:
  • Next-gen donors
  • Batch working for efficiency
  • The overhead myth

Episode Highlights

• Jon and Becky’s professional journeys (1:55)
• Philanthropy themes in 2022 (5:40)
  • Culture is everything
  • Donor behavior matters more than gift amount
  • How corporate engagement and cultivation has changed
• Diversifying nonprofit board leadership (11:55)
• Prioritizing the work that matters to grow capacity (16:20)
• Mental health tips and encouragement (27:55)
• Jon and Becky’s Good News (35:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/291

About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.

Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/

About Our Sponsor The Productive Executive Director
If you are an ED feeling like you are being pulled in a million different directions and drowning in your to-do list, here’s an epic professional development opportunity for you called the Productive Executive Director.

It’s a 12-month learning journey – part curriculum, coaching and community designed for small shop Executive Directors – like YOU. And it’s led by our friend and small shop coach, Rachel Bearbower. Enrollment to this community is open right now but only for a few more days. And because you’re a loyal listener, Rachel is offering $25 off your first month if you use use the code: [WEAREFORGOOD25]

Rachel has coached me individually, and she is a brilliant systems manager that builds efficiency, trust and productivity. Highly recommend!  Enrollment closes July 1, so check it out now. Learn more: at smallshopstrategies.com/beproductive

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Julia. She's not only our literal first guest on the podcast as episode #1, but she's also an incredible storyteller and communicator too. We were honored to join her on her podcast, Nonprofit Nation. Be sure to subscribe and add it to your podcast queue! 🎧🙌 

💡Learn:

• The biggest changes in the nonprofit sector these last two years
• How to get leaders to care and embrace new ideas
• What nonprofits frequently get wrong when it comes to professional development

Episode Overview

• Julia’s intro of Jon and Becky (1:10)
• The inspiration behind creating We Are For Good (3:40)
• The guests Jon and Becky invite on the podcast (7:00)
• How to get people to care (12:45)
• Rethinking the donor pyramid (17:25)
• The importance of a growth mindset (27:40)
• What’s next for We Are For Good (36:05)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/290

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello


About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.

Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/


About Our Sponsor The Productive Executive Director
If you are an ED feeling like you are being pulled in a million different directions and drowning in your to-do list, here’s an epic professional development opportunity for you called the Productive Executive Director.

It’s a 12-month learning journey – part curriculum, coaching and community designed for small shop Executive Directors – like YOU. And it’s led by our friend and small shop coach, Rachel Bearbower. Enrollment to this community is open right now but only for a few more days.

And because you’re a loyal listener, Rachel is offering $25 off your first month if you use use the code: [WEAREFORGOOD25]

Rachel has coached me individually, and she is a brilliant systems manager that builds efficiency, trust and productivity. Highly recommend!  Enrollment closes July 1, so check it out now. Learn more: at smallshopstrategies.com/beproductive

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Jon and Becky are finishing our Friday series, The Impact Arc, which is uncovering their secret formula...to, well, everything. Thanks to all who joined us to explore how we fundraise, build events, campaigns, movements, community, and even our company too. Tune into this 3-part series breaking down the Impact Arc with this week's #3 pillar: Syndication. Spoiler: if you do syndication well, sustainability and scaling will naturally occur too!

Episode Highlights

• Definition of syndication (3:45)
• Key benefits to having a syndication mindset (5:25)
• Build a 2.0 communications model that prioritizes engagement (8:10)
• Defining your voice (10:10)
• The magic of tagging (16:20)
• Who is in charge of syndication? (18:00)
• Case study: Wisconsin Foundation & Alumni Association (19:45)
• Scaling and sustainability (22:55)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/289

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Diana. She's a content strategist, marketing director, and brand leader who is a systems thinker and most inspired by nature's approach to ecosystems. She's taking that deep love of nature into this convo and showing just how revolutionary digital ecosystems can be when marketing strategy/people/vision are all aligned. Tune in and learn how to tell stories via diverse media + = 

Learn

• Core elements & check marks to ensure your marketing infrastructure can scale
• Why little things matter when building/strengthening a brand
•  positions that will accelerate your digital growth (& online giving!)
• Compelling case study from One Tree Planted

Episode Highlights

• Diana’s story and journey to where she is today (3:00)
• Being a marketer as an introvert and nature as marketing inspiration (9:00)
• Core elements and check marks to ensure you are building a marketing infrastructure that can scale (13:00)
• Where to start small (26:00)
• Cultivating focus outside of work to inform marketing strategies (30:05)
• Teambuilding (34:30)
• Case study: One Tree Planted (42:30)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Diana’s life (50:00)
• Diana’s one (technically two 😉) good thing(s): “Everything changes. Everything is connected. Pay attention.” -Jane Hirshfield and “One of nature's basic principles is to work only under conditions that are favorable to life.” (55:30)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/288

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Clay. This 30-year fundraising veteran is deeply passionate about building individual giving plans at all levels AND data. So many of our untapped strategies and behaviors reside in our data, but we just need to know how to flex it. "I saw too many beautiful stories not reach the audience that needed to hear them because of bad data or faulty systems." We've got the playbook - tune in.

Episode highlights

• Clay’s unexpected path into a nonprofit career (2:30)
• Value of understanding of the many types of fundraising (6:20)
• How to build an individual giving program (14:40)
• Hallmarks of a great impact statement (20:40)
• Audit your data (26:25)
• How charity:water turns donors into advocates (33:15)
• “Sometimes fundraising is paper towels” (40:45)
• Ensure your systems are operational to sustain a donor program (44:40)
• How to make every donor feel like a major gift donor (50:00)
• Clay’s one good thing: “God help me be the person my dog thinks I am” (42:45)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/287

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.

Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/

About Our Sponsor Slingshot Group
Our 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. Slingshot Group is the organization we trust to help you do just that. 

It’s so much more than a staffing and executive search firm. Slingshot Group goes deep and gets to know your culture so they can help you find the leaders and staff who will help take your mission to the next level.

Sound like Slingshot Group might be a fit for your organization? Learn more at slingshotgroup.org.

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Jon and Becky are continuing to unpack our new Friday series, The Impact Arc, which is uncovering their secret formula...to, well, everything. Thanks to all who joined us last week as we kicked off discussions sharing how we fundraise, build events, campaigns, movements, community, and even our company too. Tune into this 3-part series breaking down the Impact Arc with this week's #2 pillar: Storytelling. Tune in to get all our best storytelling strategies and hacks. 🎧

Episode Overview

• Tone setting: The power of telling authentic stories (2:20)
• Ethical storytelling (5:00)
• How to create a culture of storytelling at your organization (8:45)
• Tips to create entry points for sharing stories across all channels of communication (12:15)
  • Share and get stories from multiple mediums and channels
  • Write the way you speak
  • Employ authenticity and vulnerability by focusing on small details
  • Tell the unexpected
• Documentary Filmmaker Cheryl Miller Houser’s three steps to craft a story arc (21:30)
• John Trybus’s five essential building blocks of compelling storytelling (24:00)
• Looking ahead to part three of the Impact Arc: Syndication (29:30)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/286

About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.

Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org

About Our Sponsor Feathr
Are you ready to take your digital engagement to the next level but feel stuck about where to start? Feathr is focused on making nonprofit outreach more impactful by connecting you to your audience - wherever they are online. Feathr offers great training, support, and campaign recipes based on goals specific to nonprofits. From fundraising to program awareness, they’ve got you covered.

Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

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Meet Jon. This former banker turned developer-for-good is passionate about I’m creating value through new partnerships and projects in areas with tremendous potential. His interest in urban re-developments led to the creation of the internationally recognized Pivot project launching an economic revolution powering underserved citizens to stay, build, and thrive in their communities for generations. It’s one of the great underdog success stories we’ve heard on the podcast yet - and it happened in our own backyard of OKC! We're crazy proud to bring our community's story to you.

💡Learn

• Equitable allyship: breaking down local/regional systems to build vibrant communities
• How to manage & stay resilient after hearing a lot of NOs until the right YES comes along
• Forging dynamic partnerships with government, for-profit & nonprofits
• The mission story of Eastpoint

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/285

About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.

Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/

About Our Sponsor Feathr
Are you ready to take your digital engagement to the next level but feel stuck about where to start? Feathr is focused on making nonprofit outreach more impactful by connecting you to your audience - wherever they are online. Feathr offers great training, support, and campaign recipes based on goals specific to nonprofits. From fundraising to program awareness, they’ve got you covered.

Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Overview

Meet Paul. After spending decades as a fundraiser, attorney, entrepreneur, and passionate trailblazer, Paul understood that today's nonprofit environment required innovation and new thinking. So, High Impact Nonprofit Advisors was born and continues to push the bounds on building cultures of innovation that not only deliver but anticipate the 21st-century donor's needs😎

💡Learn:

• Key Innovations to Lean Into: A.I., Blockchain, Social Impact Investing - oh my!
• Creating Cultures of Innovation
• Paul's: The Dirty Little Secret of Nonprofit Compensation
• New book, The Future of Fundraising, diving into how donors are dictating the terms of fundraising today

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Paul’s story and journey to where he is today (3:30)
• The mindset that's happening with today's donors (5:00)
• Paul’s book: The Future of Fundraising: How Philanthropy’s Future is Here with Donors Dictating the Terms (8:00)
• Why nonprofits must innovate today (12:00)
• The power of consolidations and mergers to deepen impact (15:00)
• Leveraging artificial intelligence and other trending technologies to further our missions (16:00)
• Compensation and pay within the nonprofit sector (25:00)
• How nonprofits can tactically start to try some of these innovative strategies mentioned in the episode (31:00)
• Today’s donors have a different mindset than ever before (35:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Paul’s life (40:00)
• Paul’s One Good Thing: Stick with it. (42:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/284

About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.

Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/

About Our Sponsor Feathr
Are you ready to take your digital engagement to the next level but feel stuck about where to start? Feathr is focused on making nonprofit outreach more impactful by connecting you to your audience - wherever they are online. Feathr offers great training, support, and campaign recipes based on goals specific to nonprofits. From fundraising to program awareness, they’ve got you covered.

Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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🚨 New Friday Series Alert! Jon and Becky are launching their new Friday series covering their secret formula...to, well, everything.

It's high time we let you in on our very secret sauce to how we fundraise, build events, campaigns, movements, community, and even our company too. Tune into this 3-part series breaking down the Impact Arc. We kick off this week with our first of 3️⃣ convos: Behold the Power of Staging.

EPISODE OVERVIEW

• The workplace giving campaign that Becky and Jon created using the Impact Arc Framework (3:00)
• Success comes from the 90% of the iceberg you can’t see (13:00)
• How to shift from development 1.0 to development 2.0 (16:00)
• Overview of the first element in the Impact Arc Framework: Staging (21:00)
• An example of Staging in action (31:30) 
• How Nancy Brinker, founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, used Staging (37:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/283

About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.

Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/

About Our Sponsor Feathr
Are you ready to take your digital engagement to the next level but feel stuck about where to start? Feathr is focused on making nonprofit outreach more impactful by connecting you to your audience - wherever they are online. Feathr offers great training, support, and campaign recipes based on goals specific to nonprofits. From fundraising to program awareness, they’ve got you covered.

Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Madeleine. She helps nonprofits grow giving through strategic and creative community-building services at the nexus of donor engagement. Today, she's demystifying common myths surrounding peer fundraising and patiently outlining the opportunities existing for nonprofits today in a post-pandemic world. Tune in and bring your notepad for this convo that's gold🤩

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Madeleine’s story and journey to where she is today (3:50)
• Common myths around peer fundraising (6:00)
• The opportunity for nonprofits today and the low hanging fruit with peer fundraising (15:00)
• Tactical steps for launching your peer fundraising program (24:00)
• Case study of an amazing peer fundraising campaign (29:00)
• Madeleine’s tips for stewarding well and building believers out of these donors that come through the peer fundraising (32:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Madeleine’s life (41:00)
• Madeleine’s One Good Thing: Doing good should feel good. (44:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/282

About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.

Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/

About Our Sponsor Feathr
Are you ready to take your digital engagement to the next level but feel stuck about where to start? Feathr is focused on making nonprofit outreach more impactful by connecting you to your audience - wherever they are online. Feathr offers great training, support, and campaign recipes based on goals specific to nonprofits. From fundraising to program awareness, they’ve got you covered.

Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Rob. After witnessing how complicated it could be to do good, he had a vision of making volunteering easier through the use of technology. VOMO takes away all the extra time that goes into managing volunteer events making it simple for you and your teammates to get involved in your own community. After this convo, you know we got nothing but FOMO for VOMO😜

💡Learn:

• How to leverage technology to power our volunteers
• What volunteers are looking for today & how can we better engage them
• How VOMO power volunteer management and organization online
• Case study examples of how VOMO powered philanthropy through volunteerism

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Rob’s story and journey to where he is today (3:30)
• The story and inspiration behind the founding of VOMO (9:00)
• Case Study: The story of VOMO + Stand Together + 1Day LA partnership to bring a new, innovative volunteer platform to Los Angeles (14:00)
• VOMO’s scope of work and how someone would utilize the platform (17:00)
• What a volunteers want today: what they are looking for and how can we as organizations better engage them and give them meaningful experiences (23:00)
• Case study of an organization that found success engaging and equipping their volunteers through VOMO (27:00)
• Redefining generosity to include a more holistic approach for today's giver (32:00)
• A powerful story of philanthropy in Rob’s life (37:00)
• Rob’s One Good Thing: Advancement and change only happens when we take risks. (42:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/281

About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.

Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/

About Our Sponsor Feathr
Are you ready to take your digital engagement to the next level but feel stuck about where to start? Feathr is focused on making nonprofit outreach more impactful by connecting you to your audience - wherever they are online. Feathr offers great training, support, and campaign recipes based on goals specific to nonprofits. From fundraising to program awareness, they’ve got you covered.

Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Join Jon + Becky for this Friday's episode alongside a panel of legit experts on The Power of Collectives: Fundraising Circles and Giving Circles. We talk how giving circles enable regular folks to pool their contributions and have proven to be one of the most effective ways to turn smaller gift dollars into a powerful force for community change. Special thanks to Virtuous for convening this discussion with our panel experts: Kyson Bunthuwong (Philanthropy Together), Beverly Brooks Thompson (Carter Global), Chrissy Dupuy (Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center), Faith Boettger (National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys).

EPISODE OVERVIEW

• Tone setting (2:00)
• Overview of Giving Circles (6:00)
• Giving Circle Case Study: The Echo Alliance (8:00)
• Attracting people to your giving circles (19:00)
• Practical tips and counsel about implementing and managing a giving circle (28:00)
• Beverly’s One Good Thing: Inviting somebody into the giving circle is a great way to invite them to learn the power of collective impact. (40:00)
• Kyson’s One Good Thing: Giving circles really get at the heart of values. (40:00)
• Faith’s One Good Thing: Everyone can be a philanthropist. (41:00)
• Chrissy’s One Good Thing: Giving circles give you the opportunity to make those personal connections. (41:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/280

About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.

Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/

About Our Sponsor Feathr
Are you ready to take your digital engagement to the next level but feel stuck about where to start? Feathr is focused on making nonprofit outreach more impactful by connecting you to your audience - wherever they are online. Feathr offers great training, support, and campaign recipes based on goals specific to nonprofits. From fundraising to program awareness, they’ve got you covered.

Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Kristen. This Hollywood narrative strategist and impact advisor develops culturally-informed narratives for companies like Netflix, HBO Max, MTV, Disney, and more for more than 100 major film and TV projects. As Chief Impact Officer of The League, she works at the intersection of culture and politics advocating for a future where everyone who makes up the New American Majority can act, engage, and thrive. We're talking about crafting narratives and creating media that is reflective of the communities our missions engage.

Learn

• How to inspire civic engagement, create systemic change, and craft culturally-informed narratives
  
  
• The importance of crafting narratives uplifting the lives and issues of women and communities of color
  
  
• How nonprofits can apply this writing and mindset shift to their missions 
  
  
• An Overview of The League

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Kristen’s story and journey to where she is today (2:41)
• Overview of the work of The League (7:30)
• Guideposts Kristen sees as she advises Hollywood scripts and organizations to move towards inclusive narratives (11:00)
• Key elements of crafting these culturally informed narratives and how we can they apply them in our missions (16:00)
• Creating media that's reflective of the communities that our organizations are working with (23:00)
• Kristen’s advice for how to meet the moment by channeling these ideas and these themes (28:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Kristen’s life (33:00)
• Kristen’s One Good Thing: Take care of each other. (37:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/279

About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.

Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/

About Our Sponsor Feathr
Are you ready to take your digital engagement to the next level but feel stuck about where to start? Feathr is focused on making nonprofit outreach more impactful by connecting you to your audience - wherever they are online. Feathr offers great training, support, and campaign recipes based on goals specific to nonprofits. From fundraising to program awareness, they’ve got you covered.

Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Maria. She's on a mission to deploy data science + human judgment to democratize the nonprofit supporter experience. Her org, GoodUnited, has helped missions raise more than $500M via peer-to-peer platforms online. Today they're powering the third wave of giving as the sector moves from online giving and email to 1:1 conversational messaging and engagement on social media. If you're trying to make social engagement more human + steward creatively, this is the episode for you🤔🎧

💡Learn:

• How to engage with supporters in the digital spaces they already frequent
• Cultivating recurring relationships + capturing new digital audiences
• How nonprofits can make concentrated efforts to understand, inspire, and raise their relationships with social supporters starting with automated conversational messaging
• Leveraging social media to better steward followers and supporters

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Maria’s story and journey to where she is today (3:00)
• Overview of social fundraising (6:00)
• How this can de-risk your mission and add stability to your organization (11:00)
• Tips for how to know your followers, and then engage + empower them (17:00)
• Fundraising, coaching, and engaging through Facebook Messenger (24:00)
• Case studies of who is doing social fundraising well (27:00)
• Stewardship and donor cultivation following the social fundraising events and challenges (30:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Maria’s life (33:00)
• Maria’s One Good Thing: Take a step back and think big. (39:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/278

About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.

Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/

About Our Sponsor Feathr
Are you ready to take your digital engagement to the next level but feel stuck about where to start? Feathr is focused on making nonprofit outreach more impactful by connecting you to your audience - wherever they are online. Feathr offers great training, support, and campaign recipes based on goals specific to nonprofits. From fundraising to program awareness, they’ve got you covered.

Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Join Jon + Becky for this Friday's episode alongside a panel of legit experts on Building Better Storytelling. We talk about shifting the lens on the storylines we share, the words we use, and leaning into authentic and ethical storytelling. Special thanks to Virtuous for convening this discussion with our panel experts: Kimberly O'Neil (The Giving Blueprint), Chery Miller-Houser (Creative Breed), Dulari Gandhi (D. Gandhi Communications), Becky Straw (Adventure Project) 👊
 
Episode Overview

• Tone setting (2:00)
• Storytelling basics: Cheryl’s framework (6:43)
  • 1. Be Human.
  • 2. Show Struggle.
  • 3. Inspire Through Uplift. 
• Developing inclusive narratives (11:30)
• Defining ethical storytelling (16:00)
• How The Adventure Project tells stories of their global community ethically (19:00)
• Shifting donor thinking around narratives (25:00)
• Activation: where and how you should be telling these stories (32:00)
• Encapsulating joy in your storytelling (38:00)
• Kimberly’s One Good Thing: Remember self care. (41:00)
• Cheryl’s One Good Thing: Focus on joy. (41:00)
• Becky’s One Good Thing: Have the bravery of listening. (42:00)
• Dulari’s One Good Thing: When we center ourselves on what we're actually trying to do, it tends to work out very successfully in every realm. (42:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/277

About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.

Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/

About Our Sponsor Feathr
Are you ready to take your digital engagement to the next level but feel stuck about where to start? Feathr is focused on making nonprofit outreach more impactful by connecting you to your audience - wherever they are online. Feathr offers great training, support, and campaign recipes based on goals specific to nonprofits. From fundraising to program awareness, they’ve got you covered.

Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Chris. This former major gift officer turned leader of data integrity at the OSU Foundation is talking through the org's CRM Implementation and what a project of this scale entails. This Project Director for the successful implementation of a comprehensive advancement CRM went live in January, and we're chatting preparations, team involvement, and why communication is the bedrock of a successful launch.
 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Chris’s story and journey to where he is today (4:30)
• Overview of CRMs (9:45)
• Beginning to find the right platform + technology for your organization (12:00)
• Get to know the market, and get to know yourself as an organization (16:00)
• The process of migrating donor data (21:00)
• 4 tracks of data migration and implementation of a new CRM (23:00)
• Maximizing the data that is already in your CRM (25:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Chris’s life (28:00)
• Chris’s One Good Thing: Every business is a people business. (31:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/276

About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.

Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/

About Our Sponsor Feathr
Are you ready to take your digital engagement to the next level but feel stuck about where to start? Feathr is focused on making nonprofit outreach more impactful by connecting you to your audience - wherever they are online. Feathr offers great training, support, and campaign recipes based on goals specific to nonprofits. From fundraising to program awareness, they’ve got you covered.

Learn more about their solutions for nonprofits at feathr.co

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Carolina. She's the founding CEO of The Elevate Prize Foundation, a global purpose-driven nonprofit that serves to amplify social impact and empower passionate problem solvers, leaders, and innovators. Latinos hold just 1% of foundation and not-for-profit CEO positions and less than 10% of program officer positions, yet Hispanics represent 20% of the U.S. population. Join us to make good famous🎧

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Carolina’s story and journey to where she is today (3:50)
• Overview of The Elevate Prize Foundation (5:00)
• How the Elevate Prize Foundation is leveraging Giving Circles to create a deeper impact (7:30)
• Making Good Famous: using fame to power impact (11:00)
• Why Latinx representation must increase in philanthropy (16:00)
• Championing young Latinx nonprofit leaders (21:00)
• Latinx thought leaders to follow (26:00)
• Investing in nonprofit leaders and the power of professional development (29:00)
• How people can get involved with The Elevate Prize Foundation (35:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Carolina’s life (39:00)
• Carolina’s One Good Thing: Have an abundance mindset. (41:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/275

About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.

Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/

About Our Sponsor Slingshot Group
Our 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. Slingshot Group is the organization we trust to help you do just that. 

It’s so much more than a staffing and executive search firm. Slingshot Group goes deep and gets to know your culture so they can help you find the leaders and staff who will help take your mission to the next level.

Sound like Slingshot Group might be a fit for your organization? Learn more at slingshotgroup.org.

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Iara. This powerhouse founder and world-changer is taking on power dynamics found in grantmaking with a novel solution allowing funders to move money more quickly to grantees. [insert heel kick] She’s addressing why we should be shifting power to the frontlines, why trust-based philanthropy IS the future, and how the sector is shifting toward centering equity in our practice. Orgs serving marginalized or populations of color - you don’t want to miss this episode (potential funding available!💰).
 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Iara’s story and journey to where she is today (4:00)
• Founding story of Young People For, a national progressive leadership development program that has identified and trained thousands of leaders across the country (6:00)
• Founding story of JustFund (10:00)
• The future of philanthropy from Iara’s perspective and JustFund’s Common Application (13:00)
• How philanthropy is shifting + how funders and nonprofits are starting to center equity in their practice and in their work (19:00)
• Building trust with funders (22:00)
• Advice for nonprofits to begin conversations and education to funders (25:00)
• Getting philanthropy shifted to the frontlines where they can really activate  (31:00)
• A powerful story of philanthropy in Iara’s life (42:00)
• Iara’s One Good Thing: It's not the challenges that define us, but how we respond to the challenges. (45:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/274

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Maria. This CEO and Founder is passionate about uniting technology, philanthropy and social good to solve critical issues. She’s unapologetically talking to us about the negative impact that power dynamics have on major gifts, paid leave, cultures and benefits while sharing a reimagined strategy to shift philanthropic power dynamics. You know we’re here for this 🙌
 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Maria’s story and journey to where she is today (2:00)
• Shift in power dynamics Maria is seeing because leaders of color are often in the driver's seat of social and economic change, yet they're entirely underestimated and underfunded. (3:00)
• Trust based philanthropy and trust based partnerships (4:30)
• Holistic inequitable lending practices in the sector (6:50)
• Changing our mindset around major gift funding and foundation funding (8:00)
• How Maria doesn’t see the walls in the philanthropy space (13:00)
• Raise For Good’s founding story and their core scope of work (16:00)
• Moving towards sustainability within our organizations (19:00)
• The narrative surrounding overhead within our sector and how it is holding us back (20:00)
• How Maria advises people to not just weather but thrive in the midst of challenging times and seasons within their growing organizations (26:00)
• Maria’s advice to leaders looking to build more equity within their organizations - where do we start? (29:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Maria’s life (33:00)
• Maria’s One Good Thing: Change can be joyful. (35:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/273

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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Meet Jodi. Not only is she the Senior VP of Brand Marketing and Communication at theSkimm [insert swoon], she’s also a passionate advocate of building the movement powering paid leave reform in the U.S. She’s diving into the viral phenomenon of theSkimm’s #ShowUsYourLeave Campaign, and what nonprofits can do to pour into the moment. She’s also sharing how to build a massive global-movement-for-good with rabid fans and corporations alike. “Paid leave is not a benefit - it’s a human right.” [Hard Stop]
 
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Jodi’s story and journey to where she is today (3:30)
• The story of the #ShowUsYourLeave campaign (8:00)
• Galvanizing and activating support to grow a movement (18:00)
• theSkimm’s #ShowUsYourLeave database (21:00)
• How nonprofits can get activated and join this movement (28:00)
  • Paid Parental Leave Proposal Deck
  • Access the database
  • Sign the petition
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Jodi’s life (32:00)
• Jodi’s One Good Thing: You can make a difference. and Rely on community and others. (34:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/272

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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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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!

Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello

Join us at The Spread!

Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛

We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.

Learn more and save your free spot today.

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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

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