Elevating Impact

This week on Elevating Impact, a podcast sharing insights on how to tackle the challenging terrain nonprofits face today, we’re joined by Vicki Yeroian, the Executive Director of Podium RVA. Podium RVA is a Richmond, VA-based nonprofit that helps students achieve strong writing and communication skills. Listen to how this organization centers writing as a skill every student needs to succeed in th...

This week on Elevating Impact, a podcast sharing insights on how to tackle the challenging terrain nonprofits face today, we’re joined by Janaira Quigley, the Executive Director of Ocean Connectors.  Quigley discusses the work that Ocean Connectors does to promote ocean education and foster a love of science through school programs in San Diego county. Hear about the origins of the organization an...

This week on Elevating Impact, a podcast sharing insights on how to tackle the challenging terrain nonprofits face today, Shannon Heiberg, a nonprofit consultant at PNW Nonprofit Consulting joins us. Shannon is a fellow nonprofit consultant, so we’re diving into one of the most underrated (and misunderstood) tools for nonprofit efficiency: project management. Read more about the work Heiberg does...

This week on Elevating Impact, a podcast sharing insights on how to tackle the challenging terrain nonprofits face today,  Joe Hungler, Executive Director of Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell joins us. He chats about the challenges he and his team face running an organization striving to end generational poverty, and how they’ve adapted to continue making a meaningful impact in the face of t...

[Content warning: sexual assault] This week on Elevating Impact, a podcast sharing insights on how to tackle the challenging terrain nonprofits face today, Mona Sinha joins us to talk about her work as Global Executive Director of Equality Now . Since 1992, Equality Now has been working to achieve social change by using the power of the law to make equality a reality for women and girls. Read more...

This week on Elevating Impact, a podcast sharing insights on how to tackle the challenging terrain nonprofits face today, Alison Bakewell joins us to talk about her work as Executive Director of Cake4Kids. Cake4Kids is a nonprofit committed to making sure at-risk and underserved kids have a custom birthday cake made exactly as they request. These aren’t just cakes, but a message to these youth tha...

This week on Elevating Impact, a podcast sharing insights on how to tackle the challenging terrain nonprofits face today, Katie Dalton joins us to talk about her work as Executive Director of the Crime Victim Center of St. Louis. The CVC is a nonprofit that works to change the lives of crime victims by offering advocacy, counseling, legal assistance programs, and community engagement. Read more ab...

This week on Elevating Impact, a podcast sharing insights on how to tackle the challenging terrain nonprofits face today, Greater Omaha Chamber Director of Business Development Becky Phipps joins us to talk about plans and hopes for business in Omaha in 2025. Learn more about the Greater Omaha Chamber at their website, https://www.omahachamber.org/. To hear from more inspiring nonprofit leaders in...

This week on Elevating Impact, a podcast sharing insights on how to tackle the challenging terrain nonprofits face today, West Place Animal Sanctuary Founder and Executive Director Wendy Taylor joins us to discuss the path that led her from practicing law to running an animal sanctuary.  Listen to Taylor discuss the challenges and the joys that come with her organization’s work with rescued animal...

This week on Elevating Impact, a podcast sharing insights on how to tackle the challenging terrain nonprofits face today,  Executive Director of Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.) Curt Yagi joins us. He discusses his work with R.O.C.K, which supports at-risk kids in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley through academic and social programs. You can learn more about R.O.C.K at https://rocksf.org/! T...

In the first episode of Elevating Impact, a podcast sharing insights on how to tackle the challenging terrain nonprofits face today, Girlstart Executive Director Shane Woods joins us to talk about the great work that Girlstart does by using STEM to empower 4th-8th grade girls. You can learn more about Girlstart at their website, https://girlstart.org/ . To hear from more inspiring nonprofit leader...

Take a peek at some thoughts from Molly Harper, Founder & CEO of the Harper Consulting Group, around implications on nonprofits and the nonprofit sector based on promises from the Trump administration.