Inspired Nonprofit Leadership

Mickey Desai produces the Nonprofit SnapCast podcast. With an M.A. in Counseling Psychology, almost two decades of business development experience and a résumé that touches IBM, TechBridge, and Southern Crescent Habitat for Humanity, Mickey brings knowledge, understanding, and a unique perspective to every project. Mickey has a curiosity and sensitivity that stems from his academic pursuits and hi...

My guest today is Cami Baker. Known as the Charitable Real Estate Strategist, Cami has created Cause Marketing Campaigns for the largest real estate companies and nonprofits to come together to "Make Money and Make a Difference". When she heard that there is a Secret Real Estate Niche that is funding nonprofits by the Billions every year, Cami got to work to come up with a WIN WIN WIN solution! As...

My guest today is Daniel Hodges. Daniel is the President & Co-founder of Peaces of Me Foundation, and a JD candidate attending University of Baltimore School of Law. Previously, Daniel volunteered in various roles, including teaching at his church. He also volunteered with the National Federation of the Blind. Daniel received his BA in educational studies from Western Governor's University. While...

In this episode Mary shares several tips executive directors and board members can use to promote board member engagement. Integrate these into your regular board processes and practices. Mary has over 40 years experience in the nonprofit sector: 26 as an executive and 18 as a board member. She knows your day-to-day challenges first hand and brings experience and expertise to help you have the gre...

My guest today is Mark Buzan. Mark has close to two decades of experience as a Director of Communications, Government Relations, Marketing, and Business Development as well as a consultant to nonprofits and associations. Ultimately these roles lead to his becoming an Executive Director, and President and CEO of three national associations.  In addition to running Our Executive Director Association...

My guest today is Rebecca Sutherns. Rebecca is an insightful and high energy collaborative strategist. She is a world class facilitator who has served as a trusted advisor to hundreds of mission-driven organizations in Canada and internationally for more than 20 years. Rebecca is a skilled communicator, with a particular gift for helping leaders make wiser decisions faster. She specializes in faci...

My guest today is Russ Elliot. Russ' experience includes 35+ years of guiding executives through the challenges of leading people and organizations. During his corporate career in Human Resources, including ten years in the top role, his focus was on driving success through leadership and talent development, coaching, and systematic organizational change. Russ has coached executives in many indust...

In this episode Mary shares self-care all nonprofit leaders can benefit from using. For this, our 100th episode!, we want to give you something that can nurture you as the important leader you are. Mary has over 40 years experience in the nonprofit sector: 26 as an executive and 18 as a board member. She knows your day-to-day challenges first hand and brings experience and expertise to help you ha...

My guest today is Connie Whitman. Connie helps ambitious business owners, leaders and sales teams build powerhouse organizations to achieve outrageous goals.   An international speaker and influencer, Connie's inspired teaching and transformational tools and content ensures businesses, and their salespeople, grow their revenue streams through enhanced internal and external communication skills whi...

My guest today is Alan Mucatel. Alan has been the Executive Director of Rising Ground since 2009. Under his leadership and direction, the agency has more than doubled in size, impact, and budget with a steady expansion of existing programs and services and ventures into new fields. Alan is a change agent who in less than a decade transformed Rising Ground from a shrinking nonprofit agency, with 80...

My guest today is Heather Burright. She is the founder of Skill Masters Market, which specializes in creating dynamic, people-centric solutions for your organization's most important asset – your human capital. Leveraging 15 years of experience, Heather partners with organizations to create solutions that align with their business goals, exceed their expectations, and meet their needs. Heather's u...

My guest today is Steven Bowman.  Steven is a seasoned Board adviser, with a great depth of experience and skill facilitating Board reviews and strategic planning process. He has held numerous senior executive, CEO and Board positions with some of the USA and Australia's most prestigious organizations, as well as authoring and co-authoring over 14 books on governance, strategy, risk and executive...

In this episode Mary shares results you can expect from a mindfulness practice. She also shares what executive directors participating in her Well Being for Nonprofit Executive Directors program have to say about the benefits for them as leaders. Mary has over 40 years experience in the nonprofit sector: 26 as an executive and 18 as a board member. She knows your day-to-day challenges first hand a...

My guest today is Hugh Ballou. Hugh is a Transformational Leadership Strategist and Corporate Culture Architect working with visionary CEOs, entrepreneurs, clergy, and nonprofit leaders and their teams to develop a purpose-driven high-performance collaboration culture that significantly increases productivity, profits, and job satisfaction, through dramatically decreasing confusion, conflicts, and...

My guest for this episode is Linda Lysakowski.  Linda is one of slightly more than just one the hundred professionals worldwide to hold the Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive designation. In her thirty-plus years in the development field, she has managed capital campaigns; helped dozens of nonprofit organizations achieve their development goals, and has trained more than 40,000 professional...

My guest for this episode is Cynthia Gregory. As a nonprofit leader with more than two decades in the field and as a certified Co-Active Coach, Cynthia Gregory knows that no one works harder or deserves more validation than nonprofit fundraisers, executives, and cultural change-makers. Cynthia has held leadership roles with United Way, Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health, and smaller, regional nonpro...

In this episode, Mary shares some tips for nonprofit leaders on how to cultivate creativity. Hint: passion helps a lot and you know you have that! Mary has over 40 years experience in the nonprofit sector: 26 as an executive and 18 as a board member. She knows your day-to-day challenges first hand and brings experience and expertise to help you have the greatest possible impact. Be sure to subscri...

My guest for this episode is Eduardo Caballero. Eduardo is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Edventure More (EDMO®) whose mission is mission is to make equitable, high-quality STEAM & SEL education programs accessible to all communities in order to cultivate curious, courageous, and kind humans everywhere. Since 2004 EDMO® has grown to serve over 20,000 kids annually through its award-winni...

My guest for this episode is Sherry Quam Taylor. Sherry has over 13 years of experience with nonprofits: as a volunteer, staff, and on boards. Sherry has had her own business helping nonprofits for eight years.  She teaches nonprofit leaders how to pivot from a heavy dependence on program, government, and event gifts and into securing large, investment-level donations from individuals so they can...

My guest today is Jill Lublin. Jill is an international speaker on the topics of Radical Influence, Publicity, Networking, Kindness and Referrals. She is the author of 4 Best Selling books including Get Noticed...Get Referrals (McGraw Hill) and co-author of Guerrilla Publicity and Networking Magic . Her latest book is Profit of Kindness .  Jill is a master strategist on how to position a business...

My guest for this episode is Steven Aquiar. Steven is a broadly experienced digital marketer and founder of BlueWing and Good Goes Further. He has deep experience using paid media to drive positive outcomes for businesses and mission-driven organizations. Early in his career, Steven managed social media and audience development for independent and venture-backed publishing startups, where he cut h...

My guest today is Janet Cohen. Jan has been a consultant and trainer who has worked with more than 250 nonprofit organizations over more than 20 years. Her focus is on customized services for nonprofits throughout the country for diversification of revenue, earned income, marketing planning, and strategic planning processes. She also serves in Interim Executive positions, especially those with an...

My guests today are Gayle Gifford and Mike Burns. Gayle has spent time in the trenches, organizing for peace, environmental, human, and civil rights. She served as Director of Development and Communications at PLAN USA , as Deputy Director/Director of Development and Marketing at  Save The Bay , and as Director of Development at  CityYear RI  before launching her own business in 1996 with master c...

In this episode, Mary shares the often skipped first key step to take when your nonprofit is considering joining with a strategic partner or a merger. Mary has over 40 years experience in the nonprofit sector: 26 as an executive and 18 as a board member. She knows your day-to-day challenges first hand and brings experience and expertise to help you have the greatest possible impact. Be sure to sub...

My guest for this episode is Vaishali Nikhade. Vaishali helps entrepreneurs and small biz owners unleash their creative genius so that they can quit bleeding money and stand out from the noise & competition in their niche. Vaishali transitioned from a left-brain engineer to a right-brain intuitive by accident. Getting nowhere after consulting tens of psychics, she studied and learned the subtletie...