Nonprofits and Media

Tyler Riewer is someone whose work has quietly shaped how a lot of people think about storytelling in the nonprofit world. He started his career in advertising before making the jump to charity: water, where he became one of the key creative voices behind their content for over a decade. He also hosted The Journey series, following his travels to different countries to show the impact of clean wat...

Randy Kennedy is Director of Grantmaking at The Maclellan Foundation . The Maclellan Foundation is a Christian grantmaking organization that partners with ministries and nonprofits around the world to strengthen their capacity and cultivate sustainable, locally supported Gospel work. Randy has been with Maclellan for nearly two decades, serving in global strategy roles before stepping into his cur...

Andrew Alkeema, is an Executive Director and Media Missionary for Deidox , a nonprofit film ministry that tells real stories of God’s work around the world. Andrew’s journey into media is nothing short of wild — from a life-changing encounter after seeing the Free Burma Rangers documentary in theaters, to an unexpected meeting with its director, Brent Gudgel, and eventually stepping into full-time...

Cullen Klassen is a filmmaker and director of photography whose work has taken him across more than a dozen countries capturing stories of faith, courage, and missions. Cullen recently served as the Director of Photography for Missionary , a docuseries from Missionary.com that tells the stories of historic missionaries to inspire a new generation. He’s also the founder of Root Visuals , a media co...

Lauren Odderstol is the Global Content Manager for Medical Teams International . Medical Teams is a nonprofit that provides life-saving medical care to those in emergencies or crisis’, and has field offices in 7 countries. Lauren has been at Medical Teams almost 6 years, but has been in the media and marketing space a long time, including having experience managing digital assets with businesses s...

Ryan Farran is a missionary pilot in Papua New Guinea with Ethnos360 , servicing very remote jungle airstrips with a small single engine plane. Missionaries often function and fundraise like their own mini non-profit, and Ryan has been using videos and media to create a side business to help support his ministry. Ryan started documenting his flights with GoPro action cameras, and intentionally set...

Jason Galicinski has over 20 years of experience working with nonprofits. Jason helped develop FundEasy , a software for streamlining fundraising events, as well as establishing and helping run a nonprofit educating street children in Zambia . Jason is also currently running a mentorship program for nonprofit leaders called Fundraising Masterminds , to help nonprofits get fully funded in 5 months...

Jessica and James Brewer are a husband and wife team that work for Iris Global , a multi-faceted organization that serves the poor in the hardest places. Originally from Australia, they joined Iris as media missionaries, and a few years later joined staff on the Iris Media team. They spent a few years in Mozambique, the poorest country in the world, where they filmed and produced a feature documen...

Aaron Brown is the Chief Marketing Officer for Destiny Rescue International , a nonprofit that helps rescue children from human trafficking and sexual exploitation and helps them stay free. Aaron also worked in Sales and Marketing at a few different companies, before joining Destiny Rescue in 2016. Aaron and his team have produced multiple documentary films about the rescue work their organization...

Welcome to the Nonprofits & Media podcast where we talk to leaders involved with media inside a variety of nonprofit organizations about the different ways they approach marketing and communications. I’m Nathan Pfaff, and my job is to tease out what benefits or results they’ve seen in their content strategy, so that you can apply those to your own life or organization. -- This podcast is broug...