The Nonprofit Exchange: Leadership Tools & Strategies

Barriers to High Performing Teams: How Great Leaders Clear the Path Your sole objective is to fulfill the mission for which your organization was created within financial resource constraints, quickly, efficiently, with high quality, and high customer satisfaction. Great leaders access the inherent intrinsic motivation people bring to work creating high engagement, performance, and meaning in the...

The Enneagram and Transformation: Interview with Dr. Joseph Howell The ego impairs our sense of reality and our ultimate success. With the enneagram, we see the other person or ourselves that are the antidotes to the problems of the ego. The founder of the Institute of Conscious Being is Joseph Benton Howell Ph. D. Dr. Howell is a graduate of Samford University (B.A.1971), Yale Divinity School (MA...

Engaging Volunteers to Advance Your Mission Volunteers aren't free, but if you invest in them wisely, through good training and strong leadership, they will provide you with a return on investment for your mission that is unmatched by any other investment you could make. Karen Knight is a consultant, volunteer leadership expert, and dynamic and engaging speaker. Karen has used her 25 years of expe...

Fool-Proof Facilitation Practices You can trust the experience and wisdom of any group using tried and true facilitation methods. They will surprise you, and themselves when given a solid, reliable process and a neutral facilitator. As President of Vital Clarity, Kathleen Osta designs and facilitates participatory meetings that help organizations fulfill their purpose. She has mastery of consensus...

Beyond Dancing in Your Pajamas - How to Really Use Videos for Your Business or Nonprofit You've likely seen all the online videos and wondered if you need to dance in a fuzzy pink bunny suit to increase awareness about what you do and to improve your fundraising efforts. If you like to wear a fuzzy pink bunny suit and dance, no judgment. But if you'd prefer to present yourself in a relatable and p...

Upgrading Your Video Conferencing Platform Interview with MeetN Founder, Rick Raddatz Rick Raddatz was twelve years at Microsoft as a product designer, developer, and marketer. Twenty years as a serial tech entrepreneur / CEO Sixteen years (overlapping) doing independent research in political philosophy. Founder of MeetN video conferencing platform. For more information go to https://meetn.com/cha...

Leading a Historic House Museum Nonprofit Alyson Ramsey President & CEO Poplar Forest Alyson Ramsey joined the Poplar Forest professional staff in 2002 and served as the Director of Development since 2012, prior to assuming the role of President & CEO in January 2020. She is well-versed in nonprofit fundraising and administration. She has a background in capital campaign management; annual fund de...

Inspiring Your Audience by Sharing Success Stories Is your audience confused about what you do? It might feel uncomfortable but the solution is to be more direct about sharing your messaging. You're creating a ton of impact in your community and to create even more impact, people need to be aware of everything you're accomplishing. When you're giving everything to your cause, it's okay and even be...

5 Steps to Overcoming Conflict Aversion: Interview with Conflict Specialist Jerry Fu Jerry Fu is a conflict resolution coach who helps Asian-American leaders advance in their career and life journeys. Having taken on several pharmacy leadership roles, Jerry started coaching in 2017 to help other Asian-American professionals deal with the conflict they encounter at work, in their culture, and withi...

Burnout Is Not The Only Problem—Three Ways To Retain And Unleash Talent: Interview with Irent Shih Keeping volunteers engaged and committed takes time and effort, but it’s within our power as leaders to create a culture that makes people feel important, connected, and needed. Creating that culture is a worthwhile investment that will most certainly make an organization stronger over the long run....

Creative Leadership: Keys to Co-Creating Value Interview with Steven Kowalski, Ph. D. We can't sleepwalk ourselves into the future we hope to achieve. Together, at the intersection of creativity and leadership, we can solve our most challenging problems and co-create new value. But there are so many factors that prevent us from discovering what's possible in this intersection. Old "narratives" abo...

Selling Your Vision to Increase Your Donations: Interview with Sales Maven CEO, Nikki Rausch CEO of Sales Maven, Nikki Rausch has the unique ability to transform the misunderstood process of “selling”. With 25+ years of selling experience, entrepreneurs and small business owners now hire Nikki to show them how to sell successfully and authentically. Nikki has written 3 books, all available on Amaz...

How to Become a Top 1% Communicator in Your Industry: Interview with Master Communicator Brenden Kumarasamy Brenden is the founder of MasterTalk, he coaches ambitious executives & entrepreneurs to become the top 1% of communicators in their industry. He also has a popular YouTube channel called MasterTalk, with the goal of providing free access to communication tools for everyone in the world. Mor...

Not just another event, but an event that tell Your Story! Interview with event planner Martina Di Napoli Storia Mia is the Italian phrase for My Story. Storia Mia Events was born with the idea of representing your unique stories and celebrating them through events. It is about You, Your Family, Your Community, and Your Story! We are committed to embracing diversity and culture; we love accents an...

How Your Leadership Can Be Catalytic: Interview with William Attaway William Attaway is a Leadership and Executive Coach for Catalytic Leadership, LLC, a company he founded to help leaders to INTENTIONALLY grow and thrive. He has served in local church ministry for over 25 years, and is currently the Lead Pastor of Southview Community Church, a church in Herndon, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.) w...

Living an Extraordinary Life: Interview with Robert White Robert White was raised in poverty and with much abuse. Dropped out of college after one semester due to the first of three heart attacks. Went on to found and lead two high-impact experiential learning companies with over one million graduates. Retired at 46 to a 14,500 sf home in Aspen. Then lost it all with lots of learning from business...

Secrets for Safe Money and a Fabulous Future, Create Income You Will Never Outlive with Kris Miller Kris Miller's message for nonprofit leaders and clergy regarding estate planning is to remember the importance of planning for the future. Estate planning is not only about ensuring that your assets are distributed according to your wishes, but also about making sure that your mission and values con...

RiverLogic: Tools to Transform Resistance: Interview with Denise Blanc We have the capacity to soften resistance and support more ease in our communication with anyone- but we will need intention, courage, and willingness to build more vital skills. How Denise Blanc describes herself – I believe that outstanding leadership requires courage – the courage to be authentic, not always to know the answ...

Using Art Creation to Make Man-Made Systems Human Adaptive to Lift our Human-Potential Michaell Magrutsche, Austrian/Californian multidisciplinary artist, creativity-awareness educator, speaker, and author. He works on raising awareness of our limitless human potential and comprehending wisdom. Michaell is an advocate for helping understand neurodiversity. Michaell’s dyslexia and dysgraphia forced...

How People Unintentionally Escalate Conflict in Your Nonprofit Team members who are invested in a mission that impacts communities and the world for good are fueled with passion for important causes. It is normal and healthy to expect conflict, but engaging it meaningfully can establish a safe work culture where all voices are represented. It's not always natural to have these tools available, but...

Sales Leadership In Not for Profits: “Selling” Donations so You and the Donor Feel Good Steve Brossman is a 9 times Amazon Best Selling Author in Marketing and Sales. He has 20 years TV and Video experience including hosting his own Network TV Show and has been an Executive Producer for Warner Bros. He has created several 6 and 7 figure multi-national businesses of his own, including inventing and...

How Nonprofits and Their Leadership Teams Can Grow Their Impact Faster Than They Ever Thought Possible: Interview with Pinnacle Certified Coach Mark Slabaugh About Mark in his words: I am blessed to be a coach. My unique background includes non-profit leadership and entrepreneurship. These experiences taught me how to recruit, lead, and retain teams. I am a student of my surroundings and the peopl...

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Leading a Community Organization Focused on Community Needs. Interview with Jay Parker, President and CEO of the UMCA of Central Virginia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What to do when you have had enough of the Corporate BS: The role of heart-centred governing leadership on Not for Profit Boards with Lisa Colletta Lisa Colletta is the Founder and Managing Director of The Governance Collective Pty Ltd. Australia’s leading corporate governance organization with a fresh approach. After more than two decades as a corporate governance change leader in the private and...