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Today's guest is Lindsey Buss of the World Bank Group. As Senior Officer for Community Outreach, he works with a program called Community Connections and facilitates the giving back of $6.6 million by 69% of the 10,000 person staff of the World Bank. Unlike grants which require the recipients to spend their funds in a certain fashion, the contributions collected by the WBG are not restricted and d...

Kevin Morgan specializes in helping companies and nonprofits become more effective and efficient. He is the CEO and Founder of The C-Suite and joins us today to talk about his work making great organizations even better and helping struggling organizations become functional and successful so that they can more fully focus on their mission. He is an advocate for mentorship and addresses the value h...

Rebecca Ballard is the Founder and CEO of Maven Women, a socially conscious clothing company that creates professional clothing for women that considers the social and environmental of their product along every step of the supply chain. Though Maven Women is not a nonprofit, Ms. Ballard has a background in both nonprofits and consulting and her company is founded on many of the same principles tha...

Today we're excited to welcome Congressman Don Beyer of Virginia's 8th District to Through the Noise to discuss civil engagement and participation and the best ways to effect change. Congressman Beyer represents one of the smallest districts in the country by area but one of the most dense in population. Congressman Beyer explains his motivations for the daunting task of running for office and the...

Jimena Ryan is the Chief Marketing Officer with Raffa PC, an accounting and technology consulting firm focused on empowering nonprofits and other companies working to make positive change in the world. She joins us to talk about socially responsible investing, what it means to be a B Corporation, collaborating with other members of the B Corp community, and how companies can use their resources an...

Michael Cummings of Tate Cummings is our next guest we meet during our time at the ASAE headquarters in Washington, DC. Tate Cummings is an association consulting company serving nonprofits of all types, but specializing in associations and branding. Today's episode is packed with information that any association executive or human resources manager won't want to miss. Are the human resources of t...

We bring you another episode of Through the Noise from the headquarters of the American Society of Association Executives and chat with Mariana Barros of the National Association of Federal Veterinarians. The NAFV represents about 1,000 of veterinarians that work for the federal government and help protect our food supply. Stationed at every plant involved in food production, federal veterinarians...

Through the Noise is still reporting from ASAE headquarters and invited an association head to join us on the show -- Matthew R. D'Uva, Executive Director of the International Assocation for the Study of Pain. IASP was founded in 1974 and now has chapters in 90 countries, which rotate hosting the "World Congress of Pain," their biennial convention. IASP's membership is comprised of scientists, cli...

Friend of the show John Graham is our guest today as we report from the offices of the American Society of Association Executives. He last joined us to talk about his role as President and CEO and the work of ASAE on Episode 74 (http://throughthenoise.us/mediacast/74-asae-john-graham/) and today's episode is just as illuminating as the first. Other associations work to advance the goals of their m...

Mickey Panayiotakis, the managing partner of Infamia joins us in the studio to discuss some of the most common tech problems facing nonprofits today. Infamia is the web services company he runs with your friendly Through the Noise host Ernesto Gluecksmann for a behind the scenes look at the work that motivated Blake and Ernesto to team up and create this podcast focusing on nonprofits "sprinkled w...

Today we take a little respite from the world of strictly nonprofits and speak with Rory Kelly whose role is quite different than most of our guests on Through the Noise. Kelly is the Chief Investigator for Washington, DC-based law firm Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner and is responsible for the research and analysis for cases -- often cases brought against corporations as whistleblowers....

Evan Glass, Executive Director of Gandhi Brigade Youth Media joins us to talk about the after school programs in media development his organization offers for middle and high school students in Silver Spring, Maryland. Founded in 2005 as a way for youth voices to be heard during the early days of the Iraq War when they were mostly unheard, the Gandhi Brigade teaches students skills in graphic desi...

Tonya Winders is President and CEO of the Allergy & Asthma Network, a national nonprofit working to raise awareness about and provide support for those suffering from allergies and asthma. The organization has only been around for 30 years but has a membership of 2 million -- mostly comprised of families dealing with the problems of allergies and asthma -- with a 10% representation from the people...

Meghan Donohoe joins us from the American Intellectual Property Law Association where she is the Chief Operations Officer. The AIPLA is the professional membership organization for lawyers practicing in the field of Intellectual Property Rights. The AIPLA is responsible for creating the continuing education programs and credits which help the practicing lawyers become better at their jobs and stay...

  Today's guest, Stephanie Cerulo is Vice President of Major Markets Account Development for Infogroup, a company that gets your message in the hands of the people most likely to support your organization -- and support it at a higher level. (Infogroup is also a sponsor of your friendly podcast about nonprofits, Through the Noise) They run a cooperative donor database as part of their direct mail...

Susan Goodell today joins us to talk about her role as Executive Director of the Global Fund for Children. The Global Fund is a nonprofit that funds and strengthens smaller, grassroots organizations around the world that are using creative approaches to solve problems for the world's most vulnerable children. Ms. Goodell talks about the importance of corporate partnerships which allow her organiza...

Lynn Thomas, Executive Director of Community Lodgings and Jasmine Witcher, Director of Development join us today to talk about their work in Alexandria, VA which works to lift people out of homelessness and help them transition into stable housing and self-sufficiency. Lack of affordable housing is a growing problem around the country and it is particularly bad in the Washington, DC area so Commun...

Graham McLaughlin has a pretty cool job. He gets to help his community and help his colleagues do the same through managing the Corporate Responsibility office of the Advisory Board Company. The Advisory Board is a consulting firm focused on making mission-driven organizations do their work better and more effectively but they are also known for their commitment to giving back to the communities a...

Today we sit down with Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director of Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA. He founded the nonprofit theater in 1989 with actor Donna Migliaccio to stage smaller, more innovative, and challenging productions then available at the time in the Washington, DC area. Their productions are consistently nominated for awards and in 2009 they won a Tony award -- the most prestigious awa...

 John Cox is a managing partner of Verto Solutions, an association management firm which run most -- or all -- staff functions of associations. Working with seven different organizations, they help plan and execute conferences, membership programs, and technology solutions. Social media is one key realm where nonprofits need to improve in order to have a dialogue with their members. Don't miss thi...

Today we're joined by Donna Groh, Executive Director of Unemployment Services Trust -- a sponsor of Through the Noise. Like many of the guests on our show, Unemployment Services Trust exists to serve nonprofits helps them become more effective organizations. Many -- if not most -- nonprofits overpay in taxes and UST analyzes nonprofits and provides cost-saving support. They are also expanding thei...

A lot of people get into nonprofits because they are passionate about the mission or cause of an organization, not necessarily because they are stellar accountants (though there are some). That's why we've brought back Cathy Galbraith and Nicolie Lettini of CostTree to clarify some of the most opaque aspects of nonprofit management. Lately, funding trends have started moving in the direction of un...

Brad Halsey is CEO and Founder of Building Momentum, a firm based in Alexandria, VA that specializes in intensive technological training with practical applications. Working in the high-paced, high-stakes, and high-pressure environment of a warzone, he created solutions that were put into place to directly save lives. His enthusiasm for education is contagious and since returning from his time in...

Our guest Daniel Domenech joins us from the American Association of School Administrators. He has been the Executive Director AASA since 2008 and a member since 1979. Known as the "School Superintendents Association," AASA represents 13,658 administrators who manage every facet of the school system from the details of the classroom to the grounds of the schools. 98% of school superintendents used...

Dennis Goris is the principal of Goris Communications who joins us not long after the firm he helped found 30 years ago underwent a transformation from Bremmer & Goris. Goris Communications now focuses (almost) exclusively on nonprofits to help them project a unified brand and identity. With so much turnover passion and personalities in the nonprofit world, it's easy and common for organizations t...