Nonprofit Mission: Impact is the podcast for nonprofit leaders who want to build a better world without becoming a martyr to the cause.
Interviews of nonprofit experts explore how to make your organization more effective and innovative for greater mission impact.
Hosted by Carol Hamilton, principal, Grace Social Sector Consulting, nonprofit strategic planning and evaluation design consultant.
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Strategic podcasting for nonprofits with Andrea Klunder
How can nonprofits use podcasting strategically to strengthen community engagement, support learning and evaluation, and build long-term relationships? In episode 146 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, host Carol Hamilton and Andrea Klunder, founder of Creative Imposter Studios discuss:
how nonprofits can use podcasting intentionally—not as a shiny communications add-on that fizzles after the original project champion leaves the organization, but as a tool that solves real organizational problems.
How podcasting is a flexible medium that can support learning, evaluation, community engagement, and long-term relationship building.
Why it’s so important to integrate the podcast across communications functions,
Together they explore why clarity of purpose, sustainability planning, and human-centered storytelling are essential if a nonprofit podcast is going to be worth the investment.
Conferences & Convenings that Engage for Nonprofits & Associations with Lee Gimpel
Too many nonprofit and association conferences and convenings are built around logistics and tradition rather than purpose and participation. In episode 144 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, Carol Hamilton and Lee Gimpel challenge nonprofit and association leaders to rethink how convenings, conferences, and member events are designed.
They discuss:
why too many gatherings feel like a heavy lift that fails to deliver connection, energy, or real value.
why traditional conference formats fall short—and what leaders can do differently.
How effective events start with purpose, not logistics, and they are designed to tap the collective wisdom already in the room.
By centering participation, intentional connection, and simple facilitation shifts, organizations can transform events from passive, draining experiences into energizing spaces that actually advance mission and strengthen community.
People Centered HR for Nonprofits with MR Rolfe
People-centered HR isn’t a luxury—it’s essential. Learn how nonprofit leaders can build equitable, transparent, and humane people practices that strengthen their organizations, even amid uncertainty and limited resources. In episode 143 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, Carol Hamilton speaks with Megan Rolfe about:
what it really means to practice people-centered HR in nonprofit and social-change organizations—especially small teams navigating limited resources, rising uncertainty, and growing demands for equity.
reframing HR not as a compliance or risk-management function, but as a shared set of agreements about how people work together.
equitable compensation, including the difference between living and thriving wages, transparency in pay practices, and
balancing risk, safety and boldness in today’s environment
Throughout, Megan emphasizes progress over perfection, collective responsibility, and the relief that comes from remembering: you don’t have to do this all by yourself, all at once, or exactly right.