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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An Invitation to do Less with Carol Hamilton
In this solo episode 38, Carol Hamilton discusses burnout in the nonprofit sector, what possible ways forward are, and how to stay engaged while prioritizing your own health.

Conflict and Culture in Nonprofit Organizations with Anne Hilb
In episode 36 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, Carol and her guest, Anne Hilb, discuss strategies for nonprofits to effectively manage internal conflict.

Human Capital, DEI and Nonprofits with Nathaniel Benjamin
In episode 35 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, hosts Carol and Peter Cruz, alongside guest Nathaniel Benjamin, delve into the intersection of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) with human capital management.

Equity in Health Care with Stephen Graves
In episode 33 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, Carol, cohost Peter Cruz, and guest Stephen Graves explore diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the health care sector, sharing ideas applicable to the nonprofit field.

Storytelling and Relationship Building for nonprofits with Kristin Bradley-Bull
In episode 25 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, Carol and guest Kristin Bradley-Bull discussed: the importance of strategic planning for nonprofits to reconnect with their core “why,” the need for intentional listening to communities, the nonprofit sector's role in the economy and culture, and the necessity to support emerging leaders of color stepping into CEO roles.

Why learning design is important to nonprofits with Nancy Bacon
In episode 19 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, some of the topics that Carol and her guest, Nancy Bacon discussed include: learning in nonprofit organizations; the best methods nonprofits or associations can use to train their staff; how habits and accountability help people follow through on behavior change.

Nonprofit Organizational Values with Rosalind Spigel
In episode 16 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, Carol and guest Rosalind Spigel discuss defining organizational values and strategies for enhancing board diversity. They address practical methods to reduce microaggressions and emphasize the need to integrate core values into daily operations, ensuring they influence team behaviors and decisions.

Inclusive Nonprofit Leadership with Keisha Sitney
In episode 14 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, Carol and her guest, Keisha Sitney, discuss the importance of leaders as role models, starting equity efforts with individuals, and building leadership capacity for underrepresented staff. They emphasize the need for professionals in diversity, equity, and inclusion to cultivate unique leadership styles rather than conforming to traditional norms, address the fatigue experienced in educating others about racism and oppression, and highlight the significance of leaders openly sharing their mistakes and lessons learned.

Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace with Peter Lane
In episode 13 of Mission Impact, Carol and guest Peter Lane discuss the integration of health and wellness training in nonprofit consulting, the benefits of hiring a health coach, the influence of emotions on interpersonal dynamics, effective resource utilization for employee well-being, the impact of organizational culture on resource engagement, and the role of leaders in shaping that culture.

Nonprofit Organizational healing with Nyacko Perry
In episode 11 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, Carol and guest Nyacko Perry discuss accountability for past actions, fostering employee mental health, and organizational change. They examine the disconnect between missions and internal culture, the gap between front-line workers and communities, and how change occurs. The conversation also highlights how systems exploit vulnerable populations.

Mind, body, spirit, emotions and identity and nonprofit leadership
In Episode 8, we’re talking to Becca Bartholomew. We talked about ensuring all voices are included in planning processes, why it is important for leaders to not only have intelligence but also have emotional intelligence and somatic intelligence and what the buffering sign on your computer has to tell us about today’s work environment.

Uncertainty and emergence and the nonprofit sector
In Episode 6, we talk to Arielle Goodman, Jenny Hegland and Jessica Srikantia about what this uncertain moment in history could mean for the systems that we live in and take for granted, how we are born into a collectively traumatized culture that has a domination logic built into its systems, how a systemic analysis can divorce ourselves from our part in that system and what this means for nonprofit organizations.

Preventing burnout in the nonprofit sector with Beth Sperber Richie
In Episode 5 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact we talked to Beth Sperber Richie. We talked about what is burn out is and why burn out is so prevalent in the nonprofit sector, what the research shows about rest and productivity for organizations and what vicarious trauma is and how it impacts nonprofit staff and an organization’s culture.

Identity and the Nonprofit Sector with Tip Fallon
In episode 1 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, Carol Hamilton and Tip Fallon discuss: the masks many people feel forced to wear or personas they assume in the workplace, why we need to do some preventative work to make things easier for people with targeted identities, and how we are the product of the history that has created systems of oppression, as well as creating history ourselves.