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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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.
Managing Nonprofit Leadership Transitions with Liz Woolfe
In episode 12 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, Carol Hamilton and Elizabeth Woolfe discuss the significance of having an interim director in nonprofits, the challenges of leadership transitions, and the necessity of planning for leadership changes. They emphasize the value of a growth mindset for nonprofit boards and clarify the distinct roles of the board and staff.
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.
How to Hire a Nonprofit Consultant with Heather Yandow
In Episode 10, we’re talking to Heather Yandow. We talked about the challenges nonprofits encounter when hiring consultants. We looked at why using a Request for Proposal (RFP) might not lead to the best consulting results. We also reviewed the new trends arising during this time of change.
Communication Matters for nonprofit leaders
In episode 9, we’re talking to Carol Vernon. We talked about the four typical communication styles, what shows up in communications now that so many teams are working remotely, and how people can keep networking even while face to face events are cancelled.
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.
Community engagement for nonprofits with Cinthia Manuel
In episode 7 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, Carol Hamilton, nonprofit strategy consultant is talking to Cinthia Manuel. We talked about the challenges nonprofits face in trying to make their services more accessible, what to think about before getting started with community engagement and why Cinthia thinks traditional mentoring is backwards.
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.
Strategic Partnering for nonprofits with Rebecca Murphy
In Episode 4 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, we’re talking to Rebecca Murphy about what nonprofit organizations need to think about to be ready to partner, having clarity about what your why is key for partnering and why mission creep is so common among nonprofit organizations and what drives it
Influencing Decision Makers for Nonprofit Leaders with Kathy Patrick
In Episode 3 of Nonprofit Mission: Impact, we’re talking to Kathy Patrick. We talked about what it takes to influence decision and policy makers, the concrete steps nonprofit leaders can take to create a plan, identify who is key to your organization and how to start building a relationship with them before you need their help and why it is so important to remember that key decision makers are human first and not fixate on their title and role.
Technology and nonprofits with Moira Edwards
In Episode 2, we talked about how technology supports the work of nonprofits and associations, the three levels of IT infrastructure that leaders need to consider and the concept of the peace time and the war time.
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.
Nonprofit Mission: Impact podcast launched
Nonprofit Mission Impact is the podcast for nonprofit leaders who want to build a better world without becoming a martyr to the cause.