The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Grow your fundraising through stewardship with Rochelle and Roxanne

Donor stewardship is something that most of us know is important, but for some reason, it always gets pushed to the bottom of our to-do list.  What ends up happening is when it comes time that you need your donors, you realize you haven’t talked to them in forever! This is why donor stewardship is […]

The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Sharing the responsibility for decolonization with Tim Fox

How do you go beyond the land acknowledgement? In recent years, we see more and more nonprofits including decolonization as their strategic priorities. But if we do a gut check, how’re we actually committing to decolonization every day? On today’s podcast, Tim Fox, Vice President of Indigenous Relations and Racial Equity at Calgary Foundation, shares […]

The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Hack your brain for fundraising success with Cindy Wagman

“Just because we’ve been told one story about philanthropy, or about ourselves as fundraisers, it doesn’t have to be true. We can change the narrative.” We become what we believe in. In this special episode, Cindy Wagman, the Founder and CEO of The Good Partnership and host of our podcast talks about why it is […]

The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Embracing advocacy with Cathy Taylor

Advocacy is in the DNA of our sector. Every day, whether it’s a front line social agency, or an arts organization, nonprofits are doing great advocacy work at the community level.  How can we as a sector lift each other up and support each other’s advocacy efforts? Joining us today for this discussion is Cathy Taylor, […]

The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Overhauling your Fundraising Mindset with Yvonne Harding

Yvonne Harding, Resource Development Manager at Assaulted Women’s Helpline shares the transformation she has experienced after she changed her fundraising mindset.  If you want to be like Yvonne and turn fundraising from something you dread into something that is meaningful, productive, and successful for you and your small nonprofit, apply for The Good Partnership’s Flipside […]

The Small Nonprofit Podcast: “What I learned from my daughter’s COVID wedding” with Nneka Allen

Relationship building with donors can often feel like an overwhelming aspect of our job.  What do I need to say so that donors will give? What needs to happen so that donors will renew? When and how can I ask? The guest on our podcast today, fundraiser and writer Nneka Allen, wants us to forget […]

The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Real life succession planning with Michael Prosserman

Your organization is like your baby. And that is exactly why you have to make sure that it can grow on its own without you. In order to get to that state, the organization needs you to build in some great planning and set up the right culture and systems.  On today’s podcast, our returning […]

The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Managing imposter syndrome with Mimosa Kabir

Imposter Syndrome – we don’t talk about it very often. But when we do, there’s so many nodding heads and people in agreement saying “of course, I experience that too.”  Imposter syndrome seems to be more prevalent for people who don’t see themselves reflected in the leadership around them. With representation, diversity and anti-oppression work […]

The Small Nonprofit Podcast: Managing change with Surranna Sandy

When the pandemic started in March, no one knew what was going to happen.EDs at nonprofits big and small were projecting layoffs and devastating deficits. And that happened. To be sure – the impact of COVID on our sector and all of us has been significant. And mostly awful. People had to quickly adjust their […]

Always be learning with Aaron Sanderson

It seems like on all fronts we are currently engaged in deep unlearning and learning. Whether it’s around anti-racism or new technologies, the world is a changing place and learning has become more routine than ever. Right now, while our learning might be accelerated, it’s a good time to reflect on how we can integrate […]