Podcasts about fund development

It's Affordable Housing Month on the Beyond the Resume Podcast!Today, on this installment of our Webinar Series, leaders from across the affordable housing sector explore how to elevate resident voices and build authentic community engagement into every facet of development and operations. From co-governance and workforce housing preservation to fund development strategies that align with equity goals—this is a must-watch for housing professionals, organizers, and mission-driven investors.Learn how naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH) can serve as a resilient, resident-centered solution to the housing crisis—and how organizations are shifting from transactional models to long-term, community-powered partnerships.LinksYouTube: https://youtu.be/Rqx3HimLnGgSpotify: https://spoti.fi/35ZJGLTApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3I3nkG9Web: https://www.jacksonlucas.com/podcast/webinar-noah

How does an organization be a part of two highly successful signature fundraising events that are within a few weeks of one another? Today, I talk with HeartGift CEO Christy Casey-Moore and Vice President of Marketing and Fund Development, Kristi Jones to talk about their annual signature fundraising event, the HeartGift Gala. HeartGift provides life-saving congenital heart defect surgeries to children around the world who do not have easy access to care. Since the organization's founding in 2000, has expanded four chapters in Texas and Louisiana and served over 1,000 children in 36 countries around the world.  Over the years, HeartGift Gala has been one of Austin's top nonprofit signature fundraising event galas. Exceeding the $1 million mark for the first time in 2024. In addition to their annual gala, HeartGift is also one of the beneficiaries of Mack, Jack, and McConaughey, Texas' top nonprofit gala in 2024, raising over $16 million for HeartGift and four other children's causes. The event happens shortly after the HeartGift Gala, which creates a gala season for the organization. In this episode, Christy and Kristi discuss a wide range of topics including things to look for when establishing a chapter of your organization in a new market, tips on segmenting donors to prevent donor fatigue, and the importance of collaborating with other nonprofit organizations. This is one episode you will not want to miss.

Lori Fry is the Director of Public Relations and Fund Development at the 100 Mile House Chapter of the Canadian Council for the Blind. She joins Grant Hardy on The Pulse to talk about their upcoming programming to celebrate the Lions Club and their over 100 years of advocacy for the blind and low vision community.  Check out the Pulse on YouTube!About AMIAMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI's vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection, representation and portrayal.Find more great AMI Original Content on AMI+Learn more at AMI.caConnect with Accessible Media Inc. online:X /Twitter @AccessibleMediaInstagram @AccessibleMediaInc / @AMI-audioFacebook at @AccessibleMediaIncTikTok @AccessibleMediaIncEmail feedback@ami.ca

The Weekly Tradecast looks at tax with Lorraine Eden, professor emerita of management at the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. Nobody likes to pay tax, but collecting more of it is one way that countries can bring in billions of extra dollars each year to support economic and social development. One big challenge is the way that giant corporations are able to move profits around the world to places where they pay the lowest taxes. To ensure that multinationals pay their fair share, around 140 countries are working on global reforms to the tax architecture – including an agreed minimum rate of tax on big companies. For a deeper look at these reforms and how they could help developing countries, tune in to professor and prolific author Lorraine Eden.

In Episode 19 of Kari's Confessions, Kari Anderson, a seasoned nonprofit executive and principal at Incite! Consulting, delves into the essential practice of creating a fund development plan. With 25 years of experience in leadership roles across seven organizations, Kari now provides coaching and consulting services to ensure nonprofits have the structure, systems, and practices to excel. Kari emphasizes the importance of having a concrete fund development plan to ensure financial resiliency. She provides a comprehensive guide to creating such a plan, highlighting the key elements and steps involved. Key Episode Takeaways: The Importance of a Fund Development Plan: Kari explains why having a written plan, rather than just ideas in your head, is crucial for financial resiliency. She underscores the significance of developing a plan that involves key staff and board members. Understanding the Current State of Giving: Kari discusses the Giving USA 2024 report, which shows that charitable giving in 2023 reached an estimated $557.16 billion. Despite the challenges posed by inflation, the data highlights the resilience of charitable giving. Fundraising vs. Development Work: Kari challenges traditional views on fundraising and development, explaining that fundraising is about raising money, while development focuses on growth and building authentic donor relationships. She encourages nonprofits to adopt a 360-degree approach to cultivate, ask, and thank donors. Creating a Culture of Philanthropy: A true fund development plan helps create a culture of philanthropy within the organization, prioritizing fundraising and aligning it with the overall strategic goals. Engaging the Board: Involving the board in the planning process ensures organizational accountability and helps the board understand the role of fund development in achieving the organization's mission. Steps to Creating a Fund Development Plan: Start with an Assessment: Conduct a SWOT analysis to evaluate current strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Develop a Case Statement: Create a compelling argument to support your organization and programs. This internal document can be used for proposals, speeches, and publicity. Identify Funding Opportunities: Map out potential funding sources and prospects, focusing on areas for growth and partnership opportunities. Setting SMART Goals: Specific: Clearly define your goals. Measurable: Ensure goals are quantifiable. Achievable: Set realistic targets. Relevant: Align goals with your mission. Time-Bound: Set deadlines for completion. Resource Links: Follow Kari on your favorite streaming platforms, including YouTube, Apple, and Spotify. For additional resources on organizational storytelling and tools, follow Kari on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Visit her website at Incite Consulting Group.  

The Sharvette Mitchell Radio | https://sharvette.com/ | Episode 736 Meet our guest: Dr. Shantell Chambliss,  CEO & Principal Consultant, Nonprofitability® LLC Shantell is an award-winning entrepreneur, business strategist, advocate and nonprofit leader As an entrepreneur Shantell has developed an impressive business portfolio and as a thought leader in organizational development, she has matched extensive education and training with over 20 years of experience as a coach and consultant to create methods that help businesses launch, grow, and maximize their profit.   After identifying a void in the consulting space, Shantell launched Nonprofitability, a boutique consulting firm that specializes in equipping nonprofits and faith-based organizations with proven tools and practices that promote sustainability.  In addition to providing consulting, training, and customized coaching for her clients, Shantell provides: •    Grant Writing •    Program Design •    Strategic Planning •    Training and Facilitation Learn more at https://sharvette.com/from-concept-to-impact-strategies-for-nonprofit-success-with-nonprofitability-with-dr-shantell-chambliss/ www.drshantellchambliss.com | www.linkedin.com/in/drshantellchambliss/ Website address: www.nonprofitability.co Facebook page: facebook.com/drshantellchambliss Instagram: @nonprofitability @drshantellchambliss ---Mitchell Productions, LLC is a professional consulting and marketing firm, led by Sharvette Mitchell, supporting entrepreneurs, small businesses as well as government clients and corporate clients. 

Ilika PLC CEO Graeme Purdy joined Proactive's Stephen Gunnion with details of a share placing and open offer to retail investors aimed at raising up to £3.4 million. Purdy explained the capital injection is targeted at furthering the development of its Goliath technology. The company recently entered into a 12-month collaboration with Tata Group subsidiary Agratas to evaluate Goliath technology, during which Ilika intends to achieve its remaining milestones. Additionally, Ilika plans to use the funds to upgrade its dry room facilities to handle moisture-sensitive materials more effectively. This involves lowering the dew points to reduce environmental humidity, crucial for its leading-edge battery development. The capital will also help in enhancing its testing facilities to accommodate larger battery sizes, which are necessary to meet increased power requirements and customer expectations. Purdy highlighted key achievements including reaching the D4 development point and approaching the D8 milestone, which is set for Q1 2025. The advancements aim at achieving lithium-ion energy density parity and improving battery performance. #Hashtags: #IlikaPLC, #GraemePurdy, #BatteryTechnology, #GoliathRoadmap, #CapitalRaise, #FinancialInitiative, #BatteryDevelopment, #InvestmentOpportunity, #EnergyDensity, #LithiumIon, #OEMCollaboration, #UniversityPartnerships, #FaradayBatteryChallenge, #TechnologyInnovation, #DryRoomUpgrade, #MaterialHandling, #LargeScaleBatteries, #BatteryTesting, #BatteryPerformance, #TechAdvancement #ProactiveInvestors #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Tommy Thomas: Today we continue our dialogue with Larry O'Nan that we began last week. Before delving into that conversation, I'd like to share some reflections that have emerged after revisiting our episode a few times. As the one handling post-production duties for this podcast, I typically listen during the edit for technical nuances and formatting concerns, rather than immersing myself in the content. However, I get a second chance to absorb the discussions when I tune in via my podcast app. This usually occurs on Saturday mornings during my long bicycle rides. Alongside other favorite podcasts like Alan Alda's Clear and Vivid, previous Tennessee governor's Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam's You Might Be Right, Tia Brown's One Question Leadership Podcast, Far East Broadcasting Company's weekly update and other enriching podcasts. During one such ride last week as Larry recounted the early days of Fund Development with Cru, my mind traveled back to 1974 to those nascent beginnings. As a young 23-year-old joining the Crusade staff, my prior fundraising experience had been limited to helping a friend with a critical medical procedure. While this endeavor proved fruitful, it primarily relied on contributions from close acquaintances. Under Larry's guidance, alongside a small team of field reps, I unwittingly became a part of Campus Crusade's foundational efforts in Fund Development. Back then, not only were we tasked with raising our own personal support, but we were instrumental in pioneering the organization's approach to securing substantial funding for specific projects. My tenure with Larry proved to be a master class in various aspects of life and fundraising. From time management strategies to maximizing air travel budgets. And even cultivating relationships with affluent donors predominantly in their senior years. Those lessons were invaluable. Little did we know that we would be trailblazers in Campus Crusade's fundraising efforts, contributing to the trajectory of Larry's enduring career. Looking back, I'm deeply grateful for those formative years and the profound insights into both fundraising in life that Larry had parted to me. Let's pick up where we left off last week. [00:02:40] Tommy Thomas: Take me into your new book, Intentional Living and Giving. What was the genesis of that? [00:02:48] Larry O'Nan: The genesis came back from this study when I was assigned the job of writing to come up with Stewardship Theology. I did another book in the mid 80s called Giving Yourself Away, and in many respects, this is a revision of that, although it's a totally different package, but it was still basically all the same core theology. And a few years ago, I was in Ireland for an event, And some people in Britain were saying there's nothing that's really distinctive that we know about this, simple to understand about what stewardship's about, because there's a lot of misconceptions out there. And there's a lot of traditions that would get in their way. [00:03:30] Larry O'Nan: In Great Britain, years ago there was a guy there that started orphanages. And he had about 300 kids in the orphanages in Bristol. And as he was working with these kids, he was a great marketer, but he was known for praying things in. So, he'd go into his closet and pray. And then people decided that his style of raising funds was the way they would adapt. So, they would say we're not going to ask for money. We're going to go pray for it. What they don't tell you is the story of how well he was at marketing where the kids were living. And everybody knew where he was located, and he was out all the time talking about the kids in need. [00:04:13] Larry O'Nan: So, you'll find that story. And there are some people who say we should never ask for anything. God is the one that provides. We're not going to go that route. So, there's a lot of skewed ideas of what this all means. The book itself, Intentional Living and Giving, is a recap of everything. So, the first nine chapters are the Theology of Stewardship, and then the latter nine chapters are how do you practically apply this in your life. So, we unpack what God's role for man was and what we do, how we respond, how we act, what we should be doing. And then the latter part is here's some very practical things that will help you be successful. And out of the whole book, there's one chapter because everybody expects a book on stewardship to be about money. [00:05:01] Larry O'Nan:  I dedicated one chapter to talk about what money is and how it works and what tithing is and some of those things. But that's one chapter out of 17 chapters. And I really say this is one thing you can give, but there's a hundred other things you can give as well. What are you doing in stewardship? Not what are you doing with your money? And so the book itself is, what I discovered, there's people out there, Tommy, I remember a lady about a decade ago, she was probably in her 60s, maybe 65, and she had tears in her eyes. The context was she'd been married to a pastor, and they'd gone through a divorce, so that was a mess up. [00:05:40] Larry O'Nan: They had been in ministry for years and years. She raised a family of a couple of kids. And her tears in her eyes was I never have figured out my purpose in life. Why did God put me here in the first place? And I thought for 65, you just missed some of the great joy because he was very clear giving you assignments and work. You just didn't know what day you were a steward. So, she really was fulfilling a stewardship, and everybody knew about it, but she was miserable because it wasn't articulated to her that you are doing what God called you to do.  I think of that lady every once in a while, and I think, boy, if more people understood how they could be a steward and practically implement stewardship in their life, they could go from confusion and fear to thriving and abundant contentment. [00:06:30] Larry O'Nan: And that's what I'm really trying to help people get is I'm trying to help you free yourself up from the confusion and the fear that you probably are living with to wonder if you're doing what God led you to do. Why am I here in the first place? What's all about a life that says I'm thriving? I have an abundance. Nothing about money there, just the abundance of life, and I can be content. So, the book is really unpacking that for the average Christian. I wrote it as much for the international side as I did the American side, but it's a universal challenge that's out there, and that's why the book is you know, on its way out the door. I'm just trying to help people get free so they can thrive. That's what it's all about. +++++++++++++++++++ [00:07:15] Tommy Thomas: Early in your career, and then you took a break from it, and I think now you're back at it, but tell our listeners a little bit about your Andy Ant series. [00:07:24] Larry O'Nan:  I'm a dad. I have two daughters. My oldest daughter was three years of age, and the other one was just coming along. She's about three years younger. One night, Carrie, I read her stories every night when I was home, and I would put her to bed after reading her a kid story. And one night she said, Daddy, I don't want you to read me a story. And I did. I thought this is weird. She says, I want you to tell me a story. [00:07:53] Larry O'Nan: And so I laid down her book that I was going to read to her, and I laid there in bed for a minute, and I said, once upon a time, there was an ant, because I was remembering the book of Proverbs, it said, watch the ant, learn of his ways, my definition is, though he's tiny, he's mighty in many ways, we can learn a lot from ants, how they store, how they work. The diligence, the way they work together in cooperation. I've got a 300-page book on ants, believe it or not. I didn't write it, but the guy did his doctoral thesis on ants. And I thought that's an interesting one. But anyway, I started telling my daughter stories and they were really just stories about her and the life she lived about this little character. [00:08:34] Larry O'Nan: And I named him Andy. And she liked Andy Ant. So many nights it would be tell me an Andy Ant story. Now, the Andy Ant stories that are out today, my brother is the author of all the books. We did collaborate on the concept, but he's an attorney in Denver. And I said if you will work on the storylines the way you see him, I'll try to work on the marketing and getting the stories out there and their books for three- to 10-year-old kids. They are the day in the life of a little boy that I didn't create. My brother is basically Joseph Tyler Johnson, the main character. But I, in my world of Andy Ant, it was what Carrie was doing outside and how the ants interrupted her life. And then Jessica came along, and the same thing happened. So, the environment there was learning from the ants and learning principles of daily living in a fun way without being religious. [00:09:32] Larry O'Nan: I wasn't trying to make him memorize verses at that time of day. What did I learn? Andy would play baseball because Carrie had a baseball bat and she played out in the backyard and tried to hit the ball. Andy started hitting the balls in the grass. So, it was crazy. It made no sense. And if for 10 years, Andy existed between Jessica and Carrie and myself, the life came when my brother got involved and created it. We eventually got a former Disney artist who had worked for 21 years for Walt Disney personally, and he did all of the illustrations. So, if you see the Andy Ant work today, there's eight books in the series. [00:10:13] Larry O'Nan: It looks like what you would call Disney evergreen art because it was created by one of the Disney evergreen artists, and he did that. He spent two years of his life working with us on the entire series. He's no longer living, but that's the story of how we got the stories going. So that is out there for kids that really, there's a stewardship element to it because I have trouble giving up on Andy because I'm a steward of Andy. So, I got to take care of this crazy ant. Because that's a responsibility that God gave me. But it's incidental to the other story of really helping people thrive. I'm much more motivated to help you and other people that you might know or other adults. God's really got a purpose. I want you to thrive and do all that God led you to do. [00:11:07] Larry O'Nan: And if I'm doing that and you're doing that, we're going to get along fine. Life will be better for both of us. Yeah. ++++++++++++++++ [00:11:13] Tommy Thomas: You mentioned you just returned from Spain. Are there cultural differences in the way a Latin population would see stewardship or an Eastern European population or does it transcend? [00:11:29] Larry O'Nan: It transcends. I started working with the guy that created this environment that I was a part of. It was the guy that I've mentored for 40 years. And I started training him. He picked up on it. There's another guy in Switzerland that has taken it even further. One of them got into helping missionaries raise their own personal support called Ministry Partner Development. And this conference was centered around helping missionaries do that. Now, I probably met less than a half a dozen Americans there. Everybody else was European. There were 20 countries involved. I met four people from Ukraine. There were people from the Baltic states, across France, Spain, everywhere else. [00:12:13] Larry O'Nan: Some of them were with organizations that you would recognize, but they were the European expression. So Young Life and Navigators and Operation Mobilization and Youth of the Mission were all there. So was Agape Europe, which is the Cru expression of Campus Crusade. But I'd say two thirds of the organizations, I couldn't even figure out how to pronounce their names. They were unique organizations to the culture. Some of them were humanitarian, camping, evangelism, church planting, church growth. And they were all equipped with how they could raise financial support as missionaries within their culture with nobody ever leaving their culture to raise the funding that they need because they're raising money in Spain, in France, in Germany, in Switzerland, in the Netherlands, in Great Britain, in Ukraine, in Hungary, in Czechoslovakia, in Poland. [00:13:10] Larry O'Nan: They're racing the same kind of a thing that you and I would have done, in the seventies with Cru is being done over and over again. And it's not a Cru thing. It's their own unique thing. Everybody that was at that conference was volunteering their time to help others. It was not sponsored by an organization. It was sponsored by a network. And they came together to help, and they keep on training people how to do it. And they're helping the nationals be successful in it. Spain's a unique country. Years ago, when I first went there, probably 40 years ago, I was told over and over again, you can never raise money in the country of Spain. [00:13:53] Larry O'Nan: It's impossible because we don't have the money here. And this guy that was telling me that over and over was making sure that we weren't going to mess up his plan. The Lord took him home. He's probably been gone about five or six years. The generation that came after him learned about what we're talking about in terms of fund development and just said we do not want to be dependent on money from outside of Europe. [00:14:20] Larry O'Nan: We don't want to be dependent on money outside of Spain. And so, this ministry is 100 percent funded now by Spanish funds, and comes in through the Spanish structure. They rarely get any money outside of Spain and rarely any from the United States. That doesn't mean that we don't encourage that when it's available. But it's very unhealthy when an organization becomes codependent on somebody else just to make them work. And the entire European structure is trying to say we do not need funding from the West, i.e. the United States. I say if people want to be generous and help you, accept it.  [00:15:01] Larry O'Nan: But to say that we cannot survive as an organization because we don't have funding from the U.S. They think it is wrong and they need to be responsible. The principle is that every place in the world, God's landed his people and he's got money everywhere. And it's all his. So, let's go find it and let's work with the partners that are there. And if you look at any part of scripture, in fact, the principles that we teach on stewardship came out of the Middle East. They didn't come out of America. These are all biblical principles that came out of a period of time of the Old and New Testament. So, it works as well there. It takes some time, and it takes, I find that sometimes leadership of their organizations is the number one liability to doing it right because they're assigning somebody else to go raise it, but they don't want to go through the pain or the refocus of their attention to do it right. [00:15:58] Larry O'Nan: When I was over in Spain last week, I was saying, get you copies of Intentional Living and Giving, get the dialogue going with your leadership and your board. Because if they're with you, you can thrive as an organization. If they're not with you in this philosophy or theology you're going to be having struggles all the time because they're going to want money faster than the development process will get it to them. Even there, and the book will work there, and it's all in English right now, that's the way the books start typically, if an English person writes it. But I would anticipate in the next two or three years, we'll be in half a dozen languages that will be relevant to the mainstream. You can have about eight languages in the world and be into the marketplace, any place in the world. [00:16:44] Larry O'Nan: Yeah, there's 2000 languages, but those are heart languages. And the economy works in about eight languages. The world economy is there. That's where we're at. And these people, yes, the entire conference in Spain was English. But when they read scripture, they would read it in five languages because somebody in that room knew one of those five languages. So, that's what it was. And it was the generation Z and maybe millennials that were leading the conference. I never spoke once. I just spent a lot of time interacting with the participants there.  And I didn't need to speak because they were doing a better job at doing that than I could ever have done. And it is universal. It can work any place. Some of the largest funding for Christian enterprises currently happens in Asia, not in the United States. +++++++++++++++++ [00:17:37] Tommy Thomas: Let's try to bring this thing to a close. I want to ask you. I don't know that I like the word lightning round because you might want to take longer to answer than a lightning round might incur, but so I'll start with, if you could give a younger version of yourself, a piece of advice, what would it be? [00:17:56] Larry O'Nan: Don't be afraid to fail, work a plan or develop a plan and work the plan. Don't give up. [00:18:06] Tommy Thomas: If you could get a do over in life, what would it be? [00:18:13] Larry O'Nan: If I could do a do over? I probably would have gained understanding of stewardship earlier. I totally tripped over it. I think my life would have been a lot more fulfilled if I'd just known it a couple of decades earlier. [00:18:31] Tommy Thomas: How have you changed in the last five years? [00:18:36] Larry O'Nan: You got to go backoalmost 10 years on my change.  My wife died 10 years ago, and about nine years into that, I said, Okay, I'm very much alive and well and healthy. And I said, instead of retiring, I'm going to reboot and keep on going. That's been the radical changes to my fault. I take on more than I should. But if you have got a responsible bone in your body, you'll probably do that. And yeah, I think that people that quit on anything lose life. I see people retired, but I also see 40-year-olds that quit on a marriage or quit on their kids or quit on something else. I just think stick with it. That I was going to write a book some years back. I may still do something someday with it called The Curve. [00:19:33] Larry O'Nan: Because the only time you really grow is when you're in a crisis situation. And the book, The Curve, was about how you navigate the curves of life. And it's in the curve when you think it's the worst that you're probably going to grow the most. So, embrace the curve and realize that what comes out of the backside of it is going to make you a better person. [00:19:55] Tommy Thomas: What's the best piece of advice anybody ever gave you? [00:20:00] Larry O'Nan: You have the freedom to fail.  I don't think I ever would have done what I did in my years that God gave me here so far if I did not embrace that and just go for it over and over again. I write it down every once in a while when I'm up against the wall. Larry, you have the freedom to fail. Go try it. [00:20:26] Tommy Thomas: It's been a wonderful conversation, Larry.  Thank you. It's good to catch up and we shouldn't wait this long to do it again. [00:20:34] Larry O'Nan: I should come out and someday we have to go out and see what's in your part of the world together. I have fond memories of working with you, Tommy. Fond memories. [00:20:42] Tommy Thomas: You're welcome on the Gulf Coast anytime you can catch an airplane ride down this way. ++++++++++++++++++ [00:20:47] Tommy Thomas: Thank you for joining us today. If you are a first-time listener, I hope you will subscribe and become a regular. You can find links to all the episodes at our website: www.jobfitmatters.com/podcast. If there are topics you'd like for me to explore, my email address is tthomas@jobfitmatters.com.  Word of mouth has been identified as the most valuable form of marketing. Surveys tell us that consumers believe recommendations from friends and family over all other forms of advertising. If you've heard something today that's worth passing on, please share it with others. You're already helping me make something special for the next generation of nonprofit leaders. I'll be back next week with a new episode. Until then, stay the course on our journey to help make the nonprofit sector more effective and sustainable. ​​Links & Resources JobfitMatters Website Next Gen Nonprofit Leadership with Tommy Thomas The Perfect Search – What every board needs to know about hiring their next CEO Larry O'Nan's Website  Larry O'Nan's Email: Larry@LarryONan.com  Intentional Living and Giving: Discovering Purpose, Igniting Abundance, and Thriving as a Steward of God's Blessing by Larry O'Nan The Adventures of Andy Ant: Lawn Mower On The Loose (MJ Kids; Adventure of Andy Ant) by Gerald O'Nan Connect tthomas@jobfitmatters.com  Follow Tommy on LinkedIn Listen to Next Gen Nonprofit Leadership with Tommy Thomas on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify

[00:00:00] Larry O'Nan: We could have failed miserably, Tommy, but that was okay. I learned a long time ago, and even in the book that I've written, I did a foreword about the freedom to fail. And I was afraid to step out and do things, and I had a guy that I was working with, and he said, Larry, freedom to fail is what you've got. [00:00:19] Larry O'Nan: No one's ever done it before. Go ahead and step into it. All you can do is go back and do it again. If it doesn't work, then try something else. And freedom to fail never became a barrier to me. If this is not the way to do it, we'll figure it out later and tweak it and do it again. ++++++++++++++++++ [00:00:34] Tommy Thomas: My guest today is Larry O'Nan, and Larry is a graduate of the University of Colorado. He and his wife, Pat, served on the staff of Cru, previously known as Campus Crusade for Christ, for 18 years. And during this time, Larry dedicated 13 years to developing and overseeing the accelerated growth of many fund development initiatives, resulting in more than 150 million raised for evangelism and development programs worldwide. I first met Larry in July of 1973. I had joined the staff of Campus Crusade and had been assigned to report to Larry. It's an immense pleasure to get to interview my first boss. Larry, Welcome to NextGen Nonprofit Leadership. [00:01:20] Larry O'Nan: Tommy, it's so good to be with you. Thanks a lot for inviting me to dialogue with you a little bit today about all kinds of things. We've got a long history. [00:01:28] Tommy Thomas: We could go in a lot of directions. We could do a whole podcast on reminiscing about memories, but there was one that stuck in my mind. And I don't know if you remember or not.  It was the summer of ‘74 and Larry and I had traveled to Korea to attend this big conference, Expo 74, with a million and a half of our good friends. And after the conference, we traveled around Southeast Asia, but the leg of the trip that I remember was with the Philippines. And it was so hot, and it was so humid, I was raised in the south and I thought I knew what heat and humidity was, but they put a whole new definition on it over there. I remember we shared a bedroom that had two single beds and one oscillating fan. I can remember lying in my bed and that fan would hit me and then it would go away and it'd go over, swing over to Larry's side of the room, and hit him. And it'd go back and forth. And I thought, a lot of significant learning took place on that trip, but the heat and the humidity and that oscillating fan stick out in my memory, Larry. [00:02:34] Larry O'Nan: Oh, my goodness. And I was in the Philippines about two years ago. I chair a board of a nonprofit in the Philippines called Little Feet and Friends, and I was sharing a room with a Filipino pastor that was with me. And I was laying there thinking at least the last time I was here, it wasn't oscillating. I was actually in the only air-conditioned room on that entire compound. [00:03:00] Tommy Thomas:  Yeah, they get used to that heat over there. It's amazing. It is amazing. Before we dig too deep into your career and the books you've written and that kind of thing, I want to go back to your maybe to your childhood a little bit. Growing up in Colorado, what are two or three things that you remember most about your childhood? [00:03:18] Larry O'Nan: My father was a pastor in Western Colorado at the time. And Tommy, the things that stuck with my head the most was learning to do something from nothing. Dad was encouraging. I had a horse that was 36 inches tall, a Grand Canyon pony horse. And I learned to make money with that little rascal. He about killed me on a race, but I decided that I could take him to the richer part of my town. And for a quarter, I could get a kid to ride on the back of the horse and I could make more money in three hours as a 10- or 12-year-old than I could if I was doing anything else. So, learning to do something from nothing, taking an idea and creating something from it. And believe it or not, over and over again in my life, I've seen that same pattern kick into gear many times. Because too many times I was told to go do it, but there's no plan. [00:04:09] Tommy Thomas:   What was high school like in Western Colorado? [00:04:13] Larry O'Nan: Western Colorado is a unique area in that we were the major town between Denver and Salt Lake. And it was a rural community, but it was also a cosmopolitan mixing area. It was the largest city, and it was there that I got involved in theater a great deal. I knew I was going to become famous in the theater world for five years. Even into my junior year in college, I knew that's where I was aiming. I began not only liking the acting, but I really got into the directing and the back of the scene, what goes on behind to make a show work. Again, it was taking something from almost nothing and creating in six weeks, a full production of South Pacific or you name the shows that we did. We did a lot of major shows. [00:04:59] Larry O'Nan: And over again, when I was in high school, I started seeing that there was a need for some people to come in and do the backside of the curtain to make the front of the curtain actually work. And so I've enjoyed the backside of the curtain all my life and standing back in the back of a room, watching it happen when it goes off. So that was my high school days. From there, I went to university. And majored in theater up to my junior year in college when I decided I wanted to get out of that field and ended up with a double major in English education and was supposed to become a drama coach and a debate coach and an English teacher. And I never went that way. I went into full time ministry. [00:05:43] Tommy Thomas: What are people always surprised to find out about you? [00:05:47] Larry O'Nan: Oh, my goodness. What were they surprised to find out about me? Probably that I think it was a surprise to even me too, is that when I would make a commitment to do something, I later discovered I have a high degree of responsibility in my whole system, but I cannot give up on things. When I say I'm going to do something, I do it, and that's probably surprised me as much as it did them. But it would also bother me when things happen when people would not follow through. Because to me, everybody should have that same value. I discover people are different, but in defining what my strengths were, I really discovered one of those was maximizing the occasion, but the other one was a driving force to be responsible, to get it done. Even today. I've got to say no, because if I say yes, I'm caught with a responsibility to carry through and do something. [00:06:41] Tommy Thomas: What do you remember about the first time you had people reporting to you as a manager? [00:06:48] Larry O'Nan: When I was in my second year at the University of Pennsylvania, working with Campus Crusade in the Ivy League area, I was assigned a responsibility to have a music group come through the area. And they gave me 30 days of time with that group. And I decided if I was going to have them for 30 days and they were going to charge me by the day, I was going to get my money out of them. And I about killed the group because I started organizing people on every campus in five states to get ready for this group to come to town. And we did, I think 32 concerts in 30 days. They never told me not to do it. They just told me to schedule the group and I overscheduled them. But I had good teams on all these campuses, both Ivy League and state campuses and Christian colleges that were in that area. [00:07:38] Larry O'Nan: And I learned from that experience that people will do what you tell them to do if you lay out a clear plan and help them get there. So, to me, it's not about me getting the credit, it's about the people that I recruit to do the job where they own it. And then I can sit back and help them be successful at it. For years, that's the way I functioned. Now, later, I got into developing more people when I got into early fund development. There was only two of us who started off with a huge project that no one had any clue what to do about. But within 13 years, I had about 100 people and seven departments working for me. [00:08:18] Larry O'Nan: And again, it was more of a facilitator role and an encourager role that I saw my leadership to be not a one that went ahead and get it done. So even when I started writing books and doing other things, I developed teams that were working on those things and they had as much ownership on the project that I did, and they felt that ownership, I think, and it carried the whole program. So, to say I was really leading. Yeah, I was influenced, but I was more by encouraging them to go get the job done and help us get it done together. So that happened. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ [00:08:54] Tommy Thomas: So, you were on the campus staff. How did you get over into fundraising? [00:09:02] Larry O'Nan: I almost tripped over that one. I did two years at the University of Pennsylvania. Then that music group came through. It was called the New Folk at the time. And when I killed them in 30 days, they asked me that summer, if I would move out of the campus ministry and had started advancing that Eastern United States group that had, I think, 30 states under its wing. And I started doing the advanced work and setting up all of their concerts for the next couple of years. And that led me into music. Eventually, after a number of years there, I put seven groups together for the Ministry of Crew and both Asia and Africa and Europe, and then a number of groups here in the United States. [00:09:44] Larry O'Nan: I found myself in 1972 out of a job, and I was asked by the then Senior Vice President of the organization if I would help him with a project and I took a brand-new staff guy into that room to say, what is the project? And he went to his hotel bathroom. He was headquartered in an old facility that had hotel rooms that were converted to offices. He pulled back the shower curtain. There were 28 boxes of pledge cards. Representing almost 2 million in pledges made by 80,000 students in Dallas, Texas earlier that summer.  It had been 90 days since those boxes had been touched. No one had a clue what was in them and the only responsibilities, could you take these boxes and see if you can convert them into commitments from the people that made these pledges. [00:10:36] Larry O'Nan: So, 90 days later, those 28 boxes started saying, this is what you call fund development. And I had no clue. No one was, there was no roadmap. There was nobody advising us. We just had to make it successful. And that got me into fund development. And little did I know that those 28 boxes would lead to a career that included 30 years of consulting with Christian nonprofits after that. It was a journey that I never expected, but it was using all my skill package. So, the way I did that job all those years was just leveraging my strengths and staying away from my weaknesses. [00:11:18] Tommy Thomas: So, I guess I didn't think about this back then. So, you were a year into this when I came along. [00:11:25] Larry O'Nan: I probably was about a year into it.  I think Tommy, you and I were heavily involved in the I Found It campaign, the Here's Life America campaign that was going on. That was one of those jobs I was assigned. This is before you got there, but it was basically we need to raise 12 to 15 million in the next two years. How are you going to do it? And again, there was no plan. There was no advice. There was nobody telling us what to do. I was working casually with a consulting firm out of New York, shared with them the challenge that was before me, and he helped me formulate a plan. And we raised about 12 million in 18 months. But it was going from zero. [00:12:09] Larry O'Nan: And I think you came into play through that process. And we recruited representatives to work across the United States. I think I had about 15 or 18 field reps. And we were training cities how to raise the money to accomplish their city objectives. So again, it was taking something from nothing, creating an idea, formulating a plan, and then working the plan. And that pattern is, I've done that over and over again over my years. So, you and I started when there was nobody telling us what to do. And those days it was a wing and a prayer and Tommy go get on an airplane and go do X. And if we had an hour or two or a day before, we would figure out what to do the next day and we'd go do it. [00:12:58] Larry O'Nan: We could have failed miserably, Tommy, but that was okay. I learned a long time ago, and even in the book that I've written, I did a foreword about the freedom to fail. And I was afraid to step out and do things, and I had a guy that I was working with, and he said, Larry, freedom to fail is what you've got. No one's ever done it before. Go ahead and step into it. All you can do is go back and do it again. If it doesn't work, then try something else. And freedom to fail never became a barrier to me. It became “if this is not the way to do it, we'll figure it out later and tweak it and do it again”. So that's how it started. [00:13:35] Larry O'Nan: And I ended up spending 13 years doing the ministry of Cru, and then I consulted with them for another 10 - 12 years beyond that. As one of my clients when I was doing the fund development, because at that time, I was specializing in major partner development, and we were doing a lot of other initiatives, and I worked with them. Just this last week, I was in Spain and repeated some of the same stuff that we did 45 years ago in Spain again, except not in the context of Cru now. But if what Cru gave birth to is a network of nonprofit Christian organizations, and in this case in Europe. They were jokingly calling me the great grandfather of this activity that I was attending, because I was there and the guys that I trained and equipped and mentored were there, and then the leadership that they had developed through their work were there, and we had about 150 people at that conference. From 20 countries, sitting in about 15 organizations. It's fun to watch it work because you can stand in the back of the room and say, my goodness, this really did work. [00:14:47] Tommy Thomas: Go back to failure for a minute. Why do you think most of us are afraid to fail? [00:14:54] Larry O'Nan: I think there's an expectation that failure is bad to begin with.  So, we hear the word failure, and we don't want to fail. But when you realize that if you don't have the freedom to fail, you may not take the risks that will take to get the job done.  I've seen people have never reached their maximum potential because they're stumbling about what would happen if it didn't work? And I had the same feeling when I first started these things, and nobody was there to walk beside me. And then when I realized that if you don't do it one way, you just roll up your sleeves and go try another way. Now, I believe that if you learn a pattern and then mess up too much on it, that needs to be corrected. [00:15:40] Larry O'Nan: But generally, I think most people are afraid to fail. In fact, my concern is that I watched the Z generation. I've got a 23-year-old grandson, and there's a lot of these kids that are really afraid to step out and be bold and do something. They're almost frozen because they could get whiplash and could really take them down. And their self-esteem, they don't want to fail. So, they won't do anything. They will end up taking no less of a job. They will not take the risks. And that's the sad part. I feel like we got to help people endorse failure. I looked at the Old Testament. Moses had a huge potential failure when he picked up two million people in Egypt to go across the desert and it took him 40 years to get there. [00:16:25] Larry O'Nan: But he figured out how to navigate that particular venue with all the problems they had. But I think God gives us the freedom to fail. I don't think God is up there with a big stick saying, I'm going to give you a lower grade because it didn't work out right. I think that the key to good leadership is giving people the freedom to fail. I just think a lot of young adults coming up today are almost frozen and maybe the expectation on them is not fair as well. [00:16:56] Tommy Thomas: So yeah, failure is tied into risk. What's the biggest risk you've ever taken? [00:17:05] Larry O'Nan: Probably stepping into some arenas where I knew the potential of it not succeeding was really great, but we had to do it anyway. I was involved with a dream of Dr. Bill Bright to see a billion dollars raised for the Great Commission and the amount of funding and the way we were going to go about doing it was petrifying. But if you didn't step out and test some of those ideas out, you never would have known they worked. At that time the only organizations in the U.S. that achieved a billion dollars of income of any kind was probably Harvard and Stanford. And we were in an evangelical nonprofit culture. And the idea of raising money that had never ever been raised before was just a big gulp. And it was a huge risk because the reputation hangs on the risk. Now, I was not the upfront guy. I was doing much more of the logistics. And making it happen, but it takes those kinds of people behind the scenes. You can have a good guy on the platform, but if he doesn't know what he's doing, it's going to crumble pretty fast. ++++++++++++++++ [00:18:22] Tommy Thomas:   What have you learned about resilience over the years? [00:18:27] Larry O'Nan: Keep at it. I think there's a tendency to if it doesn't work you get out of here. In fact, a few weeks ago, somebody said the frustration that I have with the young generation is that in fact, this was a tax guy. He said for most adults, they come in and they have a W2 form, or they have maybe two jobs, maybe three, if they're really getting entrepreneurial. He said the young generation is coming in with 10 or 12 W2 forms because they kept quitting and going to something else. He said they don't know where they're going because they don't stay long enough to figure out even what they're good at. And I think that is a reflection on our culture. But I'm still committed to trying to help people look at the longer term. [00:19:14] Larry O'Nan: My grandson just graduated from Biola University, and I said to him a few weeks ago, I said, now, the key thing is to stay at this job for 8, 10 weeks because his tendency is if this doesn't work, there's probably something over here that could work. Now he's not one to jump fast, but much of the culture jumps fast. So, to be on the job for two weeks and quit because you don't like the hours, you don't learn very much that way. Tommy, when you and I were doing what we were doing together, we were sticking through it for two or three years at a time, slugging up against all kinds of risks and all kinds of barriers.  And I think we had some good times, but we did not know where we were going. God seemed to be getting us there. [00:20:01] Tommy Thomas: Yeah, I'm thinking back. I don't ever remember thinking about quitting. It was hard at times. But we did have good times along the way. We had things to celebrate and for the most part we got there. I think we were a pretty good fundraising group, that group of 15 that you had together. And then the tour we took when I managed that music group, the Crossroads, when we brought them in from Asia and I think back. I don't think that I've thought about quitting, I don't have any kids or grandkids, so I'm probably not as tied to these next generations as a lot of my guests are. So I'm always interested in what you're seeing out there and in that context. [00:20:43] Larry O'Nan: We were doing that Tommy back in those days and I called it fundraising back then. Now I'm a consultant with funded up mode, but fundraising is really an exchange. It's I get something, and you get something. Unfortunately, that's what is going on in most of the activities. My direct mail stuff that I get from all kinds of political and non-political sources is offering me something in exchange for something else. Almost every one of them. If not, they're trying to lean on my emotion of what's going to happen to a kid if I don't send them money. So, it 's fundraising. Now I'm not anti-fundraising. I don't think it's sinful. It is manipulated to a great extent because if you use the right words and say the right things, you can bend a person to do something that they may not want to do. With fundraising there is also the concept of the donor. And our secular society has used that term very broadly. [00:21:45] Larry O'Nan: A donor is a person that gives blood, gets a needle in his arm, resists the fact that he had to do it, but sometimes does it for the higher cause of what the blood will do. And if he gets anything, it's a sugar cube or a cookie at the end of sitting there giving blood. I always cringed at fundraising and having donors because I felt like there was a higher calling and we were trying to get money. So even during the times that you were working with him, we were doing good fundraising. Yeah, but we were not yet into Fund Development. Fund development is the word. Development itself is steps and stages in growth and advancement. That means you have to take a person on a journey for them to see what they can do and what can happen together. [00:22:35] Larry O'Nan: And then when I really got into the Theology of Stewardship, I dismissed the word fundraising and donor completely from the vocabulary. We started calling them partners. We started using the word Fund Development, not fundraising.   We started seeing that the people that could give resources were equally involved in ministry, just as much as I was involved in ministry. [00:22:59] Larry O'Nan: I just had a different ministry. I was helping spend some of their money, and they were giving the money that God had entrusted to them. So, the radical change came in about 1978-79, when as a circumstance, I was assigned to figure out the Theology of Stewardship for Cru. They could say, knowing about Cru's history they must have had a very solid organization. It was a wing and a prayer with a visionary behind it. So, the visionary was a post war, and at that time, a handshake was as good as your word. So, the people in the ministry like Cru were doing it and it was relational development. I would say that true, but it really was a, I have no idea what I need next. [00:23:57] Larry O'Nan: But now if I figure out what I need next, I'll ask you again. So, there was some core concepts there, but there wasn't a fund development initiative or a strategy at that time. And I raised my personal support with minimal training and a prayer over me. That was about it. And that's the way you probably did. It was not until the late seventies when I was assigned and what had actually happened, Tommy, was I was invited to a meeting. I had been fairly successful with you and other strategies. We were raising funding, and I was invited to a meeting and the people that were in the meeting were higher up than I was. [00:24:39] Larry O'Nan: And I was probably one of about a dozen people in this room. And we had consultants advising the ministry on if it was even possible for a Christian ministry to raise a billion dollars. And they'd done the study, they'd done feasibility work, they'd done all their homework, and they said it's possible to do that, but if you do not figure out how to teach stewardship, you're going to create enemies rather than partners. Because many ministries will see you competing and taking money out of the orchard, so to speak, rather than expanding the orchard. The Ministry of Cru was not prepared to set up another ministry, and the consultants were very firm on that meeting that day, and I was just that little nobody in the room and listening to all of this. [00:25:29] Larry O'Nan: And somebody in the room as they, it was an impasse of this has got to happen or you probably were not going to raise the resources. And somebody said why don't we just sign that to Larry and let him figure out what the stewardship theology is of Campus Crusade. And that got the entire room to say, okay, we delegated that responsibility off, let's get back to more strategic things related to the campaign. But in my area of responsibility, now I had an assignment, and I was responsible to figure out something that nobody probably that day really cared if I ever figured out. But I did, because it was a responsibility that was assigned to me. And about, within the next two years, I brought two or three guys along with me, and we said, what in the world would a stewardship theology be? [00:26:17] Larry O'Nan: What is, what are we meaning by that? And we started looking at Scripture. And other things that were written out there. And we started to formulate what we would call a stewardship theology. And that radically changed what we did into the early eighties and moving forward, because now we were involving and inviting partners to be involved in changing the world rather than just begging for money and running from it. And it radically changed. I think even Cru today and many organizations I worked with, probably 30 organizations over the last 30 years. And I've tried to impact their thinking about how they see their people, how they relate to them. And you get a lot more people in partnership when you're treating them as partners. [00:27:02] Larry O'Nan: Joining hands and walking together in this world, rather than, I am the one that's called in the ministry, and you've got money, so please give it to me so I can go spend it. I'm responsible to the steward and ironically, the steward never gives up his responsibility of his stewardship. So, if a man is making significant money or a couple has made good money in their business, A good steward does not just give it away and dispense it. They want to know how you're doing with it. So, accountability. I want to go see it. I want to touch it. I want to know why you did it the way you did. [00:27:40] Larry O'Nan: What's the ROI? Are we making an investment? It's God's resources at work. How are you spending it correctly? It changes the dynamic of a lot of things. If you're looking at stewards correctly and realizing, it's a God ordained assignment that we've got as individuals. to use whatever God's given us effectively. So, I've been on this trip for a long time, and I love it. I never knew I would be getting into it. That wasn't my plan. It started off with those 20 boxes. [00:28:14] Tommy Thomas: I'm just saying you got me thinking. The first time I remember the term fund development was when my wife and I were working with the YMCA, and they didn't call it fundraising. They called it Fund Development. And now that I'm looking back and thinking about that, it seemed like we were partnering with people more than we were just you know, asking for a contribution. So that makes a lot of sense. [00:28:40] Larry O'Nan: And the concept of stewardship is way beyond if you're a believer or not a believer.  God basically has created us to take care of his stuff. He never gave it to us. So, you'll see in scripture that God gave them, gave the Garden of Eden to them. No, he didn't give it to them. He allowed them to live in his garden. His basic assignment to Adam and Eve, if you go back to Genesis 2, was to take care of my stuff and you can name all the animals. And I'm going to come down. I'm going to be so interested in what you're doing that in the cool of the day, we're going to walk around the garden and talk with each other. But the responsibility of being a steward was not taken away from Adam when he blew it. He was going to make a lot more work for him. [00:29:25] Larry O'Nan: He had to go pull weeds and take care of things differently by the sweat of his brow, as the scripture said. But the responsibility never changed. God still owns it all, and God wants us to take care of his stuff. Now, God's got five other things he wants us to do as well, but they're all related to stewardship. It's when an organization embraces the idea of partnering with the ministry, whether I chair a board of an organization here in San Bernardino County called Santa Claus Incorporated. That's its legal name. In 1951, it was incorporated as Santa Claus Incorporated, and we help about 225,000 kids a year that are some of the most desperate kids in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. [00:30:11] Larry O'Nan: And it's all about finding partners to work with us so that those kids can have what they need in terms of sometimes toys at Christmas. It could be shoes. It could be anything else they need. Backpacks. We work with school districts. We work with kids in crisis that are coming out of homes that the state's taken kids away from their parents. And it's all about helping the kid have a sense of well-being while he's under a state of crisis. But over and over again, the stewardship there is that we've got people nationally, and locally, they volunteer their time, they volunteer their money internationally, their organizations that are partnering with us to help us through, we work with some very large nonprofit facilitating type groups in New York and Washington DC that help us get goods. [00:31:06] Larry O'Nan: So, we give around six and a half million dollars' worth of product away every year because of partnerships.  Nobody feels like we have gouged them for money. Nobody feels like we've messed up their life. We've not been offensive to them. They are seeing that we're working together to accomplish a goal. So, whether it's a secular, humanitarian, or a very fine church, or a very fine nonprofit, evangelistic group, whatever it is, are we really treating and working in partnership with the people that God has placed in the hands of that organization to make that organization work? And when you mess up, they stop giving, but they don't, their money doesn't disappear, but they'll give it someplace else. If you abuse a relationship, they're going to go someplace else. ++++++++++++++++++ [00:31:54] Tommy Thomas: Join us next week, as we conclude this conversation with Larry O'Nan.  We will continue our discussion about lifestyle stewardship and fund development. I also asked Larry to talk a bit about his new book, Intentional Living and Giving, which was released in early April. ​​Links & Resources JobfitMatters Website Next Gen Nonprofit Leadership with Tommy Thomas The Perfect Search – What every board needs to know about hiring their next CEO Larry O'Nan's Website  Larry O'Nan's Email: Larry@LarryONan.com  Connect tthomas@jobfitmatters.com  Follow Tommy on LinkedIn Listen to Next Gen Nonprofit Leadership with Tommy Thomas on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts  

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How does Lutheran Elementary education make a difference for students, and how does LESA support families and educators? Amee Colvin — Director of Fund Development and Marketing with Lutheran Elementary School Association (LESA) in St. Louis, MO, and Mark Debrick — Principal of Zion Lutheran School in St. Charles, MO, join Sarah to talk about how Zion Lutheran serves the surrounding community, what makes Zion a unique place for children to learn about Jesus, how Zion partners with LESA to provide exemplary education for their students, the work that LESA does to support families and educators, and the upcoming A Night for Kids Dinner and Auction on April 13, 2024. Learn more about the Dinner and Auction at lesastl.org/2024-a-night-for-kids-dinner-auction-pre-event. Find the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article on Lutheran Schools at stltoday.com.

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Thompson: Did you watch The Oscars last night? How do we get more physicians in Ontario? Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government will cap the annual alcohol excise tax increase on beer, spirits and wine at two per cent for an additional two years. How can we fix Canada's military recruiting crunch? On March 15th, the Cancer Assistance Program is celebrating 30 years of providing free practical services to cancer patients and their families in the greater Hamilton Area! It's the fourth anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring the global COVID-19 outbreak to be a pandemic. Guests: Bill Brioux, television critic and author Dr. Shawn Whatley is a practicing physician, the author of When Politics Comes Before Patients — Why and How Canadian Medicare is Failing, and a senior fellow with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute CJ Hélie, President of Beer Canada Richard Shimooka, Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Dusty Vacon, Manager of Fund Development with Cancer Assistance Program Debbie Logel Butler, Executive Director of the Cancer Assistance Program Steve Joordens, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto Thomas Tenkate, Professor at the School of Occupational & Public Health with Toronto Metropolitan University Dr. Ian Lee, Associate Professor with the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University Scott Radley, Host of The Scott Radley Show and Columnist with the Hamilton Spectator Host – Scott Thompson Content Producer – William Erskine & Lisa Polewski Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Jen McQueen Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://megaphone.link/CORU8835115919

It's important to recognize and discuss the ongoing work that's done here at CASA behind the scenes. There are so many moving cogs that help to provide foster youth in our community an advocate to be their voice as they navigate their way through the child welfare system. With that being said, what's behind the fund development curtain here at CASA? Our Director of Development, Ellen Davis, joined us on this episode to talk about the importance of the CASA mission and the many amazing stories we share with those who seek to fund our good work.

Kelly Scher, Director of Fund Development at Carey Services, joins the show. Scott and Iris learn how Kelly landed in Grant County and it was basically the halfway point for jobs. Listen as we hear why she continues to choose Marion as her home, her passion for growth, and continuing to use the motto from 4-H “ Make the Best, Better”.

On today's podcast, we have the pleasure of chatting with Jerry Diaz from Geronimo Consulting about the exciting world of Fund Development. Jerry is a true expert in this field, and he's here to share his knowledge and insights with us.

Tuition will increase next year across Cal State campuses. The rise of girls' flag football at high schools. Celebrating the journeys of centenarians — anyone over 100 years old — in the Sacramento region. CSU tuition increase Starting next year, it will cost more to attend a Cal State university. CSU Trustees approved a 6% tuition increase each year, over the next five years. By the time it's Fall 2028, that amounts to a nearly $2,000 increase in tuition, and came with opposition from students and faculty across the state. There are 23 Cal State campuses, and on its homepage it prides itself as “the nation's most diverse four-year university – ethnically, economically and academically” adding that “students graduate with less (or no) debt.” CapRadio Reporter Janelle Salanga explains the upcoming tuition increase and how the Cal State system got to this point. Girls' flag football Girls' flag football.  It's the buzz on high school campuses all over California these days.  The newly-sanctioned sport has become so popular so quickly, that coaches have more girls signing up than they have room for on their teams.  On Insight, we'll explore the explosive growth of girls flag football with Will DeBoard, Assistant Commissioner with the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section and Varsity Flag Football Coach, Melissa Triebwasser, of Sacramento's St. Francis High School and learn how the game is similar yet also very different from the boys version.  We'll also find out why it means so much to the players and their coaches to be able to take the field in this historically male-dominated sport. Celebrating Carmichael's centenarians The fountain of youth may be found in Carmichael.  The Eskaton Village is throwing a big celebration this week in honor of the more than 50 centenarians that live across its various communities.  But you don't need to live there to celebrate. Nicole Zamora, Director of Fund Development at Eskaton, and centenarian Marian Stonesifer joins us to talk about this Friday's event, plus get some real-life advice on how to live a long and healthy life.

09.07.23 Pam Cook is joined by Taylor Weaver, Director of Communications and Fund Development with Early Childhood Resource center in Stark County

Today we get the pleasure to speak with Sharen Butrum. Sharen is the Fund Development Manager for Rural Community Assistance Corporation, a non-profit agency based in Sacramento that helps disadvantaged communities overcome economic challenges. She is a grant writer and fund developer, responsible for helping the organization meet its $20 million annual fundraising goal.   Sharen began her career as a journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in South Australia in 1966. She was the first female to be trained as a journalist by the ​ABC and subsequently became the first woman TV journalist in Australia. On moving to Los Angeles in 1970, she transitioned into PR and marketing as V.P for advertising and media companies where she created and developed new PR divisions. When her husband's career took the family to New York, Sharen opened her own Marketing Communications consultancy.  Sharen and her husband were residents of downtown Manhattan on September 11, 2001. In the aftermath of the attacks on the World Trade Center, they joined with their neighbors to create a nonprofit organization known as Ground Hero Kids. Motivated by this experience to continue working in the nonprofit arena, she began serving as consultant grant writer.   She now supervises two other fund developers and continues to write numerous grant proposals. Sharen is 73.https://www.instagram.com/workwhileyouhavethelight/

A quick listen this week where we dive into our new roles. John Stokinger is the new Director of Sales at Direct, an award-winning property management software and Mateo Bradford is the Head of Fund Development for Guestor a platform designed that allows anyone to easily invest in vacation rentals. In this episode, we talk about the reasons behind our moves, their impact on the vacation rental industry, and why our love for short-term rentals makes us perfect for the tasks at hand. https://www.directsoftware.com/ https://www.guestor.com/ https://www.derailedpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A quick listen this week where we dive into our new roles.John Stokinger is the new Director of Sales at Direct, an award-winning property management software and Mateo Bradford is the Head of Fund Development for Guestor a platform designed that allows anyone to easily invest in vacation rentals.In this episode, we talk about the reasons behind our moves, their impact on the vacation rental industry, and why our love for short-term rentals makes us perfect for the tasks at hand.https://www.directsoftware.com/https://www.guestor.com/https://www.derailedpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cleveland's infant mortality rate is one of the worst in the nation, and according to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Black babies in Cuyahoga County are almost three times more likely to die before their first birthday than white babies. Despite some improvements in infant mortality generally, the infant mortality rate among Black babies has not significantly changed over the past decade. Maternal mortality has also increased during the pandemic - another statistic disproportionately impacting women of color in a city recently ranked the worst for Black women.rnrnBirthing Beautiful Communities aims to improve these statistics. They tackle the social determinants of health and real-life circumstances that make mothers and their babies vulnerable to infant and maternal mortality. Since 2014, Birthing Beautiful Communities has served the community by providing childbirth/parenting education workshops, breastfeeding support, nutritional guidance, doula training, medical advocacy, and more.rnrnIn 2021, Jazmin Long was announced as the President & CEO of Birthing Beautiful Communities, after serving as the Vice President of Fund Development. As part of our Local Heroes series, join the City Club as we hear from Long on the challenges and opportunities in this work during Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month.

You don't want to miss this Nonprofit Enthusiast Live as Lasheena Williams and Angela White-Jones continue the conversation on this month's theme of Fund Development and Year-End Planning. Don't forget to invite your Nonprofit friends to the group so they can join in on the conversation. Special thank you to this month's sponsor Complex Seven. Complex Seven is an online bmw parts and apparel store that provides products that combine quality performance with value pricing. Check out today's sponsor at www.complexseven.com

You don't want to miss this Nonprofit Enthusiast Live as Lasheena Williams and Debi Pedraza continue the conversation on this month's theme of Fund Development and Year-End Planning. Don't forget to invite your Nonprofit friends to the group so they can join in on the conversation. Special thank you to this month's sponsor Complex Seven. Complex Seven is an online bmw parts and apparel store that provides products that combine quality performance with value pricing. Check out today's sponsor at www.complexseven.com

Sydney, CEO & Co-Founder of Seek Peak App is an avid traveler, mother of two under four. Passionate about learning, business, the arts and culture. Sydney had her entrepreneurial start at 16, hosting all ages concerts with Juno-Award winning artists. With an Honours Degree in Communications, First Class from the University of Calgary, Sydney has held roles in Marketing, Communications and Fund Development. Before founding SeekPeak, Sydney ran a successful real estate company. ​ She was recently selected as 1 of 30 female founders from across Canada to present in the final event of the Inventures conference in Banff. Learn more and Download the app at: https://www.seekpeakapp.com/

You don't want to miss this Nonprofit Enthusiast Live as Lasheena Williams and Shameka Allen-Lane kick off this month's theme of Fund Development and Year-End Planning. Don't forget to invite your Nonprofit friends to the group so they can join in on the conversation. Special thank you to this month's sponsor Complex Seven. Complex Seven is an online bmw parts and apparel store that provides products that combine quality performance with value pricing. Check out today's sponsor at www.complexseven.com

Ken is joined by Cassandra BoydDirector of Fund Development, Milestone Senior ServicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our friend Steve Lufburrow is president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Houston and with him is Barbie Parker, their vice president of Fund Development and Public Relations. The pandemic hasn't slowed Goodwill down as much as you might fear. They moved all their services online, making them even easier to access. In person or online, Goodwill's services are free. They implemented Employability 12 week program – paid !- training program for people with employment barriers. The 2022 Moreton Achievement Awards Luncheon. Honored Rebecca Johnson, an extraordinary woman with a incredible story to share. Go to www.goodwillhouston.org and consider making a donation. Their services are among the best in the world.

Ken is joined in studio by Cassandra Boyd, Director of Fund Development, Milestone Senior ServicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many executive directors get this mixed up or skip this part altogether. Fund development is CRITICAL as an executive director. Fundraising is asking for money whereas fund development is positioning your organization and articulating your relevance in your community. It's about building relationships so people can support your cause.Follow me on Twitter and LinkedInPlease Leave Your Awesome Reviews Below.

ABOUT THE BLACK FUNDRAISERS' PODCAST The Black Fundraisers' Podcast was founded in 2021 by Kia Croom, a 20-year nonprofit fundraising and philanthropy leader. To learn more about Kia's work, or to connect with her visit www.kiacroom.com. We encourage you to email the Black Fundraisers' Podcast with suggestions for show topics, inquiries, advertising and sponsorship opportunities at Blackfundraiserspodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to the Black Fundraisers' Podcast wherever podcasts are available Connect with us on IG & YouTube @Blackfundraiserspodcast ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST Natalye Paquin is the President & CEO of Points of Light. She is a lifelong believer in civic engagement and community support, Natalye spent more than 15 years in the education sector, first as a civil rights attorney with the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, and then as an executive for Chicago Public Schools and the School District of Philadelphia. More recently, she served as chief transformation officer at Girl Scouts of the USA, responsible for strategy integration. Learn more about Points of Light here: https://www.pointsoflight.org/ Download key Points of Light reports here: https://www.pointsoflight.org/resources/ This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

ABOUT THE BLACK FUNDRAISERS' PODCAST The Black Fundraisers' Podcast was founded in 2021 by Kia Croom, a 20-year nonprofit fundraising and philanthropy leader. To learn more about Kia's work, or to connect with her visit www.kiacroom.com. We encourage you to email the Black Fundraisers' Podcast with suggestions for show topics, inquiries, advertising, and sponsorship opportunities at Blackfundraiserspodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to the Black Fundraisers' Podcast wherever podcasts are available Connect with us on IG & YouTube @Blackfundraiserspodcast ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST Natalye Paquin is the President & CEO of Points of Light. She is a lifelong believer in civic engagement and community support, Natalye spent more than 15 years in the education sector, first as a civil rights attorney with the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, and then as an executive for Chicago Public Schools and the School District of Philadelphia. More recently, she served as chief transformation officer at Girl Scouts of the USA, responsible for strategy integration. Learn more about Points of Light here: https://www.pointsoflight.org/ Download key Points of Light reports here: https://www.pointsoflight.org/resources/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kia-croom/support

The pandemic has changed the world, in virtually every way. One group caught in the fallout are the non-profits. Joining Chris to share the story of how not-for-profit organizations have navigated their way through these troubling times are Rich Howard - the VP of Fund Development for the Davies Project, Nada Charara - Director of Development for American Red Cross, Carmen Turner - President/CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Lansing, and Demphna Krikorian - Senior Director of Development for Child and Families Charites!

The pandemic has changed the world, in virtually every way. One group caught in the fallout are the non-profits. Joining Chris to share the story of how not-for-profit organizations have navigated their way through these troubling times are Rich Howard - the VP of Fund Development for the Davies Project, Nada Charara - Director of Development for American Red Cross, Carmen Turner - President/CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Lansing, and Demphna Krikorian - Senior Director of Development for Child and Families Charites!

Mr. Rogers famously stated “look for the helpers. You will always find people trying to help” and our next guests are clearly fit that billing. Joining Chris to share the story of the Davies Project is the Executive Director, Pam Miklavcic, the VP Fund Development, Rich Howard, and Board of Director, Mikhail Murshak!

Mr. Rogers famously stated “look for the helpers. You will always find people trying to help” and our next guests are clearly fit that billing. Joining Chris to share the story of the Davies Project is the Executive Director, Pam Miklavcic, the VP Fund Development, Rich Howard, and Board of Director, Mikhail Murshak!

Duncan Cryle is Senior Director at a global software company with over 25000 employees where he also leads a company-wide mindfulness program. He was previously one of the pioneers of IBM's mindfulness community. He is founding member of Clear Sky Center in British Columbia, Canada, and is co-executive director there. He co-teaches Clear Sky's Integrating Mindfulness and 3 month residential mindfulness-in-action program. Karen McAllister is founder of the Mindful Money coaching and is passionate about building the bridge between spirituality and money. She believes that our current relationship with money reflects a spiritual crisis in the human race. She is a founding member of Clear Sky Meditation Center in British Columbia, Canada. She has been Director of Fund Development since 2008 & Board Chair from 2014 to present. She co-teaches Clear Sky's Integrating Mindfulness and serves the community in helping them clean up their relationship with money. In our conversation we discuss the following: What is mindfulness and how people can apply it to their lives What are common challenges to integrating mindfulness into our daily busy and chaotic live Duncan and Karen's personal and profession journey of integrating mindfulness into their daily lives What is Clear Sky Center Duncan's role in in his software company and how he teaches mindfulness to other employees at his company Karen's work as a mindful money coach What is a mindful approach to money and finances Why it is important to bring awareness and healing into our relationship with money For more information, you can find  Duncan Cryle and Karen McAllister on LinkedIn. 

Watch This Interview Live Looking for help funding your business? Let us help you! This episode of Gentleman Style Podcast, Live Q&A: How to Get Free Federal Funding for your Small Business. Don't miss this dynamic duo! Experts Andrea Wooten and Monica Williams will share some insightful tips that can help you get the funding you need for your small business. These grant writing experts know the ins and outs for grant writing so take some notes cause this episode is SO-SO good! Who is Monica Williams? Monica Williams has over fifteen years of Grant Writing, Fund Development, Consulting, Training, Career Coaching and Workforce Development experience. Monica is Co-Owner and Director of Community Partnerships for Community Grant Connectors an organization providing Fund Development and Grant Writing strategic planning initiatives and support to local and national businesses and corporations. As Monica and The Community Grant Connector team partner with organizations throughout the fund development and grant writing process, one of the key components and goals is always to support organizations with developing strategic solutions beyond the grant award. Who is Andrea Wooten? Andrea brings over 18 years of Leadership and Management in Healthcare Administration, Project Management, Grant Writing, and Youth Development experience. Andrea is the Co-Owner and Director of Project Management for Community Grant Connectors where she also provides support with fund development and grant writing. One of Andrea's greatest passions is to ensure that Community Grant Connectors take an innovative approach in supporting organizations with grant writing and fund development strategies to help expand the mission of the company or organization. As an emerging leader in Project Management, Andrea has an extensive background in facilitating stellar collaboration efforts between staff, management, and internal and external stakeholders in an organization to help determine the most effective processes and solutions. Join the Community Connectors Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/215556177460392/ How could a grant help your small business? Let us know in the comments

The InterPride podcast series, InterPod, is proud to launch our 12th Special episode, Lesbian Visibility Week: Bringing Your Authentic Self To Hollywood. The LGBTQIA+ community has come a long way in the fight for acceptance. Our voices matter and will be heard. Many of our LGBTQIA+ community members have fought for decades for the right to be seen and heard. Madonna Cacciatore is an Actor known for This Is Us (2016), Perry Mason (2020), and How to Get Away with Murder (2014). She has over 17 years of non-profit experience and is the former Executive Director of Los Angles Pride. She is a proud vegan and avid bicyclist! Madonna currently works as the Global Project Manager or Fund Development & Partnerships at InterPride. Her favorite queer icon, “It's tough to pick one, but I would have to say, Marsha P. Johnson, who taught us true activism, against all odds. There are more than I can write here, but they include everyone from board members with whom I've worked personally to people who have risked everything for our rights.” Madonna lives by the life motto of “Every single being deserves love, dignity, and respect.” Listen in as Madonna Cacciatore talks about being your authentic self and her journey from the east coast to Hollywood, CA! Follow us on social media: Facebook (InterPride) | Facebook (WorldPride) Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn | YouTube | Apple | Google | Eventbrite | Medium | Twitch

MPI is helping fund the development of a driverless 'tractor' to work in orchards. The autonomous machine will be able to spray, mulch and trim the trees. Smart Machine chief executive Andrew Kersley is behind the project. He talks to Lisa Owen.

On this episode of Real Talk with Tedi & Lisa, Tedi and guest Co-Host, Carrie Rosingana, CEO of Capital Area Michigan Works! (CAMW!), welcome special guest Nick Lynch, VP-Fund Development at Capital Area United Way (CAUW), located in Lansing, MI.  Nick shares with us how CAUW is helping and serving those most in need in the Lansing region. He also provides us with an update on the 2021 ALICE Report.  You can connect with Nick at:Email:  n.lynch@micauw.orgWebsite:   https://www.micauw.org/Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/micauw/LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-lynch Twitter:   https://twitter.com/micauwALICE Report:  https://www.micauw.org/aliceMichigan 211:  https://www.mi211.org/Phone:  (517) 203-5025Disclaimer:  The opinions and statements made by guests on Real Talk with Tedi & Lisa are/or do not necessarily reflect those of  Real Talk with Tedi & Lisa or The Professionals Forum LLC.  Learn more  at:  https://www.tlrealtalk.com/Real Talk with Tedi & Lisa Intro music provided by: ChilledMusic (Spark of Energy) 

Mark Cotleur is the Senior Vice President of Fund Development for the Sisters of Charity Health System.Learn how to become a more patient leader by listening to Mark Cotleur speak on how to let go of pride, impatience, and grief. Beginning in 1993, Cotleur has worked in the healthcare industry for most of his career. He currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Fund Development for the Sisters of Charity Health System.“Patience and humility are not incompatible with being decisive and driven.”-Mark Cotleurmcotleur@SistersOfCharityHealth.org

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Mark Henick dives in with Joey Dumont sharing his personal journey seeking mental health treatment as a young boy and overcoming the breakdowns in a still-broken healthcare system for youth in Canada. He discusses the shift we actively take in our lives that change our course as shared in his personal memoir, So Called Normal.In This Episode:Shifting life’s trajectoryDifferent roles we play in other peoples’ livesAuthoring a bookNear death experienceDepression and suicide ideationIndividuationCreating the support needed for mental health patientsExperience in psychiatric wards and the dehumanization patients experienceProblem with the current mental healthcare system for youthsInformed by his direct experience with stigma and the mental health care system, Mark Henick dedicated his life from an early age to opening minds and creating change.Mark is the principal and CEO of Strategic Mental Health Solutions, a boutique consulting firm that specializes in helping organizations and individuals to move strategically from basic mental health awareness toward meaningful, measurable action.He has previously served as the youngest president of a provincial Canadian Mental Health Association division in history, the youngest member of the board of directors for the Mental Health Commission of Canada, and a national spokesperson for the Faces of Mental Illness campaign. He has worked as a front line mental health counsellor, and the manager of a national workplace mental health training program. Prior to his present role, Mark oversaw the Fund Development and Marketing & Communications portfolios for the Canadian Mental Health Association as National Director of Strategic Initiatives.Mark’s TEDx talk, Why We Choose Suicide, is among the most watched in the world with over 6 million views. His story of searching for “the man in the light brown jacket” who saved his life from a teenage suicide attempt went viral around world. When Mark learned of products being sold on Amazon that promoted suicide, his successful online petition to have them removed garnered tens of thousands of signatures and again gained global media attention. The worldwide rights to Mark’s first book have been acquired by HarperCollins.Mark brings a diverse and unique perspective of someone who has been a patient, a professional, and a policy influencer in the mental health system. He lives with his family in Toronto, Canada. Website:https://markhenick.com/IG: @markhenick     FB: https://www.facebook.com/markhenick/      TW: @markhenick Get full access to True Thirty at truethirty.substack.com/subscribe

Dianna Campbell is the President and CEO of DiCam Strategic Solutions, LLC. With over twenty years of experience in organizational development, fund/strategic development, marketing, business development, board recruitment, and team management, she has led fundraising efforts to secure sustainable growth through six- and seven-figure multi-year partnerships with Fortune 50 companies, philanthropic foundations and individuals. Her experience includes national brand campaigns, cause-related marketing, social enterprise business development and technology solutions to serve vulnerable and underserved populations. To date, Campbell has secured over $100M in program support for organizations including Points of Light Foundation, National 4H Council, Alliance for Healthier Generation, Rescue – Behavior Change Company and National Council on Aging. Visit www.dicamsolutions.com for more information This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

Mike Montague interviews Luanne Whitmarsh, Executive Director of the Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured, on How to Succeed at Fund Development for Non-profits.   Find Luanne and ARBI at: https://www.arbi.ca/    In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at fund development for non-profits What is fund development? Why people donate to non-profits How to keep your pipeline full How to find the right match for the donor How Sandler training helped Luanne The fear of being told no Favorite Sandler rule Podcast: https://howtosucceed.libsyn.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-succeed-podcast-by/id1097591566 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/00JoVzRtMzmQB5Ae5RWWQZ   The How to Succeed Podcast is a public and free podcast from Sandler Training, the worldwide leader in sales, management, and customer service training for individuals all the way up to Fortune 500 companies with over 250 locations around the globe.   Find white papers, webinars, and more in our free Sandler E-Learning Library: https://www.sandler.com/sell   Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a comment!

Mike Montague interviews Luanne Whitmarsh, Executive Director of the Association for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured, on How to Succeed at Fund Development for Non-profits.   Find Luanne and ARBI at: https://www.arbi.ca/    In this episode: The best attitude, behavior, and technique on how to succeed at fund development for non-profits What is fund development? Why people donate to non-profits How to keep your pipeline full How to find the right match for the donor How Sandler training helped Luanne The fear of being told no Favorite Sandler rule Podcast: https://howtosucceed.libsyn.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-succeed-podcast-by/id1097591566 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/00JoVzRtMzmQB5Ae5RWWQZ   The How to Succeed Podcast is a public and free podcast from Sandler Training, the worldwide leader in sales, management, and customer service training for individuals all the way up to Fortune 500 companies with over 250 locations around the globe.   Find white papers, webinars, and more in our free Sandler E-Learning Library: https://www.sandler.com/sell   Don't forget to subscribe and leave us a comment!

Gina Foote is the Director of Fund Development at Conservation Law Foundation Ventures, where she helps cultivate market-based solutions to environmental issues. Gina is an impact investing and finance expert and applies her banking and venture investing experience to social issues. She has woven a fascinating career in international economic development and finance, working in China, Latin America, and the US, serving as COO for a private equity fund investing in clean energy and materials, the CFO for an international education company, a consultant for the financial inclusion-focused Accion International, and a professor of Finance and Business History at Boston University. In this episode Gina shares helpful insights on non-linear career trajectories. Take a listen to learn more about impact investing, environmental issues, and working abroad.

Schools are always looking for ways to raise money to provide 'extras' to teachers and students whether it be upgraded technology or grade level supportive material or school experiences. Although bake sales and car washes can be lucrative ways to fundraise, Dr. Daryl Ward, Ph.D., and principal of Harrison School for the Arts in Polk County, Florida, says that if we create a fund development plan (different from fundraising), then we can create a consistent stream of funds to cover those experiences and opportunities for our schools. Dr. Ward shares Harrison's 7-year philanthropic journey which has consistently raised funds to enhance student experience and provide educational opportunities. Tune in and be inspired to start your own fund development plan for your school!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=31725704)

Tasha Fishman owns Fishman's Personal Care Cleaners with her husband Sheldon who's family founded the company in 1945. With 74 years of experience serving Calgarians, their company is thriving with 9 locations and a city wide Mobile Delivery Service. Her previous experience was in Fund Development in the non profit sector. She was a Campaign Director and consultant for serval local organizations in the realm of the arts, education, athletics and mental health. Her vision and leadership has transferred into the family business where her and Sheldon have become a dynamic team. She brings her vision and passion for great culture and he brings his innovation and expertise of textiles. Switching form ‘Dry' to ‘Wet' cleaning has been challenging but necessary in their industry. They continue to win global nominations for best practices and they will continue to forge the path for other cleaners to use non toxic cleaning methods. gX3EaqbXtcYIn63HNVMA