Podcast appearances and mentions of kathleen janus

What if the key to your nonprofit's success lies not in working harder but in structuring your work smarter? In this insightful episode, Leslie MacKrell, partner at Bridgespan Group and expert in nonprofit operating models, breaks down the essential elements for driving strategic impact. From rethinking accountability structures to streamlining decision-making, Leslie shares actionable steps and real-world examples that help nonprofits of all sizes overcome growth challenges and achieve big, bold goals.   If your nonprofit is scaling or facing operational bottlenecks, this episode is a must-listen to transform your strategy into tangible results. This episode answers the following questions: How can I move my nonprofit from strategy to results? What is a nonprofit operating model? How can I align my organization around our goals? What are common barriers to implementing strategic plans? How do decision-making practices impact nonprofit effectiveness? Links mentioned in this episode: Nonprofit Operating Models (Bridgespan Article) Project ECHO Looking for more? Check out these episodes: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up and Make a Difference with Kathleen Janus  [Episode Title on our website with show notes]

Are you frustrated with the lack of growth of your nonprofit? Do you fear your nonprofit will never make the difference you intended it to? Our guest Kathleen Janus shows us how to successfully scale your business to have the most impact.  Welcome to episode 245 of the Profit First Podcast!

In this episode, Randy chats with Kathleen Janus about how social entrepreneurship can be used to solve some of society's grandest problems.

In episode 123 of the Get Published Podcast, Host and 13-Time Bestselling Author Paul G. Brodie interviews Kathleen Janus about her author journey and how to promote your book on podcasts.

This week, join us as we revisit the question, “What are best practices of those nonprofits that make the transition from small budget to large budget impact and growth?” Kathleen Janus, author of Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up, and Make a Difference, emphasizes: creating a culture of innovation; measuring impact for better scaling; finding an appropriate funding model;  embracing collective leadership; and utilizing storytelling for growth.

Kathleen Janus is a lecturer at Stanford's program on social entrepreneurship and author of "Social Startup Success" You can learn more about Kathleen here: http://www.kathleenjanus.com/ and grab her book here: https://www.amazon.com/Social-Startup-Success-Nonprofits-Difference/dp/0738219908/ This episode is brought to you by Authors Unite. Authors Unite provides you with all the resources you need to become a successful author. You can learn more about Authors Unite and join the free community at http://authorsunite.com/. Thank you for listening to The Business Blast Podcast! Tyler --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/authorsunite/support

On this episode we interview Justine Evirs, Founder & CEO of The Paradigm Switch. Justine has commitment issues, as in, she continually finds problems that she feels compelled to solve, a mindset which serves as the foundation of her entrepreneurial journey. Justine joined the Navy after High School, an experience which she says was based out of a desire to explore and travel. While in the Navy, she attended college, becoming the first in her family to graduate from college. As a Sailor, she would go on to work in non-classified jobs which allowed her to realize things that she did not want to do. While serving, she unfortunately ran into medical issues which would eventually lead to her discharge. On her way out of the military, she made the important decision of going to school which led her to two things her eventual post military career in education as well as to meeting her significant other. Justine continued her service after her stint in the military by becoming a military spouse. While being a military spouse, and working in Academia, these experiences prompted her to begin her journey towards starting and being involved with organizations that give back to the Veteran community. Specifically, while working in Academia in Silicon Valley, Justine identified that one of the largest contributors has created the Paradigm Switch to offer Military Spouse with skills based scholarships. Justine discusses that one of the most important things is that if you a problem that is bother you because you feel that you have both the experiences and skillset to solve it, you should go for it. We also talk about breaking out the mold, and how the creative process can allow you to attack a problem as creatively as possible. On a more practical note, aspiring Entrepreneurs should not make the jump too early if they aren't ready. As huge proponent of learning through experience, she says that entrepreneurship is can be best exemplified by the the example that if you think you want to start a bakery but have never worked in a bakery....you should probably go work in a bakery.  Justine is also the regional director of Bunker Labs for the West Region of the United States. A true believer in the Bunker Labs mission, Justine has found a sense of purpose and community while serving veteran entrepreneurs through connecting them to resources that they need to be successful. We discuss the success of Bunker Labs, and also dissect the world of non-profits and how they work. Justine's recommended book(s) is: Traction by Gino Wickman (how to handle all of the crazy variables associated with running a company), Social Startup Sucess by Kathleen Janus (how to create a resilient non-profit). We hope you enjoy this episode. You can find Justine Evirs on LinkedIn as well as https://www.theparadigmswitch.org/. 

In this episode, Tim has a wonderful conversation with Kathleen Janus. It is very clear from the beginning that Kathleen is confident in who she is, the work she does, and the impact she wants to make for those who want to see social change in people, communities and the world. OUR CONVERSATION: Hearing ‘NO’ is an open door for other opportunities and future connections Work on your response when you hear NO, learn to elevate yourself in the situation We all need to reframe failure as learning How Kathleen started out getting involved with Social Startups Her involvement and what she learned from her first venture, ‘Spark’ Her drive for getting involved started in the community Her peers had the energy for something great but needed an avenue + outlet Why Kathleen wrote the book “Social Start-Up Success” Just because you scale revenue doesn’t equate to scaling impact Our potential to be activists for our communities, causes and, organizations The importance of making a difference and not just feel good about ourselves The story of Rob and his journey as a young person who learned starting an organization is more than one’s charisma and passion Connection with your community and the importance of proximity Understand that good intention can be completely misguided when learning + nurturing should be the priority Communities are overlooked and not afforded access to the resources available and the reasons why Removing our ego from our efforts Every organization needs to take a better look at their team and how they are functioning ABOUT KATHLEEN: Kathleen Kelly Janus is a social entrepreneur, author, and lecturer at Stanford University’s Program on Social Entrepreneurship. As an expert on philanthropy, millennial engagement and scaling early stage organizations, her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Tech Crunch and the San Francisco Chronicle. Her book – Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up and Make a Difference – is a playbook for nonprofit organizations based on a five-year research project interviewing hundreds of top-performing social innovators.   An attorney, Kathleen has spearheaded numerous social justice initiatives. Kathleen is a co-founder of Spark – a network of over 10,000 millennial donors – which seeks to advance gender equality by engaging the next generation in accessible forms of philanthropy. As a teaching fellow at Stanford Law School, Kathleen helped launch and direct Stanford Law School’s international human rights clinics in Namibia and South Africa. She has also served as pro bono counsel at Covington and Burling and a litigation associate at Thelen Reid & Priest.    Kathleen is currently the board chair of both Accountability...

What exactly does it take to make a social startup a success? Kathleen Janus has seen the successes and failures of many social startups, and she's learned from her own experiences, lessons learned from people like Oprah, and much more. She's come up with five strategies for success, and she has figured out the common factors among most successful startups. Hear her story, what she's discovered about social startups, and much more!Kathleen Kelly Janus is a social entrepreneur, author and lecturer at Stanford University's Program on Social Entrepreneurship. She's the author of Social Startup Success. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-unmistakable-creative-podcast.

What exactly does it take to make a social startup a success? Kathleen Janus has seen the successes and failures of many social startups, and she's learned from her own experiences, lessons learned from people like Oprah, and much more. She's come up with five strategies for success, and she has figured out the common factors among most successful startups. Hear her story, what she's discovered about social startups, and much more!Kathleen Kelly Janus is a social entrepreneur, author and lecturer at Stanford University's Program on Social Entrepreneurship. She's the author of Social Startup Success. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's special guest is Kathleen Kelly Janus, an award-winning social entrepreneur, author and lecturer at Stanford University, and an expert on philanthropy, Millennial engagement, and scaling early stage organizations. For the past five years, Janus has traveled the country visiting the founders, leadership teams, and funders of 100 social entrepreneurs, both newcomers and veterans in the field, including the leaders of Teach for America, City Year, DonorsChoose and charity:water. In today's podcast, Janus shares a few of her findings, including best practices to: Boost the survival rate of your nonprofit Test Ideas Fund Experimentation Measure Impact Tell stories with purpose Her new book, Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up and Make a Difference, is a playbook for nonprofit organizations to get over the revenue hump. To learn more or get your copy, visit http://www.kathleenjanus.com

Typically, we are into starting something new. People are into starting new nonprofits instead of joining forces with a nonprofit with similar organizations. Moreover, we have some $200,000 nonprofits that are not growing, meeting their mission, or increasing their impact. Many forgo the steps for scaling and optimizing significance when jumping to start a nonprofit, and this is problematic. To further our understanding, we bring in social entrepreneur, lecturer, and Co-Founder of Spark™, Kathleen Janus. Kathleen discusses her upcoming book Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up, and Make a Difference as the playbook of how to support and play your role in the nonprofit sector. She emphasizes: Creating a culture of innovation Measuring impact for better scaling Finding an appropriate funding model Embracing collective leadership Utilizing storytelling for growth   Links: Kathleen’s website: www.kathleenjanus.com Kathleen’s link to purchase book and accessories: http://www.kathleenjanus.com/socialstartupsuccess.html Entrepreneurship Survey Report: http://www.kathleenjanus.com/resources.html Social Start-up Success Evaluation Tool kit: http://www.kathleenjanus.com/resources.html Twitter: www.twitter.com/@kkellyjanus   *****Timestamped Highlights**** (3:09) Kathleen shares her inspiration in writing her book  (5:04) A common obstacle nonprofits face (7:00) Getting over the hump: growing your budget from 500,000 to 2,000,000 with 5 steps (7:30) Step 1: Create a culture of innovation- the importance of testing and improving as they grow. (7:45) Step 2: Measuring impact to scale more quickly (8:35) How to measure impact and scale with relatively little money in the bank (10:03) Braven: an organization measuring impact by using specific data metrics (11:48)- Advancing your metrics: Testing the Counterfactual: (14:04) Step 3: Find your funding model (15:05) Step 4: Build a culture of collective leadership for growth (16:26) Number 5: Make storytelling a practice for growth (22:00) Kathleen shares a dirty secret and honest truth (23:20) A Success Story from Focusing on Resources: Last Mile Health Women’s Healthcare Clinic (28:36) Problematic tendency: lack of incentive to acknowledge failure in the nonprofit sector. (32:05) Kathleen shares how she knows when it is time to quit

Kathleen Kelly Janus talks about how the best non-profits launch, scale up and make a difference.

Today on Cause Talk Radio, Megan and Joe talk to Kathleen Janus, social entrepreneur, author and lecturer at Stanford University, about a great, new book: Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up, and Make a Difference. Links & Notes KathleenJanus.com

In this episode I'm joined by Kathleen Janus, author of Social Startup Success and lecturer at Standford University. Kathleen shares 5 key insights from her book and over 100 interviews with nonprofit leaders, discusses what it means to scale and why some nonprofits shouldn't try to scale, and gives one great tip to people starting or scaling a nonprofit… I won't tell you what it is so now you have to listen. Enjoy! Get the book at http://www.kathleenjanus.com/

Kathleen Kelly Janus is an award-winning social entrepreneur, author and lecturer at Stanford University. As an expert on philanthropy, millennial engagement and scaling early stage organizations, her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Tech Crunch and the San Francisco Chronicle. She is the co-founder of Spark, the […]