Podcast appearances and mentions of molly maccready

Today's guest is Joan Garry, author of Guide to Nonprofit Leadership and host of the Nonprofits are Messy podcast. Molly MacCready (host of the Nonprofit Optimist podcast) and Joan discuss the importance of knowing what activities fuel you, how to define success and impact beyond the typical metrics, and some ways to learn and grow as a nonprofit following this unexpected pandemic time. Joan shares from her experiences of working with small nonprofit leaders within the Nonprofit Leadership Lab, along with her own years as a nonprofit leader, board member, and donor.  See our website for more show notes: www.nonprofitoptimist.com/blog/npo-047-joan-garry

In this episode of the Nonprofit Optimist, host Molly MacCready shares her experience with starting a Giving Day for her small nonprofit, CROSO. They started their giving day in 2019 and have successfully completed 3 annual giving days now and are preparing for their 4th in April 2022. In this episode, Molly explains what a giving day is and all the logistics about how to set one up for your nonprofit, including setting the date, identifying the goals and incentives to motivate people's involvement, and a thorough explanation of the communications plan her organization followed.   To see the notes from today's episode, visit: www.nonprofitoptimist.com/blog/npo-046-giving-day To learn more about CROSO, the featured nonprofit, visit: www.CROSO.org/ 

In today's episode, host Molly MacCready sheds some light on her own experiences and thoughts regarding the past 18 months as well as discusses self-care. While a self-professed amateur at self-care, Molly does share some of the lessons she's recently learned about how to create some balance within her schedule by leaning into untraditional work hours.   Nonprofit Optimist information: Website: www.nonprofitoptimist.com Email: nonprofitoptimist@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/nonprofitoptimist Instagram: www.instagram.com/nonprofitoptimist Suggest a new guest:   https://www.nonprofitoptimist.com/futureguest   Find the CROSO (Child Restoration Outreach Support Organization) online: Website: https://www.CROSO.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CROSO.Uganda Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/CROSO_Uganda

Through her experiences abroad, Molly MacCready felt compelled to make a difference in the world by helping those will less. She founded a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and hosts a podcast to help other nonprofit leaders.  Guest Biography Molly MacCready is the executive director of CROSO, Child Restoration Outreach Support Organization, a nonprofit she founded in 2007 that provides post-secondary scholarships to former street children in Uganda. Molly is also the host and producer of the Nonprofit Optimist podcast where she talks with other small nonprofit leaders about the lessons they've learned in their work. In her free time, she loves to play games, hang out with her nieces & nephews, scuba dive, kayak, and travel. Show notes: http://www.inspiredmoney.fm/054 In this episode, you will learn: Why you might consider supporting a smaller nonprofit organization over a big one. Tips for evaluating a small nonprofit organization. How technology is changing the way we engage with nonprofits. Find more from our guest: Twitter Instagram Linkedin Croso (Child Restoration Outreach Support Organization)  croso.org Instagram Twitter Facebook Youtube Nonprofit Optimist Podcast nonprofitoptimist.com Facebook Instagram Twitter Mentioned in this episode: Chartitynavigator Guidestar Charitywater Thanks for Listening! To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Share this show on Twitter or Facebook. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Your ratings and reviews really help, and I read each one. Email me your address, and I'll mail you an autographed copy of Kimo West and Ken Emerson's CD, Slackers in Paradise. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts. Special thanks to Jim Kimo West for the music.

Announcements: Molly will be at Podcast Movement conference next week! If you'll be there- email me: nonprofitoptimist@gmail.com. Come to our Nonprofit Meetup! Attend the panel where Molly and other nonprofit rockstars will be speaking!  Molly's husband (Sean MacCready) has a great podcast you should check out-- The Philanthropy Podcast.  Review the Nonprofit Optimist on iTunes. Free Online Resources: Doodle Polls: Doodle.com Google Drive: Google Forms Canva: Canva.com Facebook Groups: E.D. Happy Hour Nonprofit Happy Hour   All show notes available at www.nonprofitoptimist.com

Liz Ryan, President and CEO of Youth First Initiative, is the guest on today's show. Youth First is a national advocacy campaign to end the incarceration of youth by closing youth prisons and investing in community-based alternatives to incarceration and programs for youth. In this podcast episode, Liz tells host (Molly MacCready) how they measure progress on their big bold goal, how Youth First facilitates sharing knowledge and lessons learned, and how each state’s approach will be different, but that engaging people from multiple angles is always a best practice.   Show notes: www.nonprofitoptimist.com

Margy Roberts has been a board member for CROSO (Child Restoration Outreach Support Organization) for the past 6 years. She and her husband Randy have been involved in CROSO as volunteers and donors since CROSO began in 2007. Last month, Margy, Randy and Molly MacCready (host of this podcast and executive director of CROSO) traveled to Uganda to visit the CROSO Scholars and their partners. In this episode, they discuss highlights from their trip and then their thoughts on how best to plan an international trip for a nonprofit.   To see the show notes from this episode, visit: www.nonprofitoptimist.com  

In preparation for receiving the Joe Belle Memorial Young Alumni Award from the University of Dayton, host Molly MacCready takes this opportunity to reflect on the lessons she learned at UD. In light of our current society, themes of power inequities emerged and Molly shares wisdom from the Marianists for how nonprofits might build stronger communities.   This episode is much shorter than our typical episode, but we'll return to our normal content next week.   For show notes, please visit: www.nonprofitoptimist.com

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THE FEED GROUP CHAT ON VOXER! Copy and paste this URL into your desktop browser to join the group! If you have troubles reach out to @yogeek on Voxer. Fill out our survey! Quick Episode Summary: Intro :11 Audio Rockin' Libsyn Podcasts: The Creative Studio Podcast 3:00 Promo 1: E-Travels with E. Trules 9:20 Rob & Elsie Conversation 9:50 It's nice to be back and catching up after Podcast Movement Feedback from Wayne Henderson 13:04 Touching base on the Academy of Podcaster Awards - congrats Elsie! Feedback from Molly MacCready from The Non-Profit Optimist 30:00 Super cool new podcast listening app just for kids Apple really wants you to add the header code to your websites! Really, they do Feedback from Casey O'Roarty from Joyful Courage 38:20 Rob almost had a stroke about NYC's report about it being the podcast capital

Host, Keisha Reynolds, met with Molly MacCready, the executive director of a nonprofit organization known as CROSO, which stands for the Child Restoration Outreach Support Organization.  Molly shares her insights and the life stories of some Uganda street children. She tells how divine moments aligned and influenced her to start the organization, which is nearly Read more about GW 14: Providing Ugandan Street Children with Educational Freedom[…]

In this week's episode, Molly veers from the typical interview format and shares from her own experience of leading a nonprofit how they have navigated creating and implementing expectations for the board of directors and organizing functional committees. Molly also touches on how to help transition board members off the board, which can be tricky in small nonprofits.