Podcast & Articles

Season 3, Episode 7 of the How We Run podcast covers the importance of employee engagement and how to put meaningful engagement strategies into place. In this episode, Trent Stamp and Julie Lacouture are joined by Kelly Bruno, CEO of the National Health Foundation, to...

Season 3, Episode 6 of the How We Run podcast covers operations and fundraising for program pivots. In this episode, Trent Stamp and Julie Lacouture are joined by Mike Lansing, Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club of Los Angeles Harbor, to talk about how his...

Season 3, Episode 5 of the How We Run podcast takes a look at a drastic program pivot. In this episode, Trent Stamp and Julie Lacouture are joined by Alan-Michael Graves, the Director of National Programs at the Good+Foundation, who shares how his organization went...

Season 3, Episode 4 of the How We Run podcast is a crash course in social media. In this episode, we’re talking to Nick Carranza, a multi-faceted content producer and senior strategist at UCLA Health. A photographer and art director, Webby Award winner and Emmy...

Season 3, Episode 3 of the How We Run podcast shows how one organization is moving quickly to respond to the emerging needs of their community. In this episode, we’re talking to Porter Gilberg, Executive Director of the LGBTQ Center Long Beach about how his...

Season 3, Episode 2 of the How We Run podcast examines how one organization is continuing to deliver essential services in this time of crisis. We're joined by Angela LoBue, the COO of the Coalition for Responsible Community Development who takes us through the...

Season 3, Episode 1 of the How We Run podcast covers something that is on everyone's minds these days: canceling your fundraising event. Many fundraising events will not be able to go on, leaving organizations that count on event revenue in a tough situation. But...

Season 2, Episode 6 of the How We Run podcast we follow up on Trent's advice that organizations need to be using their 990s as marketing documents. So we followed up with an organization that caught his eye as “telling a great financial story.” We found much more than...

Season 2, Episode 5 of the How We Run podcast revisits volunteer management and specifically how organizations can be strategic in recruiting, valuing, and engaging their volunteers. A few episodes ago we talked about volunteer management and this episode goes deeper...

Season 2, Episode 4 of the How We Run podcast takes a look at Social Enterprises. Trent Stamp and Julie Lacouture are joined by Vivienne Lee from REDF who talks about her work investing in social enterprises that create jobs. This episode covers the right time to...

Season 2, Episode 3 of the How We Run podcast explores how to recruit and interview non-profit leaders. Trent Stamp and Julie Lacouture are joined by John Brauer from New Horizons and Allison Fuller of Envision Consulting who talk to us about recruiting top non-profit...

Season 2, Episode 2 of the How We Run podcast Trent Stamp and Julie Lacouture talk about volunteer experience and managing volunteers. Then we are joined by Joel Arquillos from 826LA who shares how his organization creates a sense of community with volunteers from...

And we are back for Season two of the How We Run podcast. This season we'll be exploring topics around leading a non-profit and sharing some tips and best practices. Listen to Trent Stamp talk about how "it's lonely at the top" for non-profit leaders. Listen: Listen...

Is it worth the work to build an online audience for your non-profit organization? Trent Stamp shares what funders look for on non-profit websites and reveals what worked for him in building an audience for Charity Navigator. The guest this week is Kamy Akhavan, CEO...

In this episode of the How We Run podcast, Trent and Julie talk about the board of directors. Trent shares what he looks for in a board and what makes a rewarding board experience. Our guest this week is Nikky Canter Schulman, chief of staff of City Year LA, a...