Podcast & Articles

Our podcast episodes and articles both contain tips and tales of non-profit success in fundraising, board development, and doing good.

Each of our podcast episodes feature an interview with a non-profit about the tactics used to raise funds and create impact. Click here to ask a question or be a guest on our podcast.

Leading with Confident Honesty

Leading with Confident Honesty

Season 5, Episode 4 of the How We Run podcast examines leading an organization after a global pandemic. Our guest is Jessica Aronoff, the CEO of the Cayton Children's Museum who shares with us how she's leading her organization through reopening. After only eight ...
Big swings: Reinventing an Organization

Big swings: Reinventing an Organization

Season 5, Episode 3 of the How We Run podcast has an amazing leader that has built an amazing organization. Our guest is Nichol Whiteman, the CEO of the Dodgers Foundation who shares with us how she led a turnaround to build an organization with a deep ...
Your Last-Minute Giving Tuesday Guide

Your Last-Minute Giving Tuesday Guide

If you're reading this, chances are you are feeling the pressure of doing something, anything, for Giving Tuesday. So we'll cut to the chase with some last-minute things you can do to make Giving Tuesday work for you. (And next year you can make it even ...
Season Four Highlights

Season Four Highlights

Looking back on all the fantastic guests we've had on Season 4 of the How We Run podcast and share what we've learned from them. Featuring: Leslie Ito of Armory Center for the Arts, Tony Brown from HOLA, Johng Ho Song from KYCC, Roger Castle from the LA Regional ...
Leading Through Crisis

Leading Through Crisis

Season 4, Episode 9 Before Leslie Ito was the Executive Director of Armory Center for the Arts, she assumed the leadership at an organization that was struggling. Leslie shares with us how she approached that turnaround and what she learned about leading during a ...
Embracing Community Centric Fundraising

Embracing Community Centric Fundraising

Season 4, Episode 8 of the How We Run podcast looks at community-centric fundraising. Mollie Marsh-Heine joins us to talk about how and why the fundraising department at Earthjustice has embraced the principles of Community-Centric Fundraising. From conversations ...
Building a Collaborative Culture

Building a Collaborative Culture

David Diaz is the Executive Director of Active San Gabriel Valley who has recently transitioned his organization from fiscal sponsorship to being an independent 501c3.
An Unexpected Leap to Virtual Programs

An Unexpected Leap to Virtual Programs

Never in a million years did Sarah Walzer believe that virtual visits with parents and families would ever yield the same high-quality results at ParentChild+. But in March 2020, the organization was forced to go virtual anyway. Sarah was pleasantly surprised and she shares the organization’s secret to success in this interview.
A Thank You Page That Keeps Donors Coming Back

A Thank You Page That Keeps Donors Coming Back

The unsung hero of the donation process is the thank you page - that page your donors get to after they make a donation. Too often these pages look clinical and boring. We once saw one that just said “Thank you for your donation” on a plain white page.  So while ...
It’s All About Trust

It’s All About Trust

Season 4, Episode 5 of the How We Run podcast looks at what it takes for an organization to stay responsive to the community's needs. In this episode, Trent Stamp and Julie Lacouture are joined by Johng Ho Song who has held nearly every job at KYCC since joining ...