No Nonsense Nonprofit

Fiscal Sponsorship is a great way to get nonprofit projects started, running, and changing the world without going to the trouble, time, and expense of starting a whole new organization. Join Andrew Schulman of Schulman Consulting (http://www.schulmanconsulting.com/) as he discusses the ins and outs of Fiscal Sponsorship with your hosts Sarai Johnson and Jerrica Becken. Bonus: learn how to "stop sucking" at email.

Host Sarai Johnson talks with Carrie Rice about how to approach our relationships within nonprofits - among staff, board, volunteers, funders, and partners - with empathy and genuine concern. Carrie Rice is the brilliant consultant behind Carrie Rice Consulting, where she helps nonprofits solve their problems.  See her website at https://www.carriericesf.com/

This episode was originally going to be called something like "Fundraiser Turnover" or some such thing, but when host Sarai Johnson and guest Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising got going, there was way too much there to just keep the topic to something so simple. Along the way, Mazarine shared an excerpt of a Thomas Merton quote - and it was too beautiful and significant not to make a central part of this podcast. "The frenzy of our activism neutralizes our work for peace."  See NoNonsenseNonprofit.com for more information, links to books and other resources mentioned in the show, and the full quote by Thomas Merton. Meanwhile, listen to this episode and enjoy.

Welcome to Season 2 of  No Nonsense Nonprofit! We (yes there are two of us now...) are so excited to be back with 12 brand new episodes of goodness for you. We're kicking off with a conversation about how to be strategic, realistic and thoughtful about events.  Join your host, Sarai Johnson, and your brand new super awesome additional host, Jerrica Becken, both of Lean Nonprofit, to talk events. 

Nonprofits have a lot to gain from leveraging social media channels. They can learn a ton from our guest, Kylie Travers, this week.

Nonprofits are in the business of changing hearts and minds. Listen in today to learn how to honor your audience and create safe spaces with effective communications and honest branding.

Nonprofits can lead the way in creating a big change when it comes to supporting family-friendly policies like paid family leave. Or family leave at all. Join Sarai Johnson, your host, and Sarah Puleo as they discuss growing their families and their careers simultaneously, and how nonprofits might join together to create ways to make it easier for everybody to do the same.

How can funders invest more effectively in nonprofits to empower them to do the work they are here to do? How can nonprofits communicate with funders to make sure they get the message about what nonprofits actually need in order to do their mission work.

Can you put your donor dollars to good us e – by ending your work? Yep. Find out how on today ’ s episode.

Learn how to protect your nonprofit from frau d and other financial mayhem, before it ’ s too late.

Sarah-Kate Sharkey joins your host, Sarai Johnson to discuss how you can start your nonprofit fundraising career off right.

In a perfect world, all people who work in nonprofits or other mission-based organizations (public agencies, social enterprises, etc...) should naturally find themselves aligned with their values and work. In reality, sometimes it doesn't work out that way. Join Sarai Johnson, host of No Nonsense Nonprofit and founder of Lean Nonprofit as she discusses how to navigate the murky waters when you find yourself out of alignment with your work. Michelle Bixler, Economic Development Manager for the town of Strasburg, Virginia, joins with her story of staying true to herself, finding her way back to herself, and negotiating the challenges of finding herself asked to do things that were outside of her values.

Have you ever wondered how to get where you want to go in the nonprofit (or any profit) world? Have a listen to how Sarai got started in nonprofits, and how she rocketed her career through the ages.

Even though workaholics are typically depicted in pop-culture as Big Fancy Wall Street Guys and Exhausted Doctors and Super Important Lawyers, it turns out, we, in nonprofits, are just as likely to succumb to work addiction. Learn more about why, and how you can overcome it in this episode of No Nonsense Nonprofit, brought to you by Lean Nonprofit.

Learn the what and why behind No Nonsense Nonprofit.