This episode’s guest is Marc Sophos. Marc is the founder, Executive Director, and Board Chair of MFPG: Media for the Public Good and the Executive Producer of OutCasting – public radio’s LGBTQ youth program.
The Your Nonprofit Life podcast is dedicated to the folks who are working hard to have a positive impact in their communities and heal the world.
Join me, Laura Zielke, each week to learn from both staff and board members of not-for-profit organizations. Even if my guest’s mission is completely different than yours, you’ll be encouraged by their grit, vulnerability, authenticity, and generosity.
When you listen, you will feel less alone in your work, and you will be inspired to take your nonprofit from messy to thriving without burning out in the process.
My hope for this episode? That you will listen with an open heart and mind. That you will walk away not only more educated about the work being done to bring hope to LGBTQ+…
One Voice Mixed Chorus is Minnesota’s only – and one of the nation’s largest – lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and straight allies (LGBTA) chorus. Founded in 1988, One Voice has been “building community and…
Most of us are aware of foster care and the need for foster parents, but how often do we consider what happens to foster kids when they age out? When they no longer…
EPISODE 11: CONTENT WARNING
This episode includes discussions about complex trauma. While we don’t get into specifics, we do explore how sustained, severe childhood abuse impacts the brain and what is being done to…
When word gets out that the top leaders of a nonprofit in a small town have been misappropriating funds and behaving unethically, everybody hears about it. Everybody. And it’s up to the board to…
My guest’s life changed completely when she and her husband, already parents, fell in love with a sweet little girl who was living her worst life at an orphanage in China. They soon learned…
This interview will not only cover my guest’s journey into nonprofit, we’re also going to talk about some of the challenges that she had shifting from the position of co-worker into one of leadership…
If you’re wondering how to keep your board engaged and activate their fundraising gene, then you don’t want to miss out on my conversation with Teri Todd, the Director of Development and Marketing for…
When today’s guest shared that reports of child abuse have dropped by more than 70% in the last month, I was thrilled…until she explained why. Then, I was speechless. Listen to this episode, and…
Episode 5 is now available! In this episode, you’ll meet Heather Lojeski, the co-founder of Faith Hope & Love. Heather and Mark married soon after high school and before they began their family, they…
Kayla Cares 4 Kids, under Kayla’s impressive leadership, is continuing to educate and entertain sick children in spite of COVID-19. Rather than pause her work with children in hospitals during the pandemic crisis and…
Travel back in time with me, won’t you? It’s the summer of 2014. Marvel’s first Guardians of the Galaxy movie is in the theaters, and Pharrell Williams’ hit song, “Happy” is playing on the…
When you have a question about something, where do you go to find out about it? Did you say “Google”? Okay, I know there are rebels out there, and some of you did not…
Why would an introverted electrical engineer leave her successful and lucrative career in high tech to join the team at a small nonprofit, and how did she go from being part of the team…
If I’ve learned anything in my life, it’s that the path to leadership is never a straight line. More often than not, it’s a long and winding road with curves you can’t see…
How did you come to work in the nonprofit sector? What was a big challenge you overcame? If you knew then what you know now, what would you tell your less-experienced self? These are…
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