89% of people get fired because of their lack of soft skills, only 11% because they couldn't do the job. “Choose to be a Pro” today and learn more about what it takes to really lead your nonprofit.  Today's guest Josh Davies is passionate about helping others make a difference in their lives, jobs, and…

Today Patrick is joined by Jonathan Shugart, a “recovering tax attorney” who now advises those of all income levels how to make their greatest impact through charitable giving. His nonprofit, bcharitable.org, is a unique tool to make that happen. More About bcharitable.org Here: https://bcharitable.org/ Jonathan Shugart's Bio Here: https://bcharitable.org/founders-story/ Follow Johnathan on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-shugart-9216414/ Support…

Who better to kick off Season 4 than a former kicker for the Villanova Wildcats football team? The versatile Derek Fiorenza joins host Patrick Kirby to discuss retirement planning, fundraising, events & sponsorships.  Derek has been working in the securities industry since 2011, and is responsible for Business Development, Client Retention, and Internal Operations at…

Fundraising is hard. Revenue is hard. But building consistent, winning revenue strategies is easy for today's guest. Regeanie Corona is an Author, Dynamic Speaker, Entrepreneur, Strategist & Coach–a force to be reckoned with! Coming from a career background with 25 years in Cloud Security to now…a CEO/Founder of her non-profit organization, Advancing The Seed. She…

This episode is bursting with “do good” flavor! Today's great guest is Sybil Ackerman-Munson. Over the course of her career Sybil has devised strategies worth $45 million for large and small private foundations, individual donors and public charities. She has a J.D. from Lewis and Clark Law School, a Masters Degree from the Yale School…

373 days after his first appearance, he's back! Scott Burlingame is unapologetic about fundraising. (And he’s also really good at it.) Up your fundraising game in just 30 minutes and find out how Scott's team survived a 60% budget cut.  Scott is the Executive Director of Independence, Inc., a Minot, North Dakota-based Center for Independent…

Need a reminder why you chose the nonprofit life? Or how about just a pep talk? Then today's your day! We finally found someone who can match Patrick's enthusiasm, and that someone is today's guest–Joshua Evans. Together, these two unicorns will share thoughts on how to motivate your teams, how best to channel your own…

Inside your organization, is your lack of attention to Social Justice putting your nonprofit at risk? Rita Sever has that answer. Rita Sever, MA is a Certified organizational coach and has worked in HR for over 25 years. Rita’s career began when she volunteered to oversee personnel files at a small, new AIDS service organization. Since…

Lawyers that love helping their community. That's the LATLC. Lissa Zanville of the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities and has more than 30 years of experience in the non-profit, public and private sectors, including government affairs, media relations, crisis management, community relations, strategic planning, spokesperson training and stakeholder management. A graduate of UCLA, Zanville worked…

All the world's a stage. Are you acting like a fundraiser in front of your donors? If not, today's guest will tell you how.  Gregg Sawyer has been with the Academy of Holy Angels since 1982.  He is the Artistic Director of the co-curricular program, Starlight Productions and director the AHA Theater School.  Since 1982,…