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Season five! What a trip you were.
In the books! And Julie is at the table today. What's up, Julie?
Hey, y'all so excited to celebrate six months of podcast, this was crazy.
I mean, I hope everybody in this community knows Julie, she's behind the scenes. But she like, Julie, let's be clear, you power so much of these conversations, the content, the connections that we have here. So this is an ode to thank you is this entire episode today. We're dedicating this episode to you, Julie, but you know, here's the thing, we're coming off season five of the podcast and our hearts again, keep growing, I guess we're like the Grinch, right. And it's a good thing. It keeps growing, our minds are expanding. And we're seeing these connected threads. I love that we can create space to just sit and just kind of reflect and create space. And that's one reason why we want to take a pause on releasing three episodes, because there's a lot to just soak up. And so today, I hope we can kind of connect some of the threads that we see. But we'd love to hear from you in our community to like, what are those connection points in the people that have really moved the way you think about something because goodness, we're gonna throw a lot at you today because we deeply are enthusiastic about everything that that's been shared this season.
Indeed. And I just want to say if you're here for the cliffnotes, because you missed most of the season, this is a great episode to get a rollup of some of our best moments. And so, I mean, we got to break down some season highlights there were 80 episodes in his season.
Oh my gosh, eight zero.
Eight zero. We had more than 84,000 downloads since January 3, we rolled out a ton of series I think about our Friday series, we did the What Matters Right Now Series with our nonprofit trends. We did Podcasting for Good. We talked about how to build better storytelling boards, culture, giving circles as a part of the Virtuous Summit. And then we just completed a Friday series on like the Holy Grail of everything that we built, which is the Impact Arc Framework. And then we were so excited to have our big theme week, in May over Pay. Leave + Power. If you missed that, I highly encourage you to go back to Episode 270, all the way to 274. There's five episodes breaking down nonprofit pay, leave, power dynamics and historical narratives within our sector, we are trying to upend those. And all with keeping you the fundraiser, the person powering the mission at top of mind.
It's hard to believe it's already July, I feel like this was the fastest six months. And I want to say this was the season that I feel like personally at least I learned so much more than any other. They all are unique in a different way. But there were just some really big topics that we dove into I feel like this season. And so we've curated 10, takeaways 10 themes that we feel like we saw throughout this whole season. And our first takeaway that we want to lift is this idea of focusing on listening, we do so much talking because we have this podcast but I feel like throughout the whole season, I personally at least saw three things kind of emerge around this trend. And it was listening to your nudges and listening to the community that you're serving and then knowing when to pass the microphone and there were three different conversations that I just wanted to highlight really quick. Talking to Nancy Brinker in Episode 249 was an absolute dream. She's the founder of Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure after her beloved sister and she highlighted so clearly someone who has listened to their nudges, she had a dream seen a bunch of women running towards something in pink holding swords. And I just wonder what that would have looked like if she hadn't listened to that nudge. And then we met Charlie Grosso, the founder of Hello Future and Maggie Kane, the founder of A Place at the Table. And they were two founders that they so clearly are listening to the community that they are serving. Charlie works with refugees globally, and she's training them through education and technology. And Maggie Kane, the founder of A Place at the Table created a pay what you can model cafe supporting people experiencing homelessness in their community. And then Michelle Bain taught us how to know when to pass the microphone. She's the founder of youth empowering youth in Episode 232. And she's training youth in care in Canada with media skills with legal knowledge, to be able to advocate for themselves, and she's paying them and giving them training, just a lot of focus on listening this season. And I feel like I learned so much from all of our friends.
Man, Julie, just out of the chute you like bring the four like badass women are doing just crazy things in this world. Love the focus on listening, I want to break down takeaway number two, which is really about a community building trend. We want to embrace nuance and micro moments. That's the takeaway. And what do we mean by that? We mean bringing humanity little slices of life whimsy, into the heartbeat of your stories. And so I really love Clay Buck we just had him on toward the end of the season, it was episode 287. And here is an individual who has a wealth of knowledge about individual giving, building mid level giving plans. But he had this quote that really stuck with me. And he said, "Individual donors don't want an institutional experience. They want a human experience. So be human." And that goes down to that micro moment of you've got to be able to create a picture of what somebody is going through in your mission. You have to bring someone into the story so that they feel with that individual it is about embracing that nuance. Try to add some colors, what are they wearing? What are they talking about? What's something that sticks out with that they see in their story? I think that is a really easy way to be vulnerable and thread that into what this community building trend is. I also think Adam Garone, who is the founder of Movember. What an amazing conversation, Episode 238. He said that any movement has one or two passionate people that truly believe in whatever it is. And their belief creates this enthusiasm and persistence that will eventually pervade through the organization. Find those people with we call them rabid fans, find those people with such belief and enthusiasm, that they are the ones that are going to power the mission forward. It is so human, and it's actually something that comes from a very heartfelt place. And I just want to like tell everybody out there, we have had some crazy moments sitting back on the sidelines watching the community work. This community building trend that we see unfolding is really something quite remarkable. I need a data scientist to come into the We Are For Good community and track it for us because we're really just tracking the story of it. And I wanted to lift a couple of them and I wanted to give a shout out to some of our community members. Evan Wildstein is just an incredible thought leader and nonprofit evangelist in the Houston area. He's been writing a book on servant leadership and he's interviewed all of these people within our community that are going into his book, all of their stories are going to power narratives that people will be learning about as they're pouring into servant based leadership. We've also seen Jeanne Barson with gifting brands and Monique Parker with a little bit of good they met in the community, they teamed up and now they're powering each other's businesses. We've seen so many job connections come through, we've seen what four or five sub communities pop up in the We Are For Good community, if you're not over there, please go over there. It will bless your heart, WeAreForGoodcommunity.com. But we have people who have powered sub communities and international NGOs in Tech for Good, corporate social responsibility, and others. And I just think that community building is such a massive trend right now. And if you can embrace the humanity of it, the nuance the micro moments, you're just going to be at another level.
Yeah. Okay, take away three. This may not surprise you. But of course, we have to list storytelling. I mean, it's the heartbeat of how we show up as a company. But we learned a lot about storytelling this season. And I just want to lift three points. Because keep in mind, we're always talking about ethical storytelling if you're hearing us speak. So that's kind of the root of this. But we're talking about being intentional. I mean, building that trust and respect and baking dignity into the process of storytelling, the people's story. It's their story that you're choosing to lift, so making sure that they stay central to that Derek Watson taught us this. He's an incredible videographer. And so go back and listen to Derek's episode of just how to engage somebody that you're trying to storytelling in a really meaningful way. And we also had one of my favorite conversations of the season with Jess Eckstrom. She taught us to just be authentic and really own your own story, the good parts, the not so good parts, and find ways that we can all connect with it because each of us may not feel like we're writing this really heroic novel, but she really encouraged me that it's like, there's universal principles and truths that we can learn and teach to everybody about the things we're experiencing. And so just a really powerful one. That's episode 243. And then the idea of being future focused, and I have to camp out here for a second because something I truly deeply learned this season is that storytelling is our mission, like the way that we show up and storytell, the words that we're choosing to use, the way that we're painting, people in dignity and in light, should be the tangible expression of our mission. And we had the most incredible storytelling panel at the Virtuous Summit. We replayed it on Episode 286, but lean into that conversation and really reflected how you were showing up to sell stories, because they have permanence, or at least semi permanence. And so the way that we talk about somebody we want to make sure is how we want them to feel empowered, at any point in their life when that story follows them. And so just so much there to learn, and I'm still growing every day on this topic.
I love that one to take away four for me, I feel like we've learned this with studying MacKenzie Scott and witnessing how her new take on philanthropy, what it looks like. But I feel like I heard even more about this idea of fostering trust based philanthropy. And I think some of our just best practices and kind of some of these formulas in a way are being thrown out the window. And we're learning so much about how people are working through trust. And so the first key point I want to make around this is trust based philanthropy with the communities that you're serving, we got to meet the amazing Justine and Fiona with the Clara Lionel foundation and episode 252 and they do a lot of international relief in the Caribbean area. And they said, I want to share a quote from Fiona. She said, "We really believe strongly in building partnerships with community based organizations, and acknowledging their deep understanding of what's necessary to achieve achieve justice in their own communities." And throughout that whole conversation, it was so evident how much they trust the partners that they have on the ground. And then also trust based philanthropy with corporate partners and allies, we talked to Priska Bae and episode 264. And she helped found the Asian American Foundation. And it was so cool to hear how she is approaching corporate partnerships within their organization. And she shared with us that we're going to be very friendly and supportive partners to everyone, we aren't going to tell anyone that they're doing anything wrong. We just want to help them do it right. And it was just such a humble approach. And she truly trusted the partners and those corporate partners trusted them. So I think I just saw this big theme of trust and just being open handed with philanthropy. And it just felt really refreshing this season to learn more about.
It did. And I think that's the beauty of what I took so much from the season is when you show up with zero ego. And we've heard that so much low ego, high hustle. And it's like it shifts the dynamic of how you work, it shifts the dynamic of your organization, which is a perfect segue into takeaway number five, which is this leadership trend that culture will attract, or it's going to repel the next believer of your mission. This was a core trend of ours in 2022. And I cannot underscore enough that if you are not putting some intentionality around building your culture, talking to your people, breaking down silos and hierarchy, then you're really going to be missing out on something that will ultimately attract not just a donor, but a believer to your mission. So I think a great place to start on something like that is empathy. And if you are someone who really loves empathy, I really want to encourage you to go listen to episode 240 with Robert Volpe. Here's an individual who has gone his entire life into the data of what powers empathy, and he is using that to foster empathy in the workplace. I think a viola may look you know who talks about what are the rituals of your organization? How are you allowing people to celebrate? How are you allowing people to mourn and to grieve when hard things come in? How do you do it as a team don't break off and go into your individual holes? How do you allow that to grow you and strengthen you? I think of Veronica luff Amina, who is our strategic plan queen and she came on to the episode 226. And she made us believers in the ones sheet strategic plan. And she was saying strategy is only successful when the human beings who have to execute it know what they're supposed to do, and know what it means for the future of their organization. Boom, hard stop. Are you using your strategic plan? Have you dusted it off in a while? I mean, have you thought about creating a new one in a post pandemic world because the world is so different. And I love that Veronica's saying that you can do that now. And it can build, it can be one sheet. And it can be the thing that fuels your culture and pushes out to your believers. And the last thing I want to say if you're really trying to pour into how to build culture within your organization, go listen to our Build Better Culture panel that we had over at the Virtuous Summit. It is powered by some of the most extraordinary human beings was episode 266. I think of Ted Vaughn, you know with Historic Agency that says, "Culture is a tension to manage. It's not a problem to solve." And I think if we can get into that mindset, and again, low ego and high impact on people, it can really change and uplift, a really vibrant culture.
Oh my gosh, we just love culture because of what it attracts. And in that I think this is a good parlay into number six of our takeaways. It's about how we really engage with corporations. And part of that is embracing your power as a nonprofit, but at the same time being open handed, and I learned so much in the CSR space, specifically, Olivia Kelly Lee came on episode 267. And she's just a trailblazer in this space of how to really create corporate impact that not just feels good, but it's actually doing good at the same time. And she puts in keeps a lot of the power in the nonprofits hands, which is really changing our mindset. And it's been a shift for us around here to realize that as a nonprofit, and this is something she said, or as a social enterprise. There's so much deep expertise that you bring in really you have to own that. That's what we look for in a partner at her company, which is Pager Duty for someone to come and be willing to help educate us. How often do we feel like those tables are the other way around, you know, that we are the ones asking. And so we've really lifted a lot of conversations in this space. And the other one that I want to lift as Michelle Dr. Michelle Shumate Episode 214, just this idea of being open handed, you know, working in networks, because there's a lot of people doing good. And there's a lot of people on both sides of corporations and nonprofits. And as we can break walls down and be open handed, and no ego. And these things are just building that we're talking about, like, we're really going to be able to accomplish what we're trying to do. So go back and check out her episode.
I love it. It's just that thread of community through all of these. And it's just so fun that this these are the types of topics that we get to dive into. But takeaway seven is around donor engagement. And this is one of my favorite trends of the 10. Because it feels like such a breath of fresh air. And it was just this focus on holistic generosity, instead of just major gifts, or just some of those transformational gifts. It's this idea of holistic generosity. And I think we were all familiar with this, but Lynne Wester episode 239 Back in our trends series at the top of the year, I feel like really articulated it well for us. And she dove into why donor behavior matters so much more than giving amount. We learned so much from her about doublers, about velocity about how you should be looking at the people that are eager to get involved with your mission, no matter they're getting them out. And then Mike Duerksen in Episode 253. He taught us that direct mail is not dead as the resident 26 year old of our group that I'm sorry to all my favorite nonprofits, they go directly into the trash as soon as I get them. I'm so sorry. That's not how I engage.
Good little, good thing to note though.
Global remove Julie Confer from your mailing list.
It may just be me. But he really showed us how to value generosity at every level and make all of your donors feel seen. And then, Rob Peabody in Episode 281, he's the founder of VOMO. And he brought a really unique bent on volunteer engagement through this lens, and how we should be looking at someone who may want to volunteer their time as important as someone who may want to write you a check. And then I think that speaks a ton, just to Gen Z. And the upcoming generations too, because I feel like that's right on with, I can't speak for everyone, but a lot of our values in the upcoming generation, I would value spending an hour of my time with you, and maybe helping you brainstorm as the same as me maybe writing you a check, and honestly, if not more valuable. And so just this idea of seeing your donors for who they are not how much maybe they could be giving you was just a really refreshing trend that I feel like we heard a lot throughout the season.
I honestly think that one may be my favorite trend, because it's debunking a lot of the old myths, and it's really powering the base. And I also just want to say that Jon and I basically had to arm wrestle to see who would get Mike Duerksen on their favorite playlist for season five because he blew our mind with everything about the way that we engage with direct mail and how it can really be a fueler for our missions now, so don't give up on it. Please go back and listen to that. So our eighth trend is asking bigger questions. And I know you've heard us talk a lot about this on the podcast. But I actually think it's a great segue for what you're talking about, Julie, on holistic generosity because Lynn is talking to us about quit focusing on the wrong metric, like just looking at the KPI is not asking a bigger question of what is actually going on with our donors with their data with their giving trends with their behaviors. And so I think one of the things that you all allowed me to do, Jon and Julie unleash Becky and let her so we brought in Mallory Erickson, Episode 260. And we took on the overhead myth and I had so much fun breaking apart why this is such a crushing variable to the nonprofit sector. If you have not listened to that episode, I really encourage you to go back, even if you're first on this journey, and you're like, what is the overhead myth? I'm a new, young professional, I haven't heard of that. You're gonna hear it a lot in your career unless we find ways to tamp this down. And I just thought that was a really incredible conversation because Mallory talks about our fears around, you know, how we can show why our salaries matter why operations matter why all of it powers the mission, they make perfect sense. Because of the way that the sector was born and where it came from, and how this narrative is playing out in pop culture it's normal to feel like that is something we should be embarrassed about. It's not friends, I'm going to release you. Operations are part of doing business, for profit pays for all of their operational costs as a cost of doing business. You should not apologize for asking for a living wage, you should not apologize for trying to use innovation and tech to power your mission. We need to start socializing, why that overhead myth is so damaging not only to the mission, but to us as individuals. Thank you, Jon and Julie again for letting me just wax philosophical on that
You got your boxing mitts out.
Oh, man, I did and it felt so good. That the other thing I want to lift around asking bigger questions is, you know, and I guess I just teased it without even meaning to is we got to talk about our pay, our leave and the power dynamics in the sector. We had just such a fire theme week with Pay. Leave + Power Dynamics. So we had some Rockstar panelist of experts who came in to power these conversations. I think one that really stands out to me is Evan Feinberg with Stand Together Foundation. And Evan just really blew our minds because he said the historical reason why we look at that 10 to 20% number on administration, is because givers are desperate for measurement that they compare a nonprofit to another one. So the only publicly available data that compares us to each other is that which is reported in the IRS. And the IRS decided at some point historically to require that nonprofits disclose how much they're spending on their staff and overhead versus their program. So we need to ask a better question and a bigger question about is this the metric that we need to be tracked on? Because actually, some of that UPS is the thing that's fueling our missions and helping them scale? So what a mind bending conversation, please go check that out. Because Evan also talks about how to go fight for your pay and the results of what happens when you do pay your people well. We were so honored to have Jodi Patkin with The Skimm on. We talked about The Skimm's just viral sensation Show Us Your Leave campaign, paired that with Orly cartel, and just a mind bending conversation on why paid leave is a human right. And then we just finished up this powerhouse week with Maria Choi and Jada Pang who were helping us break down all of the power dynamics and major gifts and the power dynamics in grants. So please go check out those two thought leadership episodes because it's really going to shift your thinking about the way you approach not only your donors, but these big foundations and these grantees and how to co build that relationship by breaking down the entire power dynamic structure of it and make it an empowerment relationship.
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That is such a big one but like that one shifted so many mindsets and the feedback was so good on that week so so much support into okay we're starting to wind down we got takeaway nine and I love this one it's Make Good Famous we met like iron out about make good famous. So if you miss this, Karolina Garcia, Jairam came on the podcast and she is just a powerhouse. I mean, she sees the world a little bit differently in the best of ways that how can we use the power of media and celebrity to drive bigger conversations on the national stage, you know, and the way that they show up and they're amplifying these messages. They're giving microphones to missions through the Elevate Prize Foundation. And so this conversation is of the moment really exciting, and we just got so jazzed up because it started to thread together this episode 275 as we looked at the conversations we also had with Jeff Rosenbloom, who is one of the best marketers we've ever shared space, the first podcast because he challenged us and said, keep this in mind friends. One truth is we're exposed to 5000 branded messages every day. Okay, first, that's really shocking, kind of sad, right? Crazy. That's approximately a freshman every 2.7 seconds, we're awake. We're under assault. If you look at your brain, your brain is exposed to 11 million bits of information every minute. So
Why we're so tired
Now I get it.
But imagine like how we need to step into this place. And I think of Adam Garona, who we've already talked about talks about making your mission visible. Our stories matter, we can power change as we thread this into this ecosystem, and really make good famous so we're not stealing your tagline friends over at the Elevate Prize, we just want to champion it so much. So love that trend and just want to keep amplifying it.
We are here for it. We want to make good famous that's like I'm gonna put that on a sticky note. It's my favorite new tagline. So takeaway 10. I'm gonna round us out with our last one. This is our trend of the season for young professionals. And I cheated and I gave one and a half I'm sorry. The first one I want to lift is everyone is a philanthropist. And this is probably why the holistic generosity trend spoke to me so much as well. But Jeanne Barsoum in Episode 256, shared a quote that I actually wrote down on a sticky note and it said, Be bold, take risks and make a difference. And everyone's a philanthropist. And then Casey Rotter with UNICEF. She runs the next generation program there. And she shared in Episode 258, that people and our generation specifically I think everyone does, but our generation specifically wants to be seen as a whole human as our talent, our treasures, not just what we have to give in terms of money. So my challenge for young professionals is to find a place to help out in whatever way you define that helped to be whether you want to volunteer somewhere, go with your friends, and do something together, crowdfund, donate to a friend's campaign. And then a challenge for seasoned professionals is to focus on that holistic generosity, and actually try to engage this upcoming generation in the ways that they're kind of raising their hand saying they want to be engaged. And I want to round us out with one of my favorite one good things from this season. There's a couple of moments when we're recording that I forget that I have a job to do. And like the air leaves, the air leaves the room, and you just are struck by the wisdom that people shared. And I was just going through a season of deciding if I wanted to move and just lots of different things happening. And Avi shared if the path is clear, you're on someone else's. That is my trend for young professionals. Everyone's a philanthropist. And if the path is clear, you're on someone else's.
I mean, we all got sucker punched by that one because I remember the audible gasp. And I was just sharing with a friend yesterday that that's the quote that's stuck out to me over the last 300 episodes. I mean, it was a very powerful moment for sure.
So that rounds out our 10 trends that we pulled out from this season. I'm sure we could pull a ton more. So share with us what you have learned, but I thought we would round it out with sharing a couple of our favorite missions that we met this season and all kick us off by sharing about The Adventure Project and episode 220. I came to love this organization and it's just one I definitely think everyone should go double click on by the way that they do their work and the way that they share their stories specifically. And the way that they empower local entrepreneurs with jobs and micro loans is just fantastic. So I think my favorite mission was The adventure project.
Oh Becky Straw.
Becky straw, yeah.
She is the finest Becky I've ever known she I totally adore her. And that mission, it was absolutely aspirational.
Okay, my favorite for the season mission that we met. And I've already been scooped on this but Abby Falik that we were just talking about Global Citizen Year. This is episode 261. Just the audacity of the idea to say, hey, we want to up in the way that young people are growing up until leadership and infusing it with empathy and with a worldwide mindset. And not that they want to go change the world or save the world, but to know the world and love the world and enrich life experiences. And it's just I think the perspective they're infusing as kind of a different option before you move into your career could really dramatically shape the landscape of how leaders show up and how we live in this really complex society today. So I positively love their mission and their marketing, branding, and just the culture of the organization.
So dreamy.
All of it. It's just like, they're locked on all those things. So there's my fave.
Okay, I am going to pick my favorite child, as you know, I never have a problem with it. And I want to pick Think of Us, episode 262. I have such a heart for the child welfare system. And I don't know why. And I can't even point to why. And we put this as a particular emphasis on this season. And we had a number of missions that came in to talk about the state of child welfare. And I read this op ed, that I think we'll put in the show notes, because I just thought it was so powerful by this founder, Sixto Cancel. And here is a young man who endured and survived the foster system. And it is such a heartbreaking story. And he was one who rose up out of that situation and says, You know what, I want to change the entire landscape, I want to change the way the data is interpreted, I want to change the way policy is written. And I just want to append all of this. And he did something that I thought was so revolutionary yet, so absolutely basic and common sense. Instead of grabbing data from the government, he went to the child and went straight to the child and got data from their mouths. And he didn't just check the box on data, he got story. And he is using all of that to power this massive movement in Think of Us that is changing the entire landscape of child welfare, Sixto you inspire me, we are 100% behind your mission, keep going my friend. So you know, we can't end an episode without throwing in our One Good Thing. And I will tell you, this is probably not at all what you're expecting. Our one good thing that we want to collectively offer up to our community today is do something kind for yourself, or something kind for your teammate. It's that easy. I'll tell you, we are working with our friends in the nonprofit sector who are doing a lot of assessments and analysis on the mental health of the nonprofit worker right now. And the data is very alarming to us. And we know that you all are struggling. And we think that maybe if you could pour into yourself or pour into someone else, then maybe we can start to get back to our center just a little more. We know times are tough, we know you're tired. And we know that your mission is worthy of our best. But after this podcast ends, try to love on yourself a little bit and love on someone else. And I will tell you that resources are coming because we are very excited to tease, you know, a couple of things that are coming in season six, but one of those is our mental health week that we're going to bring back in October. And I'm telling you, we're going to fire it up to get as many resources and support mechanisms in place for you all. So Jon, what else we got in season six?
I mean, just piggybacking on that, because after a season, you kind of look back on data, what are still the most downloaded episodes? It's the Mental Health Week episodes. And so I think that tells you like the state here we talk about community a lot. But we also wanted to tangibly express that and I think the people that gather in the We Are For Good community, the chats that we have once a month at the end of the month, it's like people live this out in a really tangible way, encourage each other, connect each other. And so if you're looking for that, like gotta put that plug in there too. That's going to continue to be part of what's ahead. But in season six, we also have an Enneagram series.
So excited. Enneagram. it's finally here. Get ready.
Like we have taken some time to bring this to pass, but it's like if you don't know Enneagram it's going to change the way you see the world and definitely in yourself. Change the world. Yeah, for yourself and the way you show up in our nonprofit jobs like it's just a really interesting multi part conversation. We're also going to be leaning into habits of a good fundraiser we're going to walk through all the positions in the office of just what are some ways that you can show up and know that you're pointed with a North Star of doing the things that's gonna lead you to raising more money, having balance and just being a good team player at the same time? So that series is coming at you and Okay, can we talk about the guests that are coming on season six? Like, we're freaking out.
Y'all these conversations have already been mind bending. We have Jonathan Greenblatt with ADL, Aiden Riley, and Ben Collier, the founders of FarmLink. We can't wait for y'all to meet that mission. Mona Sina, who's the board chair of Women Moving Millions, and Anne Marie from the Bob Woodruff Foundation, all of these missions are so unique in their own ways, and the conversations we've already learned so much through so tune back in on July 11, we're going to launch with some amazing conversations for our season six.
And I want you to just visualize Becky peeling herself off the floor. After talking
physically
of these individuals, let's be clear, Becky wearing a blouse and a pair of athletic shorts, peeling herself off the floor, in my total zoom wear. I just want to tell you guys these conversations are, are so mind bending, and we are so excited to unpack them and so many more that are coming. So gotta tease a couple of courses that are coming out. If you're somebody who really wants to pour into your professional development, well, you can do it here. And we have a Podcasting For Good Course that's going to be coming out. I know, we've teased that for a while, but we'll be hitting this fall. And we'll also have a Back to Basics Course, we have heard you all you want to get back to the basics. There's a lot of people coming into the nonprofit sector for the first time. And we're gonna break it all down for you.
And I mean, of course, we're gonna keep showing up in PRO. So if you are looking for just like ongoing professional development We Are For Good PRO is the place where you can get live coaching, and you can get this incredible library of some of the most incredible podcast guests teaching frameworks and teaching things that you can apply right away and so PRO is going to continue to get better and better in the fall too. So we're super excited about all of that. Okay, how do we round this out, y'all I mean,
We gotta give some freebies. We have each curated a playlist of our favorites from Season Five, it's listed in the shownotes, we'll definitely be putting that out on social. So go there, it would be a great starting point. And I'm just telling you, if you're somebody who gets up in the morning, and is power walking, you know, wherever you are in the world, pop your earbuds and this is the way to start a day incredible humans with incredible ideas fueling good in the world.
And you saying that be I mean, you just got to point to this because we're passing a milestone with 300 episodes, almost almost 200,000 downloads. The only way that that's happened, we have never paid for an ad, even though we talk about you need to have a paid ad strategy. Right. So we all work on that in our own business, we will. But I think what's interesting is that the only way that this has swelled is through the power of community of like people listening and thinking, Hey, my friend would really love to hear this and they're texting it to somebody that we'll never know. And that's the power that you can have with so many of these conversations, we feel like this is how we can really wake up in the world we want to see and the nonprofit's we want to see. And so I hope you just come for the taking because there's so much here and we just want to give it all away so.
Totally want to give it all away. And I just thank you for opening the floor for me to just tell our community thank you. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for showing up for sharing, for adding your voice in for teaching us our ears and our minds are always open. This is a space where you can come and get respite and find sanctuary with like minded friends who entirely value align we are here to create an Impact Uprising and you were the ones fueling that impact uprising. So thank you from the bottom of our hearts and friends, let's like kick it up a notch and season six. I'm scared to say that I'm holding on by like the tips of my fingers. But let's kick it up a notch. I'm excited.
Well, y'all it's been a heck of a season
A heck of a season. Stay with us. We're gonna bring you one that is just as dynamite, if not more. Thanks for hanging with us.
You got this friends.
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