221. What Matters Right Now: Think Like a Business - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE, Becky Endicott, CFRE and Evan Feinberg

We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits

We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits
221. What Matters Right Now: Think Like a Business - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE, Becky Endicott, CFRE and Evan Feinberg
Jan 21, 2022 Season 5
We Are For Good

This Friday series on 8️⃣ Trends That Matter in 2022 is 🔥! This week we're diving deep into our 2nd trend: Think Like a Business. And it feels like Christmas all over again, because we're bringing back nonprofit business genius and Stand Together Foundation Exec. Dir., Evan Feinberg, to talk about why we need to think of innovative ways to create long-term value for donors in order to thrive like a profitable business.

💡LEARN (in this chat)
👆Tactical steps, mindsets, and advice for nonprofits to work more like a business
👆Why principle-based cultures are scaling fastest
👆Why it's a healthy destruction to rebuild and start something from scratch
👆Case studies of two nonprofits slaying it right now🙌

Episode Overview

  • Thinking like a business this year tone setting (1:15)
  • Evan’s advice for nonprofit leaders to begin embracing this mindset (6:00)
  • What is holding nonprofits back today (9:00)
  • What sets leaders of innovative organizations apart from others (18:00)
  • Case study of an organization who is doing this well (21:00)
  • Apply for Stand Together Foundation’s Catalyst Program (30:00)
  • Evan’s One Good Thing: Lorenzo’s story (32:00)

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