Tailwinds: Ideas Fueling Nonprofit Innovators and Social Entrepreneurs
Tailwinds is a project that brings momentum to the leaders tackling the world’s most impossible problems.
Created by Flying Whale Strategies, the show delivers ideas, insight, and energy to the people doing work that often feels impossible.
Each episode features brass tacks strategy that can be implemented tomorrow. Hillary Frances interviews social sector leaders who are in the messy middle of building their organizations. And since we are talking about bold solutions to intractable problems, she also brings in insight from the for-profit world.
Episodes
5 episodes
The problem you name is the solution you build
Nonprofits tackle big problems — but often without naming the root cause that actually drives their work. In this episode, Hillary Frances breaks down how clarifying your problem statement can transform your strategy, sharpen your identity, and...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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40:10
Building a data collection plan we don't dread
Description: Data collection inside nonprofits has become a dreaded chore.In this episode, Hillary explores how nonprofit leaders can shift data collection from a burdensome, compliance-driven exercise into a lean, human-centered ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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46:14
Impact statements the world has been waiting for us to write
What Hillary loves most about this episode: I ask horsewomen to talk about whether or not impact statements are helpful. Turns out, they love theirs and they’re using it to design their equestrian workforce program.Description:...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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33:49
Inviting donors to meetings you look forward to
What Hillary loves about this episode: It captures my clearest thinking on how to make donor meetings worth showing up for — and tests it alongside a young Indigenous woman fundraiser who’s done code-switching to fit white norms and is b...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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43:08