We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits 452. Sustainability + Scaling Panel: How to Sustain and Scale Your Mission - Veronica LaFemina, Brian Joseph, Eric Newman and Kimberly O'Neill
Join this panel of modern impact thinkers as we explore how to build a sustainable mission that grows and thrives over time, diversifies revenue, takes care of its people, builds strategies to forecast and evolve, and innovates how to deliver impact.
Today’s Guests
- Veronica LaFemina, LaFemina and Co
- Brian Joseph, CEO, RevJen
- Eric Newman, Founder + and Chief Play Officer, Roc Solid Foundation
- Kimberly O'Neill, Founder + CEO, The Giving Blueprint
Episode Highlights
- Nonprofit revenue infrastructures (3:00)
- How nonprofits can think of themselves as a scaling business (5:30)
- Reframing strategic planning (7:20)
- Using data to understand the problem (10:45)
- Be relentless, not reckless (13:20)
- Putting scaling strategies and tactics into action (17:30)
- Common pitfalls nonprofits are making in sustainability (21:50)
- How to know when to move out of the way as a founder (27:55)
- How to get your board involved in scaling and building sustainability (29:20)
- Advice for a brand new nonprofit to become sustainable (35:40)
- One Good Thing: (40:15)
- Brian: Be intentional about investing in your people and yourself.
- Veronica: Give yourself permission to focus.
- Kimberly: It’s not yours to resolve only.
- Eric: Extreme focus over time creates momentum.
For more information + episode details visit: weareforgood.com/episode/452.
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