The Nonprofit Exchange Archive
Your Fundraising Problem Isn’t a Fundraising Problem
Alex Morrison joins Hugh Ballou to explore why fundraising challenges often reveal deeper leadership issues. Discover practical ways to strengthen board alignment, build donor relationships, and turn shared commitments into action.
Leading Without Certainty: Making Bold Decisions and Building Resilient Nonprofits
How can nonprofit leaders make bold decisions without complete information? Hugh Ballou interviews Yuriy Boyechko, Founder and CEO of Hope for Ukraine, about the 70% Decision Rule, organizational resilience, psychological safety, and adapting methods without compromising mission. Discover practical strategies for leading through uncertainty, empowering teams, and building sustainable nonprofit organizations.
Listen First, Scale Later: Building Organizations From the Inside Out
What if nonprofit organizational growth begins with listening rather than expanding? Jacob Adams, Founder and Executive Director of Inner Spark Learning Lab, joins Hugh Ballou to explore the Listen, Learn, Adapt framework, community-centered leadership, and the value of scaling what organizations learn rather than simply what they do.
Navigating Growth & Innovation Alongside Mission
.Growth is only valuable when it advances the mission. Rey Ramsey joins Hugh Ballou to explore how nonprofit leaders can pursue growth and innovation without losing sight of impact, values, and the people they exist to serve
Fundraising Without the Ick: Building Donor Trust Instead of Donor Pressure
Are you overwhelmed by data? John Watson shares how to focus on key metrics that truly matter for your nonprofit's success. Learn to measure outcomes effectively
Can Innovation be in a Nonprofit?
Michelle Bockman, CEO of KeraLink International, joins Hugh Ballou to discuss how nonprofit leaders can embrace innovation, build scalable systems, diversify revenue, strengthen
Transformative Reflections: Chuck Vollmer ‘s Journey Through Divine Analogies
Charles D. “Chuck” Vollmer joins Hugh Ballou to discuss the vision behind Divine Analogies, a seven-book series of personal reflections connecting biblical truth with everyday life. They explore faith, surrender, spiritual transformation, the Holy Spirit, legacy, and how the series can grow beyond the printed page into an ongoing pathway for discovery, discipleship, and service.
From Liability to Leverage: Unlocking Your Most Powerful Strategic Asset – Your Board
Deborah Macfarlan Enright, Ed.D. joins Hugh Ballou on The Nonprofit Exchange to explore how nonprofit leaders can move their boards from passive governance to active strategic leadership. Learn how board composition, recruitment, systems, engagement, and accountability can turn every board seat into a powerful asset for the mission.
Making Sense In the Mess: Leadership for a Turbulent Time
Daniel Atlin explains how nonprofit and mission-driven leaders can use sensemaking, self-awareness, collaboration, and purpose to navigate uncertainty and lead effectively in turbulent times.
Beyond Words: How Leadership Stories Inspire Action
Julie Lancaster joins Hugh Ballou to explore how authentic stories help nonprofit leaders connect with people and inspire action. Discover her REST Model—Relate, Engage, Short, and Theme—and learn why practice, vulnerability, and feedback make leadership communication more effective.
Are You Sabotaging Your Mission?
Could the very trait driving your leadership success also be sabotaging your mission? Dr. Philip Agrios explains how hidden patterns can contribute to burnout, poor performance, and organizational dysfunction—and how leaders can shift from Protection to Growth.
From the Classroom to the Boardroom
Are you overwhelmed by data? John Watson shares how to focus on key metrics that truly matter for your nonprofit's success. Learn to measure outcomes effectively
True Wealth: Moving Nonprofit Leaders From Scarcity to Abundance
Are you overwhelmed by data? John Watson shares how to focus on key metrics that truly matter for your nonprofit's success. Learn to measure outcomes effectively
The First 90 Days of Your Leadership Legacy
A leadership title may assign responsibility, but it does not automatically create trust. Executive search experts Neill Marshall and Kurt Mosley share practical lessons for navigating the first 90 days, understanding organizational culture, avoiding rushed decisions, and building the earned authority required to lead effectively.
The Art of Asking: Strategies for Successful Annual Campaigns
Discover Bob Hopkins’ practical strategies for building donor relationships, planning annual campaigns, and making confident, effective fundraising asks.
Workforce Development Is a Team Sport
Explore why workforce development is a team sport as Van Ton-Quinlivan shares how nonprofit leaders can connect people to healthcare career pathways, dignity, opportunity, and economic mobility.
What’s Possible in the Peripheral
Ryan Dewey Smith shares how mission-driven organizations can scale without losing identity, local strength, or mission through affiliation, shared infrastructure, and workforce innovation.
Two Seconds to Trust: Brain Science for Nonprofit Communicators
Sally Mildren shares how brain science, recognition, and trust help nonprofits create clearer mission messaging that captures attention and moves people to act.
Ancient Wisdom for Modern Mission: What The Odyssey Teaches Nonprofit Leaders About Home, Resilience, and Renewal
Ancient wisdom meets modern nonprofit leadership as Phil Cousineau explores The Odyssey as a guide to resilience, mission, hospitality, healing, and finding the way home.
How to Fundraise for Non-Human Causes Without Burning Out!
Learn how Katherine Lacefield helps nonprofits fundraise for non-human causes without burnout by improving stewardship, donor communication, storytelling, and community engagement.
