Podcast Episode
Leadership Is Lonely
Leadership is lonely. And that loneliness often leads to reactive decision-making. Today on the Nonprofit SnapCast, Dr. Dan Freeman explores how nonprofit and higher education leaders can break cycles of urgency, build proactive systems, and create organizational cultures that foster creativity, collaboration, and better decisions.
Burnout Is a Fundraising Risk
Mickey Desai is joined by Dave Paule and Ailena Parramore of Our Fundraising Search to examine how hero culture masks capacity problems, what feasibility studies should really be measuring, and why a well-run campaign can actually strengthen an organization rather than deplete it.
Who Holds the Pen? Boards, CEOs, and the Quiet Mechanics of Power
Who Holds the Pen? What really drives tension between nonprofit boards and CEOs? In this episode of Nonprofit SnapCast, the team from Our Fundraising Search digs into the quiet mechanics of power inside nonprofit organizations.
Hiring As A Mirror, OFS Insights: The Podcast
Hiring As A Mirror: In this OFS Insights episode, Mickey Desai, Dave Paule, and Ailena Parramore challenge conventional recruiting by examining how rigid expectations, slow processes, and hidden biases drive talent away. Through candid insights and the Vesper cocktail metaphor, they explore how honesty, speed, and openness to unconventional candidates can transform hiring into a more authentic, values-driven practice.
Learn to Love the Roller Coaster
Sherry Heyl discusses her book "Learn to Love the Roller Coaster," exploring how nonprofits can navigate rapid technological change through three mindsets—poverty, survivor, and creator—while emphasizing emotional intelligence, small incremental changes, and treating AI as a collaborative tool rather than a replacement.
Cybersecurity for Nonprofits: Protecting Your Mission-Critical Data
Cybersecurity for Nonprofits: A dive deep into the critical cybersecurity challenges facing nonprofits of all sizes.
Evaluation as a Leadership Tool with Kayla Meyers
Evaluation as a Leadership Tool: How nonprofits can embrace evaluation as a strategic tool rather than something to fear.
OFS Insights Podcast April 2026
OFS Insights: The Our Fundraising Search team discusses how professionals can effectively navigate major career pivots, especially from the corporate world into the nonprofit sector.
Critical Moral Reasoning: An Applied Empirical Ethics Approach
Critical Moral Reasoning: Mark Holcomb discusses the importance of moral reasoning and how it applies to nonprofits, including case studies on tainted donor money and conflicts between staff with different ethical frameworks. Covers the innate nature of morality, the difference between legality and morality, and the need for nonprofits to develop explicit ethical codes.
Normalizing Feedback in Nonprofits
Normalizing Feedback in Nonprofits: A better way to deliver and receive feedback.
