Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Day I Realized I Wasn’t the Choice: Career Plateaus, AI, and What I Built Because of Mine
Season 1 Episode 16
10 hours ago
Your Board Needs a Pipeline, Not a Vacancy Sign: Where AI Helps and Where It Can't
Season 1 Episode 15
That one sentence says a lot about how many organizations think about governance. Sean explains why difficulty recruiting can't be the reason someone…
1 week ago
My Honest AI App Recommendations for Nonprofits
Season 1 Episode 14
No framework, no policy checklist, no statistics. Just the tools, organized by the problem they solve: fundraising intelligence, writing, design, gra…
2 weeks ago
Will AI Replace Nonprofit Jobs? What the Numbers Really Mean
Episode 13
A CNN graphic says AI could eliminate 10–15% of U.S. jobs and reshape 50–55%. What do those numbers mean for nonprofit teams already stretched thin?
I…
3 weeks ago
What AI Can’t Replace: Why Personal Stories Still Win
Season 1 Episode 12
A LinkedIn post about Sean's daughter's solo trip through Europe reached over 4,000 people and pulled in nearly 5,700 impressions, almost 80% from ou…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
The Algorithm Is Reading Your Pitch Deck: AI and the New Corporate Giving Gatekeepers
Season 1 Episode 11
Somewhere right now, a corporate giving team is deciding whether your organization is even worth a meeting, and increasingly, an AI tool is making th…
1 month ago
The Candidate Who Wasn’t There: AI, Fake Qualifications, and the New Hiring Crisis
A nonprofit hired a grant writer who aced the interview, and couldn’t do the job. This episode digs into a hiring crisis moving faster than most nonp…
1 month, 1 week ago
Untitled EpisodeThe Pitch Is Always Exciting: A Framework for Evaluating a New AI Tool
Season 1 Episode 9
If you're a development director or ED, you've had this meeting: a consultant or vendor pitches an AI tool that "changed everything" for an organizat…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
“Your Gala and Golf Tournament Isn’t the Problem: What Happens After the Last Guest Leaves”
Season 1 Episode 8
Sean breaks down what actually happens in a room full of 150 donors, prospects, and corporate partners — and where AI can help make sure it doesn’t e…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
A $100 Million Bet on Nonprofits: What OpenAI's New Program Actually Means.
Season 1 Episode 7
OpenAI's nonprofit arm just committed $100 million to the Common Health Coalition, going after a decade-old problem: a hepatitis C cure exists, yet r…
2 months ago