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009 Are We Going Bankrupt? | Christian Leadership Alliance President and CEO Tami Heim
Season 1 Episode 9
On March 12, 2020, Tami Heim learned the governor had shut down public gatherings in Texas. The Outcomes Conference was weeks away. And she was facin…
2 months, 1 week ago
008 Using AI to Rewire a Whole Nonprofit | Hope Rises International President and CEO Bill Simmons
Season 1 Episode 8
In one month, CEO Bill Simmons shipped more than 15 working applications and 70,000 lines of code to his team, without adding a single software licen…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
007 Seven Years In. Feeling Nauseous. | Social Current President and CEO Jody Levison-Johnson
Season 1 Episode 7
Jody Levison-Johnson had a big idea and had to decide whether to bet her organization's resources on it. A film was coming out that could either quie…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
006 Pivoting Away from Your Original Vision | Good Faith Founding Executive Director Curtis Chang
Season 1 Episode 6
Curtis Chang set out to build a nonprofit nobody would ever know by name. He wanted Good Faith to be like Target: the store as the brand, not the fou…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
005 The Hidden Vulnerability of the Nonprofit CEO | Praxis Partner Andy Crouch
Season 1 Episode 5
Andy Crouch uses a framework from Peter Greer to name a structural problem with honest at the heart of many nonprofits. It's the stakeholder gap, and…
3 months ago
004 Asking a Beloved Board Member to Resign | Mission ONE President Olivia Mulerwa
Season 1 Episode 4
Olivia Mulerwa spent months carrying a decision she couldn't talk about with anyone who didn't already have a stake in the outcome. She needed to hav…
3 months, 1 week ago
003 Making a $5 Million Decision in Her First Week as CEO | American Bible Society President/CEO Dr. Jennifer Holloran, DSL
Season 1 Episode 3
Dr. Jennifer Holloran walked into her first board meeting as CEO of American Bible Society and left with a $5 million crisis and a collapsing timelin…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
002 When to Leave the Org You Founded | Sanctuary Foundation CEO Dr. Krish Kandiah
Season 1 Episode 2
On this episode of The Nonprofit CEO Podcast, hosts Adam Jeske and Krish Kandiah dive into the complex, consequential decisions that shape nonprofit …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
001 Speaking Out When Everyone is Quiet | Center for Effective Philanthropy CEO Phil Buchanan
Season 1 Episode 1
Phil Buchanan had 48 hours to decide whether he would speak out when it seemed everyone else was staying quiet.
We talk about that decision, the actua…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Trailer | The Nonprofit CEO Podcast with Adam Jeske
Season 1 Episode 1
The role of the nonprofit CEO role is isolating. The decisions are high-stakes, the support is often thin, and the margin for error can literally be …
4 months ago