Jun 29, 2026
Episode Description
The right team is the thing nearly every organization comes back to, whatever else they're working on. Funding, scale, board questions, they all run through the people in the seats.
And the way to get the right people is to hire well.
In this episode, Sarah shares four...
432: Emotional Intelligence Is Nonprofit Retention Infrastructure with Brittan Stockert
Jun 25, 2026
Reflections from host Sarah Olivieri ...
When Retention Looks Like a People Problem And Isn't
Nonprofits are full of weak signals. A weak signal is when the symptoms of a problem aren't very apparent, or when the symptoms don't point to the actual problem directly. Nonprofit fundraiser...
Jun 24, 2026
Reflections from host Sarah Olivieri ...
The Resource Problem Most Nonprofits Mistake for a Funding Problem
Ask any nonprofit leader what their organization needs most, and you will hear the same answer almost every time. More money. We need more funding. We need to hire. The whole...
431: Fundraising as a Layer Cake with Sarah Olivieri
Jun 22, 2026
Episode Description
Most nonprofits are trying to ice a cake that has not been baked. The grants are going out.
The Giving Tuesday campaign is on the calendar. The Facebook ads are running. And the foundation underneath all of it, the high-touch relationships with the people who actually...
Jun 18, 2026
Reflections from host Sarah Olivieri ...
Why Your Nonprofit Can't Afford to Outsource Its Own Capacity
There is a moment that arrives in almost every mission-driven organization. You build something that works. A program, a platform, a process. It depends on one person, one vendor, one...