Because We've Been In Your Shoes

Deniz Tasdemiroglu Conger
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Nonprofits tackle the world's most pressing challenges. If you work for a nonprofit, you know it's hard work, and at times it can feel like you're carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. Yet, knowing you're not alone and hearing from others who have faced similar obstacles can make a world of difference! Join Deniz and Tom as they share experiences, stories, and learn from nonprofit colleagues, discuss emerging issues in the sector, and provide you with key takeaways and useful tips to support you in all you do for our world!

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  1. Episode 10

    Ep. 10 When Women Support Women Great Things Happen Part 1

    When women support women, great things happen! Just ask Relationship Marketing Strategist Dennise Kowalczyk , a longtime nonprofit leader turned solopreneur extraordinaire who has transitioned her talents into promoting and uplifting women business owners and social entrepreneurs. Through her website Business Relationships Matter and consulting practice CTD Creative Consulting including as the host of The Digi Dialogue Series, a Q&A roundtable with industry experts, Dennise leverages her experience in communications, radio, nonprofit fundraising and strategy to harness the digital space to support women entrepreneurs in growing their impact. She is also a MultiPotentialiter. Know what that is and wonder if those leadership traits are what you have? Tune in to our two-part series and conversation with this dynamic leader and learn more about all the amazing things that this multipotentialiter is doing to transform the digital space to activate women businesses. Our conversation will definitely spark your business ideas, because when women support women, great things happen! Learn more about Dennise's consulting services at CTD Creative Consulting  Subscribe to our podcast and stay up to date on Spotify and wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Because We've Been In Your Shoes on Instagram for new episodes.  Connect with Deniz Tasdemiroglu Conger on LinkedIn  Connect with Tom Bull on LinkedIn  Check Out IllumeWorks on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube Visit the podcast online at Gomavi.com and at GoMavi on Instagram and on GoMavi on LinkedIn Intro/Outro music credit: "Boom Bap" by Color Parade.

  2. Episode 11

    Ep. 11 When Women Support Women Great Things Happen Part 2

    When women support women, great things happen! Just ask Relationship Marketing Strategist Dennise Kowalczyk , a longtime nonprofit leader turned solopreneur extraordinaire who has transitioned her talents into promoting and uplifting women business owners and social entrepreneurs. Through her website Business Relationships Matter and consulting practice CTD Creative Consulting including as the host of The Digi Dialogue Series, a Q&A roundtable with industry experts, Dennise leverages her experience in communications, radio, nonprofit fundraising and strategy to harness the digital space to support women entrepreneurs in growing their impact. She is also a MultiPotentialiter. Know what that is and wonder if those leadership traits are what you have? Tune in to our two-part series and conversation with this dynamic leader and learn more about all the amazing things that this multipotentialiter is doing to transform the digital space to activate women businesses. Our conversation will definitely spark your business ideas, because when women support women, great things happen! Learn more about Dennise's consulting services at CTD Creative Consulting  Subscribe to our podcast and stay up to date on Spotify and wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Because We've Been In Your Shoes on Instagram for new episodes.  Connect with Deniz Tasdemiroglu Conger on LinkedIn  Connect with Tom Bull on LinkedIn  Check Out IllumeWorks on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube Visit the podcast online at Gomavi.com and at GoMavi on Instagram and on GoMavi on LinkedIn Intro/Outro music credit: "Boom Bap" by Color Parade.

  3. Episode 12

    Ep. 12 Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent for Your Nonprofit and Boards Part 1

    Recruiting and retaining top talent whether for your nonprofit staff or board is an issue thousands of nonprofits are experiencing in this ever-evolving and changing world of work. What may work with corporate recruiting doesn't always apply to nonprofits – and in this episode, Chief People Officer Jorge Diaz, shares his perspectives as a recognized longtime human resources executive and experience serving on nonprofit boards and committee. Trained also as an executive coach and serving as an adjunct faculty member teaching graduate students on how to motivate teams in the workplace, Jorge identifies that for building effective nonprofit boards, board members need to practice "Organizational Attention" – an intentional self-reflection as a group to assess the following: how is our board operating; how is our work aligned with the organization's mission, how are we supporting organizational priorities; and how are we doing as a team?  Subscribe to our podcast and stay up to date on Spotify and wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Because We've Been In Your Shoes on Instagram for new episodes.  Want to be a guest on our show? Have an exciting topic impacting the nonprofit space that you want to talk about? Or nominate a nonprofit leader for our podcast. Send us a note via our Instagram or LinkedIn and we'd love to hear from you! Connect with Deniz Tasdemiroglu Conger on LinkedIn  Connect with Tom Bull on LinkedIn  Visit the podcast online at Gomavi.com and at GoMavi on Instagram and on GoMavi on LinkedIn You can also find the podcast on IllumeWorks on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube Intro/Outro music credit: "Boom Bap" by Color Parade.

  4. Episode 13

    Ep. 13 Recruiting and Retaining Top Talent for Your Nonprofit and Boards Part 2

    Recruiting and retaining top talent whether for your nonprofit staff or board is an issue thousands of nonprofits are experiencing in this ever-evolving and changing world of work. What may work with corporate recruiting doesn't always apply to nonprofits – and in this episode, Chief People Officer Jorge Diaz, shares his perspectives as a recognized longtime human resources executive and experience serving on nonprofit boards and committee. Trained also as an executive coach and serving as an adjunct faculty member teaching graduate students on how to motivate teams in the workplace, Jorge identifies that for building effective nonprofit boards, board members need to practice "Organizational Attention" – an intentional self-reflection as a group to assess the following: how is our board operating; how is our work aligned with the organization's mission, how are we supporting organizational priorities; and how are we doing as a team?  Subscribe to our podcast and stay up to date on Spotify and wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Because We've Been In Your Shoes on Instagram for new episodes.  Want to be a guest on our show? Have an exciting topic impacting the nonprofit space that you want to talk about? Or nominate a nonprofit leader for our podcast. Send us a note via our Instagram or LinkedIn and we'd love to hear from you! Connect with Deniz Tasdemiroglu Conger on LinkedIn  Connect with Tom Bull on LinkedIn  Visit the podcast online at Gomavi.com and at GoMavi on Instagram and on GoMavi on LinkedIn You can also find the podcast on IllumeWorks on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube Intro/Outro music credit: "Boom Bap" by Color Parade.

  5. Episode 14

    Ep 14 Work-Life Balance or Life-Work Balance? What's the Difference?

    Did you know 60% of Americans feel like their work-life balance is unhealthy? Deniz says Life-Work Balance. Tom says Work-Life Balance. Who is right? Who is to blame for the unbalance the employee or employer? Or is it the job market? There are many qualified individuals applying for the same job and it's competitive out there!! A great conversation was started about what that balance looks like. It's funny how you can think you know what your priorities are but when you see where you actually spend your time, your actions say otherwise. Tom suggested a great activity to see where you spend your time vs. what you say your priorities are. It is quite eye-opening!! And Deniz offered suggestions on how to honor the priorities you want to have. Subscribe to our podcast and stay up to date on Spotify and wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Because We've Been In Your Shoes on Instagram for new episodes.  Want to be a guest on our show? Have an exciting topic impacting the nonprofit space that you want to talk about? Or nominate a nonprofit leader for our podcast. Send us a note via our Instagram or LinkedIn and we'd love to hear from you! Connect with Deniz Tasdemiroglu Conger on LinkedIn  Connect with Tom Bull on LinkedIn  Visit the podcast online at Gomavi.com and at GoMavi on Instagram and on GoMavi on LinkedIn You can also find the podcast on IllumeWorks on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube Intro/Outro music credit: "Boom Bap" by Color Parade.

  6. Episode 15

    Ep 15 Work-Life Balance or Life-Work Balance? What's the Difference? Part 2

    Balance! What are realistic solutions if you feel out of balance with work and home life? At the end of the day, we all only have so many hours to "produce." How will you choose to divide that time? Talk about balance and how you want it to look if you are feeling out of balance. As employers and employees we need to honor how each of us has divided our time into those buckets. Think of your priorities in buckets. Listen and learn how to borrow time from one bucket temporarily to meet a deadline or event. It's ok to walk away. Take a step back and identify that in a particular season of life, you need to take a step back. And if you are working from home…walk away, take a step back. When the work day is over, walk away. And, you need to take breaks throughout the day too. After all, you do not have that decompression or transition time you used to have when you would leave the office! Take a moment for yourself. Get your mind off of business. "Walk away" from this episode taking action to divide your time into your priority buckets and say yes to adventure! Subscribe to our podcast and stay up to date on Spotify and wherever you listen to podcasts. Follow us on Because We've Been In Your Shoes on Instagram for new episodes.  Want to be a guest on our show? Have an exciting topic impacting the nonprofit space that you want to talk about? Or nominate a nonprofit leader for our podcast. Send us a note via our Instagram or LinkedIn and we'd love to hear from you! Connect with Deniz Tasdemiroglu Conger on LinkedIn  Connect with Tom Bull on LinkedIn  Visit the podcast online at Gomavi.com and at GoMavi on Instagram and on GoMavi on LinkedIn You can also find the podcast on IllumeWorks on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube Intro/Outro music credit: "Boom Bap" by Color Parade.

  7. Episode 22

    Ep. 22 Prioritizing Wellness at Work

    Fundraising is a high-pressure career. This year 80,000 development professionals will be leaving the field and profession. Across the nonprofit sector, the turnover rate is 29% compared to 8% in the corporate sector. The major contributing factor is burnout where 47% of nonprofit workers identify burnout as a regular part of their work experience. Thus, prioritizing mental health and wellness at work is key. We spoke with Pradnya Haldipur, Vice President of Development at KABOOM! with over 25 years of experience leading national and international fundraising programs and teams on how we as a profession and sector need to prioritize wellness at work. Our conversation opened up many insights, and deeper discussions and explored timely questions about the increasing demand and needs for And, what is it about the fundraising profession in particular that has such high turnover rates? What do you think nonprofits need to do more of to protect fundraisers from either experiencing burnout or leaving and what have you seen that may have changed in the profession that is contributing to such high turnover? And, we also talked about how to notice if you or someone you know is experiencing burnout.  But is this enough - how does the profession or expectations of the positions we hold need to change? In what ways do you think it can change?   Connect with Pradnya Haldipur: LinkedIn  Connect with Deniz Tasdemiroglu Conger on LinkedIn  Connect with Tom Bull on LinkedIn  Visit the podcast online at Gomavi.com and at GoMavi on Instagram and on GoMavi on LinkedIn You can also find the podcast on IllumeWorks on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube

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Nonprofits tackle the world's most pressing challenges. If you work for a nonprofit, you know it's hard work, and at times it can feel like you're carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. Yet, knowing you're not alone and hearing from others who have faced similar obstacles can make a world of difference! Join Deniz and Tom as they share experiences, stories, and learn from nonprofit colleagues, discuss emerging issues in the sector, and provide you with key takeaways and useful tips to support you in all you do for our world!

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