300: 30 Takeaways from 300 Episodes

SUMMARY

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In this special milestone episode of Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership, host Patton McDowell highlights key moments, lessons learned, and pivotal conversations from the podcast’s first 300 episodes. 

15 EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS 

1. First Episode: November 13, 2019
2. First Guest: Penny Hawkins, AVC of Development at UNC Charlotte
3. Most Downloaded Episodes: #130 Manuel Campbell ("How Do You Prepare for Nonprofit Leadership?"), #124 Shana Plott ("How to Make Yourself an Outstanding Candidate for Nonprofit Leadership"), and #165 Bill Connors ("3 Technology Traps All Nonprofit Leaders Must Avoid") 
4. Longest Conversations: #36 with Tina Admans (“Fortune 500 to Nonprofit Founder & CEO”) and #213 with Brian Collier (“Keys to Advancing Your Nonprofit Career”) 
5. Two Guest Hosts: Chris Delisio hosted episode #100, and Ken Fuquay stepped in for episode #148 
6. Most Appearances by a Guest: Andrew Olsen: episodes #145, #196, and #276.
7. Two Trios: Episode #98 featured Charlie Elberson, Diane Gavarkavich, and Whitney Feld. Episode #237 highlighted Josue’ Hernandez, Tiffany Kong, and Mike Walsh
8. Guests have come from 38 of the 50 U.S. states and 14 different countries
9. Furthest Guest: Leif Cocks (#254) joined from Perth, Australia, 11,455 miles away. 
10. Top Listener Region: 85% of downloads come from the U.S., with Canada, the UK and Australia rounding out our international audience.
11. 200 Total Hours of Content
12. 100,000 Cumulative Downloads
13. Top Topics Covered: Leadership, fundraising, strategic planning, board engagement
14. First-Time Challenges: failed to record Lisa Baxter’s first session, but she joined us again for episode #57! 
15. Achieved a #1 ranking in the world of nonprofit leadership podcasts according to FeedSpot