July 31, 2023

452. Sustainability + Scaling Panel: How to Sustain and Scale Your Mission - Veronica LaFemina, Brian Joseph, Eric Newman and Kimberly O'Neill

46 minutes

Join this panel of modern impact thinkers as we explore how to build a sustainable mission that grows and thrives over time, diversifies revenue, takes care of its people, builds strategies to forecast and evolve, and innovates how to deliver impact.

Today’s Guests

Veronica LaFemina, LaFemina and Co
Brian Joseph, CEO, RevJen
Eric Newman, Founder + and Chief Play Officer, Roc Solid Foundation
Kimberly O'Neill, Founder + CEO, The Giving Blueprint

Episode Highlights

Nonprofit revenue infrastructures (3:00)
How nonprofits can think of themselves as a scaling business (5:30)
Reframing strategic planning (7:20)
Using data to understand the problem (10:45)
Be relentless, not reckless (13:20)
Putting scaling strategies and tactics into action (17:30)
Common pitfalls nonprofits are making in sustainability (21:50)
How to know when to move out of the way as a founder (27:55)
How to get your board involved in scaling and building sustainability (29:20)
Advice for a brand new nonprofit to become sustainable (35:40)
One Good Thing: (40:15)
- Brian: Be intentional about investing in your people and yourself.
- Veronica: Give yourself permission to focus.
- Kimberly: It’s not yours to resolve only.
- Eric: Extreme focus over time creates momentum.

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July 31, 2023

452. Sustainability + Scaling Panel: How to Sustain and Scale Your Mission - Veronica LaFemina, Brian Joseph, Eric Newman and Kimberly O'Neill

46 minutes

Today’s Guests

Veronica LaFemina, LaFemina and Co
Brian Joseph, CEO, RevJen
Eric Newman, Founder + and Chief Play Officer, Roc Solid Foundation
Kimberly O'Neill, Founder + CEO, The Giving Blueprint

Episode Highlights

Nonprofit revenue infrastructures (3:00)
How nonprofits can think of themselves as a scaling business (5:30)
Reframing strategic planning (7:20)
Using data to understand the problem (10:45)
Be relentless, not reckless (13:20)
Putting scaling strategies and tactics into action (17:30)
Common pitfalls nonprofits are making in sustainability (21:50)
How to know when to move out of the way as a founder (27:55)
How to get your board involved in scaling and building sustainability (29:20)
Advice for a brand new nonprofit to become sustainable (35:40)
One Good Thing: (40:15)
- Brian: Be intentional about investing in your people and yourself.
- Veronica: Give yourself permission to focus.
- Kimberly: It’s not yours to resolve only.
- Eric: Extreme focus over time creates momentum.