990 Talk

This week Ari and Sruly are joined by David Phillips, Principle at Immersive 1st (https://www.immersive1st.com/) for a discussion on ways organizations can better improve the relationships between nonprofit staff and their boards. We also discussed trends, a lot of trends (16:01). Other segments include "Board of Directors" (3:10), and "Linkswipe" (56:15). 

Noted author, educator, and tweeter, David Bashevkin (https://twitter.com/DBashIdeas) (https://dbashideas.com), stops by for a fascinating discussion on nonprofit personalities, burnout, job satisfaction, and building professional net-worth (15:33). Other segments include "Board of Directors" (6:54), and "Where we were right and where we were wrong" (57:51).  

We kick off 2021 by welcoming JJ Rabinowich, Executive Director of Ambassadors Group, to discuss how nonprofits can better utilize government to improve their ability to operate and sustain themselves (20:16). Other segments include "Board of Directors" (7:23), and "Ask the Amateurs"(48:26). Also Sruly got Michael Knopf's phone number wrong FYI.

For the final episode of 2020 we were joined by volunteer extraordinaire, Mrs. Chasi Davis, to talk about her experiences and lessons learned throughout her 20 years volunteering for a number of organizations here in Chicago (18:09). We also nominated our "Board of Directors" (5:35) and introduced a very important new segment called "Shameless Plug" which is an absolute must listen (55:12).

We are finally back in the studio this week and welcomed to the show, Moshe Hecht, CIO at Charidy.com (https://www.charidy.com). We discussed the history and growth of his company, overcoming negative stigmas, and much more (15:28). We also nominated our "Board of Directors" (8:05), Asked Elan for a million bucks (not unsuccessfully) (56:05), and did a quick Ask the "Amateurs" (59:44).  

This week we are back for round 2 of our two part interview with Diana Bloom on workplace accountability and productivity (16:29). Other segments include "Board of Directors" (3:47), and "Linkswipe" (54:44).

Ari's idol and well known accountability consultant, Diana Bloom (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianabloom), joins us this week for part 1 of a two part interview on accountability and task management in the work place for both the for-profit and nonprofit world (19:22). (It basically doubled as an office therapy session for us.) We also did "Board of Directors" (5:36), "Office Would You rather" (50:30), and "Where we were right/Where we were wrong" (59:10).  

This week our good friend and colleague Rabbi Shai Markowitz, Director of the Lefkowitz Leadership Initiative at Agudath Israel of America (https://agudah.org/) joins us to discuss the challenges and tribulations of bringing a 100 year old organization up to speed in the digital age, as well as bridging the leadership gap between old school and new. Plus we brought back the mustache discussion with a special bonus guest (21:34). Other segments include "Board of Directors" (4:48), "Business Tips from Ari" (54:08), and "Linkswipe" (59:06). 

Firstly, Sruly showed up late today. Secondly, we interviewed Rick Krosnick, Chief Development Officer at Jewish National Fund (https://www.jnf.org) to discuss his career journey, inspirations, and why JNF started planting trees but is really much more than that (17:57). Other segments include "Board of Directors" (7:44), "Office would you rather" (65:28), "Business Tips from Ari" (73:43), and Ask the "Expert" with a special in-studio guest (79:28).