Development professionals must manage complex, challenging work. And that work can take a toll on our professional will and personal confidence. Tricia Schleper, from Schleper Coaching, joins the podcast to share her insights, and help development professionals understand the limiting beliefs that might be impacting their work.

It's the time of year when we are thinking about spooky things and what's worse than a bequest gone wrong?! Join Ali as she explores some of these nightmare stories with guest, Melissa Peacock. Melissa is the Senior Planned Giving Advisor at Animal Humane Society and has decades of experience in the planned giving field. In this episode you'll hear a few stories and hopefully take away some lessons learned to help you and your donors so their final gifts can benefit the things they care about.

We've been on a bit of a hiatus this summer, but we are back and ready to dive in with the new season. In today's episode you'll hear from our guest host - Scott Nelson, Leave a Legacy MN Committee Chair and Joe Thiegs, Minnesota Gift Planning Association President. They share about their background, how they got involved with MGPA and what resources are available to members. Scott and Joe also touch on the unique challenges of rural nonprofits and how we can help. Give it a lesson and then make sure to leave a review and/or comment on social. We'd love to hear from you!

Hear from a newcomer to the development profession, Tony Mullen, and how he thoughtfully mapped out his transition from a corporate sales career to nonprofit development and fundraising. Bonus: he recommends @mpga’s Brisk Walk Through the Basics of Planned Giving course to anyone involved in fundraising.