Lead with Heart | Philanthropy, Nonprofit Leadership, Nonprofit Management & Fundraising

In this episode of Lead with Heart, I’m talking to Shivani Hiralal about burnout, mental health, mindfulness, and self-care in the social impact space. 

Shivani is a social impact leader, marketer, yoga and mindfulness instructor, and wellness coach. Her life's mission is to spread awareness about mental health and reduce the stigma around mental health conversations.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• [03:01] Shivani’s career path and how she got into Social Impact
• [07:58] What burnout was for Shivani
• [13:42] Moving from burnout to mindfulness
• [21:07] The “Decompress Table” Shivani created for professionals experiencing burnout
• [30:20] One step you can take towards better mental health
• [34:00] Implementing a simple self-care plan
• [39:58] Guided breathing meditation

NOTEWORTHY QUOTES

“Burnout means something different to everyone.”

“Burnout is a mental and emotional issue, but it does come out as physical illness.”

“I'm trying to bring that culture [of celebration and self-care] into the social impact world. Because I think that needs to start to become a norm versus something that you can just get at a roundtable discussion like this.”

“That is the first thing, recognizing [burnout]. The next thing is starting to be a little bit more open about it, having conversations.”

“It's how we prioritize our time. We all have 24 hours but it's what we do with those 24 hours in the day that really makes the difference.“

CONNECT WITH SHIVANI

Linkedin: Shivani Hiralal

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My book, Sow, Grow, Lead is live on Amazon! It shares my journey of starting a nonprofit in Malawi and offers practical strategies for nonprofit leaders to create real impact.

Trusted by 80,000+ organizations in 90+ countries, Donorbox offers easy fundraising tools to help you raise more. From fast donation forms to crowdfunding, events, and Donorbox Live™ Kiosk, grow your impact with donorbox.org

Dr. Lola Gershfeld’s EmC Masterclass helps you boost communication skills to raise more revenue. Trusted by top universities and global organizations. Use code LEADWITHHEART for 10% off.

CONNECT WITH HALEY
Haley is a CFRE, Stress Management Coach, and EmC trainer. Founder of The Savvy Fundraiser, she brings experience in human services, homelessness, and youth nonprofits. She specializes in EmC, leadership, board development, and fundraising, empowering nonprofit leaders to build thriving organizations.
Instagram: @thesavvyfundraiser
LinkedIn: Haley Cooper, CFRE
Website: thesavvyfundraiser.com
YouTube: thesavvyfundraiser
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As a certified fundraising executive, I’m very excited to bring Zoot Velasco to the Lead with Heart Podcast today to talk more about his strategy when it comes to social impact organizations, fundraising, resource gathering, and strategic partnerships.

Zoot is the executive director of the Friends of Fullerton College Foundation, and director of the Gianneschi  Center for Nonprofit Research at California State University Fullerton's College of Business & Economics. He's also a professor of Nonprofit Management and Leadership at Cal State Fullerton at California Polytechnic University Institute Pomona, and the host of the nationally-ranked 501(C)(3)(B)(S) Podcast. 

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• [02:20] Zoot’s career path and how he got to where he is today
• [04:04] Zoot’s approach to fundraising and resource gathering
• [14:00]  How can non-profits collaborate and work together
• [18:46] How non-profits can access resources to power their mission
• [22:33] Moving from non-profit to social impact model
• [25:10] The most effective way to tell the stories so more opportunities come
• [28:55] Why social impact is important right now

Get Zoot’s newest book – small to LARGE: Growing Social Impact Organizations Against All Odds — at Kendall Hunt

“Social enterprise is basically taking a business standpoint in how you run your organization – with the bottom line being not necessarily profit, but the bottom line being purpose and your mission, and doing it in a sustainable way.”

“When I did the research for the research project that ended up becoming the book, I asked people what it was that helped them grow. And the first thing everyone said was strategic partnerships.”

“If you're a social enterprise organization or a social impact organization, your mission is to do something that nobody else is doing, or there's no reason for you to exist. So if

Send Haley a suggestion or request via text HERE!

My book, Sow, Grow, Lead is live on Amazon! It shares my journey of starting a nonprofit in Malawi and offers practical strategies for nonprofit leaders to create real impact.

Trusted by 80,000+ organizations in 90+ countries, Donorbox offers easy fundraising tools to help you raise more. From fast donation forms to crowdfunding, events, and Donorbox Live™ Kiosk, grow your impact with donorbox.org

CONNECT WITH HALEY
Haley is a CFRE, Stress Management Coach, and EmC trainer. Founder of The Savvy Fundraiser, she brings experience in human services, homelessness, and youth nonprofits. She specializes in EmC, leadership, board development, and fundraising, empowering nonprofit leaders to build thriving organizations.
Instagram: @thesavvyfundraiser
LinkedIn: Haley Cooper, CFRE
Website: thesavvyfundraiser.com
YouTube: thesavvyfundraiser
Produced by Ideablossoms

I'm so excited today because I have Victoria Torres as my first guest on the Lead with Heart Podcast. Victoria serves as the Director of Community Impact at The Samueli Foundation overseeing the Foundation's work as it relates to the City of Anaheim, including capacity building community relations, project management, evaluation, and reporting. 

In this episode:

• Victoria’s nonprofit experience and how it all started in High School
• The difference between mentorship and coaching according to Victoria
• Creating a welcoming experience for staff and board members
• Providing opportunities for growth within nonprofits
• The different roles in a nonprofit board
• The reason why you might be struggling to delegate  
• Where to start when it comes to succession 

CONNECT WITH VICTORIA

Born and raised in Orange County, Victoria has been volunteering and working in the nonprofit sector for over 15 years. She is passionate about making connections that are strategic and meaningful with the intent of building strong relationships and partnerships.

Linkedin: Victoria Torres

“Legacy isn't what you built while you're here, legacy is what stays after you've moved on.”

“Committees are where a lot of that delegation and thought happens. And then the board is where that long-term vision and thinking is going on.”

“How you onboard staff and how you onboard your board is crucial to an organization's success around the culture that is built.“

“If you bring on a new staff member or a board member, and they don't know where to start, they don't know where to look, they don't know what to do, you're going to lose them very quickly

Send Haley a suggestion or request via text HERE!

My book, Sow, Grow, Lead is live on Amazon! It shares my journey of starting a nonprofit in Malawi and offers practical strategies for nonprofit leaders to create real impact.

Trusted by 80,000+ organizations in 90+ countries, Donorbox offers easy fundraising tools to help you raise more. From fast donation forms to crowdfunding, events, and Donorbox Live™ Kiosk, grow your impact with donorbox.org

Dr. Lola Gershfeld’s EmC Masterclass helps you boost communication skills to raise more revenue. Trusted by top universities and global organizations. Use code LEADWITHHEART for 10% off.

CONNECT WITH HALEY
Haley is a CFRE, Stress Management Coach, and EmC trainer. Founder of The Savvy Fundraiser, she brings experience in human services, homelessness, and youth nonprofits. She specializes in EmC, leadership, board development, and fundraising, empowering nonprofit leaders to build thriving organizations.
Instagram: @thesavvyfundraiser
LinkedIn: Haley Cooper, CFRE
Website: thesavvyfundraiser.com
YouTube: thesavvyfundraiser
Produced by Ideablossoms

Welcome to the Lead with Heart Podcast, a place for non-profit professionals to share their voice and their mission.

I’m Haley Cooper, a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) who’s raised over two million dollars in the last five years, but most importantly, I’m also a recovering nonprofit burnout survivor. 

Join me and my guests as we share real stories of Leadership, Courage, and Empathy from real leaders about what strategies and practices they have used to heal from burnout, drive their missions forward,  raise more revenue, and make a greater impact. 

Send Haley a suggestion or request via text HERE!

My book, Sow, Grow, Lead is live on Amazon! It shares my journey of starting a nonprofit in Malawi and offers practical strategies for nonprofit leaders to create real impact.

CONNECT WITH HALEY
Haley is a CFRE, Stress Management Coach, and EmC trainer. Founder of The Savvy Fundraiser, she brings experience in human services, homelessness, and youth nonprofits. She specializes in EmC, leadership, board development, and fundraising, empowering nonprofit leaders to build thriving organizations.
Instagram: @thesavvyfundraiser
LinkedIn: Haley Cooper, CFRE
Website: thesavvyfundraiser.com
YouTube: thesavvyfundraiser
Produced by Ideablossoms