Hosted by Marcia Beckner, Nonprofit CEO Mentor & Culture Strategist · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 35 episodes
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Lead with confidence and build an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. Hosted by nonprofit founder and former executive director Marcia Beckner, the Nonprofit CEO SPARK podcast delivers your weekly dose of clarity, confidence, and practical leadership wisdom for social impact leaders. Each episode dives into real-world strategies to help you achieve your biggest dreams and professional goals without burning out along the way. From setting healthy boundaries to creating empowered, thriving workplace cultures, you’ll find the tools, stories, and inspiration you need to lead boldly and sustainably.
Marcia Beckner, Nonprofit CEO Mentor & Culture Strategist hosts Nonprofit CEO SPARK, a business show with 35 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail As nonprofit leaders, many of us assume we need to excel at everything. Vision. Strategy. Fundraising. Culture. Operations. Communication. Systems. Execution. But what if one of the biggest reasons leade
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Nonprofit CEO SPARK, Marcia Beckner talks with Dr. Patton McDowell about one of the biggest challenges nonprofit leaders face today: how to lead with confidence when everyone has an op
Send us Fan Mail What does it take to lead with confidence when the world feels increasingly uncertain? In this episode of Nonprofit CEO SPARK, Marcia Beckner shares key insights from the 2026 AFP ICON Conference in San
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Nonprofit CEO SPARK, Marcia Beckner sits down with a true industry culture leader, Lorii Rabinowitz, to discuss how nonprofit CEOs can successfully navigate growth without sacrificing
Send us Fan Mail Leading with Confidence Series #4 of 12 It starts to feel like every decision needs everyone’s input… And instead of moving forward, your team slows down, circles the same conversations, or quietly stall
Send us Fan Mail Leading with Confidence Series #3 of 12 You walk into a board meeting with a major strategic recommendation that could change the future of your organization…only to be met with hesitation, questions, or
Send us Fan Mail Leading with Confidence Series #2 What happens when your desire to be a kind, supportive leader starts costing your team more than it helps? In this episode, we unpack a pattern many executive directors
Send us Fan Mail Leading with Confidence Series #1 of 12 Welcome to the Leading with Confidence series where we will dive into the various challenges and opportunities to lead your team with more conviction and clarity.
Send us Fan Mail Proof beats promises every time. Here it is. Colorado College's Advancement team was coming out of a pandemic, shrinking staff, leadership transitions, and a culture that had quietly drifted from healthy
Send us Fan Mail You didn't become a nonprofit leader to spend your days managing conflict, navigating HR investigations, and losing sleep over staff dynamics. But here you are. If the culture inside your organization fe
Send us Fan Mail What if the thing that broke you became the thing that built everything else? Before Marcia Beckner was a nonprofit culture strategist, she was a nonprofit CEO navigating cancer, divorce, and the crushin
Send us Fan Mail This is a timely conversation for nonprofit CEOs and executive directors who are thinking about how to strengthen fundraising, lead with more confidence, and position their organizations for sustainable
Send us Fan Mail When leadership starts to feel unstable, many executive directors quietly wonder if they’re the problem. In this episode, we unpack why that thought shows up—and why it’s often not true. Through Mary’s s
Send us Fan Mail What if the biggest lever for your organization’s growth isn’t your next fundraising strategy, hire, or strategic plan, but your board? In this episode, Marcia sits down with philanthropy expert Melanie
Send us Fan Mail If you’ve ever felt like your nonprofit organization is posting consistently, but still not seeing meaningful engagement, it may not be a content problem. In this episode, I sit down with digital marketi
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Marcia Beckner sits down with grant writing expert, author, and Grant Writing & Funding podcast host Holly Rustick for a candid conversation about what nonprofit leaders need to know bef
Send us Fan Mail If fundraising feels unpredictable, overwhelming, or too dependent on luck, this episode is for you. Marcia talks with major gifts expert and former Executive Director Rhea Wong about how nonprofit leade
Send us Fan Mail In Part 2 of this candid two-part series, we take burnout head-on, not as a personal failure, but as a predictable outcome of leading inside systems that haven’t kept pace with growth. After interviewing
Send us Fan Mail In this first episode of a two-part series, we name what many nonprofit CEOs and Executive Directors are carrying privately. After personally interviewing leaders across missions, budgets, and growth sta
Send us Fan Mail Many nonprofit leaders struggle to navigate the new workforce, where five generations are working side by side. In this episode, Marcia Beckner shares practical strategies for engaging Gen Z, setting cle
Art Taylor
Special Giving Tuesday Edition · Association of Fundraising Professionals
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Julia Campbell
IDEA Fund Manager · Missouri Technology Corporation
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Holly Rustick
world-renowned grant writer, bestselling author, and business coach
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Rhea Wong
major gifts expert and former Executive Director
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