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Andrew Wolk: What Changes When We Start with Outcomes
For more than two decades, Andrew Wolk helped social sector organizations build better strategies, measure their work, and strengthen their impact. But one question kept nagging at him: If so many organizations were reporting success, why weren’t more people’s lives…
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Democracy Starts in the Hallway: Students Bringing Students to the Ballot Box
Every year, four million students graduate from high school in this country. Most are old enough to …
The Broken Matchmaking System Between Funders and Nonprofits
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What If Philanthropy Funded Capability Instead of Reputation?
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Some of the most promising cancer treatments are not multibillion-dollar new discoveries. They are affordable generics already sitting on pharmacy shelves, backed by published data but lacking a commercial sponso…
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Nurturing Excellence and Equity: Insights from the Vera Institute of Justice
For this edition we are going to visit team members at the Vera Institute of Justice. Their mission is to end the overcriminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, immigrants, and people experiencing poverty.
Cultivating Wellbeing: The VillageReach Story of Transforming Healthcare and Workplace Culture
Today we’ll be visiting team members of VillageReach. VillageReach works with the government to solve healthcare delivery challenges in low-resource communities. It is a global organization with offices in Seattle, Washington, Nairobi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and DR…
Noora Health’s Unique Approach: How ‘Doing the Needful’ Transforms Nonprofit Success
Noora Health seeks to improve outcomes and strengthen health systems by equipping family members with the skills they need to care for their loved ones. They envision a world where patients and their caregivers are a core component of healthcare delivery, and family mem…
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A key differentiator of the highest performing nonprofits is their belief in Executive Coaching...and not just for the senior staff but for people throughout the organization. Not only is it transformative for the individual but for the whole organization. A "coaching culture" is becoming synonymous with places people thrive and want to stay.
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ABOUT DENVER
Radio Show Host, Speaker, Moderator & Executive Coach
Denver Frederick is the Host of The Business of Giving.
Each week he interviews nonprofit CEOs, corporate leaders, philanthropists and social entrepreneurs on the solutions that they are working on and investing in to make this a better world.
Denver is a Certified Professional Coach for leaders in the social sector. He is also a sought-after speaker on how to create healthy and robust corporate cultures in nonprofit organizations.