GUEST INTERVIEWS

The Business of Giving podcast by Denver Frederick aims to spread the word on social good by featuring the largest and greatest nonprofit organizations in the US. Denver interviews CEOs of nonprofits talking about how their organizations help the world a better place.

Beyond Diversity: Practical Steps for Creating Truly Inclusive Workplaces

Beyond Diversity: Practical Steps for Creating Truly Inclusive Workplaces

My next guest maintains that it’s easier to act our way into new ways of thinking than to think our ways into new ways of acting. Nowhere is this more true than in the workplace where so many organizations are striving to create a culture of belonging. She is Sally Helgesen, the world’s premier expert on women’s leadership and an internationally bestselling author, speaker, and leadership coach.

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Closing the Racial Wealth Gap: A Conversation with Tonia Wellons, CEO of the Greater Washington Community Foundation

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap: A Conversation with Tonia Wellons, CEO of the Greater Washington Community Foundation

For five decades, the Greater Washington Community Foundation has connected caring donors with nonprofits, creating lasting change in DC, Montgomery County, Northern Virginia, and Prince George’s County. It is the region’s largest local funder, having invested more than a billion and a half dollars since 1973 to build racially-equitable, just, and thriving communities where everyone prospers.

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CEO of MADD on Ending Drunk Driving

CEO of MADD on Ending Drunk Driving

Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD, seeks to stop drunk driving, prevent underage drinking, and strive for stricter impaired driving policy, whether that impairment is caused by alcohol or any other drug. They also serve as a lifeline for thousands of victims and survivors.

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Center Joy in the Work Says Seattle Foundation CEO

Center Joy in the Work Says Seattle Foundation CEO

Seattle Foundation is a community foundation serving the Greater Seattle area. Established in 1946, it is the oldest community foundation serving the Pacific Northwest, with a mission to ignite powerful, rewarding philanthropy to make Greater Seattle a stronger, more vibrant community for all.

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A Disciplined Process to See, Solve and Scale

A Disciplined Process to See, Solve and Scale

The Entrepreneurial Process, one of Brown University’s highest-rated courses, has empowered thousands of students to start their own ventures. The professor for that course states that entrepreneurship, unlike what many people believe, is not a spirit or a gift, but rather a process that anyone can learn and that anyone can use to turn a problem into a solution with impact.

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CEO of Rochester Area Community Foundation Shares the Unique Value Proposition that Community Foundations Offer

CEO of Rochester Area Community Foundation Shares the Unique Value Proposition that Community Foundations Offer

The Rochester Area Community Foundation, or RACF, works to improve the quality of life for people who live and work in the eight counties around Rochester, New York. Their goal is to realize a more equitable, inclusive, and vital region. And here to tell us more about their work is Simeon Banister, the President and CEO of the Rochester Area Community Foundation. Welcome to The Business of Giving, Simeon.

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