The Nonprofit Lab

Organic leadership is all about leading naturally right where you are. On this episode I talk to Alex Mays about her family history and how she’s grown up with nonprofits, and ended up helping to launch her own nonprofit, Lesson-Check-in. The conversation is also a unique perspective of the nonprofit space from a nonprofit leader who’s also an angel investor in the startup world. We talk about what it’s like starting a nonprofit after the pandemic started, and the biggest changes that are here to

In this episode we speak with Tiffany Yau, Founder & CEO of Fulphil, a nonprofit that empowers youth to build a social entrepreneurial mindset to make an impact and excel in their future careers. We discuss what it looks like to start a nonprofit from the perspective of our next generation of nonprofit leaders, how nonprofits are entrepreneurial, scrappy, and run like businesses, the effects of the pandemic on nonprofit programming, and what it takes to go from idea to execution in the nonprofit

On this episode I speak with Ben Reiter, Executive Director of Beat The Streets National, a youth sports development nonprofit dedicated to enriching lives through the sport of wrestling. We cover his incredible journey through mixed martial arts and learn about how he’s always used his platform to advocate for others and become a leader in nonprofit sector, his mission, impact, success, the changes they've had to make in as a result of the pandemic, the importance of nonprofit partnerships,

On this episode we ask the big landscape level questions with Dr. Laura Otten who brings over 50 years of experience in the nonprofit sector. What's going on, where'd we come from, where are we now, and where we need to go to in order to maximize social impact. We cover topics like the professionalization of the nonprofit sector, the importance of impact measurement, and the different levels of magnification when it comes to making an impact. EPISODE BREAKDOWN Start: (0:00:00) Podcast intro:

We share why we're starting this podcast and the story behind the spark for our social impact tech startup, MatchNice. Listen in for vulnerable stories of what it's like founding a startup and hear interviews with my co-founders who joined together on a mission to connect the nonprofit ecosystem and maximize social impact.