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Mission Forward with Carrie Fox

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox Hosted by social impact expert and B Corp leader Carrie Fox, the Mission Forward podcast explores what it really takes to move a mission forward in today’s society. With her signature blend of heart and head, Carrie sits down with some of the world’s most-admired purpose driven leaders to dig into issues you’re experiencing right now: from how to navigate difficult issues, how to lead through uncertainty and how to tackle tough conversations with courage and care

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2:00

Season 12: A Season of Change

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2026/01/15

Nonprofits and foundations have always done the quiet, essential work of holding communities together. Season 12 starts with the premise that the work hasn’t changed—but the conditions have. The pace is faster, the decisions are knottier, and “resilience” is being redefined in real time.This season, Mission Forward goes behind Mission Partners’ new research report to surface what leaders are seeing on the ground and how they’re responding: navigating financial strain while demand rises,

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8:57

Super Human • Finding the Words

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/12/18

Leaders want to bring more compassion into the culture of work, yet many wrestle with how to do it in a way that feels both authentic and respectful.The answer lies in the simple act of looking out for one another.This short-form episode is part of the Finding The Words column, a series published every Wednesday that delivers a dose of communication insights directly to your inbox. If you like what you read, we hope you’ll subscribe to ensure you receive this each week.(00:00) - Welcome to

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5:37

A Good Hard Listen • Finding The Words

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/12/04

The volume of one-way communication is ramping up everywhere we turn—our feeds, inboxes, meetings, and media. All that noise leads to an increased feeling of distraction but rarely an increased sense of connection or understanding.All that noise affects our ability to listen to one another, too.This short-form episode is part of the Finding The Words column, a series published every Wednesday that delivers a dose of communication insights directly to your inbox. If you like what you read,

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28:11

How to Lead Through Change with Intention with Dr....

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/11/20

When Dr. DeRionne Pollard talks about leadership, she doesn’t begin with titles or institutions. She begins with memory: a two-year-old child clapping cymbals in a community college classroom, a six-year-old sitting outside a glass-paneled door while her aunt trained to open an in-home childcare center, a young girl learning generosity from neighbors who showed love through casseroles and practicality through labeled Tupperware. These early stories might be sentimental details—but even more

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28:23

How to Live Your Values When Pressures Rise with Amy...

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/11/13

Some stories begin with a single alarm bell. This one begins with dozens of small ones—nonprofit leaders quietly signaling the same thing at the same time: the ground under them was shifting, and shifting fast. Because the France-Merrick Foundation funds discrete, one-time capital projects across Baltimore, they hear from an unusually wide cross-section of organizations. And in early 2025, all those cross-currents pointed in the same direction: instability, delays, burnout, and a crisis

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5:13

Purpose Under Pressure • Finding The Words

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/11/06

Twenty-one years ago, when I started my first communications firm, a mentor offered a warning I’ll never forget: “Starting a firm focused on nonprofits is bound to fail. There won’t be enough work to sustain you.”Twenty-one years later, and we’re still here.This short-form episode is part of the Finding The Words column, a series published every Wednesday that delivers a dose of communication insights directly to your inbox. If you like what you read, we hope you’ll subscribe to ensure you

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41:28

How to Build Community by Design with Anne Kerns

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/10/30

It starts with a handful of seeds.When Mission Partners’ design director Anne Kerns shows up at a civic rally with paper packets filled with flowers, herbs, and vegetables, she’s there to share. To spark a conversation. To see what happens when you hand a stranger something living. That image—Anne with her seeds—is at the heart of this week’s conversation. Because design, as she tells Carrie Fox, isn’t only what you make; it’s what you grow. It’s an act of attention, of cultivating

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35:27

How to Build a Life, and a Legacy with Pete Wright

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/10/23

Pete Wright has spent decades amplifying other people's voices. As a producer, he's an invisible architect of countless conversations, the one who shapes stories without telling them, who creates space for others to shine while remaining carefully out of frame. But what happens when the producer becomes the protagonist?In this episode of Mission Forward, Carrie turns the tables on her own show's producer—a role reversal that reveals something unexpected about the nature of legacy, presence,

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33:38

How to Set the Foundation for Community with Peter...

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/10/16

This is a story about invisible infrastructure—the kind you only notice when it's gone. Peter Panepento started his career covering planning board meetings for a weekly newspaper in upstate New York, watching in real time as the binding agents of community life dissolved. Now he runs a communications agency working with community foundations, institutions that have operated in nearly every American community for over a hundred years but remain mysterious to most people. The puzzle he's

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33:26

How to Build Community, Inside the Box with Lisa Snowden

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/10/09

What happens when a community refuses to let its story be told from the outside in? In this conversation, Carrie Fox sits down with Lisa Snowden, Editor-in-Chief of Baltimore Beat, to explore what it means to build journalism as a thriving business model and an act of community care. Born out of the ashes of the Baltimore City Paper and shaped by the unrest following Freddie Gray’s death, Baltimore Beat has never been about neutrality—it has been about presence, about listening, and about

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32:33

How to Begin Again with Michael Bolden

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/10/02

Here’s what we know: journalism in America is in upheaval. Free speech is under attack. Trust is being challenged, and reporters are under siege. And yet—walk onto a college campus today and you’ll find students running toward journalism, not away from it. Why?That paradox is at the center of today’s conversation between Carrie Fox and returning guest Michael Bolden, the newly appointed Dean of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Michael has spent decades wrestling with the

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37:01

How to Restore Our Belief in One Another with Rich...

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/09/25

Here’s what we know about political violence in America: it’s getting worse. Here’s what we think we know about why: polarization, social media, extreme rhetoric. But what if we’re looking at this all wrong?Rich Harwood has spent the last 30 years in the places many of us have written off—communities fractured by poverty, loss, and division. What he’s found in those places challenges our assumptions about where progress begins. It’s not happening in Washington. It’s not playing out on cable

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25:40

How to Say Hello with Michael Pope and Elisa Pupko

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/09/18

Every ending carries within it the seed of a beginning. To leave something behind—whether it’s a beloved job, a familiar city, or the comfort of a community—requires not only courage but also an embrace of uncertainty. In this first episode of Season 11, we step directly into that tension: the sacred space between goodbye and a new hello.Carrie Fox sits down with nonprofit leader Mike Pope and theater founder Elisa Pupko at the very edge of a new chapter. Together with their two young

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1:57

Hello, Goodbye, and the Space Between • Season 11...

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/09/04

What does it mean to stand at the threshold of change? To face a door that is both closing and opening at the same time? In Season 11 of Mission Forward, Carrie Fox invites us into that liminal space—the sacred and often unsettling pause between hello and goodbye. It is here, in the transitions, where the most important work of leadership—and of life—often takes place.This season, you’ll meet people who have walked away from stability in pursuit of something more true. You’ll hear from

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33:28

Rebroadcast • Bridging Divides and Building Back...

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/08/21

Two builders walk into a podcast studio… no, seriously. This isn’t the start of a joke, but the beginning of a deeply fascinating exploration into the very architecture of social change. We’re talking about the kind of change that doesn’t just rearrange the furniture, but rebuilds the house from the foundation up. And that, my friends, is a far more intricate and precarious undertaking.This week on Mission Forward, we’re joined by not one, but two remarkable individuals who embody this

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27:34

Rebroadcast • Communicating Through Volatility with...

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/08/07

It's election season. The air crackles – a strange cocktail of anticipation and apprehension. We’re drowning in pronouncements, predictions, and the ever-present din of commentary. But what if the key to navigating this volatile landscape isn’t about shouting louder but listening deeper?On this episode of Mission Forward, we explore that very question with Jennifer Brandel, a process innovator and co-founder of Hearken. Hearken helps institutions truly hear their audiences. Brandel's

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25:30

Rebroadcast • Information We Can Rely on with...

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/07/24

In a world drowning in information, where every click and scroll can lead us further down a rabbit hole of misinformation, what is our cultural and intellectual lifeline?This week on Mission Forward, Carrie Fox swims the turbulent waters of local news with Michael D. Bolden. He serves as the Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer at the American Press Institute, and he's not here to talk about headlines and deadlines. He’s here to talk about the very oxygen of democracy – the free

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32:14

Rebroadcast • A Recipe for Cooling Down American...

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/07/10

In this rebroadcast, we ask a difficult question: Is civil war inevitable, or can we talk our way back from the brink? In a world increasingly fractured, whispers of civil unrest grow louder. Dr. John Paul Lederach, a veteran peacebuilder with decades of experience in global conflict zones, offers a stark yet hopeful message: the antidote to escalating tensions lies not in grand pronouncements but in the quiet power of human connection. This week on Mission Forward, Lederach shares insights

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25:55

Rebroadcast • How to Keep Your DEI Policies Moving...

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/06/26

In this rebroadcast, we address the Supreme Court's decision on affirmative action which sent shockwaves through institutions across America, leaving many wondering about the future of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Is DEI dead? Or is it simply evolving?On this episode of Mission Forward, Carrie Fox dives into this complex landscape with communications experts Nimra Haroon and Faith MacIver. Nimra, a cultural strategist and communications manager for Mission Partners,

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29:54

Rebroadcast • From Missions to Movements with Dana...

Mission Forward with Carrie Fox ·

2025/06/12

In this rebroadcast from season 9, Carrie Fox sits down with Dana Snyder, a digital strategist for nonprofits and the CEO and founder of Positive Equation. Snyder, who has supported organizations like Movember, Dress for Success, and American Idol, shares her insights on how nonprofits can effectively reach new audiences in the ever-evolving digital landscape.Consider, for example, the importance of strategic investment in social media. How are organizations to determine which channels to

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