The Smart Communications Podcast

Episode 112: How can you facilitate inclusive conversations?

May 11th, 2022  |  18 mins 30 secs

communication, nonprofit, teams

Facilitation. How can you do it well? This podcast explores how to engage in group discussions and intentionally create space for participants to feel heard.

Episode 111: How can your organization stay human-centered in an artificial world?

April 27th, 2022  |  24 mins 5 secs

nonprofit, teams, tech

Learn how you can use smart tech tol take over the tasks that make work feel overwhelming and endless, and that can lead to staff burnout and a lack of forward progress.

Episode 110: How can technology create an equitable world?

April 13th, 2022  |  23 mins 54 secs

communications, nonprofit, teams

Technology can strengthen our ability to communicate across society, across communities, across families, and across individuals. Listen and learn how to shift our relationship to technology.

Episode 109: How can workers tap into their own power and voice?

March 30th, 2022  |  27 mins 30 secs

co-op, cooperative, nonprofit, worker-owned

Farra Trompeter, co-director, talks with Esteban Kelly, executive director at the US Federation of Worker Cooperatives, to discuss how cooperatives work and aspects of worker democracy.

Episode 108: How can you promote legacy giving?

March 16th, 2022  |  10 mins 57 secs

campaigns, fundraising, nonprofit

Farra Trompeter, co-director, and Lori Kranczer, founder and CEO of Everyday Planned Giving, talk about legacy giving and provide tips on how to proactively market this way of giving to your donors

Episode 107: How can you approach succession planning?

March 2nd, 2022  |  22 mins 59 secs

communication, nonprofit, teams

Farra Trompeter talks with NTEN CEO, Amy Sample Ward, about succession planning and how creating continuity plans for everyone can support a people-centered culture that centers staff.

Episode 106: Protecting one's time: How can wellbeing play into decision-making?

February 16th, 2022  |  22 mins 52 secs

communications, nonprofit, teams

Learn the value of starting with why, self-care, and the art of delaying with Big Duck’s Hannah Thomas and Fatima Jones, senior director of marketing & comms at the Apollo Theater.

Episode 105: Why do government agencies need strong brands?

February 2nd, 2022  |  21 mins 38 secs

Find out the importance for government agencies to be focused on branding and communications work.

Episode 104: How can you embrace the challenges of changing your name?

January 19th, 2022  |  15 mins 2 secs

branding, brands, nonprofit

Learn more about what a good name can do for organizations–and how to navigate the process of changing it in the episode of the Smart Communications Podcast.

Episode 103: Tiny Habits: How can small changes change everything?

January 5th, 2022  |  22 mins 34 secs

communications, nonprofit, teams

Get tips on how to take five days to learn about yourself and learn about the tiny habits that you chose.

Episode 102: How can you create a healthy workplace in remote settings?

December 16th, 2021  |  25 mins 46 secs

nonprofit, nonprofit communications, teams

What can you do to embed wellness into how your organization works? Meico Marquette Whitlock shares his knowledge about how we have to take care of ourselves so that we can do good work better over time.

Episode 101: How do you know when your nonprofit has a jargon problem–and what can you do about it?

December 1st, 2021  |  22 mins 31 secs

nonprofit, nonprofit communications

How do you know when your organization has a jargon problem? Listen to this podcast to get helpful tips on how to tackle this issue.

Episode 100: How can nonprofits apply the principles of Emergent Strategy to their communications?

November 17th, 2021  |  38 mins 26 secs

nonprofit, nonprofit communications

Hannah Thomas and Priscilla Hung, co-director at Move to End Violence, discuss adrienne mareee brown’s Emergent Strategy and how to apply it to nonprofit communications.

Episode 99: Who should be on your communications team?

November 3rd, 2021  |  22 mins 27 secs

nonprofit, nonprofit communications

Who should be on your communications team? Learn how to define the characteristics that help successful nonprofit communications teams achieve their goals in this podcast.

Episode 98: How can you build inclusive processes in branding and beyond?

October 20th, 2021  |  15 mins 50 secs

branding, equity, nonprofit, participation

Farra Trompeter talks with Dr. Renee Rubin Ross, founder of The Ross Collective, about how you can build inclusive conversations and ways to meaningfully engage your team and community in branding.

Episode 97: How nonprofit communications have changed over the years

October 8th, 2021  |  26 mins 34 secs

nonprofit, nonprofit communications

Sarah Durham and Farra Trompeter share insights about how nonprofit communications have changed over the years, and share their experiences as professionals who have worked for and with nonprofits for several decades.