web02.fireside.fm Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:20:41 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://bigduck.fireside.fm/tags/philanthropy Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:00:00 -0500 The Smart Communications Podcast helps busy nonprofit leaders build their communications skills and develop their organization’s voice. Every episode shares insights and practical tips to help you leverage strategic communications to advance your nonprofit’s mission. en-us episodic The Smart Communications Podcast is a useful resource for all nonprofit leaders looking to boost their communications chops on the go. Big Duck The Smart Communications Podcast helps busy nonprofit leaders build their communications skills and develop their organization’s voice. Every episode shares insights and practical tips to help you leverage strategic communications to advance your nonprofit’s mission. no Big Duck hello@bigducknyc.com https://bigduck.fireside.fm/200 3c38fd5b-aa4d-424a-8906-974b31bec4e1 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 09:00:00 -0500 Big Duck full Big Duck Celebrate our 200th episode with a bold conversation on reimagining nonprofits, challenging “best practices”, and charting a more just, human-centered future. 24:31 no In our 200th episode, Farra Trompeter, co-director, talks with writer, speaker, and beloved nonprofit truth-teller Vu Le, to explore how we can reimagine nonprofits and philanthropy. Learn about “sacred cows,” structural barriers, the urgency of this political moment, and what real transformation requires from all of us. Vu also shares insights from his new book, challenges long-held norms, and offers reflections on joy, community, and resilience. Listen or read along to this milestone conversation that’s honest, energizing, and deeply needed. nonprofit, podcast, philanthropy, communications, fundraising In our 200th episode, Farra Trompeter, co-director, talks with writer, speaker, and beloved nonprofit truth-teller Vu Le, to explore how we can reimagine nonprofits and philanthropy. Learn about “sacred cows,” structural barriers, the urgency of this political moment, and what real transformation requires from all of us. Vu also shares insights from his new book, challenges long-held norms, and offers reflections on joy, community, and resilience. Listen or read along to this milestone conversation that’s honest, energizing, and deeply needed.

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]]> https://bigduck.fireside.fm/161 3dacf1d4-d039-4d27-8d69-d97ef1f9e66f Wed, 15 May 2024 09:00:00 -0400 Big Duck full Big Duck Find out what actions nonprofit staff can take to challenge a typical funder dynamic and discover new ways to build a relationship with them. 19:17 no Farra Trompeter, co-director, talks with Lisa Pilar Cowan, vice president of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, about the concepts of trust-based philanthropy, new ways some funders are working with nonprofits for more authentic relationships, and the connection between the community's role and the donor's role in guiding an organization. nonprofit, philanthropy Farra Trompeter, co-director, talks with Lisa Pilar Cowan, vice president of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, about the concepts of trust-based philanthropy, new ways some funders are working with nonprofits for more authentic relationships, and the connection between the community's role and the donor's role in guiding an organization.

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