web01.fireside.fm Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:51:47 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://bigduck.fireside.fm/tags/planning Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0400 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/197 979f33e8-3d8a-448c-8ad4-6fea02f6877c Wed, 15 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0400 Big Duck full Big Duck Explore how intentional rest and sabbatical moments can help you rediscover joy and balance at the workplace and beyond. 17:56 no How do we find joy in our work and our lives, especially when burnout looms? In this episode, Farra Trompeter, co-director, and Elandria Jackson Charles, chief joy officer at Ayoka Partners, explore how sabbatical care, intentional rest, and daily micro-moments of joy can help you reconnect with yourself and your purpose. nonprofit, podcast, teams, planning, joy How do we find joy in our work and our lives, especially when burnout looms? In this episode, Farra Trompeter, co-director, and Elandria Jackson Charles, chief joy officer at Ayoka Partners, explore how sabbatical care, intentional rest, and daily micro-moments of joy can help you reconnect with yourself and your purpose.

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]]> https://bigduck.fireside.fm/195 c2db98f8-d708-486e-9138-ba91ca48f07e Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0400 Big Duck full Big Duck Good design starts with good feedback. Learn practical approaches nonprofits can take to give clear collaborative feedback that leads to stronger creative work. 16:43 no Smart design feedback is possible; it just requires clarity, collaboration, and strategy. Join J Kelley, senior account manager and host of this episode of the Smart Communications Podcast, as they chat with Randi Gibson, graphic designer, and Sandy Zimmerman, design director, about effective design feedback. Follow along for strategies to make the feedback process smoother and your creative outcomes stronger. nonprofit, podcast, planning, teams, feedback, design, process Smart design feedback is possible; it just requires clarity, collaboration, and strategy. Join J Kelley, senior account manager and host of this episode of the Smart Communications Podcast, as they chat with Randi Gibson, graphic designer, and Sandy Zimmerman, design director, about effective design feedback. Follow along for strategies to make the feedback process smoother and your creative outcomes stronger.

]]> Smart design feedback is possible; it just requires clarity, collaboration, and strategy. Join J Kelley, senior account manager and host of this episode of the Smart Communications Podcast, as they chat with Randi Gibson, graphic designer, and Sandy Zimmerman, design director, about effective design feedback. Follow along for strategies to make the feedback process smoother and your creative outcomes stronger.

]]> https://bigduck.fireside.fm/194 0c802311-dbbf-43e0-96b7-7c1fb173861a Wed, 03 Sep 2025 09:00:00 -0400 Big Duck full Big Duck Explore how to lead and collaborate with honesty, empathy, and impact in this conversation about candor and care in communications. 17:43 no Communicating with candor can be kind and helpful. Farra Trompeter, co-director, talks with Keyante Love, founder and president of Good Love Group, to discuss navigating power dynamics, embracing discomfort, and staying grounded in your values when collaborating with your team and your community. nonprofit, podcast, teams, planning, candor Communicating with candor can be kind and helpful. Farra Trompeter, co-director, talks with Keyante Love, founder and president of Good Love Group, to discuss navigating power dynamics, embracing discomfort, and staying grounded in your values when collaborating with your team and your community.

]]> Communicating with candor can be kind and helpful. Farra Trompeter, co-director, talks with Keyante Love, founder and president of Good Love Group, to discuss navigating power dynamics, embracing discomfort, and staying grounded in your values when collaborating with your team and your community.

]]> https://bigduck.fireside.fm/193 b8b3d4ac-ab48-4320-a347-f80dae8a71d6 Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0400 Big Duck full Big Duck Tips for keeping your communications plan from collecting dust, and how to adapt it when your organization is in crisis mode. 23:09 no Is your communications plan sitting untouched? We have swapped roles for this episode of the Smart Communications Podcast, with our director of service development, Ally Dommu as host and Farra Trompeter, co-director, as her guest, who explore how to keep your communications plan useful, relevant, and responsive, even in chaotic times. nonprofit, podcast, communications, plan, planning, teams Is your communications plan sitting untouched? We have swapped roles for this episode of the Smart Communications Podcast, with our director of service development, Ally Dommu as host and Farra Trompeter, co-director, as her guest, who explore how to keep your communications plan useful, relevant, and responsive, even in chaotic times.

]]> Is your communications plan sitting untouched? We have swapped roles for this episode of the Smart Communications Podcast, with our director of service development, Ally Dommu as host and Farra Trompeter, co-director, as her guest, who explore how to keep your communications plan useful, relevant, and responsive, even in chaotic times.

]]> https://bigduck.fireside.fm/192 28429b65-93b9-4640-9e1c-33ab084072d2 Wed, 06 Aug 2025 09:00:00 -0400 Big Duck full Big Duck Learn practical tips to streamline collaboration on branding and campaign projects and steps to avoid confusion. 16:59 no Managing feedback doesn’t have to be messy or overwhelming. In this episode, Farra Trompeter, co-director, is joined by J Kelley, senior account manager, to walk through thoughtful steps to synthesize and clarify feedback—helping teams collaborate more efficiently, reduce confusion, and move forward with confidence. nonprofit, podcast, teams, planning, feedback Managing feedback doesn’t have to be messy or overwhelming. In this episode, Farra Trompeter, co-director, is joined by J Kelley, senior account manager, to walk through thoughtful steps to synthesize and clarify feedback—helping teams collaborate more efficiently, reduce confusion, and move forward with confidence.

]]> Managing feedback doesn’t have to be messy or overwhelming. In this episode, Farra Trompeter, co-director, is joined by J Kelley, senior account manager, to walk through thoughtful steps to synthesize and clarify feedback—helping teams collaborate more efficiently, reduce confusion, and move forward with confidence.

]]> https://bigduck.fireside.fm/190 04fe55d3-b4ae-4445-9b42-729fabda118c Wed, 09 Jul 2025 09:00:00 -0400 Big Duck full Big Duck Explore CAREpacity—a framework for collective care that helps nonprofit organizations move from burnout to belonging by centering wellness and inclusion. 25:10 no What if self-care wasn’t just personal but team-wide? Farra Trompeter, co-director, is joined by Lan To, senior consultant and executive coach at Community Resource Exchange (CRE), to examine CAREpacity, a powerful approach to organizational wellness and care-driven leadership. nonprofit, podcast, planning, organizational wellness What if self-care wasn’t just personal but team-wide? Farra Trompeter, co-director, is joined by Lan To, senior consultant and executive coach at Community Resource Exchange (CRE), to examine CAREpacity, a powerful approach to organizational wellness and care-driven leadership.

]]> What if self-care wasn’t just personal but team-wide? Farra Trompeter, co-director, is joined by Lan To, senior consultant and executive coach at Community Resource Exchange (CRE), to examine CAREpacity, a powerful approach to organizational wellness and care-driven leadership.

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