Learning for Good | L&D Solutions and Leadership Development for Nonprofit Organizations

I'm a big believer in the personal brand and how it can impact you and your career. I've seen it in my own life, both internally at organizations and as a consultant and a community builder. How others perceive us matters. 
In this episode, I'm doing something unique, and I'm bringing you one of our sessions from the recent  Nonprofit L&D Collective Career Week. This is a conversation about personal branding with Andy Storch, an author and keynote speaker who is familiar with our L&D world, where you'll learn about the importance of your personal brand and how to build it.

▶️ How to Build Your Personal Brand as a Nonprofit L&D Leader with Andy Storch 

▶️ Key Points:
0:00:00 How a personal brand attracts opportunities
0:05:45  How a personal brand creates influence
0:07:45 Why having a strong personal brand matters
0:10:10 Exercises to intentionally build your brand
0:20:05 How you can leverage your LinkedIn presence

Resources from this episode:
Get your own copy of the Own Your Brand, Own Your Career Workbook.
Learn more about Andy's solo book Own Your Career, Own Your Life, and listen to his podcasts.
Get access to the full recording of this and all other sessions from  the  Nonprofit L&D Collective Career Week by joining us at the Catalyst tier of the Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective
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Connect with Andy
LinkedIn: Andy Storch
Website: andystorch.com

Connect with Heather
LinkedIn: Heather Burright
Website: skillmastersmarket.com
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Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.

Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.

Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!

Produced by Ideablossoms

When our stakeholders come to us asking for training, they are usually thinking of traditional training.  So, they treat us, nonprofit L&D pros, like training factories that can easily produce a new training in a day. But we are here to create behavior change, and that takes time.
In this episode, I'm sharing four recommendations that will help you embody the change agent you already are and learn what you need to create real change in your organization.

▶️ You're Not a Training Factory. You are a Change Agent. 

▶️ Key Points:
0:00:00 The process of creating real behavior change
0:05:41 Shift from learning designer to change agent
0:06:35 Sell real change to your stakeholders
0:07:31 Simplify the scope of the training request
0:09:05 Study learning science to get the buy-in you need

Resources from this episode:
Read the books I recommended:  James Clear's Atomic Habits and BJ Fogg's Tiny Habits.
Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective
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Connect with Heather
LinkedIn: Heather Burright
Website: skillmastersmarket.com
Book an interest call with Heather here.
Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.

Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.

Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!

Produced by Ideablossoms

It's estimated that organizations spend somewhere between 50% to 200% of an employee's annual salary to replace them, depending on the level and complexity of their role.
Not only that, when someone leaves, it impacts morale, our organization, and ultimately our mission. So, it benefits nonprofits to keep our employees.
In this episode, we talk to Rachel Platt, an HR leader and people strategist with  over 20 years of experience who helps nonprofits think through their entire talent lifecycle from hiring to exiting.
We are exploring the reasons behind the seemingly normal high turnover in the nonprofit sector, the role of learning and development in reversing this talent loss, how to use this to get buy-in, and low-cost ways to develop and engage your staff.

▶️ The Real ROI of Reducing Turnover (and How Training Helps) with Rachel Platt 

▶️ Key Points:
0:00:00 From in-house HR to Plattinum Consulting
0:08:45 What's really behind high nonprofit turnover
0:12:59 Low-cost ways to develop your staff
0:17:55 The far-reaching benefits of training your staff
0:24:06 How to get training buy-in from a retention POV
0:29:04 What the best learning leaders are doing

Resources from this episode:
Catch up with Episode 103: 5 Low-Cost Leadership Development Activities for Organizations with Tight Budgets.
Also listen to Episode 168: Create Environments Where People Stay, Grow, and Thrive with Julie Winkle Giulioni.
Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective
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Connect with Rachel
LinkedIn: Rachel Platt
Website: plattinumconsulting.com 

Connect with Heather
LinkedIn: Heather Burright
Website: skillmastersmarket.com
Book an interest call with Heather here.

Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.

Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.

Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!

Produced by Ideablossoms

Recent data shows that more than half of all nonprofit leaders in the US are women. Unfortunately, we also know that many nonprofit leaders are on the brink of burnout.
This calls into question what we are doing to support these female leaders and prompts us to consider how we can give them the support they truly need.
In this episode, I'm joined by Marisa Ciesluk, a women's  leadership development facilitator and coach, to help us figure out how to do that at a time when women's leadership development is under scrutiny. You'll learn practical strategies at the organizational and individual levels to make a difference.
▶️ How Most Nonprofits Approach Women's Leadership Development (and What You Should Do Instead) with Marisa Ciesluk 

▶️ Key Points:
0:00:00 From burnout to women's leadership coaching
0:09:33 Beyond skills: do the inner work, build capacity
0:18:35 How nonprofits are supporting female leaders
0:20:42 Organizational shifts to better support women
0:24:59 Ways nonprofit L&D pros can help women
0:29:19 A conversation that must continue to happen

Resources from this episode:
Check out the book Marisa recommends: Playing Big by Tara Mohr.
Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective
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Connect with Marisa
LinkedIn: Marisa Wheeling Ciesluk 
Website: mwcleadership.com

Connect with Heather
LinkedIn: Heather Burright
Website: skillmastersmarket.com
Book an interest call with Heather here.
Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.

Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.

Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!

Produced by Ideablossoms

It can be frustrating when nonprofit leaders and other stakeholders approach us demanding training to solve a problem. However, it's important to remember that people outside of learning and development don't always know which tools are available or which one is right for each situation, so they stick to the familiar. But it's our job as nonprofit L&D pros to diagnose the problem and offer the right solution.
That's why in this episode, I'm sharing a quick diagnostic process to help you determine whether the issue brought to you is a training problem or if another solution will work better.

▶️ Is This a Training Problem? A Quick Diagnostic Tool for Nonprofit Learning & Development Leaders

▶️ Key Points:
0:00:00 Why we often go for training as the solution
0:04:19 Two questions to diagnose a training problem
0:09:46 Navigating the diagnostic and stakeholders

Resources from this episode:
Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective
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Connect with Heather
LinkedIn: Heather Burright
Website: skillmastersmarket.com
Book an interest call with Heather here.
Learning for Good is the podcast for nonprofit leaders seeking practical L&D solutions. Hosted by Heather, an experienced consultant, we dive into leadership development, instructional design, change management, and staff management strategies tailored to nonprofit organizations.

Discover how to implement impactful learning solutions, foster belonging, and influence senior leaders. Each episode provides the tools you need to confidently navigate high-level conversations and drive meaningful change within your organization.

Let’s create lasting impact through innovative L&D solutions!

Produced by Ideablossoms