Do Good Better Podcast – Trina Isakson: Recent Episodes
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In this episode of the Do Good Better Podcast I chat with Jimmie Briggs, author, speaker, and nonprofit leader about self care and the lessons he finally learned after a heart attack and kidney transplant.
Links for today’s episode:
- Jimmie Briggs on Twitter (@briggsjimmie)
- Rockwood Leadership Institute
In this episode I chat with David Grad, Emmy-winning producer and brand consultant, about brand communications, how to break down what exactly “brand” is, and what questions to ask when you’re planning to communicate your brand strategically.
Links for today’s episode:
- Find David Grad on LinkedIn and Twitter (@davidgrad)
- An example of using Tinder for promoting a cause
- POST method (originally via Groundswell…I got the acronym a bit wrong, but the essence is the same: people/purpose and technology/tactic)
In this episode of the Do Good Better Podcast I talk with Allison Jones, formerly of Idealist Careers at the time of the recording, but now with NTEN. We start off our conversation talking about career and labour market trends, but then get into the juicy topics of leadership, management, vulnerability, and learning.
Listen via the website, iTunes, or Stitcher.
Links from today’s episode
- Allison Jones on Twitter (@ajlovesya)
- NTEN
- Idealist Careers
- CharityVillage
- Building Movement Project
- Ready to Lead? Next Generation Leaders Speak Out
- Working Across Generations [book]
- The nonprofit leadership crisis we’re not talking about: Interview with Robert Egger
- The Authenticity Paradox
- Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader [book]
- Managing to Change the World [book]
- Manager Tools podcast
Note: I couldn’t find the article Allison mentioned re: 26 ways to be involved in social change without being on the streets, nor the 99U article on from manager to maker.
In this episode of the Do Good Better Podcast I talk about my new role in Myanmar (Burma), and share a conversation with Michael Lenczner of PoweredbyData on how nonprofit organizations can be thinking strategically about data at a sector level.
Resources mentioned in today’s episode:
- Michael Lenczner (@mlenc)
- Ajah // Fundtracker
- PoweredbyData
- landscape.ajah.ca
- Open Referral
- 211 (211.org // bc211 // Ontario 211)
- Charity Listings – Canada Revenue Agency (based on T3010 filiings)
- T3010 open data sets
- Vancouver Foundation announcement on opening up their data
- Ontario Nonprofit Network data strategy
- CanadaHelps
- Association of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research
- A data strategy for BC’s nonprofit network
- MIMU – Myanmar Information Management Unit
In this Do Good Better podcast episode I chat with Dev Aujla of Catalog about whether the nonprofit sector has lost its monopoly on jobs that do good, and what the job market looks like in new types of careers and companies that are doing good (ie not just nonprofits anymore!).
I also talk about things to do when you’re leaving a job (e.g. succession planning, leaving a legacy, reflecting on learning, and actually handing over the role).
Finally, I answer the question “how should nonprofits deal with corporate volunteer days of service?” and share a listener response from Episode 02 on why she goes to conferences.
Links and resources from this episode * 12 things to do when you leave your job for the next person * Dev Aujla, Catalog (also at @devaujla) * Making Good: Finding Meaning, Money, and Community in a Changing World * 50waystogetajob.com
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In this episode, Trina rants and raves about nonprofit sector conferences, she interviews Dara Parker about gender justice within the nonprofit sector, and gives advice to a young listener about whether or not to work in the nonprofit sector or instead to focus on financial independence first.
Links and resources from this episode * Association of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research * ARNOVA * QMUNITY * Language in women’s performance reviews * Gender imbalance in nonprofit sector * Dan Pallotta – Uncharitable (book and TED talk)
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As you may know, I just started a podcast, and for those podcast-curious out there, here are the steps I used to make it happen.
- Create a name, description, and artwork for the podcast.
- Record an episode using Audacity on my MacBook. I used the internal microphone of my laptop.
- Format the recording using Audacity and iTunes, to get it ready to upload to my podcast host.
- I use Libsyn to host my podcast, and Blubrry to create the podcast feed (the latter is a plug-in in WordPress).
- Upload the episode to Libsyn.
- Format the settings for Blubrry in WordPress.
- Publish a blog post for the episode.
- Submit the feed created by Blubrry to iTunes and Stitcher.
It’s a little bit more complicated than this, so I highly recommend watching these two tutorial/ video series in order to walk through it.
Smart passive income
My wife quit her job
They both cover similar information (both use Audacity, WordPress, Blubrry, and Libsyn), but each have some specific details that I found helpful.
I would say I spent about eight hours getting the first episode up. A lot of the time was spent watching the videos on the links above, and setting up things that I’ll never have to repeat again. I suspect other than the actual recording of an episode, I will need to spend about two hours per episode to get it formatted and online.
The Do Go Better Podcast is up! Listen to this quick intro to get an overview of the podcast and learn how you can get me to donate $100 to your favourite nonprofit or charity.
Updated June 6, 2015: Instructions for submitting questions are now at trinaisakson.com/podcast
What frank advice do you want about a difficult situation you’re facing relevant to the nonprofit sector/social innovation/social purpose business/general do-gooding? What information have you always wanted to know but didn’t know who to ask?
ME WANT TO HEAR! (instructions below)
After some thinking and chatting I did over March/April, I’ve decided to experiment with podcasting. Drumroll……enter the Do Good Better podcast!
For those of you who are addicted to podcasts as I am, I’m imagining something like Dan Savage, but for nonprofit sector/social innovation/doing good advice. Start off with a rant, or perhaps a conversation with someone with an interesting opinion. Then dive into a few listener questions. Finish off with listeners’ feedback on advice I’ve given (e.g. additional advice for a question previously shared).
Seriously just listen to one episode of the Savage Lovecast to understand the form (warning: his podcast is about relationships and sex and there is lots of graphic content, definitely NSFW in most workplaces).
How to submit a questions, etc.
Visit trinaisakson.com/podcast