{"id":587790,"date":"2018-04-14T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/?p=587790"},"modified":"2023-03-17T19:26:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T23:26:45","slug":"ep-57-you-can-do-hard-things","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/podcast\/ep-57-you-can-do-hard-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 57: You Can Do Hard Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>The TV icon and a personal hero of mine is Mr. Rogers. His mom once told him, &#8220;Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whether you are a CEO of an international organization, or a helper who is just starting out, my aim has been to support all kinds of helpers across all sectors of the ideological spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>This podcast delves into what it takes to make daunting tasks doable for nonprofit leaders and it showcases the efforts of a handful of passionate committed people who have done their part to change the world. Consider it a big dose of nonprofit inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Last year I created the <a href=\"https:\/\/nonprofitleadershiplab.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nonprofit Leadership Lab<\/a> to support these efforts and in so doing realized the benefit has been mutual. Today, I\u2019d like to share some of what I have learned over this past year from board and staff leaders of small-but-mighty nonprofits in the Nonprofit Leadership Lab who are committed to cause, community, and to being the voice of the voiceless.<\/p>\n<p>After hearing their stories, I came up with the top five things they all have in common. Do you have these things in common too?<\/p>\n<h2>In this episode<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the #1 challenge nonprofit leader\u2019s face?<\/li>\n<li>How long does it take to build a board?<\/li>\n<li>Me, raise money?<\/li>\n<li>How can I build an audience given everything else I have to do?<\/li>\n<li>Is there a way to get help and support on a low budget<!--more--><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Links:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joan&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/category\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joan&#8217;s Podcast<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nonprofitsaremessy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joan Garry&#8217;s Guide to Nonprofit Leadership<\/a> (Joan\u2019s Book)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nonprofitleadershiplab.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nonprofit Leadership Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thrivingnonprofit.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My free workshop<\/a> (&#8220;How to Build a Thriving Nonprofit&#8221; &#8211; starts April 17th)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcoc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cheryl Schrier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wichita.dressforsuccess.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portia Portugal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smileasier.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristen Ann<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hodiafrica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fatuma Adan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/urj.org\/author\/daryl-messinger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daryl Messinger<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cla-buildingskills.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shannon Lee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngfs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kim Freedman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lazarusliving.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Walbridge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/ep22-asking-for-money-brian-saber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Art and Science of Asking for Money<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/fix-your-board\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Build the Board you Want<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/nonprofit-board-chair-ceo-relationship-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link to sample Agenda CEO\/ED<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How can you run a nonprofit with so little staff? You want to make a difference with that budget? There is so much hard work to be done &#8211; surely you can\u2019t do these hard things, can you? Guess what\u2026 you can. Here\u2019s the proof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":587791,"template":"","format":"audio","categories":[53,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587790","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","format-audio","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-self-care","category-podcast"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.9 (Yoast SEO v24.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ep 57: You Can Do Hard Things [PODCAST]<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How can you run a nonprofit with so little staff? You want to make a difference with that budget? There is so much hard work to be done - surely you can\u2019t do these hard things, can you? Guess what\u2026 you can. 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