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Nonprofit Power Podcast

Kath Patrick

120 episodes

7 hours ago

I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling a lot more optimistic than I was a week ago. In spite of daily news that can feel pretty daunting, I think we just got a lot of new information out of this past week's elections that give us a ton of reasons for optimism. And I want to share those with you. A number of my clients have said to me in the last few days, give us a reason for optimism. How are you feeling about this? And each time I've had this conversation, I've gotten clearer about exact...

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I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling a lot more optimistic than I was a week ago. In spite of daily news that can feel pretty daunting, I think we just got a lot of new information out of this past week's elections that give us a ton of reasons for optimism. And I want to share those with you. A number of my clients have said to me in the last few days, give us a reason for optimism. How are you feeling about this? And each time I've had this conversation, I've gotten clearer about exact...

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Self-Improvement

Episodes (20/120)

Nonprofit Power Podcast

Five Big Reasons I'm Feeling Optimistic, Plus About 100 Other Little Things

I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling a lot more optimistic than I was a week ago. In spite of daily news that can feel pretty daunting, I think we just got a lot of new information out of this past week's elections that give us a ton of reasons for optimism. And I want to share those with you. A number of my clients have said to me in the last few days, give us a reason for optimism. How are you feeling about this? And each time I've had this conversation, I've gotten clearer about exact...

7 hours ago

21 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

Four Simple Checks to Tell You if Your Message is Built for Maximum Impact

There is nothing more exciting than talking with a money or policy decisionmaker who's all in on the conversation. They're leaning in, they're asking good questions. Their gears are turning as they think about how you can work together. That's awesome when that happens. And then, there are the times where you've got the opposite. They're not engaged. Their body language and their relative silence tell you so. They're listening politely enough, but it feels like they're just waiting for you ...

1 week ago

21 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

The X Factor that can Make or Break Your Message's Impact

It is no secret that engagement is the key to influence. It’s one of the biggest themes of my work with my clients. We also focus on how and why information and data are not engaging on their own. We know great messaging is essential, but there's another piece. The biggest secret to engagement – and therefore the secret to having your message land with impact – is you. You can have fantastic core messaging and still mess up the engagement piece. And when that happens...

2 weeks ago

28 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

How Each One of Us Can Help Prevent an Authoritarian Takeover

I'm super energized to have this conversation on the heels of the massive No Kings protests of October 18th. The greatest mass mobilization to date against authoritarianism in this country. At the same time, I also understand that it’s really easy to feel overwhelmed with all of the bad things coming at us out of this administration. And how easy it is to feel like the actions of one person can't make that much of a difference. But in fact, nothing could be further from the truth. I was fortu...

2 weeks ago

35 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

How to Use the Power of Vision to Help Decisionmakers Commit to You on a Greater Scale

There's a huge problem happening all over the Nonprofit universe and beyond right now, and that's fundamentally the problem of fear. In fairness, it's a pretty scary time. And fear is not unfounded for sure. There are genuine threats facing Nonprofits individually and the sector more broadly. And there are a lot of decisionmakers in all different roles who are also feeling under threat in one way or another. The thing we often don't take into account is that a lot of decisionmakers are ...

4 weeks ago

21 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

What's Standing in the Way Between You and the Advocacy Results You Want?

One of the sources of constant frustration that I hear from Nonprofit leaders is about not having the advocacy results they want. If that's you, you're in good company. A lot of Nonprofit leaders experience this problem. The other reality is that Nonprofit leaders are really busy. Too busy to spend your time on anything that isn't going to produce a clear, tangible result. So what we all need is to find the fastest, most effective way to get to the advocacy results we want. What's the s...

1 month ago

19 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

A True Story that Just Might Change How You Talk to Decisionmakers

I want to share with you a story of something that happened to me that I think carries some powerful lessons for how we approach not just advocacy, but pretty much everything. But those lessons are only part of point. When you listen to this story, you’ll discover how storytelling can be one of the most effective tools for engaging others. But that engagement is not a given. There’s a way to tell a story that pulls the listener in and has them totally immersed in the story. And there’s ...

1 month ago

24 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

How to Claim Your Unique Value in the Marketplace

On a scale of 1 to 10, how comfortable are you in saying out loud that your organization's work and the results that you get are the best? The best. If you said 10, congratulations. You are in great shape on that front. But if your response was an 8 or below. Or if you didn't even answer, but instead said, well, “best” compared to what, or to whom? Or some other equivocation, then there are some questions to explore. If you're a Nonprofit leader who strives for excellence and who's looking to...

1 month ago

21 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

How Do You Decide What to Say Yes to?

Here's something I think we probably all would agree is true: Nonprofit leaders are great at saying yes. We say yes to opportunities. We say yes to those who need our help. It's kind of in our DNA. I know many Nonprofit leaders who see their readiness to say yes as a virtue. But what if some of the things we're saying yes to are not really serving us? What if they're actually getting in the way of us making our greatest impact? The truth is, what you say yes to affects your effectivenes...

1 month ago

21 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

How to Deal with Decisionmakers Who Say There's No Money Right Now

There is a thing going on out there that we have to talk about. It's making me crazy. I'm pretty sure it's making you crazy too. And that's this business of all these money decisionmakers, whether they're foundations or elected officials or government agencies, you name it. They're all singing the same song. “There's no money right now. There's not enough money.” Whatever the refrain is, it's all the same basic thing. You know what? It's time to call BS on that. And reset this co...

2 months ago

28 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

Why More Information Rarely Results in Greater Understanding

I hear from Nonprofit leaders all the time about how frustrating it is that they've explained their work to decisionmakers a million times and they still don't get it. And you respond by going out and gathering even more convincing data and information, thinking surely this will make them see the light. And then they still don't get it. I've been guilty of this myself. Of thinking that if I just explain it better, or break it down into simpler pieces or come up with even more powerful data, t...

2 months ago

23 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

How to Cultivate the Personal Power You Need Right Now

Just about everywhere I go, folks are having some version of the conversation about how we're all responding to the crazy (stuff) that is going on in our world. How we’re responding both as citizens of this country and as Nonprofit leaders in particular. And the impact that's having on us personally, on our ability to cope and respond in a way that is productive and doesn't make us crazy. One of the pieces that doesn’t get talked about enough is how much this is about our personal power. And ...

2 months ago

28 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

How to Apply Pressure to Decisionmakers, Without it Blowing Up in Your Face

We are in a time where more and more, for a lot of decisionmakers, pressure is a necessary component to our advocacy. At the same time, we're operating in an environment where some decisionmakers, including some very high-profile ones, are engaging in retaliatory behavior against people who would oppose them or challenge them in any way. So I can understand if you might feel a little concerned. In a perfect world, we would have influential collaborative relationships with every single decisio...

2 months ago

24 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

How to Establish Yourself as an Expert in the Eyes of Decisionmakers

Have you ever been frustrated by a decisionmaker who doesn't acknowledge your expertise and therefore doesn't take your advice? Or have you ever hesitated to brand yourself as an expert? These may seem like two separate problems, but they're actually related. And if you've ever experienced either one, this episode is for you. I know so many nonprofit leaders who are otherwise totally confident, but if you ask them to declare themselves or present themselves as an expert on anything, the...

3 months ago

24 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

The Hidden Trap in Tailoring Your Messaging to Decisionmakers’ Concerns

It's time to talk about a hidden flaw in one of the most common messaging strategies that we're all using. And that, if we're not aware of it, can really come back and bite us. Here's how that winds up happening. You've worked hard on tailoring your messaging. You've done your research, and taken a lot of good notes when you've been in conversation with a particular decisionmaker. And you've tailored the heck out of your messaging to appeal to their priorities and concerns and what the...

3 months ago

18 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

Three Ways to Take Maximum Advantage of the Congressional Recess Right Now

Members of Congress are on their way home as we speak, for basically a month long recess, which is known in Congressional speak as a district work period. I want to make sure you have everything you need to take full advantage of this significant opportunity, while you have them right there, easily accessible to you home in the district. And I know. I hear you. You could be forgiven for thinking that you don't want to see another member of Congress for as long as you live, given ...

3 months ago

19 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

The Four Essential Elements at the Heart of High-Impact Advocacy Messaging

The stakes are really high with advocacy messaging these days, especially for nonprofits. Effective messaging is so critical to every aspect of engaging decisionmakers. At any point in the process, no matter where you are in your relationship with them, your messaging has to work. But we face a big problem. There's so much noise, there's so many reasons for decisionmakers not to pay attention to or engage with our messaging, that we can't afford to get it wrong. Today I’m focusing on th...

3 months ago

29 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

Three Areas of Personal Growth that Will Have the Biggest Impact on Your Advocacy Success

Our personal growth as an advocate and as a leader is probably the single most important ingredient for our advocacy success. And yet, it’s one of the things we most often overlook. We don't give enough time and attention to it. There's a lot of ‘doing’ in advocacy and that's quite naturally what we tend to focus on. But at the core of it all is your growth, your strength, your capacity as a leader and as an advocate. But how do we grow as a leader, as an engager of decisionmakers and a...

4 months ago

28 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

The Fastest Way to Get Decisionmakers to Value, Respect, and Rely on Your Expertise

One of the biggest frustrations that I hear from Nonprofit leaders is that much too often for comfort, decisionmakers fail to recognize or value our expertise. And when that happens, they're not listening to us in the same way. They're less inclined to take our advice and to give real weight to our assessment of what needs to be done differently. And all of that makes our advocacy work so much harder. One of the questions I get most often is, what can I do to get decisionmakers to regard me a...

4 months ago

27 minutes

Nonprofit Power Podcast

Decisionmakers Do Not Care About Your Services! (and That's OK if You Know What To Do)

Here’s an uncomfortable truth: Money and policy decisionmakers do not care about your services. This uncomfortable truth is a source of frustration for so many Nonprofit leaders, and it doesn't have to be. But we have to understand it and learn how to work with it in order for it to be okay. You’ve probably had this experience. You're talking to a decision maker and you get the feeling that they really don't care about your services. It's because they don't. But that doesn't mean ...

4 months ago

28 minutes