The Good Journey Pod

Rich Johnson is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Ignite Journeys — a startup social business that provides experiences that benefit humanity & the planet — and also the Co-Founder of Spark Ventures — a nonprofit that builds partnerships that lift communities out of poverty. In part 2 of our chat, Rich discusses the decision to start Ignite, what it's all about, and how they work with and for both companies and nonprofits to effect change. And in addition to being a neat guy, Rich was also my...

Rich Johnson is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Ignite Journeys — a startup social business that provides experiences that benefit humanity & the planet — and also the Co-Founder of Spark Ventures — a nonprofit that builds partnerships that lift communities out of poverty. In part 1 of our chat, Rich talks about starting Spark, working with a board, attracting staff, fundraising, and celebrating their 10 year anniversary. And in addition to being a neat guy, Rich was also my first boss, a...

Sarah Durham, author of the book Brandraising and founder of Big Duck total communications nerd — her words — is on the pod. In this episode, Sarah talks a bit about her starting Big Duck and being a certified Woman Owned Business, what brand means and its value to nonprofit organizations, as well as how to measure brand and Big Duck's Brandraising Benchmarks. More on Big Duck: https://bigducknyc.com/

In this episode, I’m joined by Ann Rosenfield to discuss fundraising for startup and young nonprofits, monthly giving, and old school and new school fundraising among other things. Ann has been in the sector for 20 years, is an editor of Hillborn Charity eNews, and works as a major gift fundraiser. She also does a lot of volunteer work, like chairing the Association of Fundraising Professionals Congress, working with Imagine Canada, and serving on the board of Rainbow Railroad — a neat...

In this episode I’m joined by Kathleen Janus, author of Social Startup Success and lecturer at Standford University. Kathleen shares 5 key insights from her book and over 100 interviews with nonprofit leaders, discusses what it means to scale and why some nonprofits shouldn’t try to scale, and gives one great tip to people starting or scaling a nonprofit… I won’t tell you what it is so now you have to listen. Enjoy! Get the book at http://www.kathleenjanus.com/

Katherine Davies from iguacu is on the podcast this week. Katherine started iguacu to help solve the problem of how to find and support trusted organizations doing effective work in the middle of humanitarian crises like Syria, Afghanistan, and the Central African Republic. In this episode she talks about her 55 day walk across Europe, iguacu’s methodology behind finding effective organizations, and the value of effortless and joyful giving. Hope you like it. More on iguacu:...

Vivien Hoexter and Linda Hartley, authors of Big Impact: Insights & Stories from America’s Non-Profit Leaders and principles at H2 Growth Strategies are on the pod. They discuss some key findings from their book on nonprofit leaders (Big Impact: Insights & Stories from America’s Non-Profit Leaders), changes in giving in the past 20 years, why charitable giving is stuck at 2% and even a quick tangent on pay inequality within the fundraising profession (which is ridiculous). I hope you enjoy...

Jeff Gordy CEO & Co-Founder of Z2 Systems, the makers of NeonCRM. shares more about his circuitous and entrepreneurial journey to the nonprofit sector. He also discusses what makes a good entrepreneur, some key lessons he’s learned along the way, and even some data, tech, and fundraising nerdery as well. Thanks for listening!

In this episode, Gary Wohlfeill, VP of Brand and Vision at CrowdRise, joins to chat about social fundraising, the mindset shift needed for organizations to fundraise today, and how to best market and sell to nonprofits At CrowdRise, Gary works with partners to develop fundraising campaigns and leads the marketing team in developing the CrowdRise brand. CrowdRise is the world’s largest and fastest​-​growing fundraising platform dedicated exclusively to charitable giving. More on CrowdRise:...

Chris Huertz has a background in humanitarian work fighting human trafficking in the slums of Cambodia and spent a lot of time with Mother Theresa. In his travels and work he’s become an Enneagram professional and been trained by people like Father Richard Rohr, Russ Hudson, Marion Gilbert and Helen Palmer among others. He has spent time on many nonprofit boards over the past 15 years, currently runs his own nonprofit in Omaha called Gravity and recently wrote a book called The Sacred...

In this episode, Eva Hieninger joins me from Berlin to discuss digital fundraising, campaigns, and marketing for nonprofits with a German perspective. Eva is a Partner and Managing Director at getunik (www.getunik.com) and before that was the owner of MARKETING FOR GOOD. She has consulted NGOs and nonprofits like Save the Children Germany, WWF Germany and Johanniter International Assistance on digital strategy, online marketing, online fundraising and online campaigning. I hope you enjoy the...

Recently nominated as a L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth, Valerie Weisler joins the podcast to chat about starting The Validation Project when she was just 14 (!), what led her to do that, and how she's been able to grow and scale their work across the world. As a victim of bullying, Valerie Weisler noticed a fellow student suffering and reached out to him with a powerful message of compassion: “You matter.” When the student let Valerie know how much her words meant to him, it inspired her to...

Richie Kendall from Cheerful Giving joins the pod to discuss aggregate giving apps, impending philanthropic shifts, and developing an enduring lifestyle brand. Richie brought a background in film and design having worked with brands like Forever21, New Belgium, Frontier Airlines and more to Cheerful Giving (https://cheerfulgiving.com/) where he’s the Co-Founder and Managing Director. In his role, he’s working to make Cheerful Giving a digital platform and mobile app for next-generation...

On today’s how I chat major gifts and major gift fundraising with Richard Perry from Veritus Group. Richard has over 30 years’ experience helping nonprofits transform their Major Donor programs. He co-founded The Domain Group, which was one of the largest full-service fundraising consulting agencies serving major national, regional and local non-profits in the United States before starting Veritus group and the Major Gift Academy and online course and resource for major gift training and...

In this episode, Noah Barnett from CauseVox discusses discuss all kinds of fundraising things like communications, crowdfunding, digital, and more. Noah is the Growth Marketing Lead at CauseVox but prior to that, he spent six and half years in fundraising and marketing leadership roles at World Help and The Adventure Project. He knows firsthand the challenges nonprofits face, and is passionate about equipping them with the resources and insights they need to rally people around their cause....

A special bonus episode for you as The Good Journey Pod host Brady Josephson sits down with Claire Kerr and Laura Armstrong from FrontStream to chat about nonprofits, his career, donation pages, and more on their podcast, Asking for More. You can listen to the original episode and get more podcasts delivering "Professional development for development professionals" at http://askingformorepodcast.com or wherever you get your pods by searching Asking for More.

On today’s pod I’m joined by Megan Strand, Communications Director for Engage for Good. Megan and I discuss point of sale donation campaigns and Engage for Good’s 2017 Charity Checkout Champions covering 73 different campaigns and over $441M raised in 2016 alone. We cover some trends seen in the report, pro’s and con’s of these campaigns, and what small businesses and nonprofits can do to try out their own campaigns. You can learn more about Engage for Good and the 2017 Charity Checkout...

In this episode, I sit down with Marco Zaugg, entrepreneur, CEO and Founder of RaiseNow. We discuss fundraising and giving in Switzerland and Europe and how it compares to Canada and the US among other things. Enjoy! Learn more about RaiseNow: https://www.raisenow.com/en

In this episode, Phil Haid from Public Inc. is on the show. Phil co-founded Public Inc. in 2008 with a focus on driving large-scale social impact by merging and more closely aligning profit and purpose for companies and brands. On the show, Phil discusses what Profit and Purpose means, how CSR needs to shift and evolve, and how the charity mindset is a hindrance to not just nonprofits but for the social impact space. Hope you enjoy the show! Learn more about Public Inc. here:...

Darren Lancaster Co-Founder of ThinOPTICS joins to discuss cause marketing. ThinOPTICS is a cool new company that makes frameless glasses and has recently partnered with an organization called Prevent Blindness to raise funds and awareness for their 20/20 at 40 program. Darren shares more about how that partnership came about, what they look for in their charitable partners, and how key flexibility and speed are to them. Enjoy! More about ThinOPTICS and their work with Prevent Blindness:...