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

People love communities. But not all communities are created equal. I have a learning community and it can be hard. It's not hard to create; that was pretty easy. But it's hard to get people to engage. That's where the work is. To get better at this, I've been reading books and listening to podcasts about community and I've been reflecting on communities that I'm a part of. I want to share some of the things I've learned. That’s why in this episode, I give you three tips for creating a thriving learning community in your organization. ▶️ WARNING: Do Not Create a Learning Community Yet (Wait Until You Hear this Episode) ▶️ Key Points: 04:41 Communicating the value of a learning community 08:06 Encouraging learning community participation 09:52 Prioritizing relationships in your learning community Resources from this episode: Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

In nonprofits, we have limited budgets. This means we need to be able to prioritize the training and professional development opportunities to be created. How do we do this? With people data. But what data should we be asking for and how can we use it once we get it? That’s what we’re discussing in today’s episode of the Learning for Good podcast with data expert, Dr. Serena Huang. ▶️ New to People Data? Here are the First 3 Things Nonprofit Talent Development Leaders Should Do ▶️ Key Points: 06:37 What is people data? 10:54 Collecting people data to show training impact 15:15 Using data to solve a problem or answer a question 19:47 High Potential Leadership Development Program data example 24:54 The value of using people data when creating training and leadership development solutions 27:23 Three things learning and development leaders should do with people data Resources from this episode: Serena’s LinkedIn Learning Course: The Data Science of Using People Analytics Data Episodes: ▶️ Episode 59: How to Measure the Impact of Your Training and Development ▶️ Episode 72: How Learning and Development Can Use Data to Create a Greater Impact in Training Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Serena LinkedIn: Dr. Serena Huang Website: datawithserena.com Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

With burnout at an all-time high and becoming a global trend, you need more than the occasional wellness perk to tackle it. If well-being in your organization is a top priority for you, but you aren't sure how to move from yoga and happy hours to something more meaningful, then this episode is for you. I’m discussing how to create a holistic plan for well-being that fits seamlessly into your HR and talent development strategies with well-being expert Dave Allman. ▶️ Well-Being at Work | Forget Sporadic Happy Hours. Get a Strategy Instead ▶️ Key Points: 03:44 Wellbeing@Work in Partnership with Gallup 08:22 Dave’s well-being journey 12:01 The meaning of well-being versus wellness 16:56 Using Wellbeing@Work as an individual 18:47 Using Wellbeing@Work as a nonprofit Resources from this episode: Well-Being Episodes: ▶️ Episode 67: A Well-Being Approach to Leadership Development ▶️ Episode 38: Dealing with Corporate Burnout? One Easy Way to Manage Stress as a Nonprofit Leader with Jessie Pagliari ▶️ Episode 30: Why Well-Being Is The Secret Sauce to Change Management with Mandy Sharp Eizinger Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Dave LinkedIn: Dave Allman Website: wbatwork.com Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

When I create a competency model, there are so many things I look at. The one thing I don’t look at? Indicators of poor performance. I’m sure we all already know what poor performance looks like. To me, the lowest behavior you want is one that meets expectations. And everything should just go up from there. That’s why today we’re discussing why I don't memorialize poor behavior in competency models, and why asset-based competency models work. ▶️ One Thing I Don't Do When Creating Competency Models ▶️ Key Points: 00:58 The one thing I don’t look at when creating a competency model 04:43 Why I don’t memorialize poor behavior in a competency model 07:30 Taking an asset-based approach to competency models Resources from this episode: Competency Model Episodes: ▶️ Episode 51: How to Use Your Competency Model to Develop a Comprehensive Training Program ▶️ Episode 39: Ask These Two Questions to Identify Your Nonprofit's Core Competencies ▶️ Episode 20: How to Determine Which Competencies Are Right for You ▶️ Episode 19: One Nonprofit's Honest Opinion after 6 Months with a Competency Model ▶️ Episode 18: Four Reasons Your Competencies Don't Work Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

Have you ever created a training, only to realize it didn’t have the impact you had hoped? In this episode of the Learning for Good podcast, we explore why training alone often fails to drive lasting behavior change. My guest Julie Dirksen, author of "Talk to the Elephant: Design Learning for Behavior Change," discusses the limitations of training when systemic and external factors are barriers to change. Julie emphasizes the importance of understanding behavior at an individual level. We talk about how asking good questions can help identify where learners are and how to meet their needs, whether through education, persuasion, confidence building, or reinforcement. Changing culture may require investments beyond training. This episode provides a framework for nonprofits to evaluate training effectiveness and foster impact through systems-level interventions. ▶️ L&D Expert Julie Dirksen Exposes the Real Reason Your Training Flops ▶️ Key Points: 02:24 Julie Dirksen’s introduction and background 06:45 Using the elephant metaphor to describe decision-making09:49 Why training often gets blamed for failures 12:20 Systems view and considering external factors that impact training success 18:54 The challenge of making equitable decisions without group-level data 21:46 Knowing where learners are at on the "change ladder" 24:22 The importance of understanding learner motivations, pain points, and system influences on behavior Resources from this episode: "Talk to the Elephant: Design Learning for Behavior Change” by Julie Dirksen “Design for How People Learn” by Julie Dirksen Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Julie Dirksen Julie Dirksen is an acclaimed author and learning strategist who brings behavioral science insights to the design of impactful learning experiences. She has over 20 years of experience creating digital learning experiences for diverse clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to international NGOs and technology startups. LinkedIn: Julie Dirksen Facebook: @designforhowpeoplelearn Website: usablelearning.com Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

We all know the powerful role that mindset plays not only in our personal lives but also in our work. In this episode of the Learning for Good podcast, I explore five essential mindset shifts nonprofit L&D professionals should adopt to uplevel their leadership development strategy. By redefining how you approach your roles and the potential of your work, nonprofits can better support evolving workforces and create meaningful impact through training and leadership development. ▶️ 5 Mindset Shifts to Uplevel Your Leadership Development Strategy ▶️ Key Points: 01:41 How joining a Crossfit gym led me to a mindset shift 04:11 Introduction of 5 Mindset Shifts to Uplevel Your Leadership Development Strategy 4:38 Mindset Shift #1: You are not just an order-taker 06:47 Mindset Shift #2: Dealing with workforce change 09:37 Mindset Shift #3: Change initiatives 10:41 Mindset Shift #4: Not every effort needs to succeed 11:58 Mindset Shift #5: You are impacting people's well-being Resources from this episode: Learning for Good Episode 68 "Is L&D a Last Resort or a First Response?" "Atomic Habits" by James Clear "Tiny Habits" by B.J. Fogg The ADKAR model of change "Mindset" by Carol Dweck Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

Effective teams are essential to your nonprofit. I’ve been a part of teams that worked so well together, everything ran smoothly, and there were no major issues. But I’ve also been a part of teams that were the opposite. So how do we create effective teams? That’s what we’re exploring on today’s episode with Beth Napleton, an executive leadership coach and consultant who helps senior leaders lead through layers. ▶️ You Might Be Killing Your Team if You Aren't Doing This with Beth Napleton ▶️ Key Points: 02:26 Beth’s background: Helping senior leaders lead through layers 08:17 The biggest killers of a team 09:58 Remedying these team killers 13:25 Finding time and capacity to address organizational development as a leader 18:24 Learning and Development has an important part to play in team development Resources from this episode: Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Beth LinkedIn: Beth Napleton Website: bethnapleton.com Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

What makes nonprofit training unique to corporate training or government training? While there are a number of things that are different, one thing that I thought would be fun to focus on is the three unique audiences that nonprofits create training for. These unique audiences come with their own challenges and I’m giving you some tips to overcome those challenges. ▶️ 3 Audiences Unique to Nonprofit Training ▶️ Key Points: 03:00 The three audiences unique to nonprofit training 07:19 Challenges these unique audiences present and how instructional design teams can overcome them Resources from this episode: Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

Why do we let our kids watch cartoons like Cocomelon or Bluey? Because they are teaching our kids valuable lessons through animation. We can do the exact same thing in our nonprofit training. We can use animation to impart valuable lessons to our learners. That’s why I’ve invited Calvin Dantley to join me and share his experience with animation and training. Calvin is a nonprofit L&D leader and an experienced animator, and he has so much good stuff to share with us today. ▶️ Getting Started: Three Ways to Use Animation in Your Training with Calvin Dantley ▶️ Key Points: 03:10 Get to know Calvin Dantley: From sales to L&D animation 06:32 The value animation can add to your nonprofit training 10:26 Three ways your nonprofit can use animation in training 13:14 Barriers to using animation in training and how to overcome them 16:40 One thing you can do now to get started with animation Resources from this episode: Here’s the video I mentioned, Systems thinking: a cautionary tale Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Calvin LinkedIn: Calvin Dantley Website: cdantley.com Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

Have you heard of the forgetting curve? We naturally forget 90% of what we learn. That's troubling to hear for those of us in L&D. All we think about is helping people learn and creating behavior change from that learning. How can we do that If learners are forgetting the majority of what we teach them? That’s what we’re exploring in this episode. ▶️ Your New Training is Perfect, but... Your Learners Won't Remember It ▶️ Key Points: 00:58 The forgetting curve 03:51 Making learning relevant 06:33 Making training meaningful 07:19 Making training fun 09:08 Providing wrap-around support Resources from this episode: Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear Applying the Laws of Behavior Change to Staff Development I use Mentimeter to create interactive learning experiences Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

In this episode, I've invited self-proclaimed frustrated changemaker Heather Hiscox to talk about how she uses data to overcome the status quo and boost workforce development. Heather, the founder and CEO of Pause for Change, is on a mission to change the way we change the world. I'm so excited to talk with her more about data and what L&D can start to do differently to create a greater impact in training. ▶️ Workforce Development: Using Data to Move from Status Quo to Training Impact ▶️ Key Points: 03:00 Heather’s frustration working in social impact and how it compares to L&D 07:28 Why is it so important to utilize data 10:56 The best ways to capture data 15:50 Using data in your work and the impact it can have on your organization 23:56 Using data to create more impact in training Resources from this episode: No More Status Quo: A Proven Framework to Change the Way We Change the World by Heather Hiscox Check out the two episodes of Possibility Project that Heather mentioned in this episode: Antiracist Learning & EvaluationNew choices for how we assess impact: what is possible beyond either/or?Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Hiscox Website: pauseforchange.com and possibilityproject.org Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

Are your leaders the best they can be? Or are there areas where they are lagging behind a little bit? My guess is they're somewhere in the middle. You probably have leaders who excel and leaders who struggle. And even those who excel probably have room for improvement. So today we’re talking about why your team’s leadership skills might be lagging and what we can do about it. ▶️ Are Your Nonprofit Leaders The Best They Can Be? Your Leadership Skills Might Be Lagging And THIS Is Why ▶️ Key Points: 02:45 Unclear expectations for leaders 06:02 Lack of training and professional development 09:09 Ongoing support and reinforcement 10:52 Stress and burnout 12:48 External barriers outside of your leader’s control Resources from this episode: 2024 HR Trends Report Competency Model Episodes: ▶️ Episode 51: How to Use Your Competency Model to Develop a Comprehensive Training Program ▶️ Episode 39: Ask These Two Questions to Identify Your Nonprofit's Core Competencies ▶️ Episode 20: How to Determine Which Competencies Are Right for You ▶️ Episode 19: One Nonprofit's Honest Opinion after 6 Months with a Competency Model ▶️ Episode 18: Four Reasons Your Competencies Don't Work Stress and burnout episodes: ▶️ Episode 38: Dealing with Corporate Burnout? One Easy Way to Manage Stress as a Nonprofit Leader with Jessie Pagliari ▶️ Episode 30: Why Well-Being Is The Secret Sauce to Change Management with Mandy Sharp Eizinger Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

If you've ever welcomed a baby into your home, you know how stressful it can be. You don't want to have the stress of what's being left undone at work on top of that. How do we help our nonprofit leaders navigate time out of the office? That’s what I’m discussing with mission-driven fundraiser, Lacey Kempinski on today’s episode. Lacey is focused on changing the way the nonprofit sector supports parental leave and working parents. ▶️ The Parental Leave Dilemma: Helping Your Nonprofit Leaders Navigate Time Out of the Office with Lacey Kempinski ▶️ Key Points: 03:50 Lacey’s career journey and how having children changed its trajectory 06:39 The parental leave dilemma 10:00 The challenges of parental leave in the workforce 12:32 Solutions to the parental leave dilemma 16:14 Supporting nonprofit leaders who need time out of the office Resources from this episode: Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Lacey Linkedin: Lacey Kempinski Website: balancedgood.com Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

Good training has a real impact on those who receive it. It can shift mindsets. It can build skills. It can change the way your organization works. And that's what I want to share with you today. Nonprofit leader, Lauren Wiley, shares how one training at her nonprofit impacted the midwives and doulas they train and ultimately the pregnant and postpartum women they serve. ▶️ How One Nonprofit's Training Saved a Postpartum Woman's Life with Lauren Wiley ▶️ Key Points: 03:44 Lauren’s journey from a finance major to a nonprofit leader 15:11 The training and technical assistance that Start Early provides in the state of Illinois 17:51 The importance of a continuous quality improvement process for trainings 24:53 The impact a good training can have on those who receive it Resources from this episode: Episode 47: What is the Real Value of Training? Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Lauren Linkedin: Lauren Wiley Website: startearly.org Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

All too often, L&D feels like a last resort in the workplace. We, as L&D, need to be brought in earlier in the process of decision-making. We have experience and expertise to share and we have value to add, and we can help shape that final decision. In this episode, I’m sharing some tips to help build relationships so that L&D can become the first response in your nonprofit. ▶️ Is L&D a Last Resort or a First Response? ▶️ Key Points: 05:14 Building relationships between L&D and other teams 06:07 Sharing the value of people development 07:22 Tell AND show others in your business what L&D can do 09:05 Share the business impact of people development Resources from this episode: 2024 HR Trends Report: https://hr.mcleanco.com/research/ss/hr-trends-report-2024 Episode 59: Measuring the Impact of Your Training with L&D Detective Kevin M. Yates Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

Work is a major contributor to well-being. Your leaders influence the well-being of everyone on their teams. So those leaders become an important part of the conversation. That's why I'm so excited to have well-being strategist Loretta Turner as my guest today. We’re exploring how you can take a well-being approach to leadership development. ▶️ A Well-Being Approach to Leadership Development with Loretta Turner ▶️ Key Points: 03:21 Loretta’s career journey and unique background in the wellness and well-being sector 06:55 The meaning of a well-being approach to leadership development 10:17 The challenge with traditional leadership development 14:24 Outcomes of a well-being approach to leadership development 17:55 One way to make your leadership development more well-being focused Resources from this episode: Check out my other episodes on well-being at work: ▶️ Episode 38: Dealing with Corporate Burnout? One Easy Way to Manage Stress as a Nonprofit Leader with Jessie Pagliari ▶️ Episode 30: Why Well-Being Is The Secret Sauce to Change Management with Mandy Sharp Eizinger Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Loretta Linkedin: Loretta Turner Website: www.lorettaturner.com Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

I talk a lot about training as an avenue to create trusting relationships and psychological safety in your nonprofit. But what do you do when the training facilitates a large cohort of learners and it becomes harder to build those relationships? Today I am talking about what you can do to make those large cohorts of learners feel a bit more intimate. ▶️ How to Make a Large Cohort of Learners Feel More Intimate ▶️ Key Points: 03:49 Breaking a large cohort of learners into smaller groups 05:13 Using technology to facilitate learning 06:30 Providing access to personalized coaching and learning during live sessions 07:29 Ensuring access to additional supports Resources from this episode: Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

The skills you need as an individual contributor are different than the skills you need as a manager. We hear it time and time again - you promote your very best individual contributor to a supervisory position and they struggle because they aren’t equipped with the skills they need. That’s why I’m so excited to have Summer Davies, an award-winning leadership development expert with over 15 years of experience, as my guest today. We talk about the 3 basic skills your frontline managers need and how you can develop these skills. ▶️ 3 Basic Skills Your Frontline Managers Need with Summer Davies ▶️ Key Points: 03:35 Summer’s career journey from equine reproduction to an award-winning leadership development expert 10:51 Why organizations struggle so much with frontline manager positions 03:15 Why frontline managers are so critical to organizations 17:37 The 3 basic skills that all frontline managers should have 22:48 How to develop these critical skills in your frontline managers Resources from this episode: Find the two books Summer recommended below First, Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do DifferentlyIt's the Manager: Gallup finds the quality of managers and team leaders is the single biggest factor in your organization's long-term success Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Summer Linkedin: Summer Davies Website: www.leader-shop.com Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

Let's say you are kicking off 2024 with a new program or service. Are your staff prepared to implement it? Have they had a chance to build the skills and confidence they need? Or will they be struggling to figure things out on the job? In today’s episode, I’m discussing just how Learning and Development can support your nonprofit as you’re changing program or service offerings. Have a listen to make sure you aren't left wondering whether you should have done more to support your staff during a time of change. ▶️ Is Your Staff Prepared To Implement Your New Program or Service? THIS Is How Training Can Help ▶️ Key Points: 02:43 Capturing data and listening to experiences and ideas 04:10 Uncovering staff motivation or skepticism related to program changes 05:19 Identifying skills gaps 05:59 Creating trainings 06:28 Creating valuable peer-to-peer connection Resources from this episode: Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.

Today’s episode is all about humor. I’m not talking about corny jokes or puns, but rather the lightheartedness and energy that you need in your nonprofit to get things done and to help teams work together. My guest, Gita Kulkarni, explains why we need to care about humor and how to use humor as nonprofit Learning and Development leaders. Gita is a humor coach who helps people find and express their sense of humor to be more productive and effective in work and life. ▶️ Using Humor to Promote Change Management, Leadership Development & Workforce Development with Gita Kulkarni ▶️ Key Points: 02:29 Get to know humor coach, Gita Kulkarni 09:56 The psychology of humor and its effect on stress 14:33 Using storytelling for humor as a nonprofit L&D leader 19:55 How nonprofits can incorporate more humor into their existing training and leadership development strategies 23:21 Finding humor within yourself Resources from this episode: Take a look at these episodes on play, improv, and well-being: ▶️ Episode 38: Dealing with Corporate Burnout? One Easy Way to Manage Stress as a Nonprofit Leader with Jessie Pagliari ▶️ Episode 36: How Nonprofit Learning and Development Leaders Can Use Play to Create Organizational Change ▶️ Episode 30: Why Well-Being Is The Secret Sauce to Change Management with Mandy Sharp Eizinger ▶️ Episode 17: This One Element Changes Everything for Training (storytelling) ▶️ Episode 07: Do THIS and You Will Never Have a Boring Virtual Training Again with Melissa Dinwiddie (play) ▶️ Episode 05: Three Must-Haves in Any Virtual Training (improv) Join the Nonprofit Learning and Development Collective: https://www.skillmastersmarket.com/nonprofit-learning-and-development-collective Was this episode helpful? If you’re listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, follow and leave a review! 👇👇👇 Know anyone who would benefit from this episode? SHARE this with your friends. 🔗 Connect with Gita Linkedin: Gita Kulkarni Website: thehumoredge.com Instagram: @thecorporatelaugh Connect with Heather Linkedin: Heather Burright Website: skillmastersmarket.com Book an interest call with Heather here.