452. Sustainability + Scaling Panel: How to Sustain and Scale Your Mission - Veronica LaFemina, Brian Joseph, Eric Newman and Kimberly O'Neill

Join this panel of modern impact thinkers as we explore how to build a sustainable mission that grows and thrives over time, diversifies revenue, takes care of its people, builds strategies to forecast and evolve, and innovates how to deliver impact.

Today’s Guests

• Veronica LaFemina, LaFemina and Co
• Brian Joseph, CEO, RevJen
• Eric Newman, Founder + and Chief Play Officer, Roc Solid Foundation
• Kimberly O'Neill, Founder + CEO, The Giving Blueprint

Episode Highlights

• Nonprofit revenue infrastructures (3:00)
• How nonprofits can think of themselves as a scaling business (5:30) 
• Reframing strategic planning (7:20)
• Using data to understand the problem (10:45)
• Be relentless, not reckless (13:20)
• Putting scaling strategies and tactics into action (17:30)
• Common pitfalls nonprofits are making in sustainability (21:50)
• How to know when to move out of the way as a founder (27:55) 
• How to get your board involved in scaling and building sustainability (29:20) 
• Advice for a brand new nonprofit to become sustainable (35:40) 
• One Good Thing: (40:15)
  • Brian: Be intentional about investing in your people and yourself.
  • Veronica: Give yourself permission to focus.
  • Kimberly: It’s not yours to resolve only. 
  • Eric: Extreme focus over time creates momentum. 

For more information + episode details visit: weareforgood.com/episode/452.

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