Welcome to I Was Told There Would Be Snacks: A Nonprofit Podcast, brought to you by Tennessee Nonprofit Network and powered by Kudzukian. On our podcasts, we’ll be spilling the 501(c)tea on nonprofit issues that impact your nonprofit organization, questioning tired ways nonprofits and funders do business, and shedding light on bold new practices in our field. This is not your average nonprofit podcast!
And no, we don’t provide snacks, but feel free to BYO. We were going to get some snacks donated, but the donation application was 42 questions and required too many attachments just to get a few dozen bagels and lukewarm coffee.
Season 1
Episode 1: Revenge is a Dish Best Served Donated featuring Dr. Greg Witkowski
Episode 2: Nonprofit Leadership Landmines featuring Dana Wilson and Nikki Gibbs
Episode 3: Nonprofit Sustainability Isn’t a Thing featuring Vu Le and Amber Hamilton
Episode 4: Fundraising for People Who Hate Fundraising featuring Rachel Ramjattan
Episode 5: The Good, the Bad, and the Franklin: Historical Figures Who Changed Philanthropy
Episode 6: Nonprofit Word Salad featuring Sammy Moon and Juanita White
Episode 7: Respectability Politics in Nonprofits featuring Rhonda Broussard
Episode 8: Nonprofit Snake Oil Salesmen featuring Natalie McKinney
Episode 9: Board Members with Battle Axes featuring Susan Schmidt
Episode 10: Will COVID Kill the Arts? featuring Pat Mitchell-Worley and Elizabeth Rouse
Episode 11: The Next Big Things in Nonprofit featuring Jeanette O’Bryant, Jan Young, and Sally Heinz - Livestreamed from Grey’s Fine Cheese and Entertaining
Episode 12: It’s A New Dawn, A New Day featuring Sam O’Bryant, Deveney Perry, an Andrea Hill - Livestreamed from KUDZUKIAN studios
Season 2
Episode 1: Are We Really Fighting Poverty? featuring Ayanna Johnson-Watkins and Sutton Mora
Episode 2: How to Detox Your Nonprofit featuring Brittanie Young
Episode 3: Managing “Messy” featuring Dr. Bev Vitali and Cassandra Webster
Episode 4: The Self-Aware Employee featuring Foluke Houston-Gaddis
Episode 5: Risky Fundraising featuring Ted Bilich
Episode 6: Public Policy is Your Friend featuring David L. Thompson and Jessica Mendieta
Episode 7: So You Wanna Be a Nonprofit Consultant featuring Mel and Pearl Shaw
Episode 8: The Invisible Nonprofit featuring Denzel Alexander and Marvin Stockwell
Episode 9: Nonprofit Word Salad Part 2 featuring April Carter and Carrie Burke
Episode 10: Your Executive Director is Not a Cactus featuring Meg Crosby and Olliette Murry-Drobot
Season 3
Episode 1: Momentum’s Glow-Up featuring Tim Delaney and Abby Garrison
Episode 2: That’s Incredible! The Best Nonprofit Stories You’ll Hear This Year! featuring Erica Roberts and Christy Passmore
Episode 3: Remaining Nonpartisan During an Election Year featuring Tiffany Gourley Carter and Sumita Keller
Episode 4: Hot Dogs, Data, and Continuous Improvement featuring Brian Straessle and Chrystal Armstrong Brown
Episode 5: Be Abundant, Not a Bummer featuring Hannah Lancaster and Hal Cato
Episode 6: Why Rural Nonprofits Deserve a Seat at the Table featuring Ellen Collins and Matthew Marshall
Episode 7: How to Educate Legislators About Your Mission featuring Adam Nickas
Episode 8: Quitting With Dignity featuring Amanda McCollum and Forrest Alton
Episode 9: Epic Grant Writing Fails featuring Sara Baker and Tiffanie Grier
Episode 10: How to Kill Your Nonprofit With Bad Parental Leave Policies featuring Dr. Mary “MJ” McConner and Amy Gore