We Are For Good, Becky Endicott, Julie Confer and Jon McCoy

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Overview

This Friday we're hosting a two-year birthday retrospect covering the Top 9️⃣ Revelations we've learned these past two years on the podcast. And we're bringing your voices onto the podcast about what this community has meant to you and how it's helped you better serve your mission. Check out Becky's blog post about her observations, and add your voice to the conversation in the Community. These revelations are only the beginning of what we're co-creating in this Impact Uprising✌️

“Community is everything when we’re all pouring into it. When we become a sum of its parts. That’s when community is thriving.”

— Becky Endicott, Co-Founder and Chief Storyteller, We Are For Good

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Episode Highlights

9 Revelations from 2 Years of Podcasting (10:00)
- 1. Digital Community is the Future (11:00)
- 2. Storytelling is the most powerful tool in the nonprofit arsenal. (12:30)
- 3. Partnerships are evolving in new, exciting ways. (14:00)
- 4. Your nonprofit friends are not ok right now. (18:00)
- 5. People need a break from the world’s heaviness to hear a story that’s good. (22:00)
- 6. Nonprofits investing in professional development and marketing are winning right now. (25:00)
- 7. Nonprofit leaders must evolve quickly and humanly. (27:00)
- 8. We must commit to thinking differently. (28:30)
- 9. Just be nice. (29:00)
Community really is everything (31:00)
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Powerful quotes

“We started this, because we had the heart for nonprofit leaders and those that are in the middle of trying to impact and grow their missions. That was our life for the last 20 years.” -Jon

“The people we've met along the way have grown our heart. The people serving this space, thought leaders in the space, and people that are on the frontlines of impact, board members and the whole ecosystem. You've given us that hope by showing up and adding your voice.” -Jon

“I'm lucky to have a trail behind our offices here. So I go running, or walking after lunch. You guys are with me every day. I'm just trying to consume as much as I can. And I think the one thing that you this community has taught me is that it's okay to live in the unknown.” -Analia

“I love when our community kind of gives voice to my fears or things that I'm thinking too. That's exactly how we felt two years ago. And honestly, even just like throughout the last two years is, we don't know what we're doing. But I just am so glad we have this community to walk alongside with and figure it out together.” -Julie

“I didn't raise the money that I raised, without learning from you guys. And you guys are part like, like an ingredient to my success. “ -Kristina

“I think I showed up right after you took those first steps. I just admire you both so much for taking it and running with it. Because what you have created as a community, and what you've done to support people who are growing within this industry, it's there, and it keeps happening. And it's only going to get bigger. And whether I continue to do this for the rest of my life or not. I have no idea. But I'm doing it now. And I'm doing it successfully. And I'm doing it because of the teachings that you guys provide.” -Kristina

“Julie called all the people in our community our “why” and it is truly why we show up and why we pour into this work. It's stories like that, that just keep motivating us and we hope they motivate you too.” -Becky

“We want people to feel comfortable not knowing what the next best thing is.” -Julie

“Digital community is the future. So telling our story in the right places with the right people and the right tools become so critical.” -Becky

“We're seeing the shift in power and power dynamics happening. And I think so many of our guests helped me believe that nonprofits bring so much power, assets, stories, research, influence and network to the table.” -Julie

“I mean, we're talking about the ability to do much more than secure a financial gift. We're talking about leveraging voice, brand, social media, digital assets, there's so much to come to the table.” -Becky

“Tim and Taylor and Faith and like, real close people who have helped me build my thing. I'm just, like, ridiculously grateful.” -Monique

“You can't turn on the news and not feel overwhelmed by everything that's happening every day. And so something that we really see is that people are looking for a break from the heaviness too.” -Jon

“We do have an agenda here because we want you to believe that you can create change, and you can bring positive energy through the world.” -Jon

“I want to really applaud We Are For Good because I think you guys do help in such an incredible way to bring that like positive energy and the belief that we actually can all do this good better and do it together.” -Veronica

“It starts at the core of, are you willing to think differently? We're here for that. We're here for the bold leaders and the advocates that really want to disrupt for good.” -Jon

“Thank you for proving, and believing that community is everything.” -Becky

“Community is everything when we're all pouring into it. When we become a sum of its parts. That's when community is thriving.” -Becky