400. Celebrating 400 Episodes of the We Are For Good Podcast 🥳 - Jon McCoy, CFRE, Becky Endicott, CFRE and Dana Snyder

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Mar 22

Written By Andie Murphy

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Overview

We’re flipping the script on the 400th episode🥳 Our dear friend Dana Snyder is interviewing Jon and Becky about all things We Are For Good Podcast. We’re diving into the starting point of the pod, PRO, the community and so much more. Join us for a peak behind the curtain at what we’ve learned and what we're forecasting for the next 400 episodes.

💡 Learn

The reason behind starting a podcast (BTS stories during launch🙈)
Lessons learned from 400 episodes
What’s ahead for We Are For Good

Today’s Special Guest Host

Dana Snyder, Founder + CEO, Positive Equation

“Impact Uprising to us is getting more people involved in philanthropy. As long as that’s our Northstar, there’s going to be things that we can’t even dream of yet because of people that come in front and come around us in this community.”

— Jon McCoy, CFRE, CEO and Co-Founder, We Are For Good

The idea of starting a podcast (4:45)
The first trailer (7:40)
Branding of We Are For Good (10:35)
Momentum builds (15:30)
Theme weeks (18:00)
How community surprises us (21:40)
Ungettable Get List (27:40)
Dana’s challenge: Let's get to 400 reviews on Apple podcasts (31:10)
What’s next? Impact Uprising (33:00)

Episode Transcript

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Powerful Quotes

“You can't sit across from the people that we've gotten to speak to and not be moved and changed.” - Jon

“I would say to anyone who's trying to create a movement is when you have time set aside to meet with people that you don't know, don’t just do the interview, get to know them.” -Becky

“The five to 10 minutes before we record and the five to 10 minutes after are the most important pockets of time that we have, because we really get to know people. And if you can show up generously in that moment, it just started to compound.” -Becky

“People were sharing and pitching and giving us suggestions. We really took it to heart because if it came from the community, then we were listening and we knew that's what the community wanted. We wanted the demand of the community to keep growing. So much of what's curated, within We Are For Good comes from within it, which is just so cool.” -Becky

“Becky shared her story publicly on the podcast for the first time about your mental health journey. I think your vulnerability set the tone for the next phase of our company of really wanting to pour into the mental health conversation in a really active way.” -Jon

“Jon was like, you're going to tell this story someday, and it's going to change people. My initial reaction was oh my god, I can't tell anybody the story, I'm ashamed of it, and this podcast allowed me to step into my power of it.” -Becky

“Julie, Becky and I are sitting there looking at each other like, well, we quit our jobs so it's time to like start making a plan. And Impact Uprising was our vision.” -Jon

Impact Uprising to us is getting more people involved in philanthropy. As long as that's our Northstar, there's going to be things that we can't even dream of yet because of people that come in front and come around us in this community.” -Jon