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A podcast for community foundation professionals, presented by Embolden, with conversations about serving donors, engaging advisors and creating impact in our communities. Learn more about how Embolden can elevate your community foundation at embolden.com. Hosted on Acast.

Podcast · By Josh Dukelow · English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 25, 2026

    Jennifer Bartenbach on Creating Regional Connectivity (opens the original)

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    Welcome to Give Better Get Better, the show for community foundation professionals. We're bringing you weekly conversations with community foundation leaders from across America about something big they are tackling in their community. This week, Josh welcomed Jennifer Bartenbach from Central Indiana Community Foundation. She told Josh about her efforts to connect donors and nonprofits across government boundaries, the importance of building deep trust with partners and the necessity of "staying

  2. Episode · Sep 18, 2026

    Ralph Serpe on Building Unrestricted Endowment (opens the original)

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    Welcome to Give Better Get Better, the show for community foundation professionals. We're back with weekly episodes, talking with community foundation leaders from across America about something big they are tackling in their community. This week, Josh welcomed back Ralph Serpe from the Adams County Community Foundation in Pennsylvania. In 2025, Ralph received the Council on Foundation's first ever Excellence in Community Foundation Leadership Award. He talks with Josh about his passion for grow

  3. Episode · Sep 11, 2026

    David Cicilline on Cultivating Civic Health (opens the original)

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    Welcome back to Give Better Get Better, the show for community foundation professionals. We've returned from our summer vacation and look forward to a new season of conversations with community foundation leaders from across the country. This year we are asking about One Big Thing they are working on and what others can learn from their experience with that issue. To launch our next season, Josh talked with David Cicilline, President & CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation. David was a state legisl

  4. Episode · Aug 28, 2026

    Summer School: Advisor Engagement with Kim Alvarez & Matt Failor (opens the original)

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    Welcome to the last session of Summer School on professional advisor engagement. Thanks for checking out our conversations with participants from Embolden's Intensive Advisor Cohort program about what they learned and how they are applying it to their work. Attorneys, accountants and financial planners are valuable partners for community foundations, so we all need to think about how we can contribute to building trusted relationships with these community members. NOTE: The registration deadline

  5. Episode · Aug 21, 2026

    Summer School: Advisor Engagement with Kelli Cavey from Embolden (opens the original)

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    Welcome to session three of Summer School, our series exploring professional advisor engagement. During August we're talking with participants from Embolden's Intensive Advisor Cohort about the content and how they are applying what they learned to their work. Professional advisors are essential partners for community foundations, and every staff member plays a role in earning (and keeping) their trust. NOTE: The registration deadline for the September Intensive Advisor Cohort was August 14, but

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