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Leadership Cafe Podcast is where marketing leaders in nonprofits, rural health, and small businesses gather to brew bold ideas and roast the competition.
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The Neuroscience of Marketing - Part 1 (opens the original)
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You have two to eight seconds. That's it. Before you lose your audience to something else. Unless you tap into what makes them look at, choose, and trust you. In this solo episode of the Leadership Cafe Podcast, Sally Mildren — CEO of Commonwell Marketing and host of this podcast — breaks down the neuroscience behind why nonprofit and healthcare marketing can fall flat, and what to do instead. Let’s talk about why your impressions are up but your donations aren't, why your emails are getting ope
When Work Becomes Your Identity - Facing Transitions and Dealing With Burnout (opens the original)
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Many of us let what we do become who we are. And most of us don't slow down and recognize that until something forces us to. For Bitsy Hamilton, that something was a Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis in 2017. It took her out of the classroom she loved, redirected her future, and ultimately led her to where she is now. A full-time life coach specializing in change management and transitions, Bitsy helps people do the thing that is genuinely hard for most of us… figure out who we are when the identity
You Aren't the Hero... Here's Who Should Be. (opens the original)
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What if the biggest mistake in your marketing videos isn't the production quality, the budget, or the platform? Maybe it’s the fact that your organization is the hero of its own story. This week on the Leadership Cafe Podcast, we sit down with Kwami Ngaojia, a video storytelling expert and the center of partnerships at Beard and Bowler. With a background in social work, the military, and video production, Kwami has a uniquely human approach to storytelling. He understands how to earn trust, draw
My Table Is Infinite, Competitors Are Welcome: Collaboration, AI and Prioritization in Marketing (opens the original)
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What does it look like to build a marketing department from scratch, wear six hats at once, and still find a way to be ruthlessly strategic about what actually matters?In this episode of Leadership Cafe podcast, Sally Mildren talks with Lauren Minor who has been doing exactly that for nearly 20 years. This conversation is packed with the kind of hard-won wisdom you don't find in a textbook. Lauren is the Director of Partnerships and Marketing at Reason One, a B Corp-certified web development age
What If Your Nonprofit Stopped Acting Like One? (opens the original)
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What if running like a typical "nonprofit" is actually working against you? What if trying to please every donor, appeal to every audience, and say yes to every opportunity is the very thing keeping your organization stuck? In this episode of the Leadership Cafe Podcast, Sally Mildren continues her conversation with Maryanne Dersch of Courageous Communication and Influential Nonprofit Podcast to unpack how nonprofits can move beyond scarcity, become more authentic, and build stronger donor relat
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