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Is Having a Big Heart Enough to Lead a Nonprofit? With Matt George
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This week we have the pleasure of speaking with Matt George, Executive Director turned nonprofit consultant and leadership coach. Matt is a strong proponent of collaboration, competition, and doing what is ultimately best for the community, even if it means merging organizations.
Matt started his nonprofit career at 16-years old with a fundraiser to help the family of a friend who had cancer. The feeling of raising that money led him to a life in the nonprofit world, joining various organizations as the executive director and merging 5 organizations over his time. He is a true servant leader, always trying to do what is best for the community.
Find Matt’s book, “Nonprofit Game Plan: The Proven Strategy for Nonprofit Success” on Amazon
Timestamps:
(01:05) Introducing Matt George
(03:13) Changing lives and saving lives
(04:20) Being Executive Director of Youth Farm and merging with the Children’s Home
(06:10) Why is Matt different and did you know nonprofits would be your future?
(09:05) Empathy and leadership
(09:40) Why did you write “The Nonprofit Game Plan”?
(12:25) Is having a big heart enough to be an effective nonprofit leader?
(16:20) “A good nonprofit is run like a business”
(24:05) If not for nonprofits, the community will suffer
(25:15) You need to have compassion and passion
(26:26) The benefits of competition and collaboration for nonprofits
(33:20) Merging nonprofit organizations and making a true impact in your community
(36:50) What conditions must exist for a merger to be the appropriate pathway?
(43:35) Recapping with Read
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