Let’s Hear It
Episodes
Trabian Shorters Takes Us To School at ComNet 2019
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is the third in our bonus series of keynote speeches from ComNet 2019. Trabian Shorters is the CEO and Founder of BMe Community, which provides f...
Desmond Meade Unites the Voters of Florida in the Cause of Justice
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In 2018, Desmond Meade helped pull off the unthinkable. He united Florida voters by leading the campaign to pass Amendment 4, a grassroots citizen’s...
Stacey Abrams at ComNet 2019 – Let’s Get to Work
09 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Stacey Abrams is one of the most exciting and inspiring leaders of our time. Last week, she came to the Communications Network conference and gave the...
A bonus edition of Let’s Hear It – ComNet 19 Preview with Carrie Clyne and Tristan Mohabir
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We couldn’t resist – ComNet 19 is next week and we’re so excited that we’re bringing you a bonus edition of Let’s Hear It! Eric spoke with t...
David Morse – A Giant Among Foundation Communicators
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you worked in foundation communications in the past thirty years, chances are that David Morse helped you – directly or indirectly. At the Pew Ch...
ComNet 19 - The Most Exciting Event of the Year!
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you are interested in using communications for social change, the Communications Network Annual Conference is the single most exciting event of the...
Hunter Johansson of Solar Responders Makes His Famous Twin Sister Proud
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hunter Johansson could have easily traded on his twin sister Scarlett's fame for all kinds of rotten purposes. Instead, he co-founded a nonprofit to p...
Fred Blackwell of the San Francisco Foundation Talks About Equity, Optimism, and Trying to Pass his Grandmother’s “Smirk Test.”
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In five years as CEO of the San Francisco Foundation, Fred Blackwell has emerged as one of philanthropy’s foremost leaders dedicated to advancing ra...
Doniece Sandoval Might Just Change the Way You See – Taking “Radical Hospitality” to the Streets
17 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Doniece Sandoval took a bit of time off from her career as a marketing and communications leader to take stock of her life and her future. Little did ...
Cronies in Bars Having Cocktails - Alfred Ironside, Ford Foundation's International Man of Mystery
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
By the time Alfred Ironside arrived at the Ford Foundation in 2006, he had already had a career that most of us could hardly imagine – from leading ...
Who Wants $100 Million? MacFound's Kristen Mack and Common Pool's Jaison Morgan Discuss 100&Change
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In June of 2016, the MacArthur Foundation announced that it would award a single $100 million grant to a single organization that was making a differe...
The re- re- re-invention of Beth Kanter
05 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Beth Kanter became a nonprofit social media phenomenon because she used a new technology – blogging – to take and share notes about her work. She ...
Jim Canales, President of the Barr Foundation - Need We Say More?
22 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s hard to talk about Jim Canales without getting a little gushy. He’s generous, funny, and way too modest for someone who has spent more than t...
Na'ilah Suad Nasir of the Spencer Foundation Shakes Up the Academy
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Na’ilah Suad Nasir once wanted to be a first-grade teacher, and she ended up as President of the Spencer Foundation – the country’s largest foun...
Phil Buchanan of the Center for Effective Philanthropy Takes on the Naysayers
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Buchanan, the President of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, has been helping foundations do their work better for almost two decades. But g...
Kristen Grimm of Spitfire Strategies Tells All
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For anyone who works in the field of nonprofit or foundation communications, the name Kristen Grimm looms large. She started as an intern at Fenton an...
Jesse Salazar - Communications Network Chair Emeritus and so much more!
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jesse Salazar is one of the most thoughtful and intelligent people you will ever be lucky enough to meet. If Jesse sounds wise beyond his years, it’...
Consultants in Bars Having Cocktails - Minna Jung
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Minna Jung has had a varied and wonderful career in nonprofit and foundation communications. She has run communications at a large foundation (Packard...
Heinz Endowments President Grant Oliphant
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If anyone knows how foundations can and should use communications, it’s Grant Oliphant. Grant, who was formerly communications director at the He...
Amrit Dhillon of the Race Card Project
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do we communicate in ways that are authentic, emotional, and evocative? At a time when we are bombarded by reports, books, blogs (okay, and pod...
Hewlett Foundation President Larry Kramer
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Larry Kramer is the President of the Hewlett Foundation and he has stood out for being candid, opinionated, and seemingly unafraid of what the rest of...