Changemaker Conversations: The Podcast for Nonprofit Leaders

Alyssa Conrardy and Lindsay Mullen

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Are you ready to transform your nonprofit from the inside out? Changemaker Conversations is the essential podcast for forward-thinking nonprofit CEOs, executive directors and senior leaders who are ready to build smarter, more strategic organizations—with less friction and more joy. Join Lindsay Mullen and Alyssa Conrardy, principals of Prosper Strategies, as they share actionable insights and have candid conversations with innovative nonprofit leaders who are redefining what’s possible in the sector. You’ll Learn: - About real challenges your nonprofit peers are facing and how to navigate them with grace - How to center your constituents and lead your n...

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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Lindsay Mullen and Alyssa Conradi make nonprofit finance and strategy usable by connecting metrics, mission, and explicit decision triggers.

Changemaker Conversations: The Podcast for Nonprofit Leaders turns nonprofit leadership problems into decisions that can be discussed, measured, and assigned.

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Lindsay Mullen and Alyssa Conrardy put decision triggers where your budget dread usually sits.

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  • to know which restricted dollars cannot rescue you when cash gets tight
  • to tell constituents what their input changed, including requests you cannot fulfill
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How Should Nonprofit Leaders Show Up in Times of Moral Crisis?

Mission and values guide nonprofit leaders as they decide what to say and do in crisis.

Changemaker Conversations steps away from its three-part funding series to ask a practical question for nonprofit leaders: how to respond in a crisis, what to say, and what to do.

The Four Roles That Make—or Break—Your Strategic Planning Process

Strategic planning works better when constituent trust is built in, not bolted on.

The episode treats strategic planning as an ongoing exercise in trust, with Alyssa Conradi and Lindsay Mullet arguing that constituent engagement has to continue throughout the work, not just at the outset.

Fix Your Funding, Part 3: Take On Scenario Planning

A practical framework for making nonprofit funding risk discussable before it turns urgent.

This episode presents scenario planning as a practical leadership habit for nonprofit teams, with Lindsay Mullen and Alyssa Conradi laying out a simple way to name bad, worse, and catastrophe cases, set thresholds for each, and decide in advance what should shift if revenue dips…

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Episodes

  1. 1

    The Four Roles That Make—or Break—Your Strategic Planning Process

    Alyssa Conrardy and Lindsay Mullen discuss the four key roles—staff, constituents, board, and facilitators—that make or break nonprofit strategic planning.

    ·36m·3 clips
  2. 2

    Fix Your Funding Part 1: Diagnose What’s Really Wrong With Your Nonprofit’s Financial Health

    This episode is the first in a three-part series addressing nonprofit financial crises, focusing on diagnosing issues through key metrics like operating reserves, restricted revenue, diversification, and budget projections.

    ·37m·3 clips
  3. 3

    Fix Your Funding, Part 2: Build Your Nonprofit’s Crisis Response Fundraising Strategy

    In this episode, Lindsay Mullen and Alyssa Conrardy guide nonprofit leaders through building a crisis response fundraising plan, focusing on addressing operating reserves, budget deficits, restricted revenue, and diversification.

    ·28m·2 clips
  4. 4

    How Should Nonprofit Leaders Show Up in Times of Moral Crisis?

    Hidden gem

    The hosts step away from their funding series to discuss current events that matter for many nonprofits.

    ·42m·2 clips
  5. 5

    Fix Your Funding, Part 3: Take On Scenario Planning

    Lindsay Mullen and Alyssa Conradi close out their three-part series with a grounded conversation about nonprofit scenario planning.

    ·23m·1 clip
  6. 6

    Strength-Based Communication: What it Is, Why it Matters and How to Do it Well (Yes, Even In Today's Political Climate)

    Strength-based communication is the lens here.

    Oct 2, 2025·35m·2 clips
  7. 7

    Marketing as a Mission Driver: Why Nonprofits Need to Think Bigger

    Marketing is treated as mission infrastructure here.

    Sep 19, 2025·29m·2 clips
  8. 8

    The Shared Power Philosophy: Your Key to Running a More Inclusive and Effective Nonprofit

    The shared power spectrum moves nonprofits from informing constituents to empowering them as decision-makers.

    Aug 7, 2025·40m·2 clips
  9. 9

    Building Campaigns That Last: Marketing + Fundraising with Kelly Mattox

    Jul 22, 2025·36m
  10. 10

    How to Build an Engaged Board

    May 14, 2025·42m
  11. 11

    Strategic Planning Secrets Revealed

    May 13, 2025·35m
  12. 12

    What’s Keeping Nonprofit Leaders Up at Night Right Now?

    May 13, 2025·45m
  13. 13

    Trailer: Changemaker Conversations - The Podcast for Nonprofit Leaders

    May 6, 2025·3m