Making Our World Better

Marcia Donziger | Improve Culture, Improve Results

Company culture, no matter what kind of business, can make or break an organization. Get ready to learn how you can build a better culture for employees and positively impact your bottom line with cultural strategist Marcia Donziger, a long time nonprofit and corporate veteran who has made it her life’s work to improve workplaces.
This podcast was brought to you by JC Charity services. As a leader, you know your "why." I’d love to talk to you about bolstering your "how" to help you and your team achieve your goals. You can find me at www.makingourworldbetter.com
To learn more about Marcia and how you can work with her, visit www.marciadonziger.com and find her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marciadonziger/
 

Joel Hodge | Shining Love in the Darkness of Struggle

Climbing out of a world torn with violence, trauma and stress, then choosing to make it your life’s work to be a positive influence and help others who find themselves in those same tough situations takes a special kind of grit. Be ready to be inspired by the humble Joel Hodge, Co-Founder and Program Director for the Struggle of Love Foundation.
This podcast was produced and sponsored by JC Charity Services. If you are interested in how I might be able to bolster your efforts and help your team find more joy at work, I would love to have a conversation with you – you can find me at www.makingourworldbetter.com.
To support the Struggle of love foundation and learn more about the organization’s work, visit www.struggleoflovefoundation.org. and find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SOLFoundation1.
 

Patrick Byrne, Phd | Catalyst for College Dreams

For a student to become a first generation college graduate, it truly takes a village and in many cases, it takes that village looking at the education process through a different lens. Dr. Patrick Byrne, President and CEO of the Challenge Foundation will tell us how his organization serves as a catalyst for making college dreams come true for dedicated students by bringing together mentorship, financial support, academic partnerships and more.
This podcast is sponsored by JC Charity Services. If you are interested in how I might be able to bolster your efforts and help your team find more joy at work, I would love to have a conversation with you – you can find me at www.makingourworldbetter.com.
To learn more about the challenge foundation, visit them online at www.thechallengefoundation.org.
 

Joe Aldaz | Paying Forward Leadership Lessons

Helping young leaders grow and find their voice is a great way to make a positive impact. You’ll hear how Joe Aldaz, President and CEO of the Colorado Springs Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is paying forward a lifetime of leadership lessons learned in the military and in business through the Adelante Leadership Institute.
This podcast has been brought to you by JC Charity Services - If you’d like to learn how we can bolster your efforts and help your team reach its goals, I’d love to have a conversation with you - learn more and contact me though www.makingourworldbetter.com.
To learn more about the Colorado Springs Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the work Joe and his team are doing, visit www.cshispanicchamber.com and find them on social media.
If you enjoyed this podcast, we would be grateful if you would share it with a friend. Until next time, I hope you are inspired to find a way to make our world better.
 

Matt VanAuken | Leading With Purpose and Kindness

High levels of purpose, kindness, collaboration and strong leadership in an organization can generate a certain kind of magic that can elevate an entire community as you will discover through this conversation with Matt VanAuken, President and CEO of Developmental Pathways.
This podcast was brought to you by JC Charity Services. If you’d like to learn how we can bolster your efforts and help your team reach its goals, I’d love to have a conversation with you - find me at www.makingourworldbetter.com or jay@jccharityservices.com.
To learn more about Developmental Pathways and the great work Matt and his team are doing or to have them help you navigate how to connect with services, visit www.dpcolo.org or call them at 303-360-6600.  

Catharina Hughey, MSW | Transforming Lives, Companies With Coffee

The transformation of a raw coffee bean to a magically delicious drink is a perfect metaphor for what happens at Dirt Coffee, an awesome social enterprise in the Denver Metro area. You’ll enjoy this conversation with Executive Director Caterina Hughey about how her and her team are preparing neurodivergent people to enter the workforce and at the same time how they help companies tap into this great sphere of potential employees.
This podcast has been brought to you by JC Charity Services – we help build great organizations. Learn how we can help you at www.makingourworldbetter.com.
To learn more about Dirt Coffee and their two locations, visit www.dirtcoffee.org and follow them on social media. Visit the Dirt Coffee locations:
Littleton: 5767 S. Rapp St. Littleton, CO 80120 
Park Hill: 1785 Quebec St. Denver, CO 80220 
info@dirtcoffee.org | 303-635-6674 

Papa Dia | Helping Others Realize American Dreams

Taking on the scary and daunting task of immigrating to a new country in search of a better life is something Papa Dia, founder and President of the African Leadership Group knows first hand, and you will hear how he is using his experience and his belief that we are all capable of helping each other to help thousands to live the American Dream.
This podcast was produced by JC Charity Services - we help make organizations great. To learn what we could do for yours, visit www.makingourworldbetter.com.
To learn more about Papa Dia and The African Leadership group, visit them online at www.usalg.org and find them on social media:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialUSALG/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/usalg/

Tim Kachuriak | Reaching New Horizons In Fundraising

In the competitive arena of fundraising, nonprofits are always looking for ways to stand out. Anybody involved with a nonprofit is going to be blown away by and benefit from hearing how Tim Kachuriak and his team at NextAfter are using data, research and even secret shoppers to help organizations reach new fundraising horizons through a higher plane of digital expertise.
This podcast was brought to you by JC Charity Services. We help build great organizations and we’d love to have a conversation about how we can help you. You can find me at www.makingourworldbetter.com.
To learn more about NextAfter and the exciting work Tim and his team are doing, and to check out some of his great TED talks on fundraising, visit www.nextafter.com.
 

John Oliver | Creating Scale, Changing Lives

What would happen if sophisticated business concepts like long-term growth and scale plans, executive coaching, analytics and data evaluation and financial modeling were applied to a nonprofit? You’ll find out from John Oliver as he explains how Elevate USA is doing all of that and more to impact a rapidly growing number of young people all across the country.
This podcast is brought to you by JC Charity Services - we help build great organizations and you can find out how at www.makingourworldbetter.com.
To learn more about Elevate USA, visit www.elevatetheusa.org and follow them on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/elevateusa/
 
 

Carlos Martinez | Building More Unity, Capacity and Connections

In a world edging towards more and more division, Carlos Martinez, President and CEO of the Latino Community Foundation of Colorado, and his organization are serving as an inspiring ray of hope - making connections, building capacity and creating more unity to help hundreds of nonprofit organizations serving the Denver Metro area.
This podcast has been brought to you by JC Charity Services - we help build great organizations and if you are in interested in how we might be able to bolster your efforts and help your team achieve its goals, you can find me at www.makingourworldbetter.com.
To learn more about the Latino Community Foundation of Colorado, visit www.latinocfc.org and find them on social media.