Give Better Get Better

Welcome to Give Better Get Better, the show for community foundation professionals. Thanks for listening to our weekly conversations with community foundation leaders from across America.Today, Josh talks with Dennis Buehler from the Greater Green Bay Community Foundation. Dennis discusses how his community handles being known for one specific thing and they way they leverage that high-profile partner into enduring support for local nonprofits. Dennis shares how constraints are actually helpful in crafting such projects, and the suspenseful, surprising streaming show he enjoyed over the summer.Share your thoughts, questions and guest suggestions at GiveBetterGetBetter@gmail.com.Give Better Get Better is presented by Embolden, serving community foundations of all sizes across the country since 1998. Learn more about their content and consulting services at embolden.com.

Welcome to Give Better Get Better, the show for community foundation professionals. We hope you find our weekly conversations with community foundation leaders from across America interesting and helpful in your work.Today, Josh gets to know Eric Wilkie at the FM Area Foundation in Fargo-Moorhead (North Dakota/Minnesota) and his buddy FM Phil. Eric explains how he worked with local partners to create an AI-powered chatbot that fields questions from donors, advisors and nonprofit leaders. Hear his recommendations for how to make a project like this successful, and the country singer/songwriter he's been spending time with this year.Share your thoughts, questions and guest suggestions at GiveBetterGetBetter@gmail.com.Give Better Get Better is presented by Embolden, serving community foundations of all sizes across the country since 1998. Learn more about their content and consulting services at embolden.com.

Welcome to Give Better Get Better, the show for community foundation professionals. Our weekly conversations with community foundation leaders from across America focus on something big they are tackling in their community.This week, Josh talked with Alan Davis from Whitefish Community Foundation in Montana. He explained how he has leveraged circles of giving to bring seasonal residents together for collective, high-impact charitable experiences. Learn the three reasons this technique has been so effective for his community foundation, and stick around to hear which parenting book he's keeping handy these days.Share your thoughts, questions and guest suggestions at GiveBetterGetBetter@gmail.com.Give Better Get Better is presented by Embolden, serving community foundations of all sizes across the country since 1998. Learn more about their content and consulting services at embolden.com.

Welcome to Give Better Get Better, the show for community foundation professionals. We're bringing you weekly conversations with community foundation leaders from across America about something big they are tackling in their community.This week, Josh welcomed Jennifer Bartenbach from Central Indiana Community Foundation. She told Josh about her efforts to connect donors and nonprofits across government boundaries, the importance of building deep trust with partners and the necessity of "staying in it" over time. Jennifer then shares the popular (and surprisingly emotional) streaming show she enjoyed this summer.Share your thoughts, questions and guest suggestions at GiveBetterGetBetter@gmail.com.Give Better Get Better is presented by Embolden, serving community foundations of all sizes across the country since 1998. Learn more about their content and consulting services at embolden.com.

Welcome to Give Better Get Better, the show for community foundation professionals. We're back with weekly episodes, talking with community foundation leaders from across America about something big they are tackling in their community.This week, Josh welcomed back Ralph Serpe from the Adams County Community Foundation in Pennsylvania. In 2025, Ralph received the Council on Foundation's first ever Excellence in Community Foundation Leadership Award. He talks with Josh about his passion for growing unrestricted endowment funds and offers advice to community foundation leaders who want to undertake such a campaign in their community. Ralph wraps it up with a Broadway musical recommendation that showcases the power of a generous community.We want to hear from you at GiveBetterGetBetter@gmail.com. Give Better Get Better is presented by Embolden, serving community foundations of all sizes across the country since 1998. Learn more about their content and consulting services at embolden.com.

Welcome back to Give Better Get Better, the show for community foundation professionals. We've returned from our summer vacation and look forward to a new season of conversations with community foundation leaders from across the country. This year we are asking about One Big Thing they are working on and what others can learn from their experience with that issue.To launch our next season, Josh talked with David Cicilline, President & CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation. David was a state legislator and mayor of Providence before being elected to Congress in 2011. In 2023, he took the helm of the Rhode Island Foundation, which celebrates its 110th Anniversary in 2026. David explained the four things that community foundations do and then dives into his work to promote civic health at the local level. He describes the frontline tactics that ensure a nonpartisan approach and the nationwide network of partners who are collaborating on the effort. Finally, he shared the book he's reading that can help redefine the role of philanthropy in our communities.We want to hear from you at GiveBetterGetBetter@gmail.com.Give Better Get Better is presented by Embolden, serving community foundations of all sizes across the country since 1998. Learn more about their content and consulting services at embolden.com.