If you’ve not yet joined the rebirth of the podcast then you are definitely missing out! ‘Podcasts’ I can hear many of you shout with a mix of confusion and derision, ‘what have Podcasts got to do with volunteer management?’
This form of media is exploding right now. Its unique in its ability to democratise content creation, as it is so cheap and simple to create. It offers a unique space for long-form interview and spoke word. These longer interviews and deeper examinations of issues at the heart of our sector are really insightful and give you access to thinkers from a much wider section of academia and public life than you may otherwise access. So over the next few weeks, I’m going to be sharing a few of my favourites with you, and hopefully, open your eyes to some amazing people and their ideas.
I’m starting with the Pod that inspired me to write this page.
Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman the founder of LinkedIn with his guest, social entrepreneur Nancy Lublin. The Founder and CEO of Crisis Text Line.
In each episode, Reid shows how companies grow from zero to a gazillion, testing his theories with legendary leaders. Masters of Scale is the first American media program to commit to a 50-50 gender balance for guests. It won the 2018 People’s Voice Webby for Best Business Podcast.
Nancy Lublin, for those that want to know a little bit more before they commit their ears to this Pod, is an American social entrepreneur who launched Dress For Success, a charity to empower women across the globe. Lublins next challenge was to turn around the youth volunteer service dosomething.org, before finally launching her current project crisis text line. I won’t give the story away here, you need to listen, but it’s a story that I think anybody who leads in the voluntary sector will be able to relate to What is interesting is Nancy’s particular method of dealing with problems.
Hoffman uses the interview with Lublin to demonstrate the importance of ‘grit’ for any would-be entrepreneur. I enjoyed this Pod as Lublin explains how to effectively ‘pivot’ a charity as you would hear a more traditional CEO talk about change management in their business. She explains brilliantly how to take advantage of technology and the insight that technology can provide if used well.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on the topics discussed in this podcast in the comments section below. If you have a story of technological success or failure in the voluntary sector I’d love to hear your story.
So if you’re interested in how as a voluntary sector leader, you combine technology and service delivery in the most effective way, give this 30 minutes of your time. You can download the pod from any of the podcast apps, I’ve put some links below for those who want them.
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