700 episodes felt like the kind of moment that deserved more than a LinkedIn post and a few dancing emojis. So we sat down to talk about what this journey has taught us about generosity, the stories that haven't left us, and what we're still learning.

We're so grateful you're here. Come celebrate with us. 🩵

-Jon + Becky

Episode Highlights:

• Two powerful stories of generosity we are still carrying with us (5:00)
• The ripple effect and what generosity has taught us (10:00)
• Low ego, high impact: what the best leaders share (15:00)
• Jon and Becky’s One Good Things (19:00)

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Meet Jeremy Bouman, Founder of RISE in Omaha 👋. Today, RISE operates in seven Nebraska prisons with a 90% graduate employment rate and a recidivism rate a third of the state average. And Jeremy has spent the last decade building a leadership team, a sabbatical policy, and a succession plan designed to outlast him.

In this episode, he breaks down exactly how, including the internal leadership academy, the innovation program open to every employee, and their newly approved sabbatical policy.

Plus: the story of a man serving a life sentence who donated $500 so someone else could take the same program that changed his life. 🩵

Tune in to hear:

• What the "Inside Out" model actually looks like, and why starting the relationship inside prison, years before release, is the thing that makes everything else work
• RISE’s human-centered internal policies, leadership academy, and innovation project + the impact on their team

Episode Highlights:

• Meet Jeremy Bouman (00:38)
• The Inside Out model: building trust before release (09:05)
• 70% system-impacted staff and why lived experience leads (09:05)
• Founder-proofing: humility, culture, and getting out of the way (14:10)
• The sabbatical policy and what happened when Jeremy took five weeks off (16:29)
• Succession planning: Rise Leadership Academy and Rise Innovation Project (21:14)
• Two generosity stories that say everything about this mission (27:29)
• One good thing: visit a prison, practice second chance hiring (29:57)

Episode Show Notes: https://www.weareforgood.com/episode/699

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Kyle S. King started his nonprofit journey as a college junior, raised $100K, and never stopped. Eight books, a publishing company, a keynote career, and the Growth Alliance later — he's spent over a decade helping mission-driven organizations do the deeper work first: aligning leadership, tightening operations, and sharpening the stories that actually move donors to act. 💪

In this episode, you'll hear:

• Why burnout isn't a wellness problem or a leadership problem — it's an organizational culture issue, and that distinction changes everything about how you solve it
• The three pillars of "contagious culture" (kindness, community, capital) and why skipping step one means you'll never reach step three
• The counterintuitive advice Kyle gives every leader who wants to grow: stop adding. Play defense first. Stop the leaks.

This conversation will challenge how you think about culture, leadership, and the small moments where real impact actually happens. 🩵

Episode Highlights:

• Meet Kyle King (00:41)
• Roots: Sankofa and the backstory that built everything (3:15)
• Contagious Culture: Kindness, Community, Capital (6:44)
• The root cause mistake nonprofit leaders keep making (10:00)
• Why burnout is an organizational culture problem (15:05)
• Leading with heart when you're running on empty (20:00)
• Play defense: building momentum by stopping the leaks (25:30)
• The barbershop story and the $800 check (30:26)
• One good thing: better people build better organizations (35:01)

Episode Show Notes: https://www.weareforgood.com/episode/698

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