Contrasting collaboration with differentiation and the necessity of both approaches in the nonprofit world.

How the founders of the YWCA exemplified my working productivity concept, emerging productivity.

In this episode, I help nonprofit founders unpack their relationship with time through “confronting reality”.

Exploring the later part of William's life and the lessons I learned from finishing George Williams: A Life in Context.

In part one of two, we introduce George Williams, founder of the YMCA, and discuss his childhood, "rags to riches", and Victorian England.

I switch things up in this episode in a mini discussion on the question: Why study the past? The answer to this question will set the stage for the way we examine nonprofit founders moving forward.

In this episode we finish examining the life of John van Hengel, where he focuses on building a national food bank, gets fired by the FBI, and "finishes" his career consulting organizations across the world.

In the first part of a two part series on John van Hengel, founder of Feeding America, we dive into his life before starting food banks. There’s marriage, divorce, bar fights, and other strange episodes of van Hengel’s life that set up the second part, where we dive into the start of Feeding America and food banks.

In the first episode of Nonprofit Founders, we examine the life of Clara Barton from her autobiography, Clara Barton: A Story of the Red Cross.

Welcome to Nonprofit Founders! This show will discuss the lives of nonprofit founders to inspire us to think more deeply about our work as nonprofit leaders My name is Diego Reeb and I’ve been in the nonprofit field for over half a decade. During this time I've served in many roles, from volunteer to administration During my time working in the nonprofit world I've benefitted greatly from reading biographies of inspiring leaders. I want to share with you all the wonderful stories of nonprofit founders who have shaped the nonprofit world today.