Creating Community For Good

We are all in this together. Welcome to Creating Community for Good, a podcast dedicated to philanthropy: the love of humankind. Here we will band together across disciplines within the ecosystem of the nonprofit sector to illuminate perspectives, decode motivations, and leverage strategies in the business of generosity. On this show, your host, Lindsay Simonds, invites you to a friendly conversation about contributing to good. With this, we will ultimately increase empathy, create stronger bonds and make more impact on mission-driven work. Whether you are a nonprofit executive, a legacy donor, a major gifts fundraiser, a crowdsource hacker, program director, impact investor, corporate partner or beneficiary, this space is for all of us to inform, inspire and evolve. Our podcast is dedicated to philanthropy: the love of humanity. As a major gifts and campaign strategy consultancy, we are bringing together community, positivity, and energy to the business of generosity. Ultimately, the goal is to connect people throughout the entire ecosystem of philanthropy – donors, fundraiser, program managers, vision-setters, volunteers, beneficiaries, corporations, foundations, and individuals alike. Exposure to the lifecycle of the nonprofit sector through conscious conversations will increase understanding for all. The industry will thrive and people will feel more connected to people in this technologically driven world. Our aim is to bring solution-based thinking, industry insights and energy to all listeners. Lindsay Simonds is a philanthropy consultant, strategic advisor, and executive coach with a decade of experience partnering with organizations for transformational change. She is an integral lead in expanding and deepening donor relationships, philanthropic strategies, and development operations. With her rich career and diverse portfolio of experiences and expertise, she has an eye for major gifts strategy, structures of influence, community engagement, project management, compelling storytelling, and brand evangelism. Lindsay embraces unconventional thinking, respects ancient wisdom, and reaches for moments of levity. Her caring spirit and creative mind will capture your heart. As a Colorado native, and long-time San Francisco native, Lindsay brings to her clients a comprehensive fundraising expertise, including cultivating and securing major and principal gifts, designing and directing major campaigns, training and managing fundraising officers, board development, building and managing successful volunteer groups, mapping corporate partnership initiatives, and planning and managing employee campaigns. She’s a strategic thinker, team player, and inspiring manager who believes that fundraising is the fine art of connecting concerned, generous donors with deserving and critical causes. Having been in the fundraising consulting and strategy space for over a decade, she has cultivated a great depth and breadth of experience and has worked with every single player as well as with the majority of the sectors within the nonprofit space. Now, she is making this unique and valuable exposure and experience available to you, our dear audience, through the Creating Community for Good podcast. Lindsay will be featuring and interviewing fundraisers, corporate donors, organization leaders, and foundations to paint a full picture and bring you a better sense and familiarity with the sector and with their work. Participate in her training sessions on various topics such as how to make the ask or create your fundraising pitch and make it perfect. Join the Creating Community for Good podcast to develop solution-based thinking and discover industry insights!