211. Good Humans of 2021 - Sue Ann Arnall

12/22/21 • 40 min

We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits

Meet Sue Ann. She's a mother, writer, philanthropist, humanitarian, justice warrior, and member of the Giving Pledge. Spending just a few minutes in Sue Ann's wake makes one acutely aware that she's always looking out for the little guy. The Arnall Family Foundation focuses on child welfare, animal welfare, and criminal justice reform, while Sue Ann focuses her personal passion on solutions that lower the incarceration rate and racial disparity among African American men in U.S. jails and prisons. Her class, warmth, grace, and compassion blew us away. Pretty proud to say this is a friend who represents the best of home. Thank you Sue Ann🙏
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

Sue Ann’s story and journey to where she is today (2:30)
Sue Ann’s dreams when she was growing up (4:00)
An overview of the Arnall Family Foundation (6:00)
The Giving Pledge (18:00)
Sue Ann’s favorite initiative she has funded: Diversion Hub (26:00)
The biggest misstep nonprofit professionals make when working with major gifts donors (30:00)
Who inspires Sue Ann (31:00)
What Sue Ann would say to her younger self: Don't be afraid to explore new things. Don't let fear guide where you go. (32:00)
Rapid fire questions (33:00)
Sue Ann’s One Good Thing: The best path is not always downhill. Sometimes you have to do the hard thing. (35:00)

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Sue Ann’s story and journey to where she is today (2:30)
Sue Ann’s dreams when she was growing up (4:00)
An overview of the Arnall Family Foundation (6:00)
The Giving Pledge (18:00)
Sue Ann’s favorite initiative she has funded: Diversion Hub (26:00)
The biggest misstep nonprofit professionals make when working with major gifts donors (30:00)
Who inspires Sue Ann (31:00)
What Sue Ann would say to her younger self: Don't be afraid to explore new things. Don't let fear guide where you go. (32:00)
Rapid fire questions (33:00)
Sue Ann’s One Good Thing: The best path is not always downhill. Sometimes you have to do the hard thing. (35:00)

For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/211
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Neon One provides software solutions to growing nonprofits, but they do so much more than that. They’re also incredibly passionate about creating community in the social good sector.

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210. Good Humans of 2021 - Trinity Heavenz

Meet Trinity. Friends, we are truly honored to share this story of an incredibly resilient, compassionate Ugandan entrepreneur who's upskilling the next generation of African businesses by empowering its rising digitally-savvy youth. This 29-year-old social entrepreneur is sharing his harrowing story from the Kampala slums to build era92, a youth creative social enterprise working to end youth unemployment through design, arts and technology. Please dignify the courage, optimism and hope found in this episode. Trinity, thank you for trusting us to share this story. You are truly our hero🙏 We join you in supporting efforts to build Africa's youth-powered movements!🇺🇬
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

Trinity’s story and journey to where he is today (2:19)
How a computer changed Trinity’s life (6:15)
The founding story and mission of era92 (12:00)
Who inspires Trinity (17:00)
Trinity’s work family and the next generation of leaders he is training (18:30)
Trinity’s vision for his community and the future of Africa (22:00)
Trinity’s best friend Levixone’s story and their friendship (26:00)
era92’s Elevate Program: Unlocking Africa’s Youthful Potential (28:00)
Trinity’s dreams for era92 (31:00)
Rapid fire questions (35:00)
Trinity’s One Good Thing: If every person helped just one person, then those 2 people would be helped. Go out and help somebody. (38:00)

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212. Six Takeaways + One Good Thing From Season 4 - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE, Becky Endicott, CFRE, and Julie Confer

Season 4 Finale 🎉 Tune in to hear the biggest takeaways we've gleaned from the 153 episodes recorded in 2021. Best of Season 4 + Year-in-Review joins Jon, Becky and Julie as they walk through 6 Takeaways + 1 Good Thing, and that one good thing is our final gift to you in 2021👐
EPISODE OVERVIEW

Community is everything (2:30)
Take care of yourself and your teams (4:50)
Alignment (6:30)
Your voice is your currency (10:00)
Gen Z, Gen Alpha, and the future of philanthropy (15:00)
Everyone can do good (18:00)
One Good Thing: Take some time for yourself to just get quiet, think, and be still. (21:00)
Questions to ask yourself or your team:
- 1. Where do you want to see yourself this time next year?
- 2. What are you really proud of from the last year? (Celebrate it! 🎉)
- 3. What was the most challenging part of the last year? What can you do next year to alleviate it?
Some favorite episodes from this season (23:00)
- Jon: How New Story Uses Innovation to End Global Homelessness - Sarah Lee (Episode 163)
- Becky: How to Navigate Seasons of Change at your Organization - Aila Malik (Episode 166)
- Julie: How to Harness Innovation to Scale Meaningful Impact - Evan Feinberg (Episode 167)
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We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits - 211. Good Humans of 2021 - Sue Ann Arnall

Transcript

Becky Endicott00:01:01.390

Hi friends, we really wanted to close out the final week of the year was something truly inspiring and human. So welcome to Good humans week on the podcast. And this series has just one interviewer this time around, and it's me. So as John and Julie produce, they really let me run. So meet our 2021 Good humans, Suanne, Arnall, and Trinity heavens, we don't want you to simply know their story. We want you to know them, their heart, their live