Faiza Venzant on the State of Nonprofits, DEI, Managing Volunteers and Why Everyone Can Win
About this episode
Faiza Venzant discusses the current state of nonprofits, the importance of DEI, and the challenges faced by volunteer administrators.
Faiza Venzant, CVA , Executive Director of the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration (CCVA) and Principal Investigator with the Assessing Diversity and Equity in Volunteer Inclusion project. With over 25 years of leadership experience in volunteer engagement, Faiza brings both a global and deeply personal perspective to the nonprofit sector. In one of the final interviews of the year, Faiza sits down with Swim to get her perspective of the state of nonprofits in Canada and the U.S., the wave of layoffs across the sector, and the question that never seems to go away: Are volunteer administrators truly being valued? Faiza even gets candid about what she doesn’t like seeing in the nonprofit space right now, why DEI is not dead, what keeps her up at night as an Executive Director, and why she wants to see everyone win. Whether you lead volunteers, fund programs, or are just passionate about community impact, this is an episode you’ll want to hear. Key Topics: The current state of nonprofits in North America Why layoffs are hitting the sector so hard The respect (and reality) of volunteer management roles Balancing identity between the personal and professional Is DEI…
People in this episode
Host: Swim Karim
Guest: Faiza Venzant
Topics covered
- state of nonprofits
- DEI
- managing volunteers
- volunteer administration
- nonprofit leadership
- community impact
Keywords
- nonprofits
- DEI
- volunteers
- leadership
- community impact
- volunteer management
- layoffs
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration
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