Knowing Your Worth (and Adding Tax), A Conversation with Severina Ware, CVA
From The Nonprofit Insider Podcast by Swim Karim
April 8, 2026 · 59 min · Season 1 · Episode 75
About this episode
Swim Karim interviews Severina Ware about career growth and self-worth in the nonprofit sector.
In this episode of The Nonprofit Insider Podcast , Swim sits down with Severina Ware , a leader in people engagement and nonprofit strategy, for a conversation about ambition, intentionality, and career growth in the nonprofit space. Severina shares her perspective on what she’s seeing across the country when it comes to nonprofit professionals, and why volunteer leaders in particular may not be thinking big enough about their careers. Get Severina's insights into her journey navigating imposter syndrome and how being intentional in your professional is simply too big to ignore. Swim and Severina also discuss executive coaching, what to look for (and what to avoid), and how nonprofit professionals can position themselves for growth—even in markets where opportunities feel limited. And of course, we talk what it means to "Know your worth and add tax” in a sector that can have lots of fun spots and lots of struggle points. You can find Severina Ware here on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/severinaware/ Listen to the episode on Apple here: https://bit.ly/Ep75TheNonprofitInsiderPodcastApple Listen to the episode on Spotify here…
People in this episode
Host: Swim Karim
Guest: Severina Ware
Topics covered
- nonprofit strategy
- career growth
- imposter syndrome
- executive coaching
- people engagement
- volunteer leadership
Keywords
- nonprofit
- career development
- ambition
- intentionality
- imposter syndrome
- executive coaching
- volunteer leaders
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