People in Fundraising, ep. 143: Evan Wildstein, Good Nonsense and the Social Impact Staff Retention Project

Nonprofiteer Evan Wildstein joins "People in Fundraising" to talk about his career in the social impact world. Among his many contributions to the fundraising world, Evan is the author of "The Nonprofiteer's Fundraising Field Guide," a 75-page manual released just over two years ago.

In our terrific conversation, Evan discusses:

* His current title, Chief Decent Human Behavior Officer and how this title came about.

* What led Evan and another "People in Fundraising" guest, Michelle Flores Vryn, to launch the incredibly illustrative Social Impact Staff Retention (SISR) survey in 2014. This annual survey "collects data on nonprofit worker engagement," per its website.

* In our interview, Evan specifically notes that - more than compensation, opportunities for advancement, or other factors - flexibility in one's schedule, in the form of remote or hybrid work, is "double-digit" higher among all other considerations among nonprofit survey respondents when they are thinking about joining or leaving a nonprofit.

* Thought leaders such as Bob Greenleaf and Parker Palmer. Bob popularized the concept of "servant-leader," and Parker authored, among other works, "An Undivided Life," which explores the dynamic concept of humans "seeking wholeness in our ourselves, our work, and our world." Evan describes why these theorists, and others, are meaningful to his life and work.

Thank you, Evan, for an outstanding and illuminating conversation! I know our audience will enjoy hearing your thoughts on wholeness and bringing one's full self to nonprofit work, and how interwoven our careers and personal lives can be.