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title: September 2026 - Driven by Cause Episode 36 - Sean Kosofsky
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Driven by Cause 

**Sean Kosofsky**

President, Visionary Golf Events

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In this episode of Driven by Cause, we sit down with Sean Kosofsky, nonprofit consultant, coach, and the strategist known as The Nonprofit Fixer, to talk about why the board, the part of a nonprofit most leaders treat as a formality, is the single biggest thing making or breaking their organization. He breaks down why fixing your board has to come before fixing your fundraising, why the most underused fundraising strategy costs nothing and comes down to crafting a pitch that lights a fire rather than reciting your mission, and why the "poverty mindset" around asking for money is quietly costing the sector trillions in generosity.

Listeners will come away with insights on: why a board is a room full of owners rather than well-meaning volunteers and how to hold them to that standard, why asking someone for money is an invitation to solve a problem instead of a favor you're begging for, and why management training is the second most neglected skill in nonprofit leadership after fundraising itself.

 

 

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