733: His Vision: Helping Make the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sectors Stronger

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Careers

5.0 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Forrest Alton has been in the nonprofit sector for more than 15 years. After 10 years in the C-Suite, Forrest stepped down in 2016 to focus his energy on his new enterprise—1000 Feathers. His goal: to help make the nonprofit, social and philanthropic sectors stronger by training and developing leaders, helping organizations think and act more strategically, posing difficult questions organizations are typically afraid to ask and encouraging big, bold courageous conversations.

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0:00.0	Hello, world, welcome to discover your talent, do what you love.
0:14.6	Number 733. I'm your host, Don Hutchison. Every Monday and Wednesday, I interview someone around the world who's discovered their
0:23.7	talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:29.7	On Fridays, I interview a well-known expert from the fields of personal or business development
0:34.7	who share experiences, tools, and insights to help our listeners along
0:39.0	their journeys.
0:40.5	The second aha for me was recognizing the power that exists in the nonprofit sector.
0:48.6	It's a sector that gives me life and gives me energy.
0:52.8	The nonprofit sector and the organizations that are in it aren't just nice to have.
0:56.9	We need to have them in order to come up with real solutions to the problems we face.
1:03.0	I wanted to get more involved in those larger conversations about the sector itself.
1:08.6	And that's another reason that I was motivated to make this move.
1:11.6	I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Forrest Alton.
1:15.6	Welcome, Forrest.
1:16.6	Glad to be with you, Don. Thank you.
1:18.6	Thank you, sir.
1:19.6	Forrest, are you using your talents doing work that you love?
1:22.6	You know, the more I reflect on this question, Don, the more I know the answer is yes.
1:29.1	Perfect. Perfect. We want to hear the whole story.
1:32.1	Forrest has been in the nonprofit sector for more than 15 years.
1:35.9	Most recently, he served as the CEO of the South Carolina campaign to prevent teen pregnancy,
1:41.3	where his leadership resulted in significant growth for the agency,
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