Walk and Talk Your Mission with Take Stock in Children Manatee’s Anne LeBaron

This week, we speak with Anne LeBaron, CEO of Take Stock in Children Manatee. Anne had quite the career in the for-profit world as former Sales, Marketing, HR and Recruiting manager before joining Take Stock Manatee as the CEO. Take Stock in Children Manatee is a mentor based organization that partners students with a mentor to earn a scholarship upon graduation from high school.
Anne shares her experience transitioning from the for-profit to nonprofit sector including how she utilizes metrics to keep track of performance, as she did in her for-profit jobs. Anne also shares how she took her time getting to know the organization before joining the board. Lastly, Anne provides insight into navigating virtual versus in-person work.

Timestamps:

00:00 Introducing Anne LeBaron, CEO of Take Stock in Children Manatee

02:20 How Anne became CEO and transitioning from Board member to CEO

05:40 Cutting fundraising events that were not worth the effort, focusing more on the mission

07:15 How Anne’s experience in the for-profit sector helps with her nonprofit leadership

08:35 Biggest challenge going from for-profit to nonprofit

09:50 Balancing in-person versus online work

12:23 Anne’s approach to fundraising and utilizing the board to fundraise

16:00 What does the CEO need from their board?

18:22 Advice for someone transitioning from for-profit to nonprofit

20:00 Recapping with Read

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