# Heather Burright

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Should You Retire Your Training?

How do you decide which trainings in your library still deserve a spot, and which ones are just taking up space? In this episode of Learning for Good, I walk through five strategic questions nonprofit leaders can use to decide when to retire a training program.  Many nonprofits build a training too…

196: Training Won’t Fix Your People Problem

Not every performance problem is a training problem. Meet Lucy. She works in learning and development at a nonprofit she believes in, yet leadership repeatedly asks for quick PDFs that rarely change behavior. She wants to stop taking orders, ask better questions, and solve the real issue. In th…

200 Lessons from 200 Episodes. Just Kidding. Here are the Top 5 Ideas that Changed My Career in Learning and Development.

In this episode of Learning for Good, I celebrate 200 episodes and share the five biggest lessons that have shaped my approach to nonprofit learning and development and nonprofit leadership development. Two hundred episodes in, I have interviewed nearly a hundred guests, built a summit, and grown a…

The Biggest Mistakes We Make When Measuring Learning

Do you actually know if your training worked, or are you just hoping it did? In this episode of Learning for Good, I break down the five biggest mistakes nonprofit learning and development professionals make when measuring training impact. Most of us know we should be measuring our training, and we…

How Nonprofit Leaders Can Lead Under Pressure with Jay Abbasi

What do you do when the pressure at work never seems to let up? In this episode of Learning for Good, I sit down with peak performance coach Jay Abbasi to talk about what it takes to lead under pressure and how nonprofit L&D leaders can build resilience into how they lead themselves and others. Non…

3 Small Shifts that Increase Your Credibility as a Learning Designer

In this episode of Learning for Good, I break down three practical shifts nonprofit learning designers can make to build credibility and grow their influence. Many competent learning and development professionals feel like their recommendations don't carry weight. It's frustrating to know you under…

How One Nonprofit Uses On-the-Job Training to Fulfill Its Mission with Amina Mohamed

How do you design training that actually leads to a job, not just a certificate? In this episode of Learning for Good, I sit down with Amina Mohamed, founder and executive director of Cameras for Girls,  a Canadian charity advancing gender equality in media across Africa, to talk about  designing l…

How to Build Relationships that Move Work Forward in Your Nonprofit with Morag Barrett

 One of the most challenging parts of our jobs as  nonprofit learning and development professionals is working with and through other people.  This makes our ability to influence critical to our work. In this episode of Learning for Good, I sit down with leadership development consultant and relati…

How to Get Leadership Buy-In for Staff Development in Your Nonprofit

How do you get your CEO, COO, executive director, or board to see why investing in staff is not just important, it's mission critical? In this episode of Learning for Good, I break down how to get leadership buy-in for staff development in your nonprofit. The first step is to stop talking about tra…

Why Learning Is Central to Your Nonprofit's Success and Sustainability with Playworks CEO Elizabeth Cushing

How do you get your CEO to see staff development as central to your nonprofit's success rather than something that is nice to have? In this episode of Learning for Good, I sit down with Elizabeth Cushing, CEO of Playworks, to explore how a nonprofit CEO thinks about learning and development and sta…