Good Gab Episode 40 with Ryan Oelrich, Executive Director of Priority Spokane!

Artist, Advocate for building and strengthening healthy communities and leading nonprofitsExecutive Director of Priority Spokane which partners with area leaders across Spokane County using a collective impact approach to identify & address prioritiesOwns a nonprofit consulting and training business assisting organizations in becoming established 501c3s, strengthening their leadership, fine tuning mission and vision statements, creating data-driven best-practice programs, fundraising, and working more efficiently through collaboration and capacity buildingServed as a trainer specializing in peer counseling and mental health approaches since 2008, presented at conferences in China, Costa Rica, Sweden and across the United StatesWorks from his own "Hobbit House" office that's become a regional attractionWorked as a magicianLoves kayaking, camping, traveling, and tending to two "kids"- two small Nigerian Dwarf goatsVoted "Best philanthropist of 2017" by Inlander ReadersTED Talk - The talk every nonprofit and charity should hear and especially anyone considering starting one. There are over 1.5 million nonprofits operating in the United States, and in too many situations that's too many. Learn the questions every nonprofit should ask themselves, why we need to do a much better job of collaborating, and how Collective Impact provides a solution.TED Talk – Culture of Health Fellow with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Awarded the Peirone Prize for service in 2016, received congressional recognition for his work on poverty and homelessness issues. Founded 3 nonprofits focused on youth development.