In the third episode of our Capacity Building 2.0 podcast series, Tucker and Sarah are joined by three thoughtful nonprofit leaders from Food to Power, a Colorado Springs organization whose mission is to cultivate a healthy, equitable food system in the greater Colorado Springs community.  Hear from these leaders as they share their experience with belonging in our THRIVERS community and how that amplified learning and growth in a way that straight training couldn't have done.They get deep on why capacity building MUST incorporate the power of pause, connection, and belonging otherwise we're doing it wrong. It's not a ‘nice to have’, it's a ‘must have’. This episode’s guests:
Patience Kabwasa - Executive Director, Food to Power
Jessi Bustamante - Director of Communications, Food to Power
Slade Custer - Director of Development, Food to Power
Overview of this CAPACITY BUILDING 2.0 series Capacity Building” is a phrase that gets tossed around quite a bit in the nonprofit world, but what does it really mean, and how do you know if it’s even working? Many capacity building models struggle with: 
Overvaluing the expertise of experts vs. the wisdom of nonprofit leaders 
Being one-off or transactional, rarely leading to systemic change within the whole organization
Often supporting or upholding traditional power structures and dynamics
Building the social capital of the nonprofit leaders across the community
Being too expensive - think one consultant for every nonprofit and each of their problems
We must find a more scalable, more efficient way to create real learning and build real capacity for nonprofit leaders. Enter Capacity Building 2.0… The next normal of capacity building. 
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