Rob Woronoff

Rob discusses staff retention strategies for your nonprofit and discover his leadership secrets to creating a supportive, nurturing, and productive work culture.

Rob discusses staff retention strategies for your nonprofit and discover his leadership secrets to creating a supportive, nurturing, and productive work culture.

Maximize Your Employee Engagement and Retention with Rob Woronoff 

Whitney Anderson

Dive into this illuminating conversation with fundraising expert, Whitney Anderson, as she unveils key strategies to design case statements that drive donor engagement and transform campaign outcomes. 

Dive into this illuminating conversation with fundraising expert, Whitney Anderson, as she unveils key strategies to design case statements that drive donor engagement and transform campaign outcomes.

Crafting Stories that Fuel Your Capital Campaign with Whitney Anderson 

Dolph Goldenburg

Join me as I unpack key takeaways and powerful insights from my journey producing 300 episodes and speaking with hundreds of phenomenal guests

Join me as I unpack key takeaways and powerful insights from my journey producing 300 episodes and speaking with hundreds of phenomenal guests

Discover What I've Learned from 300 Episodes with Dolph Goldenburg 

Michael Hamill

Michael shares his proven tips on communication strategies that will boost your donorbase.

Michael shares his proven tips on communication strategies that will boost your donorbase.

Encore Episode: From 6 donors to more than 15,000 donors with Michael Hamill Remaley

 Nick  shares tips and strategies on how to create engaging social media content, build a strong following, and ultimately drive donations. 

Nick shares tips and strategies on how to create engaging social media content, build a strong following, and ultimately drive donations.

Unlock the Power of Social Media with Nick Black

Daria shares invaluable tips for implementing and embodying your nonprofit's unwavering commitment to equity.

Daria shares invaluable tips for implementing and embodying your nonprofit's unwavering commitment to equity.

Encore Episode: Engineering Equity into Your Organization with Daria Torres

Kerri Strauss

Kerry discusses her leadership secret to inclusively overcome challenges and have lasting impact in small communities. 

Kerry discusses her leadership secret to inclusively overcome challenges and have lasting impact in small communities.

Big Impact in Small Communities with Kerri Strauss

Maura McDaniel

Maura discusses tips and tricks to help your volunteers unleash their fundraising prowess. 

Maura discusses tips and tricks to help your volunteers unleash their fundraising prowess.

Volunteer Fundraisers Unleashed with Maura McDaniel

Gorick Ng

 Gorick discusses the unspoken rules and expectations around job performance.

Gorick discusses the unspoken rules and expectations around job performance.

Holiday Encore: The Job Expectations No One Talks About with Gorick Ng

Joan Dove

 Joan discusses common risks nonprofits and Boards face every day and what can be done to mitigate them.

Joan discusses common risks nonprofits and Boards face every day and what can be done to mitigate them.

Thinking Ahead with Joan Dove

Gain insight to help your nonprofit thrive in a competitive environment.

Dolph&#39;s insights and his guests&#39; are not-to-miss for any nonprofit leader. Easy to listen to and lots to learn. Thanks Dolph!

One resource not to miss!

I absolutely love this podcast. The wisdom is very helpful and inspiring.

Fantastic

Successful Nonprofits Podcast

Previous guests share the morning rituals they use to jumpstart their days. 

Previous guests share the morning rituals they use to jumpstart their days.

Morning Routines of Very Successful Nonprofit Professionals

Tiffany Lawrence

Tiffany Lawrence shares examples from her work with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and the United Way to describe how storytelling can drive fundraising.   Links: Orion Strategies: www.orion-strategies.com Danny’s story: http://appalachiantrail.org/myatstory/a-trail-for-danny   *Timestamped Highlights*** (3:12) The persuasion business  (5:25) Give, advocate, or become a champion (7:08) Six children and a grandma (14:10) Ask strings (15:04) How to go about the “ask” (19:58) The Two Brothers from Different Worlds: A story of adventure and reconnection   (23:57) If you watch it, you’re going to cry (28:00) The daily good (32:00) We want the organizations to be human (33:13) Walking the line: Tiffany’s experiences on Appalachian trail

Tiffany Lawrence shares examples from her work with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and the United Way to describe how storytelling can drive fundraising. Links: Orion Strategies: <a href="http://www.orion-strategies.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.orion-strategies.com</a> Danny’s story: <a href="http://appalachiantrail.org/myatstory/a-trail-for-danny" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://appalachiantrail.org/myatstory/a-trail-for-danny</a> *Timestamped Highlights*** (3:12) The persuasion business  (5:25) Give, advocate, or become a champion (7:08) Six children and a grandma (14:10) Ask strings (15:04) How to go about the “ask” (19:58) The Two Brothers from Different Worlds: A story of adventure and reconnection   (23:57) If you watch it, you’re going to cry (28:00) The daily good (32:00) We want the organizations to be human (33:13) Walking the line: Tiffany’s experiences on Appalachian trail

Storytelling and Nonprofit Fundraising with Tiffany Lawrence

Rob Acton

Board builder Rob Acton joins us to discuss specific strategies and tactics to optimize your board. He offers actionable tactics that you can implement today. Acton, founder of Cause Strategy Partners, discusses the three categories of tactics: making better use of board meeting, treating board members as individuals not “the board” and reshaping board culture. *Timestamped Highlights** (10:00) Designing board meetings that are not snooze fests (11:30) An alternative to simply reading the Executive Director’s report (13:30) The “Plus, Delta, Question” exercise every executive director can use with their board (17:00) The power of generative questions (21:40) Building the strategic dashboard your board needs (28:00) Uncovering the unique strengths of board candidates (33:15) Rob’s advice for nonprofit board candidates to consider (35:45) The amount of time a board candidate should expect to volunteer each month.   Links: Cause Strategy Partners: http://causestrategypartners.com/  Robert’s Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/robertacton  Cause Strategy’s Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/causestrategy

Board builder Rob Acton joins us to discuss specific strategies and tactics to optimize your board. He offers actionable tactics that you can implement today. Acton, founder of Cause Strategy Partners, discusses the three categories of tactics: making better use of board meeting, treating board members as individuals not “the board” and reshaping board culture. *Timestamped Highlights** (10:00) Designing board meetings that are not snooze fests (11:30) An alternative to simply reading the Executive Director’s report (13:30) The “Plus, Delta, Question” exercise every executive director can use with their board (17:00) The power of generative questions (21:40) Building the strategic dashboard your board needs (28:00) Uncovering the unique strengths of board candidates (33:15) Rob’s advice for nonprofit board candidates to consider (35:45) The amount of time a board candidate should expect to volunteer each month. Links: Cause Strategy Partners: <a href="http://causestrategypartners.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://causestrategypartners.com/</a> Robert’s Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/robertacton" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/robertacton</a> Cause Strategy’s Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/causestrategy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/causestrategy</a>

Engage Your Board with Rob Acton

Greg Warner

Join Dolph as he welcomes Greg Warner, author of Engagement Fundraising: How to Raise More Money for Less in the 21st Century, and founder of MarketSmart, a marketing software and services firm. Greg and Dolph approach the subject of engagement fundraising in part one of this two-part episode, but not before they take on some sacred cows of the nonprofit industry. Fun fact: This episode contains more bleeps than any Dolph has aired before!   Links: Greg’s site: www.imarketsmart.com Engagement Fundraising: How to Raise More Money for Less in the 21st Century: www.engagementfundraisingbook.com Free fundraising report: www.FundraisingReportCard.com   *Timestamped Highlights*** (3:00) I am thunderous, my friend (5:00) They’re wasting my money, and you’re letting them (8:49) Fundraising climate change (9:20) GenX – we don’t trust ANYTHING! (11:34) Buh bye, problem funder (14:13) Charity Water: From nothing to a lot, and without direct mail (16:20) These three predictors…    (17:52) The pompous and problematic board member(s) (20:15) Bro time! (21:21) Ya gotta eat your own dog food (28:45) Buy. Give. Same thing.

Join Dolph as he welcomes Greg Warner, author of Engagement Fundraising: How to Raise More Money for Less in the 21st Century, and founder of MarketSmart, a marketing software and services firm. Greg and Dolph approach the subject of engagement fundraising in part one of this two-part episode, but not before they take on some sacred cows of the nonprofit industry. Fun fact: This episode contains more bleeps than any Dolph has aired before! Links: Greg’s site: <a href="http://www.imarketsmart.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.imarketsmart.com</a> Engagement Fundraising: How to Raise More Money for Less in the 21st Century: <a href="http://www.engagementfundraisingbook.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.engagementfundraisingbook.com</a> Free fundraising report: <a href="http://www.FundraisingReportCard.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.FundraisingReportCard.com</a> *Timestamped Highlights*** (3:00) I am thunderous, my friend (5:00) They’re wasting my money, and you’re letting them (8:49) Fundraising climate change (9:20) GenX – we don’t trust ANYTHING! (11:34) Buh bye, problem funder (14:13) Charity Water: From nothing to a lot, and without direct mail (16:20) These three predictors…    (17:52) The pompous and problematic board member(s) (20:15) Bro time! (21:21) Ya gotta eat your own dog food (28:45) Buy. Give. Same thing.

Branding is Bull: Engagement fundraising with Greg Warner

Major gift fundraising is a team sport, and every strong team needs a playbook. Doug Barker is the nationally recognized designer of major gift playbooks for nonprofit teams, and he shares the purpose, components, and best practices of drafting and implementing your major gifts playbook.     Links: Doug's Site: www.barkerandscott.com Doug's blog: http://barkerandscott.com/blog/ Doug's newsletter:  http://barkerandscott.us3.list-manage1.com/subscribe/post?u=9c60319dfa1d5ccf3246fcc45&amp;id=12f6222661   *Timestamped Highlights*** (2:45) Doug introduces the playbook (4:42) Current trends in giving (8:19) Components of a major gifts playbook (10:16) The four key roles on your major gifts fundraising team (13:27) Building relationships between the members of your major gifts fundraising team (15:50) Make Your Impressions Count! Doug’s success story about stewardship (18:06) The roles of communication and sharing in stewardship (22:11) Commitment matters in major gift fundraising (27:01) The implementation of the major gifts playbook (31:01) Discussing pipeline management (32:34) Microsoft Man: Doug talks about how he keeps his data organized in his personal life

Major gift fundraising is a team sport, and every strong team needs a playbook. Doug Barker is the nationally recognized designer of major gift playbooks for nonprofit teams, and he shares the purpose, components, and best practices of drafting and implementing your major gifts playbook.   Links: Doug's Site: <a href="http://www.barkerandscott.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.barkerandscott.com</a> Doug's blog: <a href="http://barkerandscott.com/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://barkerandscott.com/blog/</a> Doug's newsletter: <a href="http://barkerandscott.us3.list-manage1.com/subscribe/post?u=9c60319dfa1d5ccf3246fcc45&amp;id=12f6222661" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://barkerandscott.us3.list-manage1.com/subscribe/post?u=9c60319dfa1d5ccf3246fcc45&amp;id=12f6222661</a> *Timestamped Highlights*** (2:45) Doug introduces the playbook (4:42) Current trends in giving (8:19) Components of a major gifts playbook (10:16) The four key roles on your major gifts fundraising team (13:27) Building relationships between the members of your major gifts fundraising team (15:50) Make Your Impressions Count! Doug’s success story about stewardship (18:06) The roles of communication and sharing in stewardship (22:11) Commitment matters in major gift fundraising (27:01) The implementation of the major gifts playbook (31:01) Discussing pipeline management (32:34) Microsoft Man: Doug talks about how he keeps his data organized in his personal life

The Major Gifts Playbook with Doug Barker

Wayne Sleight

Employee Centered

Join Dolph and Wayne Sleight on this week’s episode of the Successful Nonprofits Podcast to talk about 97th Floor nationally recognized company culture! From the decision to never track vacation days to Wayne’s philosophical vendetta against ping-pong tables in the office, there is plenty to love and learn.

Join Dolph and Wayne Sleight on this week’s episode of the Successful Nonprofits Podcast to talk about 97th Floor nationally recognized company culture! From the decision to never track vacation days to Wayne’s philosophical vendetta against ping-pong tables in the office, there is plenty to love and learn.

Results Based, Employee Centered: Wayne Sleight shares the unique company culture of 97th and a few traits you want to adopt for your own nonprofit. 

This is the tenth segment of our strategic planning blog series, and in this final segment, we will discuss overcoming the most common objections to strategic planning.

This is the tenth segment of our strategic planning blog series, and in this final segment, we will discuss overcoming the most common objections to strategic planning.

Strategic Planning Part 10: Overcoming Objections to Strategic Planning

Carol Hamilton

More time and money is not the answer to every nonprofit problem! Listen in to this week’s episode of the Successful Nonprofits Podcast where Carol Hamilton gives us a few techniques from her everyday consulting toolbox.

More time and money is not the answer to every nonprofit problem! Listen in to this week’s episode of the Successful Nonprofits Podcast where Carol Hamilton gives us a few techniques from her everyday consulting toolbox.

The Answer Is Not More Time and Money with Carol Hamilton

This bonus break is the third installment of a multi-part series about strategic planning. This episode focuses on developing a mission, vision, and core values that is both memorable and inspirational. 

This bonus break is the third installment of a multi-part series about strategic planning. This episode focuses on developing a mission, vision, and core values that is both memorable and inspirational.

Strategic Planning Part 3: Mission, Vision, Core Values

Jason Lewis

Jason Lewis, author of The War for Fundraising Talent and How Small Shops Can Win, talks about his belief that fundraising is in its “messy adolescence,” and offers his views on how it can mature. Links: Jason’s Site: www.lewisfundraising.com Jason’s Book: The War for Fundraising Talent and How Small Shops Can Win *Timestamped Highlights*** (2:45) Messy adolescence (5:36) Own the reality of the trivial gift (8:22) Don’t assume too much from this. (11:35) At least take me out for coffee… (17:21) Rx for talent retention (18:32) Jason delves into Goal Orientation Theory (20:11) And now, the Dualistic Model of Passion (23:50) Matched.com? I’m looking to develop a meaningful relationship… (25:32) Jason’s Three Concurrent Lanes (32:25) The York Revolution!

Jason Lewis, author of The War for Fundraising Talent and How Small Shops Can Win, talks about his belief that fundraising is in its “messy adolescence,” and offers his views on how it can mature. Links: Jason’s Site: <a href="http://www.lewisfundraising.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.lewisfundraising.com</a> Jason’s Book: <a href="http://www.lewisfundraising.com/war-for-fundraising-talent/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The War for Fundraising Talent and How Small Shops Can Win</a> *Timestamped Highlights*** (2:45) Messy adolescence (5:36) Own the reality of the trivial gift (8:22) Don’t assume too much from this. (11:35) At least take me out for coffee… (17:21) Rx for talent retention (18:32) Jason delves into Goal Orientation Theory (20:11) And now, the Dualistic Model of Passion (23:50) <a href="http://Matched.com?" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matched.com?</a> I’m looking to develop a meaningful relationship… (25:32) Jason’s Three Concurrent Lanes (32:25) The York Revolution!

A Contrarian View of Fundraising with Jason Lewis 

Jesse Lane

How’s your organization’s website looking these days? Dolph is joined by Jesse Lane, Chief Marketing Officer of Pure Charity, to discuss the three most common nonprofit website fails and their (sort of) quick fixes.   Links: Jesse's link to a free website review: purecharity.org/snp  State of Good 2018: https://go.purecharity.com/stateofgood/     *Timestamped Highlights*** (2:30) It took a year! Jesse shares a painful memory. (5:51) The one thing we want people to do (9:20) It’s a unique situation (13:01) The footer, aka the “junk drawer” of your website (18:05) No Jargon Zone (21:00) Don’t be so abstract (23:42) Teflon facts; they’re not sticky (25:05) We know their names and we know their stories – no more stock photos (28:11) Breakin’ the rules

How’s your organization’s website looking these days? Dolph is joined by Jesse Lane, Chief Marketing Officer of Pure Charity, to discuss the three most common nonprofit website fails and their (sort of) quick fixes. Links: Jesse's link to a free website review: <a href="http://purecharity.org/snp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">purecharity.org/snp</a> State of Good 2018: <a href="https://go.purecharity.com/stateofgood/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://go.purecharity.com/stateofgood/</a> *Timestamped Highlights*** (2:30) It took a year! Jesse shares a painful memory. (5:51) The one thing we want people to do (9:20) It’s a unique situation (13:01) The footer, aka the “junk drawer” of your website (18:05) No Jargon Zone (21:00) Don’t be so abstract (23:42) Teflon facts; they’re not sticky (25:05) We know their names and we know their stories – no more stock photos (28:11) Breakin’ the rules

Top Three Nonprofit Website Fails with Jesse Lane

Our guest today is Maurya Couvares, CEO of ScriptEd, a nonprofit that provides free coding instruction to students in under-resourced schools. Growing ScriptEd from 12 students in its first year to over 800 in year five is the wonderful success story Maurya shares with us. A major element of ScriptEd’s phenomenal growth is robust data collection combined with the savvy use of that data in fundraising efforts.   Links: ScriptEd’s site: https://scripted.org/ ScriptEd’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScriptEdOrg?lang=en ScriptEd’s annual reports: https://scripted.org/annual-reports/ Maurya’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/MauryaCouvares?lang=en Maurya’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauryac/   *Timestamped Highlights*** (3:14) Maurya’s expectations for ScriptEd’s Growth (4:58) What ScriptEd does (7:12) Three Ps: Passion, Partnerships, Program (9:29) Mo levels, mo expenses (10:19) Do the hustle! How Maurya approached funders and corporations for money (12:34) Deep thinking, low-cost (13:30) Maurya shares how growth impacted her board   (16:45) The theory of change and the metrics pyramid (18:49) Talk about growth - less than 1% to 73%! (19:47) Translate impact into $$$ - speak the language of the funders (22:30) Automation of data collection  (23:22) About ScriptEd’s custom Salesforce (25:16) The Road Ahead: Maurya shares what’s next for ScriptEd (27:00) 400%?!? (31:03) Dolph declines a dip in the Hudson River

Our guest today is Maurya Couvares, CEO of ScriptEd, a nonprofit that provides free coding instruction to students in under-resourced schools. Growing ScriptEd from 12 students in its first year to over 800 in year five is the wonderful success story Maurya shares with us. A major element of ScriptEd’s phenomenal growth is robust data collection combined with the savvy use of that data in fundraising efforts. Links: ScriptEd’s site: <a href="https://scripted.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://scripted.org/</a> ScriptEd’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ScriptEdOrg?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ScriptEdOrg?lang=en</a> ScriptEd’s annual reports: <a href="https://scripted.org/annual-reports/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://scripted.org/annual-reports/</a> Maurya’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MauryaCouvares?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/MauryaCouvares?lang=en</a> Maurya’s LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauryac/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauryac/</a> *Timestamped Highlights*** (3:14) Maurya’s expectations for ScriptEd’s Growth (4:58) What ScriptEd does (7:12) Three Ps: Passion, Partnerships, Program (9:29) Mo levels, mo expenses (10:19) Do the hustle! How Maurya approached funders and corporations for money (12:34) Deep thinking, low-cost (13:30) Maurya shares how growth impacted her board   (16:45) The theory of change and the metrics pyramid (18:49) Talk about growth - less than 1% to 73%! (19:47) Translate impact into $$$ - speak the language of the funders (22:30) Automation of data collection  (23:22) About ScriptEd’s custom Salesforce (25:16) The Road Ahead: Maurya shares what’s next for ScriptEd (27:00) 400%?!? (31:03) Dolph declines a dip in the Hudson River

$0 to $3 Million in Under Five Years with Maurya Couvares 

Kathleen Janus

Typically, we are into starting something new. People are into starting new nonprofits instead of joining forces with a nonprofit with similar organizations. Moreover, we have some $200,000 nonprofits that are not growing, meeting their mission, or increasing their impact. Many forgo the steps for scaling and optimizing significance when jumping to start a nonprofit, and this is problematic. To further our understanding, we bring in social entrepreneur, lecturer, and Co-Founder of Spark™, Kathleen Janus. Kathleen discusses her upcoming book Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up, and Make a Difference as the playbook of how to support and play your role in the nonprofit sector. She emphasizes:  Creating a culture of innovation Measuring impact for better scaling Finding an appropriate funding model Embracing collective leadership Utilizing storytelling for growth    Links: Kathleen’s website: www.kathleenjanus.com Kathleen’s link to purchase book and accessories: http://www.kathleenjanus.com/socialstartupsuccess.html Entrepreneurship Survey Report: http://www.kathleenjanus.com/resources.html Social Start-up Success Evaluation Tool kit: http://www.kathleenjanus.com/resources.html Twitter: www.twitter.com/@kkellyjanus   *Timestamped Highlights** (3:09) Kathleen shares her inspiration in writing her book  (5:04) A common obstacle nonprofits face (7:00) Getting over the hump: growing your budget from 500,000 to 2,000,000 with 5 steps (7:30) Step 1: Create a culture of innovation- the importance of testing and improving as they grow. (7:45) Step 2: Measuring impact to scale more quickly (8:35) How to measure impact and scale with relatively little money in the bank (10:03) Braven: an organization measuring impact by using specific data metrics (11:48)- Advancing your metrics: Testing the Counterfactual: (14:04) Step 3: Find your funding model (15:05) Step 4: Build a culture of collective leadership for growth (16:26) Number 5: Make storytelling a practice for growth (22:00) Kathleen shares a dirty secret and honest truth (23:20) A Success Story from Focusing on Resources: Last Mile Health Women’s Healthcare Clinic (28:36) Problematic tendency: lack of incentive to acknowledge failure in the nonprofit sector. (32:05) Kathleen shares how she knows when it is time to quit

Typically, we are into starting something new. People are into starting new nonprofits instead of joining forces with a nonprofit with similar organizations. Moreover, we have some $200,000 nonprofits that are not growing, meeting their mission, or increasing their impact. Many forgo the steps for scaling and optimizing significance when jumping to start a nonprofit, and this is problematic. To further our understanding, we bring in social entrepreneur, lecturer, and Co-Founder of Spark™, Kathleen Janus. Kathleen discusses her upcoming book Social Startup Success: How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up, and Make a Difference as the playbook of how to support and play your role in the nonprofit sector. She emphasizes: <ol> <li>Creating a culture of innovation</li> <li>Measuring impact for better scaling</li> <li>Finding an appropriate funding model</li> <li>Embracing collective leadership</li> <li>Utilizing storytelling for growth</li> </ol> Links: Kathleen’s website: <a href="http://www.kathleenjanus.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.kathleenjanus.com</a> Kathleen’s link to purchase book and accessories: <a href="http://www.kathleenjanus.com/socialstartupsuccess.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.kathleenjanus.com/socialstartupsuccess.html</a> Entrepreneurship Survey Report: <a href="http://www.kathleenjanus.com/resources.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.kathleenjanus.com/resources.html</a> Social Start-up Success Evaluation Tool kit: <a href="http://www.kathleenjanus.com/resources.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.kathleenjanus.com/resources.html</a> Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/@kkellyjanus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/@kkellyjanus</a> *Timestamped Highlights** (3:09) Kathleen shares her inspiration in writing her book  (5:04) A common obstacle nonprofits face (7:00) Getting over the hump: growing your budget from 500,000 to 2,000,000 with 5 steps (7:30) Step 1: Create a culture of innovation- the importance of testing and improving as they grow. (7:45) Step 2: Measuring impact to scale more quickly (8:35) How to measure impact and scale with relatively little money in the bank (10:03) Braven: an organization measuring impact by using specific data metrics (11:48)- Advancing your metrics: Testing the Counterfactual: (14:04) Step 3: Find your funding model (15:05) Step 4: Build a culture of collective leadership for growth (16:26) Number 5: Make storytelling a practice for growth (22:00) Kathleen shares a dirty secret and honest truth (23:20) A Success Story from Focusing on Resources: Last Mile Health Women’s Healthcare Clinic (28:36) Problematic tendency: lack of incentive to acknowledge failure in the nonprofit sector. (32:05) Kathleen shares how she knows when it is time to quit

How the Best Nonprofits Launch, Scale Up and Make a Difference with Kathleen Janus

The board retreat is among the most important steps of your strategic planning process. This episode shares techniques to ensure your board retreat fully engages participants in the planning process.

The board retreat is among the most important steps of your strategic planning process. This episode shares techniques to ensure your board retreat fully engages participants in the planning process.

Strategic Planning Part 6: The Board Retreat

Michael Strader

How do some fundraisers seem to get all the gifts? How do they convert that $50 donor to a $100,000 donor? Is it magic? Is it a secret formula? Today we speak with Michael Strader about the OMG secrets to raising money. Michael has over three decades of fundraising experience – from the boy scouts, to schools, to a nature conservancy.  During this time, he has honed his fundraising skills and uncovered the OMG fundraising secrets that propel organizations to success. Links: Website of Crouch and Associates: www.thecrouchway.com The Daily Stoic: https://dailystoic.com/ Admiral William McRaven’s Make Your Bed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxBQLFLei70 Simon Sinek’s Start with Why: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKF_VuA   *Timestamped Highlights*** (3:05) Michael introduces some secrets to fundraising (4:57) The power of the pause (6:00) How Crouch and associates evaluated top performers (7:55) Becoming a top performer through self-awareness (9:40) Reading for self-awareness and growth (12:30) Facilitating accountability with 5x15 reports (15:30) Facilitating accountability with 6x6 reports (18:14) Make your bed: a requirement for a top performer (20:00) Loving what you do: a requirement for a top performer (24:00) How to cut cultivation time in half (26:30) Michael explains the 66-question every fundraiser should know about their prospects (30:34) Thanking, communicating, and personalization: methods for donor cultivation. (35:00) Michael shares his favorite toy

How do some fundraisers seem to get all the gifts? How do they convert that $50 donor to a $100,000 donor? Is it magic? Is it a secret formula? Today we speak with Michael Strader about the OMG secrets to raising money. Michael has over three decades of fundraising experience – from the boy scouts, to schools, to a nature conservancy.  During this time, he has honed his fundraising skills and uncovered the OMG fundraising secrets that propel organizations to success. Links: Website of Crouch and Associates: <a href="http://www.thecrouchway.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thecrouchway.com</a> The Daily Stoic: <a href="https://dailystoic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/</a> Admiral William McRaven’s Make Your Bed: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxBQLFLei70" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxBQLFLei70</a> Simon Sinek’s Start with Why: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKF_VuA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKF_VuA</a> *Timestamped Highlights*** (3:05) Michael introduces some secrets to fundraising (4:57) The power of the pause (6:00) How Crouch and associates evaluated top performers (7:55) Becoming a top performer through self-awareness (9:40) Reading for self-awareness and growth (12:30) Facilitating accountability with 5x15 reports (15:30) Facilitating accountability with 6x6 reports (18:14) Make your bed: a requirement for a top performer (20:00) Loving what you do: a requirement for a top performer (24:00) How to cut cultivation time in half (26:30) Michael explains the 66-question every fundraiser should know about their prospects (30:34) Thanking, communicating, and personalization: methods for donor cultivation. (35:00) Michael shares his favorite toy

Secrets to Raising More Money with Michael Strader

Doug Borwick

CEO of Arts Engaged and author of Engaged Now, Doug Borwick gives his expert perspective on community engagement and how it is more effective than outreach. In this episode, Doug:  Distinguishes engagement from outreach Shares ingredients for effective community engagement Gives Examples of successful community engagement  Links: Doug’s Site/Consulting firm: www.artsengaged.com Doug’s 8-fold path to community engagement: http://www.artsengaged.com/eightfoldpath Doug’s Twitter: www.twitter.com/@dougborwick Doug’s Book, Engage Now: A Guide to Making the Arts Indispensable:  https://www.amazon.com/Engage-Now-Guide-Making-Indispensable/dp/0972780432/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1523378616&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=engage+now+doug+borwick *Timestamped Highlights*** 5:45) Moving beyond “artist centricity” (7:50) Doug defines community outreach (8:45) Rethinking outreach (9:56) Inspiring examples of community engagement: Houston Grand Opera, Queens Bridge, and Early Music Ensemble in Seattle: (13:36) Activities to avoid when doing community engagement (15:10) Four ingredients to community engagement (18:39) Community Engagement 101 (24:00) Do you need new money for community engagement?  (26:58) Doug shares the most transformative piece of music he has experienced

CEO of Arts Engaged and author of Engaged Now, Doug Borwick gives his expert perspective on community engagement and how it is more effective than outreach. In this episode, Doug: <ol> <li>Distinguishes engagement from outreach</li> <li>Shares ingredients for effective community engagement</li> <li>Gives Examples of successful community engagement</li> </ol> Links: Doug’s Site/Consulting firm: <a href="http://www.artsengaged.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.artsengaged.com</a> Doug’s 8-fold path to community engagement: <a href="http://www.artsengaged.com/eightfoldpath" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.artsengaged.com/eightfoldpath</a> Doug’s Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/@dougborwick" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.twitter.com/@dougborwick</a> Doug’s Book, Engage Now: A Guide to Making the Arts Indispensable: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Engage-Now-Guide-Making-Indispensable/dp/0972780432/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1523378616&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=engage+now+doug+borwick" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.amazon.com/Engage-Now-Guide-Making-Indispensable/dp/0972780432/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1523378616&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=engage+now+doug+borwick</a> *Timestamped Highlights*** 5:45) Moving beyond “artist centricity” (7:50) Doug defines community outreach (8:45) Rethinking outreach (9:56) Inspiring examples of community engagement: Houston Grand Opera, Queens Bridge, and Early Music Ensemble in Seattle: (13:36) Activities to avoid when doing community engagement (15:10) Four ingredients to community engagement (18:39) Community Engagement 101 (24:00) Do you need new money for community engagement?  (26:58) Doug shares the most transformative piece of music he has experienced

Community Engagement > Community Outreach with Doug Borwick

Kim Powell

Some of us shy away from the pursuing a CEO position because we think we don’t have the personality, experience, or savvy to be a successful. We typically assume there is only one personality type for being a successful CEO, and this is misleading. Today we speak with Kim Powell who shares insight from over 100 interviews with successful CEOs in her latest book, The CEO Next Door. This conversation:  Debunks CEO Myths Explains how to achieve the CEO mindset Shares the importance of acting decisively and proactively      Links: Kim’s website: Buy The CEO Next Door: www.ceonextdoorbook.com Episode 27:  https://www.successfulnonprofits.com/archive/creating-a-100-day-launch-plan-for-your-new-ceo-with-kim-powell-episode-27    *Time Stamped Highlights*** (2:30) Myth busters: Successful CEOs have Ivy League degrees (5:45) Myth #2: Successful CEOs began pursuing the top-seat early in their careers (7:00) Myth #3: The CEO is a superhero who saves the day (8:00) Myth #4: Successful CEOs are extroverts (8:35) Myth #5: Successful CEOs have swung from success to success throughout their careers (11:15) Career blowups are an opportunity to learn (15:50) Kim discusses four behaviors that can propel someone to the CEO position (17:00) Behavior 1: Being accurately decisive (18:00) Behavior 2: Reliability (20:25) Behavior 3: Engaging for impact (21:23) Behavior 4: Adapting proactively (24:45) Kim’s shares her most interesting interview conducted for her book (28:15) Kim shares the most diplomatic ways interviewees turned down her interviews for her book

Some of us shy away from the pursuing a CEO position because we think we don’t have the personality, experience, or savvy to be a successful. We typically assume there is only one personality type for being a successful CEO, and this is misleading. Today we speak with Kim Powell who shares insight from over 100 interviews with successful CEOs in her latest book, The CEO Next Door. This conversation: <ol> <li>Debunks CEO Myths</li> <li>Explains how to achieve the CEO mindset</li> <li>Shares the importance of acting decisively and proactively  </li> </ol> Links: Kim’s website: Buy The CEO Next Door: <a href="http://www.ceonextdoorbook.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.ceonextdoorbook.com</a> Episode 27: <a href="https://www.successfulnonprofits.com/archive/creating-a-100-day-launch-plan-for-your-new-ceo-with-kim-powell-episode-27" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.successfulnonprofits.com/archive/creating-a-100-day-launch-plan-for-your-new-ceo-with-kim-powell-episode-27</a> *Time Stamped Highlights*** (2:30) Myth busters: Successful CEOs have Ivy League degrees (5:45) Myth #2: Successful CEOs began pursuing the top-seat early in their careers (7:00) Myth #3: The CEO is a superhero who saves the day (8:00) Myth #4: Successful CEOs are extroverts (8:35) Myth #5: Successful CEOs have swung from success to success throughout their careers (11:15) Career blowups are an opportunity to learn (15:50) Kim discusses four behaviors that can propel someone to the CEO position (17:00) Behavior 1: Being accurately decisive (18:00) Behavior 2: Reliability (20:25) Behavior 3: Engaging for impact (21:23) Behavior 4: Adapting proactively (24:45) Kim’s shares her most interesting interview conducted for her book (28:15) Kim shares the most diplomatic ways interviewees turned down her interviews for her book

The CEO Next Door with Kim Powell

Sherry Truhlar

In part one of this two-part episode, we speak with Sherry Truhlar, founder of Red Apple Auctions. Sherry tells us how she became an auctioneer and how organizations of all sizes can boost their fundraising revenue by fine tuning their techniques. In part one, Sherry:  discusses her path to her profession; demonstrates vocal techniques for auctioneering talks about best practices to improve auction revenue.    Links: Red Apple Auctions website: www.redappleauctions.com Free auction item guide (published each January, available year-round):  https://www.redappleauctions.com/free-resources/benefit-auction-item-ideas-guide/ Free newsletter:  https://www.redappleauctions.com/free-resources/benefit-auction-ideas/ Sherry’s book: Essential fundraising handbook for small nonprofits   *Timestamped Highlights*** (2:15) Sherry explains how she became an auctioneer (5:36) The Chant: what Sherry learned in auctioneer school (9:27) Don’t try this at home: the Betty Botter tongue twister (11:05) Sherry tells Dolph the best items to include in an auction (13:38) An example of a contribution by a beloved community member (19:44) Creating the closer-to-home getaway to auction off

In part one of this two-part episode, we speak with Sherry Truhlar, founder of Red Apple Auctions. Sherry tells us how she became an auctioneer and how organizations of all sizes can boost their fundraising revenue by fine tuning their techniques. In part one, Sherry: <ol> <li>discusses her path to her profession;</li> <li>demonstrates vocal techniques for auctioneering</li> <li>talks about best practices to improve auction revenue.</li> </ol> Links: Red Apple Auctions website: <a href="http://www.redappleauctions.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.redappleauctions.com</a> Free auction item guide (published each January, available year-round): <a href="https://www.redappleauctions.com/free-resources/benefit-auction-item-ideas-guide/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.redappleauctions.com/free-resources/benefit-auction-item-ideas-guide/</a> Free newsletter: <a href="https://www.redappleauctions.com/free-resources/benefit-auction-ideas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.redappleauctions.com/free-resources/benefit-auction-ideas/</a> Sherry’s book: <a href="http://four.libsyn.com%20https" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Essential fundraising handbook for small nonprofits</a> *Timestamped Highlights*** (2:15) Sherry explains how she became an auctioneer (5:36) The Chant: what Sherry learned in auctioneer school (9:27) Don’t try this at home: the Betty Botter tongue twister (11:05) Sherry tells Dolph the best items to include in an auction (13:38) An example of a contribution by a beloved community member (19:44) Creating the closer-to-home getaway to auction off

Event 180: Flipping Small Fundraising Events on Their Heads for Better Revenues with Sherry Truhlar 

Tosha Anderson

Nonprofit accounting expert, Tosha Anderson, shares lessons and advice for maximizing your nonprofit’s accounting efficiency. She offers insights on best practices for accounting staff, effective software solutions, and aligning your accounting function as your nonprofit grows.

Nonprofit accounting expert, Tosha Anderson, shares lessons and advice for maximizing your nonprofit’s accounting efficiency. She offers insights on best practices for accounting staff, effective software solutions, and aligning your accounting function as your nonprofit grows.

The CFO Crash Course: Stepping up your nonprofit’s accounting game with Tosha Anderson 

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The ability to research prospective funders and develop a highly targeted list of  possible foundations is a key skill that all grant writers must develop. Dolph shares how you can build a list of likely funders, narrow down the list, and create a great grant calendar.   Links: <a href="http://www.guidestar.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.guidestar.org</a> <a href="http://www.propublica.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.propublica.org</a>

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