Here’s a great idea: let’s do a podcast episode about podcasting. Podcasts are a simple and relatively inexpensive way for nonprofits to reach a wider audience. But actually doing it, creating and producing your nonprofit podcast, can be dau

How should nonprofits plan events for 2022?

Nov 19th, 2021 45m 23s

So many nonprofits are struggling with the difficult decision about whether to have an event at all in 2022 but even once you’ve decided to go ahead with one, the tough decisions just keep coming: is it indoor, outdoor, virtual, hybrid, live s

How do I lead a successful capital campaign?

Nov 17th, 2021 52m 47s

I’ve finally had to take my turn with Covid but thanks to the double-vax I was able to scrape enough energy to chat - in a strained, scratchy voice - with Lindsay Simonds, who specializes in capital campaigns, those big, special purpose fundrai

How can nonprofits be thought leaders?

Oct 21st, 2021 54m 41s

In this episode, I’m joined by my dear friend Julie Morris who specializes in building audiences for nonprofits and philanthropic organizations. We start off asking what thought leadership even means and why a nonprofit organization or profess

Why does organizational change usually fail?

Oct 16th, 2021 57m 23s

Everyone seems to have a nightmare story about organizational change - why is that? Surely the volume of change going on should give us plenty of ammunition for getting it right. Today’s guest is change expert Nancy Murphy and we cover a lot

How do I tell a story on social media?

Oct 11th, 2021 53m 18s

If you’ve spent any time investigating how to do social media as a nonprofit, you’ll soon come across Julia Campbell, whose been leading the charge for well over a dozen years with things like the Nonprofit Social Media Summit every November -

How do I create long-term strategic partnerships?

Sep 30th, 2021 50m 54s

My guest today is Mallory Erickson, a fundraising coach who hated fundraising for most of her nonprofit career. She had all the fears - imposter syndrome, feeling inauthentic and not up to the job. And when it came to corporate partnerships,

How do I fix my fundraising quickly without duct-tape?

Sep 24th, 2021 50m 44s

I’m no handyman but I do know that if something’s stuck, use WD-40 and if something’s moving when it’s not supposed to, use duct-tape. And it would appear that in nonprofits we use a lot of metaphorical duct-tape to fix the shaky bits in our f

How do I find donors?

Sep 13th, 2021 56m 38s

If there’s one question that immediately identifies someone as being in the nonprofit world, it’s “how do I find donors”? This is THE fundamental problem that nonprofits face every single day. So who better to talk to about this question than

Where do I start with my End of Year campaign?

Sep 6th, 2021 50m 44s

December is a big month for most nonprofits in terms of donations but how do you know you’re making the best of the giving season? What plans do you need to have in place and how far in advance? This episode I’m speaking to marketing expert M

How do I make the most out of Google Ads Grants?

Aug 30th, 2021 59m 25s

So last time we heard why most nonprofits who’ve been around at least a year should consider the Google Ads Grant. This episode, paid ads specialist Silvia Coletto returns to discuss what you need to have in place to be successful with the gra

Is the Google Ads Grant worth it?

Aug 23rd, 2021 1h 2m

Welcome to season 4 and we’re going to start with something a bit different - a two part podcast over two episodes because our first topic is so big, so huge, so potentially complicated that we need two shows to cover it. Our topic is Google A

How do I build corporate partnerships?

Aug 5th, 2021 49m 19s

What people often forget about corporate partnerships is the fact that they are, in fact, partnerships. It’s easy to focus on the funding you might get from a corporation but there’s much more to a successful partnership than money, and you ha

What’s the secret to a successful volunteer program?

Jul 22nd, 2021 48m 1s

When you think of volunteers for your nonprofit, what are you hoping they’ll achieve for you? Yes, of course there’s no wages to pay but just like free puppies, there’s a ton of work involved if you want any chance of success. And if you’re p

How do I give feedback to colleagues?

Jul 22nd, 2021 50m 23s

You’ve probably heard of the “feedback sandwich” where you put criticism in between two positive or flattering comments. Well Beth Wonson wants to rid the work world of that model because we’re now so trained to hearing it that it undermines t

How can nonprofits reduce chaos?

Jul 22nd, 2021 43m 46s

How much of your day is spent firefighting? How much time do you spend on things that aren’t urgent or - just as you get to the really important tasks - you get interrupted by colleagues who just want to have a quick word about something. Tod

Why do fundraisers leave and what will keep them?

Jul 14th, 2021 54m 42s

Seems like there are always at least half a dozen jobs going for senior fundraisers or directors and the turnover rate is scary, the average time someone stays in one of those jobs is around 18 months. My guest today is Kimberley MacKenzie, on

What’s your “Wow Factor”?

Jul 14th, 2021 48m 25s

You’ve got your nonprofit mission and vision, and if you follow me anywhere else you’ll know about having an impact statement. But what about your Wow Factor? Nonprofit founder and coach Katie Blomquist tells me how valuable it is to have not

How can digital marketing serve donors?

Jul 14th, 2021 51m 11s

We tend to think of marketing as a way to tell people about our nonprofit or our services or maybe an event. It’s one-way communication. Especially with digital marketing, where we’re sending emails or posting on social media. Digital strate

How do I lead into the next normal?

Jul 14th, 2021 56m 6s

We don’t have a crystal ball to tell us what to do over the next year to re-emerge from lockdowns and other Covid restrictions. But we do have leadership expert Heather Wolfson, and she talks to me about what these situations really demand fro

What prompts people to give?

Jul 14th, 2021 54m 54s

Today’s episode is about the totally irrational and emotionally driven decision to donate. The question isn’t why do people give, but why do they give to your nonprofit? Or why should they? Founder and Chief Innovation and Optimization Offic

Should I cultivate major donors or loyal donors?

Jul 12th, 2021 44m 27s

Can your nonprofit survive on major gifts alone? Do you have enough loyal donors to keep you afloat? Maybe in your case they’re the same people but it’s easy to separate the size of a gift from the frequency and take for granted the people wh

How do I develop influence as a nonprofit leader?

Jul 12th, 2021 43m 57s

We all want to be influential when we’re communicating with others But mindset and leadership coach Maryanne Dersch will tell us to think about how we’re communicating to ourselves, first. Are we being consistent? Is our internal voice in al

What are the keys to success with grants?

Jul 12th, 2021 1h 4m

Where are you with grants? Have you been spending hours and hours filling out forms, shooting them off, and hoping for the best? Have you been successful with small grants and now need to step up your game? Grant expert Rachel Sacks walks me

(Special Feature) How to Move to Hybrid Events

Jul 11th, 2021 32m 42s

18 months ago no one was talking about virtual events but we’ve learned so much in doing them that now that we can plan for in-person events, why give up the virtues of online? In this special feature edition of the podcast, I moderate a panel