525. Building Resilient Communities + CORE's Holistic Approach to Humanitarian Work - Ann Lee

Meet Ann. She’s a trailblazing leader who has activated vital emergency responses within the U.S. and internationally🌍 She co-founded CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) alongside Sean Penn, and as CEO has overseen CORE’s transition into an international response and resilience-building NGO, responding to global crises. Navigating the landscape of disaster relief and community empowerment takes more than good intentions; it demands innovation, trust, and a genuine commitment to systemic change. Join us as Anne Lee shares the heartbeat of CORE's mission and how they’re paving the path toward a future where communities are well-prepared to respond and recover swiftly and effectively during times of crisis.

Marketing, Events, InnovationAndie MurphyApril 8, 2024batch22, marketing, fundraising, events, InnovationComment

524. Innovating for Impact: Seth Godin's Revolutionary Strategies for Nonprofit Growth + Fundraising Success

Meet Seth. For more than thirty years, he has made it his mission to inspire, innovate, and challenge audiences to level up, and we’re so honored he is back in our house today to do just that. He’s a prolific author, an entrepreneur and perhaps most of all, a teacher. This conversation is full over surprises from canoeing🛶 to reimagining the charity auction👨‍⚖ to powerful moments of philanthropy he witnessed from his parents. He had us laughing, crying and dreaming of a better future💭 Join us for a conversation that left us with one of our favorite invitation, an opportunity to “upgrade our guts”!

Marketing, Events, InnovationAndie MurphyApril 3, 2024batch22, marketing, fundraising, events, InnovationComment

411. The Do's and Dont's of Crafting Purposeful Fundraising Events - Cody Hays

Meet Cody. Who wants to make events easier ane more streamlined? 🙋We brought this incredible nonprofit events + marketing expert onto the pod, because Cody understands how marketing strategies lessen the overwhelm and overwork nonprofiters experience when building events. Tune in to learn how to integrate your mission’s values into your event theme, how to develop a virtual event strategy, and how to flex smart marketing to develop an event that lives and breathes before, during and long after the event confetti falls. Don’t miss his playbook for elevating your event theme and raising more money💰

Marketing, Digital Strategy, EventsAndie MurphyApril 17, 2023marketing, digital strategy, events, virtual events, batch17Comment

349. The Habits of an Impactful Events Fundraiser - Matthew Helmer

Habits Series, Events, Donor RelationsAndie MurphyNovember 11, 2022batch14, events, donor relationsComment

283. The Impact Arc Framework: Behold the Power of Staging - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE

🚨 New Friday Series Alert! Jon and Becky are launching their new Friday series covering their secret formula...to, well, everything.

It's high time we let you in on our very secret sauce to how we fundraise, build events, campaigns, movements, community, and even our company too. Tune into this 3-part series breaking down the Impact Arc. We kick off this week with our first of 3️⃣ convos: Behold the Power of Staging. Tune in🎧

278. Social Fundraising: How to Find New Audiences + Grow Recurring Donors - Maria Clark

Meet Maria. She's on a mission to deploy data science + human judgment to democratize the nonprofit supporter experience. Her org, GoodUnited, has helped missions raise more than $500M via peer-to-peer platforms online. Today they're powering the third wave of giving as the sector moves from online giving and email to 1:1 conversational messaging and engagement on social media. If you're trying to make social engagement more human + steward creatively, this is the episode for you🤔🎧

Events, Digital Strategy, Cultivation, InnovationJulie ConferMay 27, 2022batch12, social fundraising, technologyComment

190. Virtual? Hybrid? What's Working Now In Fundraising Events - Rebecca Alfred

Meet Rebecca. She's bringing her expertise in building donor experience events to the table for a conversation around virtual and hybrid fundraisers. Her advice: it's all about empowering modern fundraisers. She's breaking down the 4️⃣ different types of events, when to diversify the event and when to allow it to stand firmly on its own. Virtual? Hybrid? In-person events of the future? We're breaking it down here💃🕺(you saw what we did there, right?!)

Events, Fundraising, InnovationJulie ConferNovember 3, 2021events, innovation, batch9Comment

155. How to Activate Your Personal Network to Grow Your Mission - Prabhat Gautam

Meet Prabhat. He's one of L.A.'s leading voices in the worlds of entertainment and activism, but he's also pretty passionate about doing good too. Prabhat created Positive Television which has produced 800 charity events in L.A. in 21 years and connected him with plenty of movers and shakers in the philanthropic world. Today we're talking events - from taking it from the idea phase to launch phase with this event guru.

Philanthropy, EventsJulie ConferAugust 10, 2021batch7, community, events, cultivationComment

150. Back to Basics Foundations and Grants - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE

Let's be real for a hot moment. Working with foundations is intimidating. Writing a grant is intimidating. And when you're not entirely sure of the process, it all seems like an incredible mountain to climb. Don't worry! We're walking through all the questions our junior-selves wanted to know about foundation relations when we were younger: the step-by-step process of a grant cycle, testing your grant readiness, and that ever-present We Are For Good arc to the conversation challenging you to be human, wholly engaging and building partnerships rather than just relationships. Join us as we chat Back to Basics: Foundations & Grants and change everything you thought you knew about this process.

Cultivation, Fundraising, EventsJulie ConferJuly 30, 2021home, events, batch7Comment

135. Back to the Basics: Fundraising Events - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE

Well, we had to bribe Becky with chips and queso to have this conversation, but even she agrees that regardless of how you feel, events are about as basic to fundraising as it gets. Join us as Jon + Becky walk us through Back to Basics: Fundraising Events. We're talking all things event fundraising, staging, volunteers, messaging, production, follow-up, and we're even advocating for diversifying your event offerings (Welcome to the party, hybrid-events! Please grab a chair and stick around awhile. A chiavari chair, of course🧐)

Cultivation, Fundraising, EventsJulie ConferJune 25, 2021home, batch6, eventsComment

73. How to Take Your Virtual Event to the Next Level - Lindsay Martin-Bilbrey

Meet Lindsay. While the rest of us are scrambling to figure out virtual events, she's been orchestrating them online for years alongside her nonprofits clients. And today she's bringing those tips to the show. She'll be sharing what she believes is the new normal for event fundraising as well as sharing innovative approaches to engagement. If you're looking for virtual event ideas - today is your day. Freebies shared too!

Fundraising, Events, Annual Giving, CommunicationsJulie ConferFebruary 3, 2021batch4Comment

70. How to Level-Up Your Nonprofit's Online Marketing - Dana Snyder

Meet Dana. This social media expert loves helping nonprofit marketers and organizations cultivate passionate online audiences of donors, partners, and advocates. Your websites and your socials are your storefronts right now. And Dana's diving into how to leverage events on social media and tips to broaden your donor base. This is the social media episode you need to hear.

45. How to Reboot Annual Giving + Launch New Programs - Shawn Wills, CFRE

Meet Shawn. She's got an interesting case study about the hard pivot her organization took away from an events-based fundraising shop to developing an integrated annual giving program. She walks us through the steps needed to restructure a program, maximize board involvement and the opportunities that exist in giving societies. Cherry on top? We also chatted about women's giving and diversity too!

Leadership, Volunteer Management, Annual Giving, Fundraising, Events, Board ManagamentJulie ConferNovember 25, 2020leadership, social good, social change, batch2Comment

6. How To Pivot Fundraising Events During COVID-19 - Lenora Oeters

Meet Lenora Oeters. This Strategic Director of the American Cancer Society's Global Headquarters shares how the organization is creatively embracing virtual events in new and engaging ways.