37. The Birthday Party Project: 12,000 Parties + Counting for Children Facing Homelessness - Paige Chenault
Meet Paige. She loves an over-the-top party, and the thought that some kids may not be able to celebrate their birthday due to homelessness spurred her to gather community ensuring every child feels celebrated on their birthday.
36. How a Lunchbox Note Changed a Family Forever - Kristi Hayes
Meet Kristi. She's a mama on a mission. What started as a lunchbox note of encouragement blossomed into a journey with others to build loving communities. We're talking about making a space for everyone at the table, and bringing children along on this philanthropy journey.
35. The Story of Keaton's Kindness Club - Holly Barrón
Meet Holly. She's the mom of a truly incredible kid. Five years ago, Keaton was diagnosed with leukemia, and while he battled this terrible disease, he thought about using his journey as a way to instill random acts of kindness into the world. And when he did, amazing things happened. We're embracing Keaton's goal to infuse more kindness, courage, compassion, and caring into the world in the spirit of fighting for a cure for pediatric cancer.themselves. It's an inspiring story of one group of ordinary citizens who banded together for the greater good.
34. Running for Social Justice + Racial Equality: The Story of MADabolic Washington DC
Meet Kamille, Eric & Corbin. They're three faces of a powerful Washington D.C. team who united a gym and a community around the change they wanted to see in the world. Hear how they channeled their passion for racial equality into an intense half-marathon training that ultimately raised $45K+ for a variety of DEI nonprofit organizations. Their unified commitment to do more than post hashtags had a far-reaching effect on their communities and themselves. It's an inspiring story of one group of ordinary citizens who banded together for the greater good.
33. The Story of Gaining Ground Literacy - Lisa Shotts and Kirby Mackenzie
Meet Shotts & Kirby. They're teachers on a mission - a mission that completely gripped our hearts. If you love books, the Scholastic Book Fair or simply smile when you picture your favorite book as a child, then this episode is for you. They are driving their nonprofit bookmobile into metropolitan book deserts and changing everything about literacy in the process. "We have found a cure for something, and we just need to get it to the people." Books and teachers are really changing the world.
32. Grow. Adapt. Disrupt. Repeat. - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE
Daring innovation lies in the hands of dreamers. And when we honor that spirit, it creates truths we must never stop pursuing. Join Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE as they share how you can continue to grow and adapt in an ever changing world. Never stop listening. Never stop sharing. Never stop pushing to think bigger. Never substitute the easy thing for the right thing. Never stop choosing humanity every time. Now: Repeat.
31. The Ethics of Doing Good - Leigh Mathews
Meet Leigh Matthews. She's an Aussie nonprofit ethicist who's worked in the ‘do good’ sector for the last 15 years. In that time she set up her own NGO in Cambodia, worked as a human rights monitor, won a whole bunch of awards, burnt out, had two children, learned a lot of lessons, set up a consulting company, co-founded the ReThink Orphanages Network, traveled the world, wrote a book, started a podcast, and spoke to global audiences. Her tough questions on the social responsibility we assume as we perpetuate good is something you'll want to stop and consider.
30. Minisode: Year End Giving During an Election Year - Robin Cabral
Meet Robin. She's here to help us prep for end of year giving, especially during an election year, during our first “minisode”. She has great advice about how to craft a clear message during a time with a lot of white noise. We work through the top questions you should ask yourself while preparing your year end giving campaign, and how you should be utilizing a multichannel communication approach this year.
29. Leveraging Young Professionals to Advance Your Mission - Shelley Danner
Meet Shelley Danner. She's united her business acumen and passion for impact into a super cool project. Challenge Detroit offers paid fellowships to live, work - and hopefully stay - in the Motor City while pairing a job with nonprofit service. Challenge Detroit was founded in response to the exodus of young talent leaving Detroit and Michigan. Shelley shares how to leverage young professionals in your community and get them working on the frontlines to the improve their own community.
28. Steward Relentlessly - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE & Becky Endicott, CFRE
Gratitude will never be overstated nor should goodness be silenced. Grab a megaphone, a pen and paper, craft that immersive experience and embrace unparalleled levels of stewardship. Join Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE as they share tips to help you reimagine how you connect thank you + impact together in your donor experience.
27. A Good Philanthropist Fireside Chat with Ross McKnight
Meet Ross. His thick Texas drawl and easy kindness will immediately put you at ease as we chat with this generous philanthropist. The self-professed big dreamer has a pure heart for giving, and is using his savvy know-how to inspire extraordinary generosity in others. He'll share how a $25M gift he and wife Billie made to their alma mater infused an arts Mecca in the middle of the Heartland (& flying the entire NY Philharmonic to Oklahoma!) and how the kindness of one frontline staff member inspired a $10M gift to name a cancer center in her honor at Baylor Scott & White Health. We're getting cozy during this Fireside Chat with a philanthropic legend. It's an inspiring story of how seeds of gratitude can grow early and how storytelling can pull it all together.
26. The Urgent Case for Healthcare Philanthropy - Alice Ayres
Meet Alice. She’s the President & CEO of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) and the resident torchbearer for gratitude around her kitchen table. By day she strives to equip healthcare development professionals to do the most good - with even more urgency as we face a global pandemic. In this conversation we explore the power and leverage unique to healthcare philanthropy, and explore how connection + camaraderie are at the core of AHP’s approach. Kick back and lean in, as I know this conversation elevated our appreciation of the power and urgency of philanthropy.
25. Cultivate + Mobilize Rabid Fans - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE & Becky Endicott, CFRE
Ever notice how one person’s profound passion can create a ripple? That’s our goal. Tossing a pebble into the hands of those who don’t simply want to make a transactional gift - they want to start a movement. Join Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE as they help you identify, engage, and mobilize your rabid fans.
24. Becoming a Radical Change Agent - Tycely Williams
Meet Tycely. She's a dynamic leader, chief development officer and compelling storyteller. As a student of Dr. Maya Angelou, she seized the advice from this wise professor and mentor who said "it is critically important to be joyful.” Understanding that pathways of joy lead to courage, she's armed with the resolve to be brave, not perfect. Her tips to becoming a radical change agent have benefitted her nonprofit, and she's eager to pay those lessons learned forward.
23. How to Rock Donor Experience + Taking Stewardship to the Next Level - Lynne Wester
Meet Lynne.This self-professed Donor Relations Guru has built a career reimagining how we engage, show impact and thank donors in a more strategic, meaningful way. She'll break down the 4 Pillars of Donor Relations and even find time to provide 3 quick ways small nonprofits can start to rebuild their donor relations program. We'll talk differences between stewardship and donors relations, see how you'd stack up to Lynne's covert Giving Experiment, and praise the yumminess of Doritos. Don't miss this must-listen-to episode!
22. It's not just about giving. It's about belief. - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE & Becky Endicott, CFRE
Storytelling is the heartbeat of connection. And we strive to tell it rawly, transparently and kindly...because story opens the doors to the empathy required to create an uprising. Join Jon & Becky as they share why storytelling is absolutely essential to bringing others to know and love your mission. They walk through some simple Do's and Don'ts, and finish by sharing a deeply personal story of hope.
21. How to Start a Movement that Changes the World - Terri Broussard Williams
Meet Terri. She believes leaders turn moments into movements, and she's passionate about activating that movement toward social good. Tune in and learn the 4 things you need to be an agent of good in your space of the world from this accomplished nonprofit professional, author and speaker. We'll also explore a couple tips for learning during hard times. Timely advice for all of us.
20. How to Grow An Email List To Power Your Nonprofit + Using Pinterest to Find New Donors - Jess Campbell
Meet Jess. She's tackling your email list: how to define it, grow it and flex it for greater engagement. Join us as she provides the Top 4 Ways to Grow Your Email List. Even better - she also tackles how to structure your email messages, and the do's and don'ts of e-communication. We know you'll love hearing about how she creatively leverages Pinterest to engage donors. Seriously. And it's seriously smart and progressive too.
19. Simplify, Humanize + Tell a Great Story - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE & Becky Endicott, CFRE
Storytelling is the heartbeat of connection. And we strive to tell it rawly, transparently and kindly...because story opens the doors to the empathy required to create an uprising. Join Jon & Becky as they share why storytelling is absolutely essential to bringing others to know and love your mission. They walk through some simple Do's and Don'ts, and finish by sharing a deeply personal story of hope.
18. Be a Better Leader by Being a Better Communicator ...Today! - Dr. Ryan Bisel
Meet Dr. Ryan Bisel. Ok. We'll admit it. Many nonprofit leaders have poor communication. The Professor of Organizational Communication talks through keeping focus on meaning and connects it as the lifeblood of successful nonprofit leaders. He's got practical advice for connection and drafting two-sided messages. He even shares some of the great outcomes from his students' social/business projects: the Do Good Project.