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.
69. How Nonprofits Can Collaborate with Online Influencers + Build a Movement - Nick Lynch
Meet Nick. This former Make-A-Wish kid knows what it's like to benefit from the nonprofit sector, and now he's paying that gift forward. Nick founded Collidescope, a social media analaytics and measurement software-as-a-service platform allowing global causes, influencers and orgs to collaborate and track their cumulative influence and impact. Hear how a gamer raised more than $250K for a domestic violence shelter. He's talking partnerships between nonprofits & influencers, and we should all be listening.
68. Reimagine How You Communicate + Engage With Your Donors This Year - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE
We know your nonprofit has impact to share, and you've got people and donors who need (and want!) to hear from you... but there just isn't enough time in the day to do it all. We get it, we've been in the trenches - or should we say the constant content grind for years right there with you. This week's episode is a Hail Mary to the nonprofit communication warriors who want to level up their game and dive into a better way to create, share, engage and, sharing and engaging at scale.
67. The Pearl House: How a Mission of Love + Education is Transforming Lives - Courtney Bullard
Meet Courtney. She's telling her founder's story about the power of leading from a place where focus is always on helping "the one." The Pearl House was founded in 2013 to provide hope for girls in rural Ghana, Africa. By providing physical care, emotional support, spiritual development and life-changing academic/vocational opportunities, they empower these girls like never before. Hear one girl's tear-jerking story of hope of what happened her first moments on campus. We encourage keeping tissues handy.
66. A Mission to Serve Kids Experiencing Homelessness - Susan Agel
Meet Susan. She's on a mission to partner with families experiencing homelessness to educate their children and create pathways to success through her organization, Positive Tomorrows. As the only private school in America devoted solely to educating children experiencing homelessness, they’re leading the charge in developing a comprehensive educational system built to bring these students up to a level playing field. But they're also bringing fun and heart too. Tune in and get inspired.
65. 10 Greatest Opportunities for Growth in Nonprofits in 2021 (Pt. 2) - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE
If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that self-reflection is a healthy, strategic move for all of us. We’ve been exploring this question on the podcast as we learn beside you, because we want to understand how to navigate this brave new world we find ourselves standing in. Over the next 2 weeks, we are highlighting the 10 Greatest Opportunities for Growth in Nonprofits in 2021. We hope they challenge you and your teams to dream big this year - our missions are worth it.
64. Leveraging Data to Raise More Money This Year - Adrian Owen Jones, CFRE
Meet Adrian. She believes a core thread of growth is making well-informed decisions. But that can only be known and informed through analytics. This former world-ranked World of Warcraft gamer-turned-fundraiser is walking us through leveraging data and technology to the benefit of our missions. It's a fascinating discussion challenging you to use data to ask questions rather than make assumptions.
63. Real Talk: How to Recruit + Empower a Diverse Team - Kishshana Palmer
Meet Kishshana. Educator, speaker, head honcho, coach, you name it. She is the real deal. Kishshana delivers meaningful messages with such wisdom and knowledge. There is power in her words and actions of creating a more inclusive world, not just in the nonprofit sector. Kishshana gives us an insight into creating a more inclusive and diverse workplace as well as real-life experiences that shaped her into the powerhouse she is today. Hunker down with your notepad and a good pen, you’ll want to write this down.
62. 10 Greatest Opportunities for Growth in Nonprofits in 2021 (Pt. 1) - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE
If 2020 taught us anything, it’s that self-reflection is a healthy, strategic move for all of us. We’ve been exploring this question on the podcast as we learn beside you, because we want to understand how to navigate this brave new world we find ourselves standing in. Over the next 2 weeks, we are highlighting the 10 Greatest Opportunities for Growth in Nonprofits in 2021. We hope they challenge you and your teams to dream big this year - our missions are worth it.
61. The Story of More Love Letters + Launching a Global Movement - Hannah Brencher
Meet Hannah. At 22, she moved to NYC for a dream job and ended up spiraling into a deep depression. As a way to cope with the sadness, she began writing letters and leaving them around the city — bookstores, coffee shops, libraries, everywhere. Today, she runs a global organization called More Love Letters, inspired by those first letters to strangers in a lonely city. An acclaimed author and TEDx speaker, Hannah knows heartfelt storytelling and breaks it down for us. Tune in to hear about her newest book, Fighting Forward, in stores now!
60. 4 Fundraising Tips to Transform Your Fundraising this Year - Mallory Erickson
Meet Mallory. This former nonprofit executive director hit rock bottom seven years ago as she burned out on the nonprofit grind. Her saving grace: discovering an uncanny connection between coaching and fundraising. Since then, her unique programs combine her technical fundraising expertise with rockstar coaching skills to address the fears and discomforts around asking for money. And she's got the secret sauce to transform your 2021 fundraising plan. Tune in!
59. Best of Season One - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE, Becky Endicott, CFRE and Julie Confer
It's our Season One Recap! Get ready for our Year-in-Review episode where you'll learn our favorite episodes, favorite mic drop moments and most embarrassing bloopers as we wind up the season and hit the high (and low!) points. We're going there...well, because that's what we do...to give you a peek behind the We Are For Good curtain.
58. Moms Serving Moms: The Story of the Tender Foundation - Jaycina Almond
Meet Jaycina. Although she's an international model, lately she's been pouring her time into her fellow single mothers. She founded The Tender Foundation earlier this year with the goal of providing financial assistance and essential supplies to mothers living on the margins in Atlanta. In its first year, the nonprofit has launched several campaigns, including a two-week campaign where the organization raised nearly $35K. She talks new missions, early success and what she's still learning as a founder.
57. A Woman's Quest to Bring Inclusivity to the Boardroom and Third World Alike - Ingrid Gonzalez
Meet Ingrid. This French tech exec is passionate about creating more inclusive cultures, and it's a passion. As Chairwoman of globally renown nonprofit Positive Planet, she helps the most vulnerable populations in the world create a positive economy and sustainable development. The mission is personal too, because Ingrid's humble beginnings gave her a profound appreciation for education and community - ideals she's working to perpetuate. It's a powerful conversation about building inclusive cultures.
56. Fighting for a Healthier World: How the Sierra Club Cultivates and Stewards 3.8 Million Members - Laurin Asdal and Michelle Epstein
Meet Laurin and Michelle. They're part of an extraordinary team of development professionals working to save our planet. Alongside their Sierra Club team, they're managing a community of three million members and supporters for the nation’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization. We're discussin how to steward a global audience of millions, direct mail tips and how their frontline customer service team is doing some seriously awesome personalized engagement with donors.
55. How to Set + Reach Your Goals with the Right Mindsets - Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE
Ok, only a small handful of us can really admit to liking the process of setting goals. We get it. We agree. But something happens when you really commit to a goal and see it through. This week we are diving into all the mindsets, tips and tricks you need to get a jumpstart on setting meaningful goals - and some of the best strategies we've found for reaching them too. Don't think for a moment we're talking just about professional goals here - you know to expect for it to get personal too. We're here you - let's do this!
54. Good Philanthropist Fireside Chat with Matt Larson
Meet Matt. He was a millionaire in his 20s, multimillionaire in his 30s, and sold his company for $103 million before the age of 40. So where does a brilliant entrepreneur pour his time and philanthropy now? His nonprofit company, The Human Improvement Project, which recently launched The Happy Child App, now the #1 parenting app in the world. The app trains users in the art of empathy, reducing stress and increasing connection with family members, so they can reduce the effects of unprocessed hurtful experiences. You know we're here for this conversation.
53. The Truth About Millennials and How to Engage Them In Your Mission - Dominique Calixte
Meet Dom. She's diving deep into the motivations and mindsets of millennials, and believe us, you want to hear this. You see, millennials more interested in causes, not your nonprofit. But they could be a perfect match for your nonprofit, because they’re going to demand much but hustle hard. Dom breaks down how to find ways to partner and tips for engagement. We know we shouldn't be speaking to all audiences the same, and today, we'll learn why.
52. Cultivating an Empathy Mindset- Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE
Hold on to your butts (<- one of Jon's favorite movie quotes of all time), because these two empaths are diving deep into compassion today. Join Jon and Becky as they chat through how to flex your empathy mindset for good. Empathy gives us the ability to put ourselves in other people’s shoes so we can see and feel from their perspective, and this is a healthy value to self-explore at work or home. We'll walk through the 7 Tips to be More Empathizing and even explore some dismissive self-talk that's keeping us from connecting more deeply with our donors and our people.
51. Disrupting the Nonprofit Space + Building a Massive Community - Matthew Zachary
Meet Matthew. As a 25-year brain cancer survivor, the founder of the groundbreaking nonprofit Stupid Cancer and creator of the world’s first health podcast that gave a voice to millions, Matthew Zachary knows firsthand that today's healthcare conversations are too polite. He launched OffScrip Media to build community, end isolation, amplify voice and improve quality of life for patients and caregivers. We're talking our most important company value: community.