Interview with Nigel Harris CFRE (AUS) - 25 years as CEO of Mater Foundation and the 2012 FIA Arthur Venn Fundraising Professional of the Year.

Nigel Harris is an established and recognised non-profit sector leader with a strong focus on philanthropy and fundraising leadership. A long-term leader in the fundraising sector, in Australia and internationally, Nigel is a highly regarded presenter, writer, educator and mentor, and has a specific focus on leadership, governance and organisational development.

Included in this episode:

Section 1: The beginning of Nigel's fundraising journey and key lessons learnt through mistakes made along the way

Section 2: The role of CEO and fundraising success at Mater Foundation

Section 3: Creating a philanthropic culture within an organisation

Section 4: Quick fire fundraising tips

Section 5: Reflecting on notable achievements in the fundraising space

Section 6: Nigel's final advice to inspire and fulfil fundraisers and nonprofits 

Interview with Simone Joyaux ACFRE (USA) - Founder of Joyaux Associates and author of Strategic Fund Development (3rd edition).

For the past 40+ years Simone Joyaux has operated her consultancy to NGOs and not-for-profits, Joyaux Associates, where Simone specialises in Board management, Fund Development and Strategic Planning. 

Simone is a fundraising trainer, speaker, coach and mentor; and has written three books and contributed to several more. Simone writes for a column for the Nonprofit Quarterly and regularly serves on boards and has founded two organisations to go with that.

Simone is a world renowned fundraising expert and was rated 4th by Philanthropy Media’s in America’s Top 25 Fundraising Experts.

Included in this episode:

Section 1: The beginning of Simone's fundraising career, mistakes made and lessons learnt along the way

Section 2: Reflecting on the successes of a 40+ year fundraising career

Section 3: Being strategic in your fundraising planning and discussing missed opportunities for fundraisers right now

Section 4: Being an effective leader where every voice is heard

Section 5: Next steps and Simone's final advice to inspire and fulfil fundraisers

Interview with Marc Pitman (USA) - CEO of The Concord Leadership Group and Executive Director of the Nonprofit Academy.

Marc Pitman is an international leadership coach and fundraising trainer. Marc helps nonprofit board members and staff get excited about asking for money. He is the author of Ask Without Fear!® and is recognised by The Atlantic as “1 of 5 Philanthropic blogs fundraisers need to read.”

This episode includes:

Section 1: The beginning of Marc's fundraising career; key lessons learnt, successes and failures

Section 2: Why successful fundraising can only been achieved through successful leadership

Section 3: Quick fire fundraising tips

Section 4: Fundraising in the future

Section 5: Marc's final advice to inspire and fulfil fundraisers and nonprofits

Interview with Jonathan Dawson (AUS) - Digital Fundraising Expert & Founder of Digital Ninjas.

Jonathan Dawson lead UNICEF Australia’s digital campaigns for over three years before starting his mission driven digital agency. His agency focuses on helping their not-for-profit clients drive measurable results from digital channels.

Sections of this episode include:

Section 1: Jonathan's career and success stories at UNICEF Australia when leading their digital fundraising campaigns.

Section 2: Common problems fundraising teams are making when it comes to digital fundraising and how to make a bigger impact in attracting new donors online

Section 3: Being strategic with your Google Adwords Grant

Section 4: SEO for fundraising and measuring the success of SEO

Section 5: Analysing the most important metrics for your online fundraising efforts

Section 6: Lead generation for monthly giving programs

Section 7: Jonathan's final advice to inspire and fulfil fundraisers and nonprofits

Interview with Carl Young CFRE (AUS) - Philanthropy and Fundraising Director at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia.

Carl is one of Australia’s most successful fundraising leaders and has been the Philanthropy and Fundraising Director at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre for almost ten years. Carl and his team have achieved some of Australia’s most notable fundraising awards over the years as well personally being awarded a FIA Fellowship for contribution and service to the fundraising sector.

A few of Carl's most notable achievements include:

Included in this episode:

Section 1: Reflecting on Carl’s early years of fundraising career including his success stories and lessons learnt.

Section 2: Planning for a success fundraising appeal - budgets, cost of fundraising and measuring your ROI

Section 3: Being successful with Face-to-Face Fundraising (F2F)

Section 4: Fundraising leadership and recruiting the right fundraising talent

Section 5: Using best practice fundraising fundamentals and what the future holds

Section 6: Carl's final advise to inspire and fulfil fundraisers and nonprofits

Interview with Kylie Wallace (AUS) -  the previous Head of Campaigns for Polished Man, 2019 Fundraising and Philanthropy Mover and Shaker award winner.

Kylie is an international campaigning, fundraising and marketing professional specialising in the NFP sector. Kylie’s greatest success to date has been managing ygap’s Polished Man campaign. She has grown it from simply just an idea into a global movement of 93,000 fundraisers, 62,000 donors from 110 countries around the world, raising $5 million dollars in five years.

Topics included in this episode:

Section 1: Early successes and lessons learnt working in fundraising

Section 2: Being successful in Event Fundraising

Section 3: The overwhelming success of the Polished Man campaign for ygap

Section 4: Fundraising in the future

Section 5: Kylie's final advice to inspire and fulfil fundraisers and nonprofits

Interview with Shanelle Newton Clapham (AUS) - CEO and Chief Digital Marketing Strategist at Parachute Digital.

Shanelle is a passionate marketer & fundraiser and the author of the digital fundraising book Attracting Donors Online – Digital Fundraising that works. Shanelle’s career goal is to help non-profit organisations make more money online by creating excellent digital experiences that leave their donors feeling like their minds have been read.

Included in this episode:

Interview with Lani Masuku (AUS) - CEO of The Nappy Collective and Founder of Organic SUKU

Lani has had years of experience in the not for profit space starting as support and growing into leadership. Lani’s interest in socially good businesses has led her to start a hair care product business called Organic SUKU and is currently the CEO of a Melbourne based non-profit, The Nappy Collective.

Previous to these roles, Lani was the Fundraising Manager at RSPCA Victoria and the Community Engagement Manager at Plan International Australia.

Sections included in this episode:

Section 1: Reflecting on the beginning of Lani's fundraising career and key lessons learnt

Section 2: Being an effective fundraising leader

Section 3: Going beyond fundraising and leading from the front

Section 4: Fundraising initiatives at The Nappy Collective in Melbourne

Section 5: Advice to improve your fundraising programs

Section 6: Lani's final advice to inspire and fulfil fundraisers and nonprofits

Interview with Leanne Down (AUS) - Fundraising & Marketing Executive Manager at Trust For Nature.

Before leading Trust For Nature’s fundraising efforts, Leanne spent over ten years helping grow not-for-profits through international fundraising consultancy firm, DVA Navion.

Included in this episode:

Interview with Jeremy Bennett - Owner and Chief Consultant at Bigfoot Fundraising

Jeremy is an experienced and innovative direct and digital fundraiser with a proven track record of growing Individual giving fundraising programs in Australia, the UK and Asia. Jeremy’s experience includes working for Shelter UK, WAP Australia and more recently at Amnesty International Australia as their Acquisition Manager.

Included in this episode: