Good Fundraising Podcast

Budgets: love them, loathe them, fear them--they are an unavoidable part of fundraising. And they don't have to be dreaded. If done well, the annual budget process can help your organization align on priorities, set clear goals, and plan ahead for future years.Fundraising veterans Erica O'Brien and Courtney Lewis have helped clients budget better for decades. Now, at Fuse Fundraising (formerly MindSet Direct), they continue to support everything from integrated direct respon...

Welcome back to Season 2 of the Good Fundraising Podcast. Today I am speaking with Kirsten Bunch--coach, speaker, bestselling author, and former fundraiser--about mental fitness and why it's so important.Kirsten is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach™ with hundreds of hours of coaching experience. She incorporates neuroscience-based practices and adult developmental theory into her programs, and importantly for this audience she understands the challenges of this sector. ...

Welcome to Season 2 of the Good Fundraising Podcast! Like a good fundraiser I have been off working on next year's budget, but I'm back with a great line up of smart and inspiring speakers who will share ways we can make nonprofits better.Kicking off this new season with me is Dorene Ocamb, Chief Development Officer at Armed Services YMCA National Headquarters. Dorene and I talk about a sometimes overlooked area of diversity on our teams--neurodiversity--and why it's important to...

It's the end of a year and the end of the first season of the Good Fundraising Podcast. I'm going to review some of the innovations and lessons from this year that are worth keeping for our sector--thanks to everyone who contributed their thoughts to this episode!And thanks for YOU for listening. This year the Good Fundraising Podcast had contributors and subscribers from all around the world--shout out to the new listeners in Africa and Australia!As I take a brief break and start...

Corporate partnerships are much sought-after but seldom well understood. What do corporations want from their non-profit partners, and how can non-profits evaluate promising partnerships from the rest?Lauren Gray, Senior Director of Global Corporate Partnerships at the International Rescue Committee, joins me to talk about her extensive experience working with corporate partners across different verticals of the nonprofit space. We discuss what makes a good partner, what nonprofit...

Nonprofit fundraisers weather their share of storms in any given year, but an executive director has to contend with even more challenges. In this week's episode, I speak with Rachel Herman, Founder and Executive Director of PAWS NY, about navigating growth and program changes for her now 10-year old organization. Rachel shares her reflections on growing PAWS, making tough decisions during the spring of Covid, and how their programs have adapted to meet new needs for the people an...

"With everything that has happened in our world this year, it feels like the stakes are even higher when it comes to our ability to really listen to each other and to find new ways to shift towards much needed collaborative ways of working."Kyla Shawyer, knows something about the need for new and improved ways of working together in the nonprofit sector. Kyla has been leading transformational change in the global nonprofit sector for 15 years, having led programs at Operation Smil...

You know that monthly giving can change your fundraising program's bottom line, but it's impact doesn't stop there. Today I'm speaking with Joanne Wilson, Vice President, Advancement Operations at HSUS about how monthly giving helped transform organizational culture.

For our tenth episode, I'm speaking with Jenny Belardi, Director of Development at Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, about what makes a great major gifts program.Jenny shares what makes a great major gifts officer, building lasting donor relationships, and how her team is adapting donor cultivation to meet a socially distanced world.Resources:Jenny mentions hiring staff who share the qualities of a "curious chameleon." You can find our more about this mysterious creature on th...

We're back with part two of Ask the Fundraisers with Karin Kirchoff and Jenn Deerr! This time we talk telemarketing, acquisition 101, and everyone's favorite topic: monthly giving. If you like what you hear, please consider subscribing, sharing with a colleague, and leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or your podcast platform of choice! And as always if you have an idea for a topic, drop me an email at [email protected].