Why start a tech company serving nonprofits? How are nonprofits responding to COVID-19? Crunchy or smooth peanut butter? Justin Wheeler, CEO of Funraise, answers all of these questions and more in this episode.

Links & Resources

Funraise: https://www.funraise.org/

Justin Wheeler: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wheelerjustin/

Online giving is growing 3 times faster in Canada than overall giving. That's according to the latest CanadaHelps Giving Report and one of the things Marina Glogovac, CEO of CanadaHelps, discusses in this episode. She also shares other key findings from the report as well as some early insights into Canadian giving in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Links & Resources

CanadaHelps Giving Report: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/the-giving-report/

CanadaHelps: https://www.canadahelps.org

Why create a bedding company? Why crowdfund it? How do you crowdfund for that? All things discussed with the CEO and Co-Founder of Sheets & Giggles, Colin McIntosh.

Links & Resources

Sheets & Giggles: https://sheetsgiggles.com/

Google Analytics wizard and teacher, Chris Mercer, sat down with Brady in-person after completing a brand new training course, Google Analytics for Nonprofits, to share how he got into Google Analytics, why it's critical (and underused) for nonprofits, and what people need to know and learn (and what the course is about). Special for Listeners: Use the code "podcast" to save 25% off your course at courses.nextafter.com.

Links & Resources

MeasurementMarketing.io: https://measurementmarketing.io

Google Analytics for Nonprofits Course: bit.ly/ga4npcourse

What is context marketing? Why is it a revolution? And why not just ask the guy who wrote the book on it... wait, we did! That's Mathew Sweezey who joins in this episode to chat about his book, his award-wining podcast, and more things marketing. Enjoy!

Links & Resources

Mat's Website: https://mathewsweezey.com/

Mat's Twitter: https://twitter.com/msweezey

Mat's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathewsweezey/

Electronic Propaganda Society: https://electronicpropagandasociety.com/

What does charitable giving look like in a down economy? What are some things you should be looking for? Are all donors impacted the same? Woodrow Rosenbaum, Data and Insights Lead for GivingTuesday, discusses these questions and shares some insights from GivingTuesday in 2019 and some ideas to try for the next one (now on May 5th).

Links & Resources

GivingTuesday: https://www.givingtuesday.org/

GivingTuesday Data Collaborative: https://www.givingtuesday.org/data

#GivingTuesdayNow (May 5th): https://bit.ly/3bOMngy

How can in-person fundraising events be streamed online? How can peer-to-peer events be more engaging? And how can people raise millions of dollars playing video games? The answer: livestream fundraising. That's the focus of this conversation with Michael Wasserman — CEO & Co-Founder of Tiltify, a leading livestream fundraising platform — as well as how livestream and other interactive technology can be used in response to COVID-19.

Links & Resources

Tiltify site: https://tiltify.com/

Tiltify Twitter: https://twitter.com/wearetiltify

Michael Wasserman: https://twitter.com/mdwasserman

How can your fundraising be more responsive? Seems like a pretty pressing question but it's a concept Gabe Cooper — CEO of Virtuous Software — and his team have been thinking about and been working on for a while. In fact, he recently wrote a book on the subject. In this episode, he discusses what Responsive Fundraising is, its key tenants, and what it looks like before sharing some of his views and experiences navigating the coronavirus pandemic.

Links & Resources

Responsive Fundraising: https://www.virtuouscrm.com/responsive/

Responsive Fundraising Book: https://www.virtuouscrm.com/responsive-fundraising-book/

Virtuos Software: https://www.virtuouscrm.com/

Is soap that benefits koala's good for charity? Are Donor Advised Funds bad? Just how good are Google's free tools for nonprofits? All things discussed, and much much more, with George Weiner, the Founder & CEO of Whole Whale — a digital agency that leverages data and tech to increase the impact of nonprofits and for-benefit companies. This is a fun one.

Links & Resources

Whole Whale: https://www.wholewhale.com/

Social fundraising has been around for a while now but there's still much we don't know. This is why Jenna and Rich form OneCause did some extensive surveying of social fundraisers and social donors and what they unpack and share in this episode.

Links & Resources

OneCause: https://www.onecause.com/

Social Fundraiser Study: https://try.onecause.com/ebook/social-fundraiser-research-study/