All this gets answered and more in today’s interview with Tamyka Perine and Stephanie Briggs.

For over ten years, Tamyka Perine has worked to help organizations realize and achieve their mission, annual goals, and strategic initiatives. A leader who is committed to ensuring equitable opportunities and diversity within nonprofits, she is currently the CEO and executive director of Cultural Leadership.

TIMESTAMPS:

[0:00] - Intro

[0:18] - Intro of Guests

[4:04] - What’s needed to make St. Louis a more marketable place to live?

[6:38] - How did Tamyka’s background lead to her current path with Cultural Leadership?

[17:32] - What’s the biggest challenge Tamyka’s faced while scaling her nonprofit?

[23:51] - What’s a fundraising myth worth dispelling?

[26:04] - What’s the most impactful conversation Tamyka’s had with a donor? What’s important for them?

[29:31] - What do Tamyka and Stephanie want to brag about?

[34:27] - What’s the elevator pitch for Cultural Leadership?

[34:57] - What does Tamyka hope people will gain from a conversation with her?

[36:05] - What’s the short and long-term vision for Cultural Leadership?

[41:18] - How is Cultural Leadership funded? How can listeners help?*

[43:42] - Mentoring Opportunties with Cultural Leadership

[44:15] - RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS

[45:37] - A Riff on Reaching Out to High-status People

[49:29] - Closing Remarks

USEFUL LINKS:

https://www.culturalleadership.org/

https://www.culturalleadership.org/donate/

https://www.culturalleadership.org/internships-practicums/

All this gets answered and more in today’s interview with Maryanne Dersch.

Maryanne helps nonprofit leaders master the art of influence so they can ask for more money without feeling rejected or pushy. Her effervescent badassery challenges you to be more influential in work and life.

She has spent almost thirty years working in the nonprofit world helping organizations communicate more effectively internally and externally. From those experiences she authored, Courageous Communication: Why codependence is making your nonprofit brand boring and what to do about it.

TIMESTAMPS:

[0:00] - Intro

[0:19] - Maryanne Dersch’s Bio

[1:05] - What’s a day in the life of Maryanne?

[4:24] - How Joey met Maryanne

[6:06] - What’s one profound lesson Maryanne picked up from 30 years of nonprofit consulting?

[14:20] - What are the most powerful stories in the nonprofit world?

[17:56] - Example of a belief statement from Maryanne’s book “Courageous Communication”

[20:09] - How did Maryanne get into consulting for nonprofits?

[22:47] - How important is content and digital promotion for nonprofits?

[30:39] - CASE STUDY: A Nonprofit with Authentic Storytelling

[38:45] - How can nonprofit owners REFRAME “asking for a donation” to empower themselves?

[43:01] - Tony Robbin’s 6 Human Needs (applied to fundraising)

[46:03] - Prepare for many “No’s” before you hear the “Yes”

[50:32] - What kinds of nonprofit events does Maryanne NOT enjoy?

[51:20] - What makes a nonprofit event OUTSTANDING?

[57:06] - A Riff on Collective Resourcefulness & Solution-oriented Mindsets

[59:39] - What is Maryanne most proud to have accomplished?

[1:04:46] - Rapid fire: Impressions on different social platforms

[1:10:14] - Maryanne’s Final Thoughts (and Where to Connect with Her)

USEFUL LINKS:

Maryanne’s Website

The Influence Nonprofit Podcast (Spotify)

Courageous Communication by Maryanne Dersch (Amazon)

All this gets answered and more in today’s interview with Tim Kachuriak.

Tim is the founder and Chief Innovation and Optimization Officer for NextAfter, a fundraising research lab and consulting firm that works with businesses, nonprofits, and NGOs to help them grow their resource capacity.

A nonprofit thought leader, Kachuriak is the author of the book Optimize Your Fundraising, lead researcher and co-author of the Online Fundraising Scorecard, Why Should I Give to You? (The Nonprofit Value Proposition Index Study), and The Midlevel Donor Crisis. Kachuriak has trained organizations in fundraising optimization around the world and is a frequent speaker at international nonprofit conferences.

TIMESTAMPS:

[0:00] - Intro

[0:24] - How Joey was introduced to Tim

[2:17] - Introduction of Tim’s Work & Life

[5:56] - What are Tim’s morning & nightly routines?

[7:02] - The “Real Man of Fundraising” picture explained*

[7:42] - What is “Connected TV”?

[9:28] - Who is this podcast for?

[11:42] - How can Tim’s expertise help the listener? What is his obsession?

[14:38] - How important is selflessness in the nonprofit world?

[16:53] - As a donor, what’s the best follow-up Tim received from a nonprofit?

[19:47] - How can nonprofits double down on understanding what matters to their donors?

[23:21] - Restricted vs. Unrestricted donating: How do you find a balance for donors?

[24:49] - What’s the best value proposition Tim’s ever seen?

[28:02] - 4 Key Dimensions of a Value Proposition

[29:26] - Thought Exercise: How do you find the value proposition of your NPO?

[34:30] - What makes a good board for an NPO?

[36:31] - Are Facebook ads still a good method for acquiring donors?

[39:33] - What’s the hidden treasure buried inside every nonprofit?

[45:54] - What’s the most unique & connective thing Tim’s seen at a nonprofit event?

[47:43] - What’s the best storytelling video Tim’s ever seen? Thai-based Insurance Commercial

[49:15] - Rapid fire: Impressions on different social platforms

[50:56] - What accomplishment is Tim most proud of at this moment?

[58:04] - Reflections on Entrepreneurship

[1:00:28] - Closing thoughts

BONUS LINKS:

Today Joey sits down with David Webb, a lecturer in environmental studies at Washington University, and Shelley Metcalfe, a section head with the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (a government organization responsible for the effective protection, management, and conservation of natural resources in British Columbia) to talk about sustainability in business. What are some the greatest climate-related challenges we're facing? What's stopping us from overcoming those challenges? What can everyday people do to help?

Today Joey sits down with Jarel Loveless, the Vice President of Grenzebach Glier and Associates (and our resident fundraising expert), and discusses his journey from world of journalism to the world of philanthropy. What motivated that shift? What has he learned along the way? What wisdom does he have for others aspiring to change the world?

In the first episode of The Impact Roadmap, we discuss Joey's experience scaling his business to 7-figures. What's he learned along the way? What's surprised him? Does he believe in ghosts? Nothing is off-limits as we get to know more about our future host. Who is Joey Goone?