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748: We’ve Been Hacked! & Smart Data Storage – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
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We’ve Been Hacked!
Our panel from the 2025 Nonprofit Technology Conference (#25NTC), helps you with actionable takeaways to strengthen your incident response plan. You do have an incident response plan, right? They reveal the right responses and responsibilities for your leadership, IT, communications, and other key roles. They’re Steve Sharer from RipRap Security and Danielle Eliser with Chef Ann Foundation.
Smart Data Storage
Brian Cavanaugh and Tiffany Nyklickova want you to avoid common data pitfalls while ensuring your data is smart, secure and searchable. They consider the pros and cons of cloud versus onsite storage, and explain how folder structures, filenames and metadata make your data organized and easy to retrieve. Brian is at The Vilcek Foundation and Tiffany is from Services In Action. This is also part of our 25NTC coverage.
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Nonprofit Leadership With Stacy Palmer – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
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Nonprofit Leadership With Stacy Palmer
The chief executive of the Chronicle of Philanthropy joins us with her thoughts on the challenges facing nonprofit leaders, especially females, and especially females of color. Stacy also reveals the bright spots in a recent leadership survey, and promising opportunities around co-CEOs, sabbaticals, self care, team care and humanity care.
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746: Tech To Amplify Youth Voices & Donor Diversity Redefining Social Fundraising – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
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Tech To Amplify Youth Voices
Our panel from the 2025 Nonprofit Technology Conference, examines how nonprofits use Artificial Intelligence, social media and other technology to uplift young people. They share challenges and successes to increase your awareness and help you give voice to younger constituencies. They’re Sam Kussin-Shoptaw, from Amazon Web Services; Sahil Gupta at DoSomething.org; Katelyn Gillum with Crisis Text Line; and Bee Lee, CEO of Epilepsy Foundation.
Donor Diversity Redefining Social Fundraising
GenZ, Hispanic and Black donors are driving shifts in event fundraising, giving days, peer-to-peer campaigns, and more. Demetria Lightfoot and Nikki DeFalco, also from our 25NTC coverage, share the trends to help you tailor your campaigns to resonate with these growing donor bases. Demetria is at Youth In Need and Nikki is with OneCause.
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745: A Conversation With Art Taylor – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
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A Conversation With Art Taylor
He’s the recently appointed president and CEO of AFP, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, so we’re on hiatus from our 25NTC interviews for one more week. Art explains the value of AFP in our community, including enforcing professional ethics; reflects on our challenges and how to advocate for our sector; shares his thoughts on fashion, guided by his wardrobe stylist wife, Yolanda; challenges us to improve donor participation; and urges us to take responsibility for our community’s image and performance.
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744: Donor Advised Fund (DAF) Fundraising – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
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Donor Advised Fund (DAF) Fundraising
You shouldn’t need much encouragement, or any, to incorporate DAFs into your fundraising mix. But Matt Nash brings the encouraging stats. Then he explains how to overcome challenges, like anonymous donors; strategies for marketing and promotion; and tips on converting from transactional to relational fundraising. He’s from The Blackbaud Giving Fund.
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743: Consciousness & Intentionality In Work & Retirement – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
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Consciousness & Intentionality In Work & Retirement
Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons wrote a book for retirement planning that has value for anyone, at any age, who aspires to fulfillment and joy through all the stages and pages of their professional and personal lives. She walks you through the value of play; embracing new mindsets; constantly evolving; sovereignty over time; the power of full engagement; managing energy, not time; and a lot more. Elizabeth’s book is, “Encore.”
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742: Storytelling & Local Media – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
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Storytelling & Local Media
Fabiana Meléndez Ruiz reminds us of the value of sound storytelling, and how to get your house in order before you go public with your stories. She shares sound advice on the great value of local media and how to build the journalist relationships that will help you get your stories told. Fabiana also reveals startling media consumption trends among Gen Z and Alphas. She’s the CEO of Refuerzo Collaborative.
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741: Healthier Productivity From AI – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
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Healthier Productivity From AI
Our annual duo returns with tips and resources to make your use of artificial intelligence better for you. They also go beyond AI with many smartphone strategies, inbox management, and Meico shares his shutdown ritual for bedtime. They’re Jason Shim, from Canadian Centre for Nonprofit Digital Resilience, and Meico Marquette Whitlock, The Mindful Techie. This is part of our coverage of the 2025 Nonprofit Technology Conference (#25NTC).
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740: Employee Wellness & Email Deliverability – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
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Employee Wellness
Meet a company where one of the employees is a wellness coach for all the others. Mandy Kutschied and Sam Hanley are with The Fresh Perspective Group. They share practical strategies for employee wellness; ergonomic resources; a 4-day work week; productivity tips; and, talk about the ethics of wellness coaching in the workplace. Sam often hears things she cannot reveal. This is part of our coverage of the 2025 Nonprofit Technology Conference (#25NTC).
Email Deliverability
This comes up frequently at the Nonprofit Technology Conference, because the rules often change about whether your emails get delivered and how they get treated by email providers. Are you right to only mail to people who’ve recently opened a message from you? No. Is it good practice to make sure everyone has opted in to your list? No. Anne Paschkopić explains why these and other former best practices, are no more. She’s from M + R. This conversation is also from #25NTC.
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739: Connect Small Donors To Your Major Donor Event & Add Experiential Elements To Your Events – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
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Connect Small Donors To Your Major Donor Event
Jenn Lejano and Jess Ray show you how to connect folks who would never come to your expensive event, to your expensive event. They’ll help you broaden event support by engaging donors you’re probably leaving on the sidelines, with actionable strategies to engage your entire donor base. Jenn is from Fresh Eyes Digital and Jess is with The Adler Planetarium. This is part of our coverage of the 2025 Nonprofit Technology Conference (#25NTC).
Add Experiential Elements To Your Events
You can learn from big brands to create buzz and emotional connections around your events, without spending the money they do. You’ll engage your supporters emotionally as you incorporate experiential and interactive features into your events. Genie Gratto is at GWRITES. The resource she shared is here. This conversation is also from #25NTC.
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