651: Giving Circles – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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Giving Circles 
What are giving circles, when did they begin, how do they work, why do they shift power dynamics, and where’s their value for your nonprofit? Sara Lomelin has made these spread throughout the world as CEO of Philanthropy Together. 

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650: 650th Show! – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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650th Show! 
It’s Nonprofit Radio’s 650th show and 13th Anniversary. To celebrate, co-host Claire Meyerhoff shares her “13 Pro Tips & Top Tactics for Nonprofit Podcasts.” We have our associate producer, Kate Martignetti, live music from Scott Stein, and our contributors Gene Takagi (law), and Amy Sample Ward (technology), are also on board. Jena Lynch from our sponsor Donorbox joins us. It’s fun and music and celebration! And gratitude.

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649: Communications & Development Teams Working Better Together – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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Communications & Development Teams Working Better Together 
Misty McLaughlin and Alice Hendricks close our 2023 Nonprofit Technology Conference coverage, as they reveal how these two teams can avoid the common conflicts and tensions, to come together collaboratively. They’re the principals and founders of Cause Craft Consulting. 

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648: 10 Easy Ways To Boost Your Fundraising On A Budget & Personalized Fundraising At Scale – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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10 Easy Ways To Boost Your Fundraising On A Budget  Relationships; storytelling; thanks; impact; consistency; and more. Rosalind Zavras and Julia Toepfer share tactics you can use right away to increase your fundraising impact without busting your fundraising budget. Rosalind is CEO of Aropa Consulting and Julia is from the National Immigrant Justice Center. (This was recorded at the 2023 Nonprofit Technology Conference, hosted by NTEN.)

Personalized Fundraising At Scale
Here’s the 11th easy way to boost your fundraising! First, adopt a better definition of personalization, beyond first-name emails. Then, understand the many types of personalization available. The advice comes from Joe Frye and Peter Yagecic, both with Town Hall Agency. (This is also from 23NTC.)

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647: Brand Democracy & What To Avoid When Selecting Your Next CRM – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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Brand Democracy
Continuing our coverage of the 2023 Nonprofit Technology Conference, a conversation about letting go and democratizing your brand, so it’s collectively owned. The why’s, what’s and how’s are explained by Claire Taylor Hansen of Big Duck, and Jennifer Daw Holloway with Ipas. 

What To Avoid When Selecting Your Next CRM
John Coogan of CharityEngine and J. Michael Fisher at the Army Historical Foundation, pose the key questions to answer internally before you go shopping, reveal must-have functionality, and share insider secrets, all to help you avoid the common pitfalls of CRM system purchases. This is also part of our 23NTC coverage.

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646: Data Driven Storytelling – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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Data Driven Storytelling
Julia Campbell returns to share her thinking on retaining and engaging donors by creating and curating your best stories. She’s an author, trainer and speaker. This continues our coverage of the 2023 Nonprofit Technology Conference, hosted by NTEN. 

Also this week, we welcome Nonprofit Radio’s first announcer, Kate Martignetti!

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645: Feasibility Studies: What, Why & How – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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Feasibility Studies: What, Why & How
If a capital, endowment or other campaign may be in your nonprofit’s future, you’ll want to consider a feasibility study beforehand. Brian Abernathy, from Convergent Nonprofit Solutions, explains what they’re all about.

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644: What Power Really Sounds Like: Using Your Voice To Lead & Using Your Executive Skills – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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What Power Really Sounds Like: Using Your Voice To Lead
Our coverage of the 2023 Nonprofit Technology Conference continues, as Mary Chan encourages you to own your voice story to reclaim your powerful voice. She also shares strategies for speaking with confidence. Mary is CEO of Organized Sound Productions.

Using Your Executive Skills
What are executive skills, how do they develop and why do they matter to achieving your goals? Dana Emanuel from New Moms and Skye Tyler with Attain Partners explain. This is also from #23NTC.

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643:Artificial Intelligence For Nonprofits – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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Artificial Intelligence For Nonprofits
We take a break from our #23NTC coverage, as an esteemed, tech-savvy panel considers the opportunities, downsides, potential risks, and leadership responsibilities around the use of artificial intelligence by nonprofits. They’re Afua Bruce (ANB Advisory Group LLC); Allison Fine (every.org); Beth Kanter (BethKanter.org); and George Weiner (Whole Whale).

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642: Equitable Project Management & Make Time For Professional Development – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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Equitable Project Management
An automated soap dispenser. One of the most innocuous objects imaginable. Unless it doesn’t dispense soap to people with dark skin. How does bias find its way into technology projects and hurt outcomes? How can we implement technology through an equity lens? Rubin Singh, from One Tenth Consulting, returns to help us understand.

Make Time For Professional Development
Kalenda Allen-James explains the value of investing in professional development and shares a lot of free resources along the way. She’s with Commonpoint Queens.

These both continue our coverage of NTEN’s 2023 Nonprofit Technology Conference, #23NTC.

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