If you want to raise more money for your nonprofit, better engage your donors, and create massive fundraising leverage, you need to listen to what my friend, Erica Waasdorp has...
Philanthropic Futurism with Trista Harris
I find that organizations that create enough space for strategic thinking are much more successful. So if your plate is 150% full and you have no time to imagine tomorrow,...
Building a culture of collaboration, with Amanda Fabrizio-Grzesik
In our most recent episode of The Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast I sat down with Amanda Fabrizio-Grzesik, Director of Development at Tennessee Tech University, and author of the Fab Fundraising blog. We had a...
101 Mistakes Nonprofits Make – Facebook Live with PivotGround
Check out this Facebook Live I just did with Sarah Olivieri, the Founder and Owner of PivotGround. She and I got to talk about some of the biggest mistakes nonprofits make,...
Optimizing Your Nonprofit with the Global Center for Nonprofit Excellence
In this episode we chat with two of the nation's leading experts on nonprofits, Marc Stein and Bob Lipps. Marc and Bob are co-Founders of The Global Center for Nonprofit Excellence....
Energizing a major gift program with Dan Balena
During last month's Citygate Network Conference, Shawn Saunders (Dickerson Bakker & Associates) and I got to sit down with Dan Balena of Atlanta Mission and talk about how he and the team at Atlanta...
Improving donor engagement with ViewSpark
Have you heard of ViewSpark yet? They happen to be my favorite digital donor engagement platform, and if you don't know them yet, you should check them out. I got to sit down with...
From Attorney to Homeless Advocate, with Freddy Clayton of Orlando Union Rescue Mission
At the recent Citygate Network 2019 Conference, I had the opportunity to interview my good friend and former client, Freddy Clayton. Freddy is the President at Orlando Union Rescue Mission. He spent the...
Wait. Your fundraising agency said WHAT???
Nonprofit Marketer: Our overall retention rate is about 68%. What could we do to improve that? What should we strive for? Fundraising Agency: Actually, you're right where you should be....
Fundraising for the long haul
Most nonprofits I've ever encountered (I've worked with well over 500 now, of all shapes and sizes, and across multiple countries) have one thing in common. They are like the...