Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

This Week:  Your One-Page Strategic Plan  In a lot of ways, we can see typical strategic planning as a flawed process. Veronica LaFemina shares a more collaborative endeavor, with more staff collaboration and stakeholder inputs, resulting in a more actionable … Continue reading →

This Week:  Your Strategic Partnerships  Local nonprofits, companies, government officials and agencies, business leaders, and others can improve your outcomes in ways you cannot imagine. Taking the time to build relationships with potential partners—before you need them—makes a smart investment … Continue reading →

This Week:  How We Got Here  It’s the story of the unpredictable trajectory that led to today’s U.S. nonprofit sector. How did we come to be what we are? The history is told by Dr. Robert Penna, author of the … Continue reading →

This Week:  Tech Policies To Reduce Toxic Productivity  First, what is toxic productivity? Then, as your teams use technology more often for work, how might your practices be hurting the people who work with you? Finally, what are the better … Continue reading →

This Week:  Grants Readiness & Success  DeaRonda Harrison helps you get ready to accept grants and shares strategies for successful grants research, writing and outcomes. Also, how to win grants quickly (it shouldn’t take years!); how to turn a one-time … Continue reading →

This Week:  AI, Organizational & Personal  Artificial Intelligence is ubiquitous, so here’s another conversation about its impacts on the nonprofit and human levels. Amy Sample Ward, the big picture thinker, the adult in the room, contrasts with our host’s diatribe … Continue reading →

This Week:  Quantitative Fundraising Research  You can stop relying on conventional wisdom passed on through webinars and conferences. There’s a plethora of quantitative research on how to optimize storytelling to get your best fundraising outcomes. What is social emotion, how … Continue reading →

This Week:  Board Members Are People Too  One size fits all rules may not make sense for your board, especially if you’re embracing diversity and equity in board membership. Judy Levine is a longtime board coach, trainer and consultant, and … Continue reading →

This Week:  A Different Take On Donor Retention  Most donor retention research is on process. Like, get your acknowledgment letters out within 24 hours. Kerry Hecht’s research takes a fresh look at how to keep folks with you. She shares … Continue reading →

This Week:  Community & Engagement  Michelle Boggs shares her thinking on creating community and expanding engagement across your donors and volunteers. How might a Chief Community Officer help? Also, what your nonprofit can do to improve fundraiser retention, which helps … Continue reading →

This Week:  “Empowering Women”  Jenny Mitchell’s new book, “Embracing Ambition,” unites the leadership stories of twelve exceptional women CEOs. The result is a mentorship resource for the current and next generation of women leaders. She shares the challenges, including perception … Continue reading →

This Week:  “The Responsive Nonprofit”  That’s Gabe Cooper’s new book. He walks us through the 8 core practices that will disrupt the status quo and make your nonprofit responsive. Like dismantling silos, adopting agile methods, managing change, building a durable … Continue reading →

This Week:  Get Heard In The Election Season  Peter Panepento returns with savvy advice about getting your messages heard through crowded, noisy channels for the rest of this year. He urges you to prepare your messaging, prepare to pivot away … Continue reading →

This Week:  High ROI Development & Marketing Communications Teams  You want these two teams—fundraising and marcomm—to align every fundraising hour with its maximum dollars. You want these teams to have the time to secure investment level gifts. And you want … Continue reading →

This Week:  “How To Thrive When Work Doesn’t Love You Back”  That’s Meico Marquette Whitlock’s new book, and he returns to share his wisdom. The Mindful Techie has advice like honor your priorities; negotiate your boundaries; embody your well-being; mind … Continue reading →

This Week:  700th Show!  It’s Nonprofit Radio’s 700th show and 14th Anniversary. To celebrate, co-host Claire Meyerhoff brings “Claire’s Quiz.” We have our associate producer, Kate Martignetti, live music from Scott Stein, and our contributors Gene Takagi (law), and Amy … Continue reading →

This Week:  Exploit Conflict & Intuition To Make Better Programs & Products  Our panel from the 2024 Nonprofit Technology Conference is Drew Nelson, Cassi Johnson and Eve Lacivita. They explain how to add conflict resolution and intuition-driven strategies into your … Continue reading →

This Week:  Improve Your Communications With AI  Carlos Morales, from Viva Technology, shares how to use specific ChatGPT prompts to accelerate your written drafts; optimize your messaging for clarity and audience; and, personalize your outreach as you maintain a consistent … Continue reading →

This Week:  Use Your Tech To Enable Generosity  Our panel encourages you to expand your definition of generosity and how you measure it, to better acknowledge diverse forms of giving. They help you facilitate generosity through your data, tech and … Continue reading →

This Week:  The Essential Craft Of Leaving Your Job  This provocative panel shares their real stories to inspire you if working at your job, isn’t working for you. They recommend you leave well, and share their advice for your handover … Continue reading →