Nonprofit Snapcast

We welcome Kristina McKean to the SnapCast. Kristina is an animal rights activist and founder of The Elephant Project. Kristina has been volunteering and making a direct impact on wildlife and conservation efforts both at home and abroad for years now. She has successfully drafted petitions, protested circuses, and created social media campaigns (#ElephantProjectWalk) to help amplify and spread awareness of these issues. She was even able to garner 200,000 signatures in 24 hours for a petition she spearheaded to help humanely retire and rehome an aging elephant in Southern California. Through her company, she’s helping fight the poaching crisis while also providing care to injured, abandoned, and abused elephants by donating 100% of net proceeds from the sale of her stuffed animals to on-the-ground, aligned organizations. How philanthropic leaders can build grassroots support and community awareness  How non-NPO business owners can still drive change/impact for their causes  The best business models for brid

Hardy Smith visits the SnapCast to talk about his book: Stop The Nonprofit Board Blame Game. We talk at length about the book, why he wrote it, and how to address the frustrations often felt by board members and nonprofit executives. We touch on the following: Nonprofit leaders consistently share frustration about board engagement. Why don't board members do what they're supposed to do? What are relationship mistakes nonprofits are making with their board members? What actions are needed to develop a positive, productive fully engaged board? We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Carla Fowler visits the SnapCast to talk about her practice as an Executive Coach. We discuss elements of human performance, the culture of over-work, and the concept of Brutal Focus as a means of avoiding burnout and increasing efficacy for nonprofits. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

What do you do when your grant-stream and funding dries up? Marc Lane visits the SnapCast to talk about entrepreneurialism for all social enterprise organizations. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Aliza Shatzman visits the SnapCast to talk about The Legal Accountability Project. She shares her journey as a law clerk, the problems she experienced and the solutions she's developed to hold power to accountability. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

For the first 37 years of his life, Chris Borja suffered from extreme shyness, introversion, and a fear of social settings. Now that he has overcome those challenges, Chris is on a mission to create better networkers, stronger businesses, and connected communities in the real and virtual world. Borja Virtual, LLC is a consulting and production company specializing in creating fun and engaging virtual and hybrid events that produce revenue and impact. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Joy B. Webb, community catalyst, believes a holistic people-powered, community-driven approach to philanthropy is what will ultimately drive sustainable change and community transformation. As a seasoned marketer, Joy understands how to motivate movement and get people to take action. Seamlessly translating her corporate skills to her passion for her community, Joy launched the Circle of Joy, a community giving circle focused on supporting nonprofits that support youth and education initiatives in Georgia. The giving circle has raised more than $100k for the programs it supports. We discuss giving circles and their widespread benefits to the causes they serve. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Chris Barlow of Beeline Marketing for Nonprofits returns to the SnapCast again to talk about ways to surmount the difficulties nonprofits may have when approaching potential corporate sponsors for their support. Chris says: "...there is a way you can offer a partnership to companies that is hard for them to refuse. In fact, it's something they want anyway. If you want corporate sponsors, you first need corporate partners. And if you want partners, you need to give a company a compelling strategy to work with you. And every nonprofit has such a strategy at their fingertips." To learn more, read Chris' guest blog on the Get Fully Funded website. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Nicci Renouard visits the SnapCast to talk about the Wholives mission to provide clean water in the developing world using the innovative Village Drill. We talk about: Origin Story of how the Village Drill was created - this is the innovative tool that we use to drill our boreholes What is the World Water Crisis?  - over 3 million people still die yearly from contaminated water and over 2 billion don't have access to clean water  The Village Drill versus other methods of drilling boreholes WHOlives Community Funded loan program - communities own their own boreholes and are elevated out of poverty Our focus is freeing women and girls from water slavery - also includes sexual predators at watering holes Ease of donating to WHOlives - platforms and projects We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Michelle Berndt is the VP of Sales for OneShare Health. We talk about a number of things related to faith and nonprofits, including: Working for a nonprofit Health Care Sharing Ministry (an affordable alternative to traditional insurance) The importance of combining faith and healthcare in America Being a female executive in corporate America We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Terence Narcisse is the Chief Executive Officer at the East Harris County Empowerment Council. We talk at length about his motivations for starting the Council, dissecting how it works, the benefits for the community, and lessons learned along the way. Topics include: Intro to East Harris County Empowerment Council  Terence’s management style 3 tips for nonprofit leadership  EHCEC’s growth: Analysis, networking and marketing  We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Sharron Batsch and Donald Keel visit with Mickey to talk about all the things nonprofits just don't want to talk about. And there are a LOT of things nonprofits don't want to talk about. You've simply got to listen to this episode. And keep your ears open for Part 2... We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Rachel Branaman, Principal of Talem Consulting, visits the SnapCast to speak with Mickey about what the data says about board diversity and how they benefit from diversification. We discuss: The impact of the current statistics regarding diversity of nonprofit boards Value add of diverse voices and lived experiences in the board room Types of biases and the power structures in nonprofit organizations and boards Ways we know systemic racism is real Shaping organizational culture to ensure an organization is able to maintain effective DEIA practices We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Mickey talks with April Mastroluca, of Synergy Nonprofit Consulting. We discuss a good handful of issues related to advocating, and bust the myth that 501(c)(3) organizations should avoid doing any kind of advocacy. Among the questions we tackle: Why should nonprofits advocate and are they allowed? What impact can advocacy have? Do I need to hire a lobbyist?  How much time does this really take?  We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Recorded in February of 2022, Trella Walker, Kristin Giantris, and Andrea Briscoe talk with Mickey about their shared leadership model--a three-way executive split that spans a nation to direct Nonprofit Finance Fund. NFF helps mission-driven organizations achieve communities’ aspirations through tailored capital, strategic advice, and accessible insights. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Marie Davis visits the SnapCast to talk about Path To Shine, a small group mentoring program for elementary school children. We talk about what mentors actually do, the kinds of people who choose to mentor, and what it takes to get started as a mentor with Path to Shine. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Sabrina Walker Hernandez, the President of Supporting World Hope. We talk about many things including the importance of a nonprofit's board of directors. Sabrina says nonprofit professionals must: Know the fundraising process Support the board in resource development, Tap into board members' fundraising strengths, and Be strategic when getting the board engaged in Resource Development We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

All the way from New Zealand, Alanna Irving visits the SnapCast to talk about her work with Open Collective, a legal and financial toolbox for grassroots groups. Open Collective is a fundraising + legal status + money management platform for your community. We talk about: Open Collective Foundation's work as a 501c3 fiscal sponsor The Open Collective software and what it's enabling for nonprofits worldwide Open source tech as shared common infrastructure, instead of funding and building siloed tools for nonprofits and the communities they support OC's plans to do an exit to community and exploring how we can be owned and governed by our wider community of stakeholders We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Jallah visits the Snapcast to talk about YesLiberia, their programs, what it means to move a global mission while working remotely. Jallah shares a compelling, personal story, and the work he facilitates. We discuss: A Pre-Covid Virtual Culture Providing Authentic Charitable Service How We Stay Open During Covid We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Elisabeth Montgomery and Melody Miller launched the foundation after making a documentary film called ruth weiss: The Beat Goddess in 2019. At the time, ruth, born in 1928,  endured a long path to recognition as an original poet-artist. When she passed away on July 31, 2020, they committed to launching the 501 (c) 3 foundation that same year.  The ruth weiss Foundation is a poetry grant-making nonprofit. Annual awards are given to poets worldwide who create highly original poems.    We talk about the process of setting up the foundation: Setting up the non-profit poetry arts foundation using legal zoom to save time and energy Keeping the foundation board small and building the grant process and board Grant Committee in year one  Expanding from outreach and social media in year one to hiring a PR firm for targeted print media exposure and opportunities for upgraded story-telling,   The foundation works with the documentary film to deepen the connection to the legacy values of the Beat Generation poets - toler