Nonprofit Snapcast

Keith Hutchings is the founder of the Comfortable Home Project, an innovative solution to connecting homeowners with local, sustainable housing industry experts. We talk at length with Keith and the current (at the time of recording) students who make the program succeed. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Colin Stewart, EVP Strategic Partnerships & Philanthropy for Arjuna Solutions, visits the Nonprofit SnapCast to talk about maximizing philanthropy. Using behavioral economics modeling with artificial intelligence, they help nonprofits determine the best times to target donors for maximum participation. We talk about funding trends, the role of industry influencers and philanthropists, and problems we all see with current funding models. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Melanie Kirton of Financial Affairs visits the SnapCast to talk about nonprofit financial issues. This episode, we talk about the Form 990, bust some myths and misconceptions, and discuss some of the most damaging mistakes an organization can make with their 990, including: Missing the deadline Wrong name or FEIN Filing an incomplete return Improper functional allocation  Other mistakes: outdated mission statement, outdated board list, wrong contact information We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

James Connor does a second episode with Mickey to discuss FlexibleSites. FlexibleSites serves nonprofits, startups, and small businesses with quickly deployable and easy to manage websites and content management systems--affordably. James explains how Flexsites works to cut operational expenses, and facilitate a nonprofit's web-branding effort. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Human relationships are at the center of humanity. They drive our culture, performance, and results across any organizational structure, geography, or sector. “Designing for Humanity” is a moral imperative we must consider embodying today to be successful in our impact. The inquiry, practice, strategy, and methodology allow for practices like narrative intelligence and design beyond empathy. In this special event, Michael O’Bryan will shed light on these concepts and practices and lead us in a workshop on how to expand our knowledge and practices to reach greater relationship, approaches, and ultimately practices in design. The tools that Humanature deploys sit at the intersection of human, economic, and ecological resilience. Michael is a practitioner and researcher in the fields of community development, organizational culture, and human well-being. He is an Innovation Fellow at Drexel University’s Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation and most recently served as Director of Learning at The Village of Arts a

James Connor is a Fractional CTO. We talk about what a Fractional CTO can do for even small nonprofits, and the pros and cons of using a Fractional CTO to facilitate an organization's technology. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Trace Kingham returns to the SnapCast to talk with Mickey about Reimagined Experiences, Trace's wildly successful endeavor to help nonprofits reimagine communications and events into engaging virtual, hybrid and in-person experiences. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Jeff Wasserstrom is the CEO and President of JAW Enterprises, providing custom promotional products along with screen-printed and embroidered apparel. We talk about brand awareness and marketing for nonprofits. Among the things we discuss: Brand Awareness – Handing out branded products to enhance your brand / image. Custom Event Gifts – Participants for Races, Walks, and many other events for registering or participating.  These gifts create positive memories of the Non Profit that will last a lifetime. Donor Gifts – Thank you Gifts which help create Good Will and shows appreciation from the Non Profit. Apparel Program – provide logo apparel for employees and volunteers which helps promote their Non Profit and makes everyone feel a part of the organization. Custom Gifts used for Fundraising Purposes – Selling custom items to raise money. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Krista Kleiner is the Founder and Executive Director of One Heart Movement, a 501(c)(3) committed to fostering unity and well-being through the power of community love. We discuss: Krista's background in entertainment and her founding of the One Heart Movement  The launch and success of the #OneHeartHandOff global social media challenge How Krista managed to get social media stars to participate in the viral challenge Methods nonprofits can utilize on social media platforms to grow their following  Advice on how nonprofits can thoughtfully engage with users on social media  How social media has benefited and impacted her nonprofit We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Our questions and approaches seek to advance collective action in our work and this conversation is, in part, inspired by this question of “What would the end of our dependence on philanthropy look like?” Our featured guests include: Mario Lugay, Senior Innovation Director, Justice Funders Pierre Joseph, Founder and Principal, P.E. Joseph Consulting Lindley Mease, CLIMA Fund, Director, Co-Founder/Managing Director, Blue Heart Join us to discuss the foundation of THIS article by Mario Lugay: How can we stop the desire to accumulate wealth and help wealth holders actually spend down? What if philanthropy didn’t exist? What is philanthropy building towards? Is values aligned-philanthropy enough? What does a civic and political home look like today? And, what does that have to do with philanthropy? How can government shift the philanthropic asymmetries we have today? What do we need to be able to love our communities?  How do we shift narratives around who are the protagonists in philanthropy?  How do we build

Lissa Mozur Zanville has more than 30 years of experience in the non-profit, public, and private sectors, including government affairs, media relations, crisis management, community relations, strategic planning, spokesperson training and stakeholder management. We talk about her role with Los Angeles Trial Lawyers’ Charities. LATLC was founded in 2006 by seven plaintiff personal injury attorneys whose mission was to make a tangible, positive difference in the community through financial support and volunteer service. Today, LATLC focuses on education, children, survivors of abuse, persons with disabilities, and homelessness. Since its launch, the LATLC has grown to more than 3,000 supporters, provided more than $5 million in grants and goods, and volunteered over 6000 hours. For more: www.LATLC.org. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Eric Ryan of Mission Met makes a quick visit with Mickey to give away five copies of his book, Mission Met. Five people will be picked randomly from all who enter. Visit the Nonprofit SnapCast website and find the entry for this bonus episode to enter. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Sam Zellner is the CEO and Founder of Inspire IP. We talk at length about innovation for nonprofits, how to capture and move on innovative ideas. Sam says, "Innovation is about efficiency, so regardless if you are a for profit or nonprofit organization you should be constantly trying to innovate. Additionally, Innovation inspires and brings people together which is why nonprofits should be promoting innovation to their employees, volunteers and customers." We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Bob Hays, Business Consultant with Schooley Mitchell. Schooley Mitchell examines your business services including Telecom, Waste and Merchant Services. They prepare a professional audit report from which they advise how you can optimize your spending - and significantly reduce costs. Their fees only come as a portion of any savings they’re able to find. If there are no savings then there is no fee.  Bob is also an organizer of the Nonprofit Support Network. Nonprofit Support Network accumulates a variety of providers to help nonprofits make the world a better place. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Dan Shepleng is Chief Creative Officer of Kapowza, a Baltimore based creative agency. He does a hostile takeover of the Nonprofit SnapCast to talk about marketing issues in the nonprofit sector, including: • What's wrong with nonprofit advertising today? • We've all seen what doesn't work, so how should nonprofits approach brand advertising and differentiation? • What are the steps you should take to get to that brand essence? • How do you pull emotion into the ad? • What are some trends and examples that are working in today's environment? • Lessons learned and takeaways from nonprofit clients that listeners can put to work now. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

“The participation of people of color in professional roles in philanthropy creates the balance of insight, perspective, and conviction needed to steward some of the most important missions of nonprofit organizations.” Rob Henry, Vice President of Education for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education We want to talk about the roles and experiences of Black Women in Fundraising and Philanthropy and discuss: The daily living experiences of Black Women navigating micro aggressions, prejudice, and power The role organizational culture plays in creating and recreating false narratives and racist patterns Why less than 10% of all members of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, out of 31,000 are people of color Why the percentage of people of color in executive director/CEO roles has remained under 20 percent for the last 15 years. Listen to our amazing speakers Birgit Smith Burton and Nneka Allen to dive into this very important topic. *Content sourced from The Issue of Racism in the Fun

Angel talks about his work helping and training underprivileged children elements of entrepreneurship in Latin America as a means of fighting poverty, improving community, and changing lives. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Simon is a founder of Roots of Yggdrasil, a UK "third sector" entity that Simon set up as a social enterprise to work with disadvantaged communities providing health education. We talk about the networking, the cost benefits of doing effective networking, and the hard costs associated with neglecting one's network. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Rita Sever, author of Leading For Justice, visits with Mickey to talk about making the book available to any leaders working for justice. The book especially speaks to the nonprofit sector and offers real, practical tools in their pursuit of justice. We discuss: Environmental challenges to justice How do you give staff a voice Social justice and nonprofit leadership in the age of COVID, and what a post-pandemic world might look like for those organizations Her work in the nonprofit sector and with social justice organizations, and how that led her to a career in human resources, specifically impacting (and changing) policies and practices that replicated oppression inside organizations How inequity and biases can penetrate organizations, including those that are created to support equity -- Impacting hiring processes, promotions, pay and treatment of staff Cultivating a healthy workplace culture, though this is never one size fits all We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome yo

Mickey gets to visit with Jonathan Wright, an attorney, philanthropist, board member, and founder of nonprofit efforts. Our conversation goes down multiple paths, including: What’s it like as a founder setting up an organization from scratch? What kinds of nonprofits do you like to support? How to support membership on nonprofit boards? What do you think board challenges are? (and how to address them) We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.