First Day Podcast

Dr. Beth Breeze and Dr. Tyrone Freeman discuss how crucial volunteers are to the success of nonprofit organizations, emphasizing the unique importance of volunteers for financial contributions and civic engagement. They recommend that fundraisers engage both staff-driven and supporter-driven volunteers and follow a six-step process for volunteer management that includes matching volunteers to thei...

Dr. Elizabeth Searing discusses the importance of communication during challenging times for nonprofit organizations. She emphasizes the need for leaders to be transparent and honest with staff, board members, and donors about the organization's financial situation and the steps being taken to address it. This includes being clear about the organization's priorities and the potential impact on pro...

Amy Lampi, Associate Vice President of BWF, highlights the significance of data-driven fundraising and soft skills for successful fundraising. She emphasizes the need to utilize data to empower fundraising teams within organizations, enabling them to inform decisions and raise more funds by embracing efficiency models. Lampi advocates combining different ideas to innovate and encourages fundraiser...

Gasby Brown and Bill Stanger discuss the importance of board members donating and fundraising for their nonprofit organization. Brown emphasizes the need for board members to invest in the organization before asking others to do the same and shares tips on engaging hesitant board members in fundraising. The duo also emphasizes the importance of diversity, especially economic diversity, on boards o...

Dr. Lauren Taylor discusses the ethics of fundraising and emphasizes the responsibility nonprofits have in the fundraising process as moral agents. She highlights potential harms that may come with accepting donations with conditions that could compromise the mission of the nonprofit. Dr. Taylor proposes a "motive agnostic" framework for assessing the public impact of a donation before accepting i...

Dr. Bill Stanczykiewicz discusses chapter 19 of "Achieving Excellence in Fundraising," which focuses on fundraising planning, management, and leadership. He emphasizes the importance of leadership skills in fundraising and differentiates between management and leadership. Dr. Stanczykiewicz also discusses the concept of Nanus and Dobbs, a leadership diagram specific to those in philanthropy, and t...

John Duong, Founder and CEO of Kind Capital, explains how impact investing can align with an individual donor's aims and risk tolerance to achieve a specific outcome in a scalable and sustainable way that can also benefit nonprofit organizations. For example, impact investing was used by Lumina, which had a strong impact while being profitable. During an economic downturn, nonprofits can use impac...

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