Small Nonprofit: Fundraising Tips, Leadership Strategies, and Community-Centric Solutions

Send us Fan Mail At this year’s AFP Fundraising Day in Toronto, we spoke Theresa Cheng, Nayeon Kim, Michelle Yeung, Deborah Thompson amongst many other delegates about their thoughts on self-care and productivity. In this live episode, learn some tried-and-true strategies and tips for taking care of yourself and boosting your productivity. Get the FREE 30-Day Board Fundraising Challenge here : htt...

Send us Fan Mail Do you work with equity-seeking populations? Is your organization on the front-line of social justice change? So often we see our values challenged in traditional fundraising and communications and don’t know how to reconcile our need to fundraise effectively with our beliefs and values. The good news is that we can still be powerful communicators and respect, honour, and empower...

Send us Fan Mail Whether you’re on the employee or employer side, job negotiations are something that gives everyone butterflies. In this episode, Denise Lloyd, CEO and founder of Engaged HR, teaches us that employee compensation is ultimately about creating an environment where your employees can thrive. Learn how to create this environment and how to have these conversations from both perspectiv...

Send us Fan Mail Events - it’s a lot of work, the financial return is often a surprise or isn’t there at all and there are many misconceptions about what goes into making an event successful. In this episode, Amy Milne, founder of Beyond Fundraising, shares step-by-step how to ensure your next event does more than just make money so you can advance your long-term fundraising strategy. Get the FREE...

Send us Fan Mail Have a hard time finding and keeping new donors? Not getting any responses from mailing appeals? In this episode, Whitney Brown, digital director of Public Outreach, goes through each step of the donor journey and how you can use Facebook to get the best results. Learn how to find and target your donors, engage with them to develop an ask, and keep them giving over time - even wit...

Send us Fan Mail Imagine building a plane while you’re flying it - not an ideal scenario but one that forces you to do what you can so you can eventually level out the plane and keep it steady. This is what growing a small nonprofit is like. In this episode, Michael “Piecez” Prosserman, Founder of Unity Charity and CEO of Epic Leadership xChange, discusses understanding personal limits and how to...

Send us Fan Mail We often hear about #donorlove, but what about #stafflove? In this episode, Mazarine, leadership coach and founder of Wild Woman Fundraising, teaches us about the importance of improving our staff experience and in turn, they will ensure that our donors have a great experience too! Get the FREE 30-Day Board Fundraising Challenge here : https://www.gofurthertogether.ca/30-day-chall...

Send us Fan Mail Facebook and other social media tools can be effective in helping you reach your goals - but you have to be deliberate and strategic with them. In this episode, Sarah Ali, non-profit digital strategist, takes us step-by-step through Facebook advertising. Learn how to understand your audiences, create Facebook campaigns and much more! Get the FREE 30-Day Board Fundraising Challenge...

Send us Fan Mail Ever look at other organizations’ strategies, get tempted to copy it but end up with less success? In this episode, Kerstin Heuer, a nonprofit marketing consultant and founder of Nonprofit Today, teaches us how to improve our marketing and branding so we can stop comparing and start seeing results in a way that’s easy and practical. Get the FREE 30-Day Board Fundraising Challenge...

Send us Fan Mail When you’re designing for any process, system or event, you’re designing for everyone. In this episode, Liz Chornenki, the annual giving officer at YWCA Toronto, shares some practical steps to internal and external design with accessibility in mind!  Get the FREE 30-Day Board Fundraising Challenge here : https://www.gofurthertogether.ca/30-day-challenge We guide your board through...

Send us Fan Mail Looking for an extra boost in productivity? In this quick bonus episode, we talk about all the tools we use at The Good Partnership and some crowd favourites in the charitable sector. From Trello to Freedcamp, you're bound to find a tool (or two) that work best for you! Get the FREE 30-Day Board Fundraising Challenge here : https://www.gofurthertogether.ca/30-day-challenge We...

Send us Fan Mail We all know that a strategic plan is so important for organizational growth and operations - but it can feel overwhelming and expensive.  In this episode, Ashley Whitworth, senior manager at BDO, teaches us how to run a strategic planning process in a small non-profit organization. Learn about how to facilitate your process in a busy environment, how to get feedback from BOTH intr...

Send us Fan Mail Are you ready for some pretty big #truthbombs about our sector? Mixing humour and honesty, Vu Le calls out our sector out on all the charitable sector’s shortfalls and challenges and helps us do better.  Get the FREE 30-Day Board Fundraising Challenge here : https://www.gofurthertogether.ca/30-day-challenge We guide your board through 30 actionable things they can do to support yo...

Send us Fan Mail What are the trends affecting the philanthropic sector in Canada? How can we prepare our organizations to weather changes and thrive in the future? Guest Marina Glogovac, President and CEO of CanadaHelps joins the podcast to talk about their 2018 Giving Report and its implications for our sector. Together we rant about the challenges we are all facing and offer some ways to move f...

Send us Fan Mail So often we focus on how our website looks, but not how it functions. Specifically, a lot of small nonprofits we come across don’t understand how to get found online.  That’s where SEO is crucial. SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, helps your website show up in the search results on Google, Yahoo, Bing and other search engines. In this episode, digital media specialist Rachel Di...

Send us Fan Mail There are so many trends impacting the working world as we know it. Hala Beisha, principal and founder of Resilience Factor and certified Leadership and Executive Coach accredited by the International Coach Federation, reveals findings from her study that can help prepare you and your team to become more agile in the workplace and to grow and adapt to the changing work environment...

Send us Fan Mail Issues happen at any time and to anyone. We often see organizations pick up the phone in a crisis, calling for help when things change at the government level. In this episode, Chris Holz, seasoned public affairs executive and one of the top 10 lobbyists at Queen’s Park, teaches us about the foundations of government relations, how to build it into your practice and how to develop...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever felt bewildered by a new hire, who seemed fantastic on paper and in interviews but just wasn’t what you expected? How much time and resources to charities waste with bad hires?  It’s not your fault - most people are really bad at making effective hiring decisions. Maria Rotundo, Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at the Joseph L. Rotm...

Send us Fan Mail It can be scary to ask your board members, who are already giving so much of their time and attention, to think about board fundraising, especially if they aren’t recruited to be a fundraising board. In this episode, Emma Lewzey, national chair of the Fellowship for Inclusion and Philanthropy and president-elect of the world’s largest Association of Fundraising Professionals chapt...

Send us Fan Mail Everyone (especially small organizations) LOVES monthly giving. It embodies the “set it and forget it” mindset. It’s the instant pot of the fundraising world. In this episode, Ashleigh Saith, Annual Programs Manager at Home for Few Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation, breaks down why you should invest in monthly giving and gives actionable advice on how to leverage your monthly giv...

Send us Fan Mail Donor love is an area where small nonprofits can actually stand out and be exceptional. But what is it exactly, what does this look like in practice and why is it important? In this episode, Jen Love, a partner at Agents of Good and fundraising guru, teaches us all about donor love and gives us practical and easy ways you can develop better relationships with your donors! Get the...

Send us Fan Mail With the start of a new year, we’re going back to basics - fundraising basics. In this episode, we chat with Simon Scriver, fundraising coach, consultant, and host of Simon Scriver’s Amazingly Ultimate Fundraising Superstar Podcast in Ireland. Fresh off your new year's resolutions, we’ll help you keep your fundraising promises to yourself and help your organization thrive. Ge...

Send us Fan Mail The very first season of The Small Nonprofit is coming to a close and we’ve rounded up all of our guests for a very special episode! There is a huge emphasis on growth for all nonprofits, but especially small ones. It’s almost an obsession. How do we grow more? How do we raise more money? What happens if we don’t grow this year? All this got us thinking - is it grow or bust? What...

Send us Fan Mail Many organizations are stuck with a donor database sitting on a server somewhere, a website that they can’t update themselves or files saved in random places where no one can access them. It can be overwhelming when searching for the right option to create systems and technology to enable our teams to do the best work they can do. Anil Patel, co-founder of Timeraiser and GrantBook...

Send us Fan Mail Social innovation can be a bit of a buzzword but there’s a lot that organizations can earn and do around it without diving into the deep end. This week Geraldine Cahill, co-author of Social Innovation Generation and manager of programs and partnerships at Social Innovation Generation National (SiG), who shares how you can think about social innovation in a way that impacts your or...