The Official Do Good Better Podcast

Who better to kick off Season 4 than a former kicker for the Villanova Wildcats football team? The versatile Derek Fiorenza joins host Patrick Kirby to discuss retirement planning, fundraising, events & sponsorships.   Derek has been working in the securities industry since 2011, and is responsible for Business Development, Client Retention, and Internal Operations at Summit Group Retirement P...

Fundraising is hard. Revenue is hard. But building consistent, winning revenue strategies is easy for today's guest. Regeanie Corona is an Author, Dynamic Speaker, Entrepreneur, Strategist & Coach--a force to be reckoned with! Coming from a career background with 25 years in Cloud Security to now...a CEO/Founder of her non-profit organization, Advancing The Seed. She is passionate about e...

This episode is bursting with "do good" flavor! Today's great guest is Sybil Ackerman-Munson. Over the course of her career Sybil has devised strategies worth $45 million for large and small private foundations, individual donors and public charities. She has a J.D. from Lewis and Clark Law School , a Masters Degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies , and a...

373 days after his first appearance, he's back! Scott Burlingame is unapologetic about fundraising. (And he’s also really good at it.) Up your fundraising game in just 30 minutes and find out how Scott's team survived a 60% budget cut.  Scott is the Executive Director of Independence, Inc., a Minot, North Dakota-based Center for Independent Living. Scott has a demonstrated history of wor...

Need a reminder why you chose the nonprofit life? Or how about just a pep talk? Then today's your day! We finally found someone who can match Patrick's enthusiasm, and that someone is today's guest--Joshua Evans. Together, these two unicorns will share thoughts on how to motivate your teams, how best to channel your own enthusiasm, and more.  Joshua M. Evans is a leading expert on c...

Inside your organization, is your lack of attention to Social Justice putting your nonprofit at risk?   Rita Sever has that answer. Rita Sever, MA is a Certified organizational coach and has worked in HR for over 25 years. Rita’s career began when she volunteered to oversee personnel files at a small, new AIDS service organization. Since then, Rita has served as an HR Director, received her M.A. i...

Lawyers that love helping their community. That's the LATLC. Lissa Zanville of the Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities and 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. A graduate of UCLA, Zanvi...

All the world's a stage. Are you acting like a fundraiser in front of your donors? If not, today's guest will tell you how.   Gregg Sawyer has been with the Academy of Holy Angels since 1982.  He is the Artistic Director of the co-curricular program, Starlight Productions and director the AHA Theater School.  Since 1982, Gregg has directed over 100 productions for Holy Angels.  In 1988 A...

What do day laborers have in common with your nonprofit team or your volunteers? Almost everything. As Director of Sales and Marketing for Labor Masters, Ian Beaton oversees the entire sales process from business development, customer success and account management to marketing. Follow Ian on LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ian-beaton-6a2739105/ Learn More About Labor Masters: https://www.la...

Q: Have you started planning for the end of the year yet? A: No. No, you haven't. But today's a great day to start!  Host Patrick Kirby shares his "Five Tips & Tricks to Plan for Your End of the Year": What does your "end of the year appeal" look like?  What can you do to grow your donor mailing list?  If you haven't already, celebrate your organization survi...

Want to grow your influence, income, and impact? Then spend just a few minutes with Patrick and Maryanne Dersch! Maryanne is a nonprofit speaker, author, trainer, coach, confidant and karaoke singer. She has been working with nonprofits longer than she has been rocking the mic, helping clients stop being boring and start getting results. Maryanne molded this thinking after years working with hundr...

A good idea comes along... No wait--a GREAT idea comes along... ...does your organization have the time needed to make it happen? ...or are you too busy patching holes to build a better road?  Tim Koerner is a first-time author, two-time dad, and third-rate cook based in Lino Lakes, Minnesota. A do-gooder at heart, Tim worked for twelve years across three nonprofits (the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation...

Everybody's happy at an in-person event. (Especially the guy who survived the plane crash.) Host Patrick Kirby recently gave the keynote address at the http://www.midamericachamberexecutives.com/ conference and shares his expert event advice. What felt good? What still feels weird after COVID? Patrick shares his recent experience.  Support This Podcast! Make a quick and easy donation here: ht...

You don't believe just one person can change the world? Then meet Jacqueline. Today Patrick is joined by Jacqueline Villeneuve-Ahmed. Jacqueline is the founder of four nonprofits. They are: SAEF.   SAEF is a social enterprise strengthening sensitivity practices for cases of sexual violence and harassment. https://www.shematters.ca/saef She Matters. She Matters is a community of women-identify...

Your nonprofit is ready for what happens post-COVID, right? RIGHT? Today Patrick talks about post-COVID fundraising and more with GrowthForce President & CEO Stephen King.  A highly energetic and motivational business leader, entrepreneur and speaker, Steve has a passion for helping businesses and nonprofits reach their growth potential. His ability to visualize the future of accounting and as...

It's time for Funkadelic Fundraising. Bryan Funk believes in the power of actualization. His work has been centered around helping others realize just how powerful they really are. He is an optimistic leader who loves to support the limitless possibilities in others and he is grateful for the opportunities to do so. Bryan's path has been full of synchronicities and he is grateful to work...

What can you learn from a development economist? Creating donor relationships that work for you, instead of you always working for them. ​Joanne Sonenshine is a development economist with a passion for partnership development, and experiences working with government agencies, large and small corporations, and nonprofits.  Joanne focuses on collaboration approaches to solve some of our world's...

Is your nonprofit faith-based? Andrew Robison will give you faith in your fundraising. Andrew spent 13 years in development working for two Catholic campus ministry programs and a university foundation. Now, as President of Petrus Development, Andrew focuses on recruiting excellent talent, building the client base and developing strategies that will add value to his current and future partners. An...

Feminist Philanthropy. Challenge yourself to learn something new today, with our great guest Kristen Corning Bedford.  Kristen Corning Bedford is an author, speaker and philanthropic strategist who is passionate about working together on things that matter. Through her writing and consulting, she supports individuals, businesses and foundations in aligning their privilege with their purpose in ord...

Relationship builder. Stone catcher. Freedom Fighter. Get ready for a powerful episode. Nneka Allen is our guest. Nneka Allen is a Black woman, a descendant of the Underground Railroad, an Ojibwa of Anderson Nation, a Momma and a sixth-generation Canadian. She was born and raised in Windsor, Ontario during the Black Power movement and a time of acute political awareness in North America. Her rich...

"Mother Teresa meets a friendly Mark Cuban." Bill Woolsey has true love for the underserved. With decades of experience in starting and leading ministries, churches and networks, Bill now invests his life in men and women who want to reach people for Jesus in new, creative ways. After serving congregations in the Midwest, he and his family planted CrossPoint Community Church in Houston,...

Erick Roder connects the right people to the right business. He has been in sales and marketing his whole career. His company, Codelation, specializes in taking ideas and turning them into actual products. Erick and Codelation help develop websites, apps, and software. In addition to his tech expertise, Erick also has 1,000's of views to his "My Office" video interview series and co...

Is your board...BORED? Jeb Banner can help! (Seemingly, there's nothing Jeb can't do.) Today's guest is Jeb Banner.  Jeb is the founder and CEO of Boardable, a nonprofit board management software provider. He is also the founder of two nonprofits, The Speak Easy and Musical Family Tree, as well as a board member of United Way Central Indiana and ProAct. Jeb is based in Indianapolis,...

Your organization is awesome. But sometimes you want to be even awesomer! The Official Do Good Better Podcast is here to help! Do you really need to understand cryptocurrency? More importantly, as a nonprofit--do you need to accept it? Pat Duffy, Co-Founder of The Giving Block, began as a federal consultant for pharmaceutical companies, focused on collaboration with nonprofits. He then shifted to...

Your organization is awesome. But sometimes you want to be even awesomer! The Official Do Good Better Podcast is here to help! Sawyer Anderson started her own fundraiser, sold over 1,000 bags for charity and   wrote a book by age 10. BY. AGE. 10.  After learning about the tragedy many families are facing in simply obtaining water,  (now) 11-year-old Sawyer wanted to help. Shocked, she thought “ th...