What the Fundraising

Breauna Dolerus is Founder and Chief Cause Consultant at Connecting the Cause. Her work is centered on uprooting harmful volunteerism practices especially in black and brown communities based on the principle that transformational service must help instead of harm. Join this very real conversation with Breauna white supremacy and its relationship with voluntarism, how to truly partner with a commu...

Do you feel psychological safety in your work environment? Avary Kent is a serial social entrepreneur and consultant who since the pandemic has focused on a crucial topic: mental and emotional wellbeing for business leaders and their teams. In this episode, Avary and I talk about why and how we as a society have dehumanized professional roles, how to build a healthy organizational culture and what...

Are you listening to yourself? In this episode I talk to the fabulous American illustrator, body-confidence advocate, and author, Stephanie Chinn about limiting beliefs, learning to listen to ourselves, and giving ourselves permission to feel all of our feelings. Plus, we dive deep into taboos and why we need to break the silence around these topics now, especially as women! Episode highlights:  (...

Do you want to convert your YouTube views into donations? In this second part, I continue my conversation with YouTube coach Jamar Diggs to understand how to build an effective conversion strategy around an organization’s channel.  Jamar teaches us how to turn those viewers into donors and the best practices to really connect with your audience. This conversation covers basic video production reco...

It’s true, doing content for social media is a difficult job for nonprofits, but how else will we get visibility for our causes, right? YouTube is a great option for letting potential donors know you.  Listen to this week’s conversation with Jamar to learn that it is not necessary to spread thin across all social media platforms to get your message across.  I promise, Jamar does more than teaching...

What does it take to let go of pre-established narratives? Duke Stump is a marketing expert and founder of Bonfire With Soul. His approach to business is far from conventional and partly based on nature’s knowledge. In this episode, Duke and I talk about burning dogma, the potential for good in the for-profit and nonprofit world, and the power of cross-sector symbiosis. Tune in now! Episode highli...

Our brains work on prediction. Even before events happen, our brains prepare a reaction based on our past experiences. But what if our brains fabricate an incorrect forecast? Just like a weird feeling in your body isn’t necessarily pain, uncertainty doesn’t have to translate into negative emotions.  In this episode, I chat with Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, an expert in affective neuroscience, psychol...

What are the most common mistakes made by an organization when looking for funding? In this episode of What the Fundraising Podcast, I talked to Dulari Gandhi, a Program Officer at the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and the CEO of D. Gandhi Communications. As a money facilitator and an ambassador for organizations inside her institution, Dulari deeply believes in transparency, putting an end to t...

BJ Fogg, PhD is a Stanford behavior scientist, author of the book Tiny Habits, and one of my absolute teachers and heroes. In this conversation, BJ shares his Fogg Behavior Model plus many useful and simple hacks to defeat fear and create habits for anything we want to achieve. His approach to people is immensely human, compassionate, and positive. (Just like fundraising!) You really don’t want to...

In this episode of What the Fundraising Podcast I talk to the funny, unapologetic, and super authentic Jennifer Pastiloff. Jen is a yoga teacher, coach, and writer of the book On Being Human. Jen and I talk about how to quiet your inner a-hole, #shameloss, and how to keep an abundance mentality both in fundraising and in life in general. Join in this fresh, honest conversation, I promise Jen’s tra...

Tamika Felder is a woman with dreams plus an awesome speaker, author, cancer survivor, and advocate who has devoted her life to helping others do one simple thing: do what they really want during your one precious life.  Listen to this week’s episode with Tamika and get ready for a boost towards taking action and control over your life. I promise Tamika is a cheerleader, not a fear leader, and her...

Donovan Taylor Hall is a youth advocate who believes in the power of positive self-talk, growth mindset, and gratitude. His mission is to help kids build positive relationships with themselves through curriculum and content creation.  Listen to this week’s episode with Donovan and learn some of the ways he anchors his why and how it helps him overcome moments of doubt, frustration, and judgment. I...

It is episode zero of the What the Fundraising Podcast, and I decided to kick it off by sharing with you who I am, what I do, and why I’ve started this podcast. So I asked my lovely friends John and Becky from We Are For Good, one of the top nonprofit podcasts, to interview me to answer the question: Who is Mallory Erickson? The purpose of this podcast is to launch the nonprofit sector into a new...

Do you hear negative, nagging, bullying voices in your head? Are they telling you you’re a bad leader or fundraiser? That you’ll never raise what you need to grow your organization? In this week’s episode, I talk to Dr. Ethan Kross, psychologist, neuroscientist, professor, and the author of Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters and How to Harness It. There is so much chatter that inhibits...

What the Fundraising the Podcast is for impact leaders and change-makers who are tired of doing things the old-school way and are looking for a fresh and effective way to raise money, run their organization, and think about the nonprofit sector.