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Nonprofit Jenni Show
by Nonprofit Jenni
The Nonprofit Jenni Show is the podcast for nonprofit professionals, board members, and community leaders. Every week, Jenni invites nonprofit leaders to share their stories and advice for facing common management, marketing, and development challenges. Go forth and do good with the Nonprofit Jenni Show!
Episodes
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296. CRM Integrations That Make Your Life Easier
This week, Jenni travels back in time to revisit advice from the fundraising experts at Little Green Light about different integrations you can set up in your donor management system (CRM) to save time and simplify your work. In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!…
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295. Clean Up Your Fundraising Processes
This week, Jenni travels back in time to revisit advice from the fundraising experts at Little Green Light with some "spring cleaning" tips for your nonprofit's development processes. In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out! — Enter Jenni's birthday giveaway:...
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294. Get the Most Out of Your Donor Management System (CRM)
This week, Jenni travels back in time to revisit advice from the fundraising experts at Little Green Light about how to get the most out of your donor management system (you may call it a CRM). Let's make sure you aren't missing out on cool features or time-saving tips with your system! In this...
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293. Three More Time-Saving Online Forms + Plan a Successful Charity Auction
This week, Jenni wraps up our Little Green Insights mini-series about how to use online forms to streamline your work. Then we take a Rewind back to her step-by-step auction planning conversation with her sister, Michelle. In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out! —...
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292. Volunteer Data + Real-Life Ways to Use AI to Save Time and Improve Your Work
This week, Jenni shares ideas from Little Green Light to collect more meaningful, actionable data about your volunteers through recruitment and engagement processes. Then she and her sister, Michelle, give real examples of how they use AI tools (like ChatGPT) at work and share tips for getting…
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291. Birthday Giveaway + Nonprofit Membership Programs + Fundraising Do's and Don'ts
This week, Jenni gives updates about what she's giving away for her birthday celebration and how to enter to win. Then she shares advice for creating meaningful membership programs. Finally, she takes a Rewind back to a conversation with Lisa Greer about fundraising do's and don'ts. In this...
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290. Event Planning and Registration Tips + Celebrate Jenni's Birthday
This week, Jenni shares a reminder about a free virtual event coming up where you can learn how to advocate against Trump's dangerous policies, both personally and on behalf of your nonprofit. She also shares tips for optimizing your event registration forms and for planning fundraising events.…
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289. Make Donation Forms Work Harder For You + Donor Social Media Preferences
This week, Jenni talks about a free virtual event coming up where you can learn how to advocate against Trump's dangerous policies, both personally and on behalf of your nonprofit. She also shares 5 ways to make your nonprofit's online donation form work harder for you and help you build stronger...
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288. Managing Planned Gifts + Examples of How a Virtual Assistant Can Improve Your Efficiency
This week, Jenni chats with Virginia Davidson from Little Green Light about tracking and organizing planned gift information in your donor management system. Then she talks to her virtual assistant, Peris Wanjiru, about how VAs can help nonprofit teams work more efficiently, with examples of…
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287. Recurring vs. Pledged Gifts + Mental Health Support for Employees
This week, Jenni chats with Virginia Davidson from Little Green Light about the differences between recurring and pledged gifts, plus how to manage both types in your donor management system. Then she talks to Lauren Andraski, Founder and CEO of Consultants for Good, about how work-related mental...
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286. Tracking In-Kind Gifts + Ensuring All Employees Feel Safe at Work
This week, Jenni chats with Virginia Davidson from Little Green Light about how to track in-kind gifts in your donor management system, and why this is important. Then she talks to Lauren Andraski, Founder and CEO of Consultants for Good, about why nonprofit employees from marginalized groups…
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285. Different Gift Types (And Why They Matter) + Resilience in the Trump Era
This week, Jenni chats with Virginia Davidson from Little Green Light about different types of gifts your nonprofit can solicit and receive, and why they matter. Then she talks to Lauren Andraski, Founder and President of Consultants for Good, about how nonprofits can build up their resilience as...
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284. Organizing Constituents + 4 Ways to Respond to Trump Policies Right Now + Legal Advocacy Strategies
This week, Jenni shares advice from Little Green Light about how to organize your constituents with dynamic Favorite Lists. Then she shares four ways every nonprofit sector professional can respond to the Trump administration's new policies. Finally, to offer more in-depth advice on advocating...
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283. Trump's New Policies + Gift Records + Fundraising Do's and Don'ts
This week, Jenni talks about a new list she's updating daily with recommended resources to help you and your nonprofit adapt to Trump's new executive orders and other new policies. Then we continue our Little Green Insights mini-series on how to improve the way you use your donor database.…
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281. Six Time-Saving Fundraising Tips + What's the "Roots Up Model" for Nonprofits?
This week, Jenni shares 6 tips from Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can streamline its fundraising efforts in 2025 by maximizing the power of your donor database. Then Jenni chats with Scott Frank from The InteRoots Initiative about how the "Roots Up Model" can help ensure that you…
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280. New Donor Relationships + How to Make a Digital Marketing Content Calendar for 2025
This week, Jenni and Virginia Davidson from Little Green Light wrap up their mini-series about the most effective ways to thank donors by focusing specifically on how to thank new donors for their first gift to start building a long-lasting relationship right away. Then Jenni shares her five-step...
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279. Donor Thank-You Calls + Measuring Short-Term Impact for Long-Term Goals + Essential Social Media Posts + DEI Book Recommendations
This week, Jenni and Virginia Davidson from Little Green Light discuss whether donor thank-you calls are worth the effort and how to conduct an effective call. Then Jenni replays the top three most popular podcast segments of 2024, including (1) examples of how to demonstrate your nonprofit's...
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278. Thanking Donors Offline + Four Year-End Action Items
This week, Virginia Davidson from Little Green Light explains how to thank donors for all gifts made to your nonprofit offline, and how to continue thanking online donors after they've received an automatic gift acknowledgment. Then Jenni shares four action items you and your team should complete...
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277. Automated Gift Acknowledgments + Free & Affordable Online Tools for Nonprofits
This week, Virginia Davidson from Little Green Light explains how to automate your gift acknowledgments to thank donors for all gifts made to your nonprofit online. Then Jenni and her sister, Michelle, share their favorite free and affordable online tools to streamline your nonprofit work. In…
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276. Volunteer Management + 3 Digital Donor Recognition Strategies + Volunteer Recruitment Research
This week, Little Green Light shares three ways you can use your donor database to engage with volunteers. Then Jenni and her sister, Michelle, break down best practices for using digital donor recognition methods and the results from a recent research study about the most effective volunteer...
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275. Volunteer Relationships + Influencer Philanthropy
This week, Little Green Light offers tips for strengthening volunteer relationships by tracking their volunteer hours in your donor management system. Then Jenni and her sister, Michelle, talk about how nonprofits can leverage influencer marketing strategies to advance their mission and promote...
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274. Student, Alumni, & Family Records + Gifts That Give Back
This week, Little Green Light shares 3 tips for educational organizations to use their donor management system to maintain strong relationships with students, alumni, and family members. Then Jenni and her co-host Julia talk about some of the impact-driven Gifts That Give Back you can purchase…
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273. Convert Animal Adopters to Donors + Silent Auction Planning & Hosting Tips
This week, Little Green Light talks about how using your donor management system to create appeal reports can help improve your next fundraising appeal. Then we take a Rewind back to a Nonprofit in the News segment covering an article about the advice experienced women leaders want to pass down…
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272. Three Ways Appeal Data Reports Can Upgrade Your Next Appeal + Seasoned Women Leaders Offer "Newbies" Advice + Social Giving Trends
This week, Little Green Light talks about how using your donor management system to create appeal reports can help improve your next fundraising appeal. Then we take a Rewind back to a Nonprofit in the News segment covering an article about the advice experienced women leaders want to pass down…
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271. How to Decide Who to Solicit During Your Next Appeal + Reasonable Employee Accommodations + Gifts That Give Back
This week, Little Green Light has advice for deciding who to solicit during your fundraising appeals. Then my sister comes back on the show to talk about some Gifts That Give Back and tips for advocating for reasonable accommodations for employees who have disabilities and other different needs.…
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270. Five Non-Traditional Giving Tuesday Strategies + More Tips to Perfect Your Appeal With Your CRM
This week we continue our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your donor management system can help you prepare an incredible appeal. Then Jenni's sister Michelle joins us to talk about the global fundraising day we all love to hate: Giving Tuesday! We hope these five non-traditional...
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269. Use Your Donor Management System to Manage Appeals + Give Your Community Outreach a Boost
This week we start a new mini-series with Little Green Light about the flipside of fundraising appeals – the role your donor management system plays during the appeals process.Then we take a Rewind back to a conversation with expert Brittaney Jenkins about how your nonprofit can conduct effective...
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268. Last-Minute Year-End Appeal Planning + How to Create Your Cyber Security Plan (I promise, you NEED to listen to this cyber security advice!)
This week is the last episode of our mini-series with Little Green Light about how to develop a last-minute year-end fundraising appeal! Then I share seven cyber security tips your nonprofit ABSOLUTELY needs to implement quickly. Fortunately, all of my tips can be implemented with low-cost and…
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267. Four Ways to Prep for Year-End Appeals + How (and Why) to Conduct Market Research to Grow Your Nonprofit
This week, we continue our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can maximize the success of your year-end fundraising appeal with a list of 4 ways your team can prepare for year-end apples. Then my sister Michelle is coming back to the show to talk about why market…
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266. Partner with Businesses for Year-End Appeals + Why (and How) to Put Your Participants First + How to Reduce Staff Turnover
This week, we continue our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can maximize the success of your year-end fundraising appeal with 5 tips to collaborate with local businesses during your year-end appeal. Then we'll take a Rewind back to a Nonprofits in the news segment…
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265. Five Questions to Plan Your Year-End Appeal + Overcome Racial Equity Fatigue
This week, we continue our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can maximize the success of your year-end fundraising appeal with 5 key questions your nonprofit should answer while you plan your appeal. Then we'll take a Rewind back to a Nonprofits in the news segment full...
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264. How Data Can Improve Year-End Giving Appeals + Boost Your Emotional Wellbeing at Work
This week, we're starting a new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can maximize the success of your year-end fundraising appeal. We start off by talking about how you can use data to refine your fundraising strategy. Then we start a brand new segment called "Beyond the...
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263. Engage Sponsors Year-Round + Employee Talent Development + Training New Volunteers
This week, we're wrapping up our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit obtain and retain event sponsors for your fundraising events. Then Jenni's sister Michelle will come back to talk about two Nonprofits in the News stories. The first covers best practices for creating...
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262. How to Properly Thank Event Sponsors + "Good" and "Bad" AI Tools for Nonprofits
This week, we're continuing our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit obtain and retain event sponsors for your fundraising events. Then we chat with Karen Boyd from the San Diego Policy and Innovation Center about how nonprofits can engage with AI tools, and set boundaries...
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261. Prepping to Approach Sponsors + Using "Impact Data" to Maximize Fundraising Success
This week, we're continuing our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit obtain and retain event sponsors for your fundraising events. Then we chat with Lauren Vanderpool from Social Impact Solutions about "impact data," which is the type of data your major donors and...
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260. Approaching Prospective Event Sponsors + Eliminating Pay Inequities
This week, we're starting a brand new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit obtain and retain event sponsors for your fundraising events. Then we chat with Sally Loftis, founder of Lofits Partners and pay equity expert, about how nonprofits can help lead changes in pay...
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259. Launch Tips for Your Membership Program + Grassroots Engagement and Advocacy Advice
This week, we are wrapping up our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can develop an engaging membership program to add another revenue stream for your organization with tips for how to actually launch your new program. Then we chat with Vedha Vaddaraju, the co-founder of...
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258. Retaining Nonprofit "Members" + Storytelling That's Inclusive of ALL Backgrounds and Cultures
This week, we continue our new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can develop an engaging membership program to add another revenue stream for your organization. Specifically, this week we talk about how to retain your members year after yeat. Then we chat with Nikki...
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257. Nonprofit "Membership" Benefits Contin + Leaders Who Have Lived Experience257. Nonprofit "Membership" Benefits Contin + Leaders Who Have Lived Experience
This week, we continue our new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can develop an engaging membership program to add another revenue stream for your organization. Then we chat with Erin McAleer, CEO of Project Bread, about how her organization prioritizes empowering folks...
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256. Nonprofit "Membership" Benefits + Volunteer Recruitment and Engagement Advice
This week, we continue our new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can develop an engaging membership program to add another revenue stream for your organization. In this first segment, we'll start by talking about the details of how you can build a membership program and...
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255. Types of Nonprofit Membership Programs + Equity-Driven Leadership Development + Improve Grant Writing With AI
This week, we start a brand new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can develop an engaging membership program to add another revenue stream for your organization. In this first segment, we'll start by talking about the different types of membership programs your…
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254. Six Elements of Inspiring Nonprofit Newsletters + Conflict Resolution Strategies
This week, we're wrapping up our mini-series with Little Green Light about donor retention with advice about how to keep donors engaged in your mission with inspiring email newsletters. Next, we have a Rewind of an interview with Christopher Arnold about how your nonprofit leaders can…
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253. Donor Thank-You Letters + 5 Giving Trends Every Fundraiser Should Keep an Eye On
This week, we continue our new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can improve its donor retention efforts, this time specifically focusing on how to write gift acknowledgment letters that help maximize your nonprofit's opportunities to receive future gifts. Next, we have…
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252. How Often to Ask Donors for Gifts + Advocate for Issues Impacting Your Community
This week, we continue our new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can improve its donor retention efforts, this time specifically focusing on how often you can ask donors for additional gifts. Then we take a Rewind back to a conversation Jenni had with Bethany Snyder to...
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251. Three Steps for Donor Retention + LGBTQ Nonprofit Employee Experiences
This week, we start a new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can improve its donor retention efforts to develop a more consistent and sustainable fundraising strategy. Then we host another segment of Nonprofits in the News, this time to talk about news stories and…
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250. Set Sensible Fundraising Goals + Build a Scalable Development Plan
This week, we finish up our mini-series about how nonprofits can streamline fundraising processes with Virginia Davidson from Little Green Light to talk about how to set realistic-yet-bold fundraising goals. Then we take a Rewind back to a conversation with Paul F. Morris, the founder of Foundry...
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249. CRM Appeals Features + IRS Glitch for 990s + Candid/Guidestar Transparency Seals
This week, we continue our mini-series about how nonprofits can streamline fundraising processes with Virginia Davidson from Little Green Light. Then we talk about some Nonprofits in the News stories, including an update about a major IRS glitch that could negatively impact your nonprofit's...
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248. Email Fundraisers + Time-Saving Strategies With Project Management
This week, we continue our mini-series about how nonprofits can streamline fundraising processes with Virginia Davidson from Little Green Light. Then we take a Rewind back to a conversation with project management expert Stacye Brim about how your nonprofit can use project management strategies…
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247. Streamline Fundraising Appeals + Capital Campaign Planning
This week, we start a new mini-series about how nonprofits can streamline fundraising processes with Virginia Davidson from Little Green Light. Then we take a Rewind back to two interviews I had with Brooke Bernard from the Belcourt Theatre and Teri Sloan from the Nashville Food Project about how...
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The Nonprofit Jenni Show is the podcast for nonprofit professionals, board members, and community leaders. Every week, Jenni invites nonprofit leaders to share their stories and advice for facing common management, marketing, and development challenges. Go forth and do good with the Nonprofit Jenni Show!
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