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All Episodes

Fundraising Growth Now! — 80 episodes

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Direct Mail Remains the Cornerstone to Expand Your Donor Base

2

Our Favorite "Bob-isms"—How Bob Swaney Drives Fundraising Success

3

The Tax Code Changed. What Does That Mean for Fundraising?

4

AI and the Human Work of Fundraising

5

Hear From Your Peer — Jonathan Martin

6

Hear From Your Peer — Brittany A. Hall, Fort Wayne Philharmonic

7

Hear From Your Peer — Nathan Lutz, Carmel Bach Festival

8

Hear From Your Peer — Shannon Walenta, Opera Omaha

9

How Healthy is Your Donor Pipeline?

10

How to Get Out of the Weeds — What Fundraisers Can Learn From Restaurants About Managing Workload

11

Hear From Your Peer — Lyndy Franklin Smith and Jeromy Smith, The Lexington Theatre Company

12

Hear From Your Peer — Rachel Ford, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra

13

Hear From Your Peer—Sidney P. Jackson, Chicago Sinfonietta

14

Hear From Your Peer—Amy Williams, Savannah Philharmonic

15

Hear From Your Peer—Kathryn R Martin, Santa Barbara Symphony

16

Hear From Your Peer — Mary McFadden Lawson, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

17

Hear From Your Peer — Paul Hogle, Cleveland Institute of Music

18

Hear From Your Peer — Jonathan Norris, Frist Art Museum

19

How to Increase Results in 90 Seconds

20

What to Know About DAFs in 90 Seconds

21

Getting the Meeting

22

Why Individual Giving is the Answer

23

Big Yeses are Built on Small Yeses

24

Two Tips to Activate Your Board in Fundraising (When You've Tried Everything)

25

The Art of the Ask—Part 2

26

The Art of the Ask—Part 1

27

Leadership Burnout is REAL, and Here's What You Can Do About It

28

Making Time to Fundraise—Yes You Can!

29

The Golden Rule in Your Arts Fundraising Program

30

Why RFPs Are a Friend to No One

31

Alexa, Raise Me a Million Dollars!

32

A Fundraising Program: It's Like Fundraising, but With a Map

33

If You Can't Measure It, You Can't Manage It

34

When Business Smarts Meets the Arts

35

Fundraising Growth Equals Organizational Growth

36

The Board Member's Fundraising Toolbox

37

Artists in Fundraising — Seven Ways to Get Involved

38

The Pros and Cons of Donor-Advised Funds

39

Talk About Churn – Leadership in the Arts

40

Board Recruitment - Leadership RULES!

41

Board Engagement - an Interview with Susan Howlett

42

Stop It!

43

The Do's and Don'ts of Contributed Revenue Goal Setting

44

Giving Tuesday – Too Much Hype for Too Little Return?

45

Obsessing Over Other People's Money

46

Stop Making Fear-Based Fundraising Decisions

47

The Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera's Success Story

48

A Few Quotes to Irritate and Discourage

49

Selling Your Story

50

Excuses or Reality? Getting to the Heart of Donor Objections

51

Adapting Fundraising Fundamentals to the Changing Arts Environment

52

The Power of Sharing Stories

53

A Few Favorite Quotes to Amuse and Inspire

54

Err on the Side of Asking: Overcoming Hesitation in Fundraising

55

Stop treating Board members like A.I.

56

Hiring Fundraising Staff

57

Whose Patron Is It, Anyway?

58

Expanding the Annual Fund Donor Base

59

Properly Setting Fundraising Goals

60

Changes for 2024 - Part 2

61

Changes for 2024 - Part 1

62

Fundraising Success Fundamentals

63

The Art of Building the Donor Pyramid

64

"I Can't Fundraise!"

65

Reduced Resources and the Pathway to Fundraising Success (Part 2)

66

Reduced Resources and the Pathway to Fundraising Success (Part I)

67

Planned Giving, Simplified

68

As Confusion Increases, Fundraising Decreases

69

Board Fundraising

70

Your "Ultimate" Chief Development Officer

71

The Pleasant Surprises of 2020

72

Does Database Size Matter?

73

Patron Stewardship

74

What’s My Fundraising Focus? (Part 5) Asking for Board Support

75

What’s My Fundraising Focus? (Part 4) Leadership - You Have What It Takes!

76

What’s My Fundraising Focus? (Part 3) Philanthropic Message

77

What’s My Fundraising Focus? (Part 2) Patron Preservation Program

78

What's My Fundraising Focus? (Part 1) Planning

79

To Fundraise or Not to Fundraise?

80

Fundraising Growth Now! (Trailer)