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The Fundraising Talent Podcast — 114 episodes
Do fundraisers understand the nuances of corporate giving?
Are nonprofits relying on too much play-it-safe fundraising?
What sets a good fundraiser apart from a great one?
357 | Does your nonprofit need a Fundraising CEO at the helm?
Is the traditional capital campaign overbuilt, highly inefficient, and clunky looking?
Is bullying one of the reasons why fundraisers are unhappy?
To remain a viable contributor, direct mail fundraising has to evolve quickly.
What would Jane Addams have to say about philanthropy in the twenty-first century?
Are nonprofit leaders expecting too much of fundraising tech?
Omaha Roadshow Speaker Spotlight: Brandi Holys
Are all of us being more intentional about the decisions we make?
Omaha Roadshow Speaker Spotlight: Nancy Williams
How can collective giving shake up philanthropy?
Are your fundraising practices stuck in The Consumer Story?
How can sector leaders improve the donor experience?
Are fundraisers becoming more discerning about where they can thrive?
Are nonprofit leaders designing resilience into their organizations?
What effect will the FTX Bankman-Fried fiasco have on fundraising?
Are fundraisers creating better roles for their donors to play?
Why are nonprofits afraid of their own obsolescence?
How does unseen diversity impact a fundraiser’s journey?
What if the gift economy informed more of our fundraising practices?
Should fundraisers let their board members off the hook?
Conversation w/ the editors of Collecting Courage: Part Two
Conversation w/ the editors of Collecting Courage: Part One
Are nonprofits underestimating the value they afford their corporate sponsors?
Can fundraising learn how to have higher expectations of relationships?
Are donors deliberately hoarding money in donor-advised funds?
How can fundraisers improve their outcomes by embracing the obvious?
Will the next generation of non-profiteers go about fundraising differently?
How can fundraisers ensure their organizations more than transactions?
Do our board recruitment strategies align with our DEI aspirations?
What if more nonprofits accurately reflected the communities they serve?
Does fundraising have a bad case of shiny new toy syndrome?
Has the window of opportunity for greater fundraising self-care begun to close?
How do we make professional development more accessible?
324 | What if we incentivize sticking around rather than raising lots of money?
Can fundraising embrace the science of muddling through?
Why don’t fundraising wizards talk about the messy middle?
Are fundraisers being more selective about whom they work for?
Can fundraising professionals let go of their favorite toys?
Are fundraisers spending too much time chasing after new donors?
Are fundraising professionals patiently earning the right to ask?
How many nonprofit organizations are stuck in the wrong story?
What are the most insidious myths about planned gift fundraising?
Can digital champions strengthen your online fundraising efforts?
When did professional fundraising become “guru-city”?
Should rested Black women take the helm of today’s nonprofit sector?
Are fundraising professionals being ruthless advocates for themselves?
Can fundraisers be recognized as our community’s best boundary spanners?
Is your nonprofit benefiting from both high and low context fundraising?
Is the fundraising community growing wiser in these challenging times?
308 | What if fundraising relied on more asset-based thinking?
How do today’s employers prepare for tomorrow’s workforce?
What do we gain by drawing a line between fundraising and marketing?
Is fundraising suffering from a serious case of narration sickness?
Should we learn to see fundraising through the symbolic lens?
What happens when the donor flips the switch on the relationship?
Could fundraising benefit from a new approach to leadership?
Do boards and bosses have unreasonable expectations of fundraising?
Is nonprofit fundraising long overdue for a reset?
Do boards and bosses want to ensure that they are the hero in the story?
How much of fundraising’s success depends on meaningful places?
How many job descriptions will dramatically change in our post-pandemic world?
Why does fundraising let money be the hero in so many of our stories?
Did the pandemic afford us time for some tough conversations?
Do some of us take for granted how easily we can navigate fundraising?
How can fundraisers do the right thing and get caught doing it?
Are nonprofits giving their power away by cutting ties with bad actors?
Does fundraising deliberately distance itself from the truth?
Great Fundraising Opportunity w/The Salvation Army
Can fundraising evolve for those who give on their own terms?
Can fundraising learn how to put the relationship ahead of the gift?
Do we owe ourselves a new case for fundraising?
How does a fundraiser find more meaningful work?
What expectations should fundraising have of the board?
Does attending to the office do fundraising more harm than good?
What are the 3 types of donors that every fundraiser should understand?
Are you a reluctant fundraiser?
Can fundraisers create an equation that increases giving?
Should fundraisers learn how to “dwell”with their donors?
What holds fundraising back on larger, unrestricted gifts?
What does your boss have to say about fundraising’s competing ideologies?
Did the pandemic permanently change some of our fundraising pratices?
Will special event fundraising ever measure up to our expectations?
What can fundraising learn from bad market research?
What will your fundraiser say when the headhunter calls next week?
Will the current system deliver on fundraising’s higher aspirations?
Are we using the wrong approach for retaining fundraising talent?
Perhaps a field approach to fundraising expertise is a bit overdue?
Despite their set-backs, why do fundraisers recover so quickly?
What if fundraisers took a chance on convening genuine conversations?
Does fundraising need to get better at how we receive the gift?
Can we really expect fundraisers to succeed without social capital?
How do our adverse experiences make us better fundraisers?
Do fundraisers genuinely believe that grateful patient programs are ethical?
Are fundraising professionals listening to their donor’s “money” story?
How can white fundraisers best ally with their BIPOC colleagues?
Have fundraising practices been conditioned on low expectations?
261 | Should I work for a boss who won’t invest in their own professional development?
260 | What happens when “warm glow” fundraising plateaus?
259 | Has your boss demonstrated their willingness to invest in fundraising?
258 | Is the talk of decolonizing philanthropy misdirecting our attention?
257 | How much of fundraising’s pre-pandemic playbook are we throwing out?
256 | Fundraisers, is that really your story to tell?
255 | What could fundraisers achieve if they took the indirect route?
254 | Do the guardians of donor-centered fundraising have a bit of a PR problem?
253 | Was the pandemic an opportunity for fundraising to make some necessary changes?
252 | Did the pandemic teach fundraisers how to create perceived proximity?
251 | Will fundraising ever learn that the conversation is the work?
250 | Are nonprofits are ready for crypto-based fundraising?
249 | When it comes to fundraising, perhaps less can really mean more?
248 | How can nonprofit boards be bridges to smarter organizations?
247 | Should nonprofit fundraising aspire to be a more interdisciplinary endeavor?