Last December I launched Nonprofit Growth as a podcast to interview and create content around nonprofit marketing, but it was short lived. Not long after the launch I made a hard decision to leave the nonprofit world to work for the company who had helped me launch the podcast, Sweet Fish Media. powered by Sounder […]
A Year After My TEDx Talk on Startups & Nonprofits—I Pivoted
Just start moving. Your plans will change. Might as well build some momentum now. A year ago, I gave my first TEDx Talk. It was about my journey from non-profit, to tech startup, and back again. How I was taking my learnings from the cutting edge and applying it where it mattered most. I did […]
008: Top 10 Nonprofit Marketing/Fundraising Books and How to Read More
Recently, I published a blog post about some of my accomplishments (and setbacks) in 2019. One of the accomplishments was the fact that I read 46 books this past year—the most I’ve ever read in a year. That equals almost a book a week, and this year, I’m aiming for 52. powered by Sounder How […]
007: Strategic Marketing for Nonprofit Ministries
People like to use the word “strategic” to describe whatever they’re doing. But what actually makes something strategic? And how does strategy inform marketing? powered by Sounder Mark Slezinger, marketing director at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, joined the podcast to talk about the critical, high-level questions you need to ask before […]
006: How to Successfully Migrate Your Nonprofit CRM to Salesforce
Data leads to insight, and that insight leads to dollars. As a nonprofit organization, your data structure and products need to turn the information they hold into stories and those stories into valuable relationships. To do that, you need the right products and structures. Finding those products and structures, however, means you have to consider […]
005: Expert Advice on Nonprofit Grant Writing For Long Term Growth
Dr. Randy Dirks has done a lot of grant writing for Bethany International. There may be no better person to explain what a grant is, when nonprofits should apply for them, and what major mistakes they should avoid in grant writing. Randy is Vice President at Bethany International. When I interviewed him recently on the […]