Nonprofit Innovators
58 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWorking at a nonprofit is hard. Let’s face it: If you’re a passionate, smart, decisive leader, you could make more money working anywhere other than a nonprofit. To make matters more complicated, you’re passionate about a cause and tasked with enlisting others to join the fight, but consistently asked to do more with less.The investment private-sector organizations require to grow is favor when dollars devoted to the mission is the ultimate KPI. When I joined GoodUnited after 30+ years at the American Cancer Society, my stated mission was to evangelize the third wave of giving on social media. Several months in, I realized my mission is bigger than that. I need to evangelize the work of nonprofits both to encourage their leaders to keep innovating despite circumstances that often disincentivize it, and to evangelize their experiences for the community at large.Let’s lean in, listen to great ideas, and learn from the people who took them from concept to creation.
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3: How to Pitch a New Idea to Your Nonprofit: Practical advice from successful change champions
October 05, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBLet’s face it - a different set of rules governs nonprofits than our corporate peers who are celebrated when they embrace an idea only to “fail faster”. Fail faster? Not an option. Suggest something new? Pitch a new approach? Stop doing something we’ve always done? Ask why we’ve always done it that way? Those are dollars earmarked for the mission you’re talking about. There’s nothing cavalier about it. Our mission is depending on us to do what we've always done. To raise what we ...
S1 E3: How to Pitch a New Idea to Your Nonprofit: Practical advice from successful change champions
October 05, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBLet’s face it - a different set of rules governs nonprofits than our corporate peers who are celebrated when they embrace an idea only to “fail faster”. Fail faster? Not an option. Suggest something new? Pitch a new approach? Stop doing something we’ve always done? Ask why we’ve always done it that way? Those are dollars earmarked for the mission you’re talking about. There’s nothing cavalier about it. Our mission is depending on us to do what we've always done. To raise what we ...
2: How to Find Supporters when No One Knows You...Yet!
September 01, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBApple does not have a brand awareness problem. I bet you recognize a Nike logo every time you see it. The same goes for brand-name nonprofits who have household name brand recognition and a cause that is broad, deep, and well understood. Many nonprofits believe a lack of brand awareness is their chief problem to overcome, asking questions like: If my cause is little-known, does that limit my sphere of support? What can I do if my budget and team is too small to cover the addressable mark...
S1 E2: How to Find Supporters when No One Knows You...Yet!
September 01, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBApple does not have a brand awareness problem. I bet you recognize a Nike logo every time you see it. The same goes for brand-name nonprofits who have household name brand recognition and a cause that is broad, deep, and well understood. Many nonprofits believe a lack of brand awareness is their chief problem to overcome, asking questions like: If my cause is little-known, does that limit my sphere of support? What can I do if my budget and team is too small to cover the addressable mark...
How to Find Supporters when No One Knows You...Yet!
September 01, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBApple does not have a brand awareness problem. I bet you recognize a Nike logo every time you see it. The same goes for brand-name nonprofits who have household name brand recognition and a cause that is broad, deep, and well understood. Many nonprofits believe a lack of brand awareness is their chief problem to overcome, asking questions like: If my cause is little-known, does that limit my sphere of support? What can I do if my budget and team is too small to cover the addressable mark...
1: Meet the People Behind Susan G. Komen’s New Facebook Community
July 26, 2021 13:05 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBJoining us this episode is the Susan G. Komen thought leaders responsible for 13k new supporters and 56k fundraisers that equated to more than 175k new donations. Here's what we'll cover: How Komen's first Facebook Challenge changed their perception of a successful social fundraising strategy What Komen learned during the Facebook Challenges and what they plan on doing differently How they convinced the organization to embark on this new strategy? To get the insider's scoop on Susan G....
S1 E1: Meet the People Behind Susan G. Komen’s New Facebook Community
July 26, 2021 13:05 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBJoining us this episode is the Susan G. Komen thought leaders responsible for 13k new supporters and 56k fundraisers that equated to more than 175k new donations. Here's what we'll cover: How Komen's first Facebook Challenge changed their perception of a successful social fundraising strategy What Komen learned during the Facebook Challenges and what they plan on doing differently How they convinced the organization to embark on this new strategy? To get the insider's scoop on Susan G....
Meet the People Behind Susan G. Komen’s New Facebook Community
July 26, 2021 13:05 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBJoining us this episode is the Susan G. Komen thought leaders responsible for 13k new supporters and 56k fundraisers that equated to more than 175k new donations. Here's what we'll cover: How Komen's first Facebook Challenge changed their perception of a successful social fundraising strategy What Komen learned during the Facebook Challenges and what they plan on doing differently How they convinced the organization to embark on this new strategy? To get the insider's scoop on Susan G....