Organization
Ep 302 | Getting Specific with Your Vision and Mission for Better Donor Alignment with Dan Johnson
Are you struggling to attract the right donors and volunteers to your nonprofit? The secret might lie in your organization's vision and mission statements. These foundational elements are more than just corporate jargon - they're powerful tools that can transform your...
Ep 292 | When to START or Stop Your Marketing Plan with Corey Morris
Are you feeling uncertain about your nonprofit's digital marketing strategy? Wondering if you should stick with your current plan or pivot to something new? You're not alone. In today's rapidly changing digital landscape, it's crucial to strike a balance between...
Ep 280 | Tools and Strategies I Use to Stay on Task
This episode combines the best of goal setting, weekly planning, and quarterly focus techniques using both digital tools like ClickUp and traditional methods such as the Full Focus Planner by Michael Hyatt. Sami provides valuable insights into creating impactful daily...
Ep 278 | Staying on Track with Big Goals with Colleen Biggs
Having big goals for your organization is crucial, but actually executing on them and staying motivated can be a real challenge. In this episode, we chat with Colleen Biggs, a seasoned entrepreneur and business strategist, about her proven strategies for setting...
Ep 277 | How to Execute Your 2025 Strategy
We all love a good planning session, but putting that plan into action can be a whole different beast. This has always been our biggest struggle. Consistency is key and creating excitement around the plan goes. along way. Learn ways to keep the team (and yourself)...
Ep 276 | Creating your 2025 Marketing Plan
It's that time of year again - planning season! It's one thing to put together your strategic goals for your organization, it's another to put a marketing strategy together that will support that. Whether you're launching a new initiative, gearing up for a capital...
Ep 260 | Grow Your Audience Through Collaborations
Collaborations are a great way to get more visibility for your organization, build trust, and get new donors. There are so many different ways you can collaborate - it's only limited by your imagination. Tune in to discover unexpected partnerships and learn how...
Ep 244 | Getting Started with Funnels with Mikael Dia
Funnels aren't just for sales teams. They are a way to understand how people become donors so you can get more of them! Funnels can help you create better donor and customer experiences while automating many of the actions. Learn how to set up a funnel, how to test...
Ep 242 | Get Started Building Your Knowledge Base with Roxanne Fry
If you're spending all your time directing people on where information is, training your team, or just struggling to figure out what the tasks the employee that just left did, then this episode is for you. Documenting the way things are done inside your organization...
Ep 241 | Embracing Technology with Colin Sanburg
Technology can help your streamline so many things in your organization. This can include marketing communications, internal systems, donor stewardship and on and on. Getting everyone on board with new technology is the more difficult part. Learn ways to better...
Ep 240 | You Have a Plan…Now What? with Cassandra Quinn
Planning is important. It helps you know where you're going and what that means for your growth and impact. Executing that plan is the second half of the battle. Knowing if things are working and your strategies are going to get you to the end goal is where a lot of...
Ep 239 | 10+ Tech Tools for 2024
Technology can really support your business. I'm sharing the tools that I can't live without in case you're looking for recommendations. Remember that technology is only as impactful as the problem it solves. Don't go down a rabbit hole for tools you don't need. To...
Ep 238 | Take Back Control of Your Calendar
Meetings are great - you can get a lot done. Typically, they requre more work afterwards and your calendar can quickly get filled up without time to get the actual work done. 2024 is the year you master your calendar and get things done. Not all meetings NEED to...
Ep 233 | Reflecting on 2023 to Plan for 2024 with Julie Boll
When you reflect you remind yourself about what was amazing, what you want to do more of, and what you'll let go of. Walk through the exercises in this episode for yourself AND with your team as you plan for 2024. Then, create this as a practice throughout the year to...
Ep 231 | Creating a Sales Strategy for 2024 with Harry Spaight
When you think about sales how does it make you feel? For most people they feel icky and greasy. Sales doesn't have to be that way. You can implement a sales strategy into your fundraising approach so that you have a constant stream of people coming into your network...
Ep 224 | My Favorite Copywriting Tools
Copywriting tools can help you with the confidence to hit publish on all the incredible content you're creating. Especially if you have a small team! Using these tools can help you streamline your process and ensure it stays within you voice and style. What you'll...
Ep 215 | Create Your Social Media Publishing Schedule
Do you get frustrated trying to figure out what to post each day? Putting together a quick and easy template can help you get more consistent and connect with your audience. Grab the quick and easy template to come up with what to post on social media whether you're...
Ep 199 | How to Build a Monthly Program Your Donors Want with Tiffany King
How do you know what your audience wants when it comes to a monthly giving program? It can be easy to be in our own heads. Today's guest is Tiffany King and she's bringing her perspective of creating value for her business members to her Chamber of Commerce. While a...
Ep 192 | How Listening Can Help You With Your Marketing
What can we learn when we listen? When we show up to conversations it is so tempting to talk all about ourselves and the incredible things we do. That might not get us the results we want because we aren't learning about how our organization could benefit the person...
Ep 185 | Take Back Your time in 2023 with Chelsey Newmyer
It's a new year. You might be thinking about resolutions and changes you want to make in your personal and professional life. One thing I'm always working on improving is my productivity. I love my job and the work I do, but finding success doesn't mean spinning my...
Ep 184 | Getting Back to Basics with My Marketing in 2023
2023 is all about getting back to basics. When the foundation of your business is strong, your business will grow. We tend to get sidetracked by all the pretty new things. I'm pushing them to the side and focusing on the things that I know will help me reach my goals....
Ep 183 | Finding the Right Employees with Rachel Carey-McElwaney
Workforce issues are still here and figuring out the right people to have on your team is critical. In our last episode we talked with Karin Davis about how to build creativity into your team and how that relates to retention and collaboration and finding the right...
Ep 182 | Building Creativity into your Organization for More Growth with Karin Davis
Creativity isn't just about arts and crafts and singing and dancing. It's about how you think about the problems you're solving and creating new solutions. By doing this work, you'll have even more opportunities to make an impact on your community and the cause you're...
Ep 178 | Creating More Mindfulness Around Technology with Rob Krecak
Do you have a healthy relationship with technology? This isn't something that people necessarily think about when it comes to tech and work. Afterall, you have to use it to get things done! Technology is critical in automating, our ability to communicate, setting up...
Ep 177 | Creating your 2023 Big Picture Strategy
I love to start my strategic planning by planting my big rocks and non negotiables. This is both personal and professional, because I want to have that healthy balance. I'm walking you through the simple steps I do each year to help me set big goals and figure out my...
Ep 175 | Choosing Which Tasks to Automate with Michelle Nedelec
Are there tasks that you find yourself doing over and over again? Or things that you know could just be a bit simpler? Michelle Nedelec is here to share how to think about automating tasks so that you can free up more time in your day and your teams day! What you'll...
Ep 174 | How to Track Content for Repurposing and Increased Engagement
Keeping your content organized can help you with knowing how to share the resources with your donors and community, but also help you with how you repurpose your content! Learn how to use this amazing template, then grab it and start organizing and reusing your...
Ep 172 | How to Build Your Board’s Marketing Team with Sabrina Walker Hernandez
Marketing is a task that is ongoing for the sustainability of your organization. It helps to bring in donors, volunteers, board members, and awareness to the community you serve. Setting up your marketing committee for success can not only help kep the board...
Ep 170 | 5 Ways You Didn’t Think You Could Use Your Project Management Tool with Jamie Hawk
A project management tool can be a game changer for the efficiency of your business. It keeps you're entire team on task and allows you to have eyes. on what everyone is working on. andhwere they're at with tasks. But there are other ways you can utilize a project...
Ep 160 | Survey Your Audience to Increase Engagement with Peter Schafer
Surveying your audience is a great way to learn more about them and inform your marketing decisions. You can learn more about what your donors really care about, how they think you're doing and what would help them be more engaged. You can learn more about your...
