Nonprofit Jenni Show

Latest Episodes:

266. Partner with Businesses for Year-End Appeals + Why (and How) to Put Your Participants First + How to Reduce Staff Turnover Sep 30, 2024

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This week, we continue our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can maximize the success of your year-end fundraising appeal with 5 tips to collaborate with local businesses during your year-end appeal. Then we'll take a Rewind back to a Nonprofits in the news segment where we talk about why (and how) your nonprofit should put its participants front and center. We also chat about another article with advice for retaining great employees.

In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!

— Find Little Green Light's Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni

— Article about prioritizing participants: ssir.org/articles/entry/putting_participants_at_the_center_of_managing_and_leading_nonprofits

— Article about improving staff retention: thenonprofittimes.com/hr/staff-retention-a-major-problem-for-npos

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Produced by Ben Hill Sound

Music by Emily Summers

265. Five Questions to Plan Your Year-End Appeal + Overcome Racial Equity Fatigue Sep 23, 2024

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This week, we continue our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can maximize the success of your year-end fundraising appeal with 5 key questions your nonprofit should answer while you plan your appeal. Then we'll take a Rewind back to a Nonprofits in the news segment full of advice for new women leaders and a breakdown of a report about social giving trends..

In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!

— Find Little Green Light's Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni

— Article about women leaders: ssir.org/articles/entry/overcoming_racial_equity_fatigue

— Report about social giving: onecause.com/ebook/the-2022-giving-experience-study

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Produced by Ben Hill Sound

Music by Emily Summers

264. How Data Can Improve Year-End Giving Appeals + Boost Your Emotional Wellbeing at Work Sep 16, 2024

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This week, we're starting a new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can maximize the success of your year-end fundraising appeal. We start off by talking about how you can use data to refine your fundraising strategy. Then we start a brand new segment called "Beyond the Mission" where we focus on improving the work lives of INDIVIDUAL nonprofiteers instead of just talking about how nonprofits can improve on an ORGANIZATIONAL level.

In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!

— Find Little Green Light's Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni

— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe

Produced by Ben Hill Sound

Music by Emily Summers

263. Engage Sponsors Year-Round + Employee Talent Development + Training New Volunteers Sep 09, 2024

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This week, we're wrapping up our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit obtain and retain event sponsors for your fundraising events. Then Jenni's sister Michelle will come back to talk about two Nonprofits in the News stories. The first covers best practices for creating talent development opportunities for your employees, and the second is all about how to effectively train new volunteers.

In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!

— Find Little Green Light's Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni

— Employee talent development: bridgespan.org/insights/nonprofit-leadership/talent-development-for-ngos

— Volunteer training: classy.org/blog/train-volunteers-for-a-better-nonprofit-event

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Produced by Ben Hill Sound

Music by Emily Summers

262. How to Properly Thank Event Sponsors + "Good" and "Bad" AI Tools for Nonprofits Sep 02, 2024

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This week, we're continuing our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit obtain and retain event sponsors for your fundraising events. Then we chat with Karen Boyd from the San Diego Policy and Innovation Center about how nonprofits can engage with AI tools, and set boundaries for using tools that were created using DEI best practices.

In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!

— Find Little Green Light's Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni

— Karen's website: drkarenboyd.com

— San Diego Policy and Innovation Center: sdrpic.org

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Produced by Ben Hill Sound

Music by Emily Summers

261. Prepping to Approach Sponsors + Using "Impact Data" to Maximize Fundraising Success Aug 26, 2024

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This week, we're continuing our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit obtain and retain event sponsors for your fundraising events. Then we chat with Lauren Vanderpool from Social Impact Solutions about "impact data," which is the type of data your major donors and foundations want to see before deciding whether to invest in your organization.

In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!

— Find Little Green Light's Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni

— Lauren's fundraising quiz: fundraisingquiz.org

— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe

Produced by Ben Hill Sound

Music by Emily Summers

260. Approaching Prospective Event Sponsors + Eliminating Pay Inequities Aug 19, 2024

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This week, we're starting a brand new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit obtain and retain event sponsors for your fundraising events. Then we chat with Sally Loftis, founder of Lofits Partners and pay equity expert, about how nonprofits can help lead changes in pay inequities through pay transparency – even if you feel like you don't have the HR budget to really move the needle yet.

In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!

— Find Little Green Light's Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni

— Sally Loftis' book on Pay Equity: tinyurl.com/nonprofitpayequity

— Sally Loftis' Pay Equity Collective: loftispartners.com/collective

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Produced by Ben Hill Sound

Music by Emily Summers

259. Launch Tips for Your Membership Program + Grassroots Engagement and Advocacy Advice Aug 12, 2024

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This week, we are wrapping up our mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can develop an engaging membership program to add another revenue stream for your organization with tips for how to actually launch your new program. Then we chat with Vedha Vaddaraju, the co-founder of Letters of Gold, about how you can activate folks in your community at the grassroots level to get them involved in important causes.

In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!

— Find Little Green Light's Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni

— Letters of Gold: lettersofgold.org

— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe

Produced by Ben Hill Sound

Music by Emily Summers

258. Retaining Nonprofit "Members" + Storytelling That's Inclusive of ALL Backgrounds and Cultures Aug 05, 2024

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This week, we continue our new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can develop an engaging membership program to add another revenue stream for your organization. Specifically, this week we talk about how to retain your members year after yeat. Then we chat with Nikki Stewart, Executive Director of Old North Illuminated, about how to tell stories from history where folks from all backgrounds and cultures can see themselves reflected.

In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!

— Find Little Green Light's Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni

— Old North Illuminated's "Illuminating the Unseen" video series: www.oldnorth.com/itu/

— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe

Produced by Ben Hill Sound

Music by Emily Summers

257. Nonprofit "Membership" Benefits Contin + Leaders Who Have Lived Experience257. Nonprofit "Membership" Benefits Contin + Leaders Who Have Lived Experience Jul 29, 2024

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This week, we continue our new mini-series with Little Green Light about how your nonprofit can develop an engaging membership program to add another revenue stream for your organization. Then we chat with Erin McAleer, CEO of Project Bread, about how her organization prioritizes empowering folks with lived experience to become influential leaders at her nonprofit.

In this episode, we mention a few resources you may want to check out!

— Find Little Green Light's Free Resources: www.littlegreenlight.com/jenni

— Project Bread's Food Assistance Directory: projectbread.org/get-help

— Get my once-per-week email newsletter: nonprofitjenni.com/subscribe

Produced by Ben Hill Sound

Music by Emily Summers