Nonprofit SnapCast

Latest Episodes:

Cryptocurrency 101, with Marc Haddle Apr 05, 2022

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Marc Haddle is the Innovation Director for Baseline Protocol, an open source initiative that combines advances in cryptography, messaging, and blockchain to deliver secure and private business processes at low cost. We talk at length about what blockchain is, and why nonprofits shouldn't ignore the world of cryptocurrency.

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How Do We Train the Next Generation of Changemakers? Apr 02, 2022

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There are numerous universities and programs focused on social innovation, social entrepreneurship, and social impact design. We will talk about the strengths and limitations of higher education preparing the next generation of changemakers.

We want to talk about big questions like:

How do colleges and universities account for the complexities and opportunities of co-design in the constraints of a semester?
How can institutions of privilege root in equity and access, and help students identify their own positionalities?
How do you help students shift from the theoretical to the real-life work of social change?
How can these large institutions teach innovation practices when they often struggle to use them?

Our fantastic guests included:

Odesma Dalrymple, Associate Professor, Engineering Exchange for Social Justice, University of San Diego

Nate Wong, Georgetown University

Ann Verhey-Henke, Strategic Director, Center for Socially Engaged Design, University of Michigan

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The Comfortable Home Project Mar 31, 2022

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Keith Hutchings is the founder of the Comfortable Home Project, an innovative solution to connecting homeowners with local, sustainable housing industry experts. We talk at length with Keith and the current (at the time of recording) students who make the program succeed.

We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Raising More Money with Direct Response Fundraising Mar 29, 2022

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Colin Stewart, EVP Strategic Partnerships & Philanthropy for Arjuna Solutions, visits the Nonprofit SnapCast to talk about maximizing philanthropy. Using behavioral economics modeling with artificial intelligence, they help nonprofits determine the best times to target donors for maximum participation. We talk about funding trends, the role of industry influencers and philanthropists, and problems we all see with current funding models.

We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Form 990: Most damaging mistakes, with Melanie Kirton Mar 24, 2022

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Melanie Kirton of Financial Affairs visits the SnapCast to talk about nonprofit financial issues. This episode, we talk about the Form 990, bust some myths and misconceptions, and discuss some of the most damaging mistakes an organization can make with their 990, including:

Missing the deadline
Wrong name or FEIN
Filing an incomplete return
Improper functional allocation
Other mistakes: outdated mission statement, outdated board list, wrong contact information

We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

FlexibleSites, with James Connor Mar 22, 2022

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James Connor does a second episode with Mickey to discuss FlexibleSites. FlexibleSites serves nonprofits, startups, and small businesses with quickly deployable and easy to manage websites and content management systems--affordably. James explains how Flexsites works to cut operational expenses, and facilitate a nonprofit's web-branding effort.

We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Limitations of Empathy & The Future of Narrative Intelligence Mar 20, 2022

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Human relationships are at the center of humanity. They drive our culture, performance, and results across any organizational structure, geography, or sector. “Designing for Humanity” is a moral imperative we must consider embodying today to be successful in our impact. The inquiry, practice, strategy, and methodology allow for practices like narrative intelligence and design beyond empathy.

In this special event, Michael O’Bryan will shed light on these concepts and practices and lead us in a workshop on how to expand our knowledge and practices to reach greater relationship, approaches, and ultimately practices in design. The tools that Humanature deploys sit at the intersection of human, economic, and ecological resilience.

Michael is a practitioner and researcher in the fields of community development, organizational culture, and human well-being. He is an Innovation Fellow at Drexel University’s Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation and most recently served as Director of Learning at The Village of Arts and Humanities. Michael is the founder of Humanature, a design strategy firm working with nonprofits, businesses, and government agencies to transform how they understand and support human development, interaction, and performance.

We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Fractional CTO, with James Connor Mar 17, 2022

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James Connor is a Fractional CTO. We talk about what a Fractional CTO can do for even small nonprofits, and the pros and cons of using a Fractional CTO to facilitate an organization's technology.

We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Reimagined Experiences, with Trace Kingham Mar 15, 2022

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Trace Kingham returns to the SnapCast to talk with Mickey about Reimagined Experiences, Trace's wildly successful endeavor to help nonprofits reimagine communications and events into engaging virtual, hybrid and in-person experiences.

We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.

Marketing for Nonprofits, with Jeff Wasserstrom Mar 10, 2022

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Jeff Wasserstrom is the CEO and President of JAW Enterprises, providing custom promotional products along with screen-printed and embroidered apparel. We talk about brand awareness and marketing for nonprofits. Among the things we discuss:

Brand Awareness – Handing out branded products to enhance your brand / image.
Custom Event Gifts – Participants for Races, Walks, and many other events for registering or participating. These gifts create positive memories of the Non Profit that will last a lifetime.
Donor Gifts – Thank you Gifts which help create Good Will and shows appreciation from the Non Profit.
Apparel Program – provide logo apparel for employees and volunteers which helps promote their Non Profit and makes everyone feel a part of the organization.
Custom Gifts used for Fundraising Purposes – Selling custom items to raise money.

We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.