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Social Payments & Social Giving - An Interview with Dale Nirvani Pfeifer, Founder & CEO of Goodworld - Episode 32 Jan 19, 2018

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The Philanthropy Podcast Website Email Sean at The Philanthropy Podcast This week on The Philanthropy Podcast, Dale Nirvani Pfeifer, Founder and CEO of Goodworld, discusses how social payments and social giving. Dale touches on how technology is shifting the way that people interact with money, how that plays out in new forms of giving, how privacy and transparency are perceived differently by younger generations, how the giving patterns of these generations differ from previous ones, how our storytelling might need to catch up to new forms of content consumption and more. I mention it briefly during our episode, but I'll be changing the approach I take to social media for the podcast this week. Previously I had approached our social media as a marketing tool and definitely spent time trying to make sure the posts were clear, catchy, and impressive looking. I'll be taking a much more authentic approach from here out so my posts will take a step down in formality, but hopefully a step up in fun. With that, please consider joining our Facebook community at www.facebook.com/thephilanthropypodcast or following us on Twitter at @PhilanthropyPod. You can also join our LinkedIn group by following this link and feel welcome to follow me on LinkedIn. Signup for a free 14 day trial of ScheduleOnce to make your meeting requests more professional (Click here). Links in this week's episode: Goodworld Dale Nirvani Pfeifer:

A Great Big Thank You for Listening! Our 2017 Summary and 2018 Preview - Episode 31 Jan 04, 2018

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In the last episode recorded for 2017 I want to thank you the listeners for all your support and give a quick end of the year wrap-up as well as a preview of some topics to come in 2018. Most of all, I just want to say thank you for tuning in! We'll be back next week with an interview with Dale Nirvani Pfeifer of GoodWorld to discuss social media giving technology, changes in the way donors view privacy and transparency, and more. Have a great 2018 everyone! As always, you can follow The Philanthropy Podcast on one of our social media outlets including: Twitter: @PhilanthropyPod Facebook: The Philanthropy Podcast Facebook Page Linkedin: The Philanthropy Podcast LinkedIn Group Signup for a free 14 day trial of ScheduleOnce to make your meeting requests more professional (Click here).

Social Enterprises & Nonprofits - An Interview with Darius Jones, Vice President & General Manager of Garfield Produce - Episode 30 Dec 11, 2017

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The Philanthropy Podcast Website Email Sean at The Philanthropy Podcast This week on The Philanthropy Podcast, Darius Jones, Vice President and General Manager of Garfield Produce discusses how a social venture can sometimes be the preferred model for having a lasting impact on a community, how social enterprises differ from nonprofits, how to think about scalability and replicability when you're launching your organization or expanding, and how to prepare for a large grant of social impact loan. Darius' story is inspiring and uplifting and his insights are important for anyone launching a new nonprofit or social enterprise, existing organizations thinking about how to scale operations, and anyone considering how new organizational structures might improve your ability to serve others. Most weeks I try to ask one call to action from you in response to what you learn in our episode. This week though, no call to action from me. You may have noticed that the last few weeks my episodes haven't been coming out weekly. At first I thought I'd just catch up, but now I think I need to pull back to one episode every two weeks. I love doing the podcast and hosting these conversations for you, but the scheduling, social media, and editing really do add up. So I hope you'll understand and keep tuning it to The Philanthropy Podcast even if it's just one episode every two weeks. Also, if you're the type who'd be interested in helping me with our social media, with audio editing, or if you'd like to conduct some interviews and episodes yourself and be a cohost, let me know by emailing thephilanthropypodcast@gmail.com! You can be anywhere in the world and help with these things, but if you're in or around Chicago, we can talk in person about sharing the equipment to get up and running. Anyway, the long and the short of it is there's no call to action. It's a busy time of year for all of us, so just relax, enjoy the episode, and know I'm grateful for your loyal support. Links in this week's episode: Garfield Produce Garfield Produce (Facebook) Garfield Produce (Twitter) Garfield Produce (Instagram) Garfield Produce (Youtube) Breakthrough Urban Ministries UTurn Permitted Chicago Botanic Gardens City Colleges of Chicago Benefit Chicago Darius Jones (LinkedIn)

Social Media Guidelines And Respecting Dignity Of Partners - An Interview with Beathe Ogard, President of SAIH - Episode 29 Nov 16, 2017

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The Philanthropy Podcast Website Email Sean at The Philanthropy Podcast This week on The Philanthropy Podcast, Beathe Ogard, President of Studentenes og Akademikernes Internasjonale Hjelpefond (Norwegian Students' and Academics' International Assistance Fund) or SAIH shares with us SAIH's newest social media guidelines for volunteers and travelers as well as some background on SAIH's efforts to raise awareness of stereotypical representations of the beneficiaries of nonprofits and aid organizations worldwide. SAIH's past successes include Africa for Norway and the RadiAid awards. This episode features essential considerations for any nonprofit in their marketing efforts and ideas that are important for all nonprofit employees, board members, and volunteers to consider in how the represent and speak about their program beneficiaries and partners. This week, I encourage you to share examples of organizations you feel follow these concepts and ideals well with me and our other listeners on Twitter at @PhilanthropyPod and using #goodpartners for easy searching, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thephilanthropypodcast or at our LinkedIn Group in the postings for this week's episode. Links in this week's episode: SAIH Social Media Guidelines Norwegian Students' and Academics' International Assistance Fund (SAIH) SAIH (Facebook) SAIH (Twitter) SAIH (Youtube) RadiAid Awards RadiAid Awards (Twitter) Africa for Norway (Video) Original BandAid (Video) Who Wants to Be A Volunteer (Video)

Social Enterprises & NonProfit Partnerships - An Interview With Brenda Palms Barber, CEO of Beelove - Episode 28 Oct 30, 2017

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The Philanthropy Podcast Website Email Sean at The Philanthropy Podcast This week on The Philanthropy Podcast, we're joined by Brenda Palms Barber, Executive Director of the North Lawndale Employment Network and founding CEO of SweetBeginnings a social venture which produces an all natural line of raw honey and honey-infused body care products while providing important transitional job opportunities for individuals who struggle with barriers to employment. Brenda and I discuss nonprofits and social ventures and hit on a range of topics including: her experience of launching a social venture from within the umbrella of her nonprofit organization, the pros and cons of being not-for-profit and for-profit, what lessons and metrics Brenda has brought from one world to the other, and how combining the two creates for some great opportunities for symbiotic relationships, and more. This week, I encourage you to connect with me and our listeners on Twitter at @PhilanthropyPod, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thephilanthropypodcast or at our LinkedIn Group to join in conversations about our show. Links in this week's episode: North Lawndale Employment Network North Lawndale Employment Network (Facebook) North Lawndale Employment Network (Twitter) Sweet Beginnings & Beelove Buzz Sweet Beginnings (Facebook) Sweet Beginnings (Twitter) Sweet Beginnings (Instagram) Forefront BenefitChicago Illinois Department of Corrections

The Importance of Donor Retention and How We Can Improve Our Efforts - Episode 27 Oct 23, 2017

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The Philanthropy Podcast Website Email Sean at The Philanthropy Podcast This week on The Philanthropy Podcast, I discuss donor retention, its importance, and what we can do to improve our organization's donor retention. I explore some of the systemic need for better retention efforts, how we can be donor-centric in our approach, and the latest research on donor retention in the non-profit sector. This week, I want to remind you that if you find my work valuable and want to support me and The Philanthropy Podcast, you can do so by becoming a patron of the show on Patreon. You can click here to choose to make a donation to the show. Anyone giving at the $5 per month level will be invited to a monthly conference call for patrons only in which you can ask me your questions. As always, you can follow The Philanthropy Podcast on one of our social media outlets including: Twitter: @PhilanthropyPod Facebook: The Philanthropy Podcast Facebook Page Linkedin: The Philanthropy Podcast LinkedIn Group Signup for a free 14 day trial of ScheduleOnce to make your meeting requests more professional (Click here). Links from this week's episode: Fundraising Effectiveness Project Professor Adrian Sargeant's Research University of Plymouth's Center for Sustainable Philanthropy

Research Based Fundraising Resources - Episode 026 Oct 11, 2017

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The Philanthropy Podcast Website Email Sean at The Philanthropy Podcast This week on The Philanthropy Podcast, I highlight fundraising resources available to you that are research based and which cite their methods and sources. This episode came as a result of searching for annual appeal techniques that are backed by evidence and struggling to find them. We look at four main resources, The Science of Philanthropy Initiative, the Lilly School of Philanthropy, the Social Innovation Review, and NextAfter to examine what each offers, how they might be useful to you in your practice, and how we can all contribute to a more evidence based approach in our field. My one request from you this week is to follow The Philanthropy Podcast on one of our social media outlets including: Twitter: @PhilanthropyPod Facebook: The Philanthropy Podcast Facebook Page Linkedin: The Philanthropy Podcast LinkedIn Group Signup for a free 14 day trial of ScheduleOnce to make your meeting requests more professional (Click here). Links from this week's episode: Science of Philanthropy Initiative Lilly School of Philanthropy Social Innovation Review NextAfter

A New Job! A Personal Update on My Life And The Philanthropy Podcast - Episode 25 Oct 02, 2017

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The Philanthropy Podcast Website Email Sean at The Philanthropy Podcast This week on The Philanthropy Podcast, I share an update on my own life, the story of the new job I have with Horizons For Youth and some information about our amazing kindergarten through college programming. I also share some updates from behind the scenes in the MacCready household, including the nonprofit work of my wife that's making me so proud. My one request from you this week is to leave a rating and review wherever you find podcasts. If that's iTunes, you can click here, login, and leave a review. If you find your podcasts elsewhere, please look into leaving a review wherever that may be. Thank you for taking the 2-3 minutes to leave a review, it means a lot to me. Links from this week's episode: Horizons For Youth Horizons For Youth - Facebook Horizons For Youth - Twitter CROSO The Nonprofit Optimist Podcast Campbell & Company

Planning Your Online Giving Day - An Interview With Tiffany Khan, Director of Sun Devil Giving at ASU Foundation - Episode 24 Sep 24, 2017

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The Philanthropy Podcast Website Email Sean at The Philanthropy Podcast This week on The Philanthropy Podcast, we're joined by Tiffany Khan, Director of Sun Devil Giving at the Arizona State University Foundation. Tiffany and I discuss giving days and preparing for the challenges of an online giving day, building communications tools that help distribute ownership and engagement, choosing the date of your giving day, considering how to give other departments notice to prepare for the load they'll see, providing instant recognition for giving day donors, and more. This week I'm asking that you consider participating in the spirit of International Podcast Day, and share a note about The Philanthropy Podcast on a social or professional network this week. To encourage others to try podcasts, think about sharing how you use this podcast and ask for their recommendations as well. I've included three links below to share a pre-written post to LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook with just a click. If you send me a screenshot or tag me, or The Philanthropy Podcast, in your show, I'll be sure to give a shoutout to your organization or an organization of your choosing on an upcoming episode. As always, you can subscribe to The Philanthropy Podcast if you haven't already by visiting www.thephilanthropypodcast.com for links to help you subscribe on iTunes, Android phones, or Windows phone or for a listing of the social media networks where you can find me. Click to post to LinkedIn: "I listen to www.thephilanthropypodcast.com to find new fundraising ideas & tips. How do you find ideas to improve in your work?" Click to tweet: "I listen to www.thephilanthropypodcast.com to find new #fundraising ideas & tips. How do you find ideas to improve?" Click to share to Facebook: The Philanthropy Podcast Website If you think The Philanthropy Podcast has helped you or others in your work, then please visit and support my effort to bring high quality content in our field with a gift of $1 per month or more. Be part of the community of people dedicated to helping share the message of new and innovative ways to better support the causes you support and the values you hold. Visit thephilanthropypodcast.com/awesome to support the show. Links in this week's episode: Tiffany Khan (LinkedIn) ASU Foundation (Facebook) ASU Foundation (Twitter) Campaign ASU 2020 Share The Philanthropy Podcast on LinkedIn Share The Philanthropy Podcast on Twitter Share The Philanthropy Podcast on Facebook

Succeeding at Online Advertising - An Interview with Jeff Cosgrove, Director of Nonprofits at Conversant - Episode 23 Sep 18, 2017

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The Philanthropy Podcast Website Email Sean at The Philanthropy Podcast This week on The Philanthropy Podcast, we're joined by Jeff Cosgrove, Director of Politics, Advocacy, and Nonprofits at Conversant. Jeff and I discuss online advertising and cover a broad range of topics including: how nonprofits can cut through the noise in online advertising, what messaging is leading to increased fundraising success, how to help boards and directors believe in and invest in online advertising, segmenting and oversegmenting, how gift attribution policies need to be redefined to catch up with an online and social platform, how organizations can make the leap from being good in this area to great, and more. This week, I encourage you to subscribe to The Philanthropy Podcast if you haven't already. You can visit www.thephilanthropypodcast.com/subscribe for links to help you subscribe on iTunes, Android phones, or Windows phone. Remember, you can connect with me and our listeners on Twitter at @PhilanthropyPod or at our LinkedIn Group here to join in conversations with our show listeners If you think The Philanthropy Podcast has helped you or others in your work, then please visit and support my effort to bring high quality content in our field with a gift of $1 per month or more. Be part of the community of people dedicated to helping share the message of new and innovative ways to better support the causes you support and the values you hold. Visit thephilanthropypodcast.com/awesome to support the show. Links in this week's episode: Jeff Cosgrove (LinkedIn) SAIH (Norwegian Students' and Academics' International Assistance Fund Radi-Aid Awards Rusty Radiator Golden Radiator Conversant Media Conversant Media (Twitter) Conversant Media (LInkedIn) Conversant Media (Facebook) Abacus - Epsilon Data Collaborative Epsilon Epsilon (Twitter) Epsilon (LinkedIn) The Data and Marketing Association The Data and Marketing Association NonProfit Federation

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