Nonprofit Corner Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Shaté Hayes shares tips on How to Tell Winning Stories

 Key Takeaways

1.   The importance of alignment and strategic direction

2.   How to tell stories from the "inside out"

3.   How to tell stories beyond traditional long-form writing

 Tips:

Blogs are important

Videos are powerful

Know your target audience – where are they?

Stephanie Schweitzer Dixon has worked in the nonprofit sector for twenty-five years. She began her career as a grant writer and consultant assisting  nonprofit organizations in program development, fundraising, grant writing, and the management of grant-funded programs. She then served as the Executive Director of a nonprofit organization for thirteen and a half years. Her duties included raising money, leading the grants management process, managing a volunteer first response team, and teaching suicide prevention, mental health, and crisis intervention training.

Stephanie is the  CEO and Owner of SSD Consulting, providing consulting and training services  to professionals working primarily within the nonprofit and government sectors.

This episode identified key challenges grant writers face:

• No program plan
• No data
• Expect Grant writer to do it all

5 Key Concepts & Steps for Successful Grant Writing

1. Understand Grant writing is a process.
2. Know what makes you unique?
3. Program planning is essential to the success of every grant application.
4. Align your mission with the grantor’s goals and preference for funding.
5. Collaboration leads to success, both in the program and developing the grant application.

Takeaways

Grants are NOT free money. There are task and responsibilities before, during, and after receiving grant funding.

Develop - Good communication, a good team, and nurture partnership.

Stephanie’s book:

Grant Writing Manual: A Project Planning, Grant Seeking, Grant Writing, and Program Management Training Manual⁠

 CONNECT WITH STEPHANIE

https://www.facebook.com/ssdconsulting/ ;

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssdixon45/ ;

https://twitter.com/ConsultingSsd

Learn more about the Logic Model Program Planning Framework https://LMPP.now.site

Don L. Gleason

Don found his passion early in life to Clean America’s Waters, which led him on a journey that included a 36-yrs in both the military and corporate life. These experiences brought many valuable lessons that grew him into who he is today. It provided him with a vision to help others and he created Achieve New Heights, LLC, where he focuses on helping people find the career that energizes them so they can have the life that fulfills them.

Today episode taps into Don’s experience serving on 5 separate non-profit boards such as Board Chair for the San Antonio Red Cross Chapter. In each, he found the organization was not always clear on the qualifications they were looking for, nor clear with members on their role and expectations.

Our conversation will touch on topics such as board members that took the role to advance their career, disengaged members, and especially the vetting process and finding alignment of non-profit and personal missions.

Question to answer

What does your organization need?

What is your board vetting process?

Is the board operational or fundraising?

Takeaways

If the board members are misaligned – not doing what they love. They will lose confidence and energy.

Be clear what role the board performs. To be unclear – is to be unkind.

Be clear with members on the board expectations.

Hold people to their commitment. Inspire them versus force them.

Learn to have meaningful conversations.

Don.Gleason@AchieveNewHeights.com

Connect with https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-gleason/

Achieve New Heights, LLc

Find recommended books at: https://NonprofitCorner.org/Book

Ideal Team Player, Patrick Lencioni

Crucial Conversations, Patterson-Grenny-McMillian-Switzler

EntreLeadership, Dave Ramsey

EMyth Revisited, Michael E Gerber

Michelle Chenault, owner of M Chenault Management Consulting, LLC, brings more than 16 years of expertise to business consulting.

https://mchenault.com/

Michelle's professional journey includes working in the non-profit sector, where she provides technical writing and meticulously crafts grant proposal responses, comprehensive program plans, and organizational policies and procedures. She collaborates passionately with non-profit organizations that share the mission of nurturing entrepreneurs such as the Houston Women's Business Center (WBC) and the Small Business Development Center. Her commitment to these roles underlines her dedication to fostering innovation and progress within the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

In this episode we discuss the importance of a program plan, internal documentation, and when should Policies and Procedures be developed.

Policies and Procedures help facilitate staying compliance, establishing processes, and makes operations more efficient.

Takeaways

• Develop a solid Program Plan – it guides Policy and Procedure development.     

• Policies and Procedures should be done as early as possible.  
• Seek expert advice to avoid wasting time and money.

Free 30-minute Organization Assessment! https://calendly.com/mchenault/non-profit

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Katherine Lacefield is a well-versed ‘Nonprofiteer’ with 20 years of experience providing direct services to her local SPCA, leading the fundraising, and being the spokesperson of an animal rights nonprofit. She then went on to found her fundraising consulting practice Just Be Cause Consulting.

For the past six years she has been at the forefront of grantmaking research as coordinator of Canada’s leading grantmaking research Lab, PhiLab (https://philab.uqam.ca/en/about-us/philab-network/)

In this episode of the Nonprofit Corner Podcast we discuss:

1.    How the term Non-human philanthropy has been misused and applied in the sector.

2.    There is no such thing as non-human philanthropy, we are part of an ecosystem in which everything has an impact on all aspects of existence.

3.    Strive for a more holistic vision of philanthropy, in deciding how to support the sector. One big need is operational support through training and services.  

RESOURCES

http://www.justbecauseconsulting.com/

Grants pipeline spreadsheet:

https://mailchi.mp/83cdeb7410d8/grant-pipeline-template-freebie

Free 30-minute fundraising training call: https://justbecauseconsulting.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3e0e6206ea09742a32ab2de38&id=dc71a7968c&e=39c848d8bd

Effective Nonprofit Leaders Success Toolkit – https://DrVictoriaBoyd.com/GIVEAWAY

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This episode is jammed packed with valuable tips and strategies from Sarah Olivieri, a true business visionary in the nonprofit space. She’s an international best-selling author, globally renowned speaker and Founder of PivotGround, which supports nonprofits to become financially sustainable world-changers.

She created The Impact Method®️ - a powerful framework that helps nonprofits and for-profits alike simplify their operations, improve their capacity, build aligned teams, and make a bigger impact without getting overwhelmed or burning out.

In this episode we discuss some key concepts that you should ensure become a part of your planning process.

• Total Quality Management - Continuous Improvement
• Know where you are going
• Strategically Build Leadership Capacity
• Budget Approval: Who should really be in charge.

https://PivotGround.com

Grab her Leadership Blueprint during the Giveaway or afterwards visit her website.

The Giveaway 11/6-26: https://DrVictoriaBoyd.com/Giveaway

Sarah's books can be found at: https://NonprofitCorner.org/books

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Stan N. Shields has been working in the Marketing Automation and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) field for over 40 years. With his wealth of experience and expertise, he’s dedicated to helping businesses (and nonprofits) improve their marketing efforts and drive better results.

Some Useful Benefits

• Build a base using automation to help solve most common marketing challenges - time and money.
• Learn why automation is essential
• Strengthen current relationships
• Touch Point Theory on steroids - use all the communication channels

GREAT tool - MailBox Power $79/month - you just cover postage.

Benefits:  

• 50 Cards/month
• Unlimited 4 x 6 postcards
• Unlimited database
• Ability to automate gifts and Thank You notes.

  DIY Cost Comparison to send 1000 4x6 (5 x 7) postcards  

• Vistaprint 1000: 4x6/$95 - 5x7/$179  
• Next Day Flyers 1000: $80   
• Plus the cost of labels - $20 
• Ink to print
• Staff time to prepare for mailing
• Drive to the post office

https://TryMefor90Days.com

https://StanNShields.com

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Sean Delaney is the Founder & CEO of Whadif, a Business Acceleration Company dedicated to educating, protecting, and motivating business owners to achieve their highest levels of success and impact in the world.

Sean specializes in strategic planning, organizational effectiveness, supply chain and risk management, and disaster planning.

His clients have included MetLife, Johnson & Johnson, JP Morgan Chase, Uber, Nike, and companies of all sizes in every industry.

With his unique blend of knowledge, experience, heart, and humor, he has helped organizations of every size to smooth out their operations, innovate for the future, plan for disaster, and execute with precision.

As Sean likes to say “As entrepreneurs we are always asking and always answering… Whadif?”

 Sean dropped some golden nugget so information.

HOME - Human - Optimized - Meaningful - Environment

10 Elements of HARMONIUS business architecture in order to eliminate stress and confusion.

SPECIAL BONUS

The 'What if?' assessment free to listeners. http://whadif.com/badassessment

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Cathy Anderson, a Nashville native has a diverse background and began her professional journey as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), and is also a licensed realtor. As a licensed Realtor she authored, "How I Opened a Group Home: With a Little Cash and a Lot of Passion." You can find her book on the Nonprofit Corner Book list. Her entrepreneurial spirit drove her to establish a group home for individuals with mental challenges and seniors and she also founded the nonprofit "Women's Awareness & Empowerment Organization". Presently, she is the Founder and CEO of A&E Coaching Group Inc., a consulting firm specializing in nonprofit industry guidance and coaching for business leaders. Through her "All Things Nonprofit" initiatives, Cathy empowers the nonprofit community in several areas. Today we talked about being grant-ready and "Leading Like an Introvert for Nonprofit Leaders". Grab the grant readiness checklist:

www.beawareandempower.com https://NonprofitCorner.org

Kathleen presents her journey in a male dominated industry and how she used gratitude to pave her way and all she helps now. We talk about the value and power of gratitude for Nonprofit Leadership.

https://KatleenAPanning.com Podcast: Tilted Halo

Effective Nonprofit Leaders' Success Toolkit Giveaway 11.6-26.23

Find it at: https://DrVictoriaBoyd.com/Giveaway

https://NonprofitCorner.org