The Nonprofit Lab – Details, episodes & analysis

Adam Martel, CEO of Givzey, delves into how AI is revolutionizing nonprofit fundraising with the world’s first fully autonomous fundraisers. Through Givzey's Version2 platform, nonprofits can now enhance donor engagement, streamline processes, and scale their impact using cutting-edge AI technology. This conversation explores how AI is enabling nonprofits to do more with fewer resources while fostering meaningful donor relationships in this new era of philanthropy. Discover how nonprofits can leverage these tools to thrive in the future of fundraising.

Are your nonprofit financials in order? Jason Kruger, the founder and president of Signature Analytics, shares his extensive experience in financial management, particularly in the nonprofit sector. Jason discusses the critical importance of having robust financial processes and controls in place to ensure organizational sustainability and success. He emphasizes how nonprofits can benefit from fractional financial services to improve their financial health, reduce the risk of fraud, and prepare for audits effectively. Through real-life examples, Jason illustrates how proper financial management can empower nonprofits to achieve their missions while maintaining accountability and trust with donors.

Learn how Rebecca went from being a community champion, to founding her nonprofit Stable Moments, to replicating and scaling her organization across more than 40 locations across the United States.

What if you could raise money for a nonprofit by listening to Spotify, going for a walk, or even playing Fortnite? In today's episode, we delve into some really cutting-edge technology in the world of social impact with our guests Mario and Maurizio Hernandez, brothers and founders of Knobl.

On this episode we interview Carol Hamilton, Principal, Grace Social Sector Consulting, LLC and host of the podcast, Nonprofit Mission: Impact

Carol helps nonprofits become more strategic and innovative for greater mission impact. She provides organization effectiveness consulting, meeting design and facilitation, and training to organizations.

A strategic thinker, Carol works with teams and organizations to envision and frame their future strategic direction. As you’ll hear she’s very practical in her approach in the way she helps organizations think through who is key to creating their future, how to gather insights from these stakeholders, consider the big picture, imagine new possibilities, come to agreement on their future goals and create an initial action plan to get started.

Carol has more than 25 years of experience in the association and nonprofit sectors. Carol speaks and trains frequently on leadership, strategy and innovation topics. She graduated from Swarthmore College and has her Masters in Organization Development from American University.

It's great to be back! Our latest episode is out now and features Mark Miller, who has helped over 100 nonprofits rebrand their organization from the inside out.

Mark is a brand strategist, Co-Founder and President of Historic, producer of Future Nonprofit Podcast, and author of Culture Built My Brand. People create work culture, culture defines brands, and Mark helps redefine brands.

Listen to learn more about the strategic aspects of building a brand and how nonprofits can think about how they might align their culture and organizational culture to built the future that should be.

In this interview we get to know and discuss how Trevor and Erin approach nonprofit consulting and the ways in which they meet their clients where they are to take them where they want to go. Listen for an:

🧠 An inside-glimpse into nonprofit consulting mindsets

🎯 Foundational strategies to achieve fundraising goals

💬 Questions to ask when working towards a big vision

📝 Realistic approaches to achieve ambitious results

🎙️ Conversations we need to have in the nonprofit sector

In this episode we interview Pamela Davis, CEO of Nonprofits Insurance Alliance and we discuss the technicalities of insurance while spending time discussing the heart of socially conscious leadership. Listen for:

1) A brief history of insurance in the nonprofit sector

2) Recent shifts in coverage availability for nonprofits

3) Policies that all grassroots nonprofits should consider

4) The importance of challenging status quo systems

5) Conscious leadership in a capitalist market economy

ABOUT OUR GUEST

Pamela Davis, CEO of a group of cooperative nonprofit insurers known as the Nonprofits Insurance Alliance (NIA). Pamela was featured in a PBS documentary and sequel, part of the Visionaries series, she received the first ever Award for Policy Innovation from The Goldman School of Public Policy, UC Berkeley. She was named one of the nation’s 15 BEST BOSSES by Fortune Small Business and Winning Workplaces, named by Business Insurance as one of the 80 “Women to Watch” and an “Elite Women” by Insurance Business America, and was twice listed as a Nonprofit Times Power & Influence Top 50. She holds a BA with highest honors in Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a Master’s in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley. 

Link to Nonprofits Insurance Alliance website: https://insurancefornonprofits.org/

On today’s episode we have the privilege of interviewing Nisha Anand, an Indian-American activist, mom of two teenagers, and a boundary-busting national leader for social and racial justice. Once a grassroots activist arrested in Burma for pro-democracy demonstrations, Nisha is known today as a leader in cultivating unlikely and unconventional partnerships to create change. As Dream.Org’s CEO, Nisha guides a team of storytellers, organizers, and policy experts working on some of society’s toughest problems to create a better future for all. In this episode we discuss:

✊🏽 Why political action and policy change is so important for all causes

🏗️ Ways that leaders can build common ground to advance their social missions

💚 How nonprofits can embody inclusivity for their causes inside and out

🙌 What it looks like to truly partner with the people and communities you serve

🏦 Ways nonprofits can challenge the development and fundraising status quo

Visit Dream.org's website: https://www.Dream.org/

Watch Nisha's TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZfKdlIRqYk

Our episode today is all about values and my guest is Brenda Boyle.Brenda is all about helping leaders and teams translate their values into specific, simple actions! She spent years in the non-profit and social impact sector. We discuss:

1) Why values are important for organizational culture

2) How to define simple, powerful, actionable values

3) What it means to truly live out values inside and out

4) When clear values can protect your team’s health

5) The ROI of defining values and the cost of not

Link to Fireaheart Coaching: https://www.fireheartcoaching.com/