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#397 - Your Next Million-Dollar Donor Gives $10 a Year
The biggest gift your organization will ever receive might come from a donor who's been quietly giving you $10 a year for two decades. And most of yo…
2 months, 1 week ago
#396 - How a Teacher-Turned-CEO Landed Her First Six-Figure Gift
Episode 398
I love a good transformation story, and Lucy Madden's is one of my favorites.
Lucy was a middle school science teacher who ran a snail mail pen pal pr…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
#395 - Why Your Major Gift Program Can't Wait
This episode is a little different. It's a bit of a public service announcement.
I recently read new nonprofit sector data, and honestly, I haven't be…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
#394- What Pricing Strategy Can Teach Us About Major Gifts with Claire Wang
One of my favorite takeaways from this conversation with Claire Wang is that fundraising and pricing have more in common than you might think. At the…
3 months ago
#393- Burnout, Budget Cuts, and the Future of Fundraising with Glennda Testone
I sat down with my friend Glennda Testone, CEO of the Nonprofit Leadership Lab, to talk about what we're both seeing across the sector right now: bur…
3 months, 1 week ago
#392- Fundraising Without Fear: Moving from Scarcity to Sustainability with Andrew Murphy
One of my favorite parts of this work is watching nonprofit leaders grow into fundraisers not because they become slick salespeople, but because they…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
#391- What Happens When You Stop Fundraising on Hope with Amy Lester
Ever feel like your major gifts program is held together by spreadsheets, good intentions, and crossed fingers?
This week, I'm joined by my client and…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
#390- The Fundraising Strategy Too Many Nonprofits Ignore with Tess Conrad
This episode honestly changed the way I think about planned giving.
I sat down with Tess Conrad and walked away realizing that planned giving isn’t ju…
4 months ago
#389- The Human Side of AI with Janine Quijije
In this episode of Nonprofit Lowdown, I sat down with Janine Quijije to talk about AI but probably not in the way you’re used to hearing about it.
Ins…
4 months, 1 week ago
#388- The Development Director Exodus
This episode felt personal for me because I’ve been watching so many development directors quietly disappear from organizations lately. And honestly?…
4 months, 2 weeks ago