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710. Stories That Fill the Hope Gap: Closing the Hope Gap with Story - Afdhel Aziz
There is a growing gap in our world between hope and despair.
And storytelling might be the most powerful tool we have to fill it.
Welcome to Stories …
1 month ago
709. Working Session: Fundraising as a Team of One: What to Do When You Don’t Have Time for Everything - Christina Martin Kenny
Meet Christina Martin Kenny 👋 She is a career fundraiser and the founder of Guava Tree Strategies. She has been a fundraising team of one more times …
1 month, 1 week ago
708. Working Session: How to Build a Story Engine for Your Nonprofit - Amanda Green
Meet Amanda Green 👋 She is a journalist turned Communications Consultant with more than 20 years of newsroom and public relations experience, includi…
1 month, 1 week ago
707. How to Break Philanthropy Out of Hypothesis Mode - Casey Lardner, Ph.D., GenSpace
Is philanthropy stuck in hypothesis mode?
In science, there are two kinds of research: hypothesis-driven, where you predict the outcome before you run…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
706. How to Turn Around a Nonprofit From the Inside Out - Marisol Pineda Conde + Lindsey Fuller, The Teaching Well
Meet Linsey Fuller and Marisol Pineda Conde 👋 Together, they have spent five years turning around an organization that started with one month of runw…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
705. Working Session: How to Keep More Monthly Donors + Increase Generosity - Dave Raley
Meet Dave Raley 👋 He is the founder and CEO of the Center for Sustainable Giving, author of The Rise of Sustainable Giving, and one of the most trust…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
704. How Special Olympics is Using AI + Technology to Scale Belonging - Nathan Cook
Meet Nathan Cook 👋 He is the Chief Information and Technology Officer at Special Olympics International, where he is using technology to do something…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
703. People Power: How to Turn Volunteers Into Core Capacity - Sara Lomelin, Nicole Stewart, Nicole R. Smith, CVA, and Susan McPherson
We're living in the loneliest moment in modern history. And at the same time, people have never been hungrier for hope, for joy, for meaningful conne…
1 month, 4 weeks ago
702. Working Session: Planned Giving Without the Overwhelm - Pedro J. Rivera
Meet Pedro J. Rivera 👋 In 30 years at the intersection of law, philanthropy, and fundraising, he has launched three planned giving programs and raise…
2 months ago
701. 93% of Funding Gone Overnight: A Case Study in Crisis Leadership - Jennifer Rupp
At 4am on April 3, 2025, Jennifer Rupp's phone wouldn't stop buzzing. 93% of Michigan Humanities' budget. Gone overnight. What happened next is a sto…
2 months ago