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Episode 275: Emotional Quotient-Intelligence in Philanthropy – the Office, Donors, and Teamwork
29 mins; March 31, 2026
Episode 274: The Importance of Culture: How to Ensure the Right One to Drive Results
23 mins; March 24, 2026
Episode 273: Has Fundraising Work Really Changed much in 50 Years: A Question to be Answered
23 mins; March 17, 2026
Episode 272: The Fundraisers Bill of Rights - What we Should be Looking for to Achieve Success
23 mins; March 10, 2026
Episode 271: Communication Fatigue in a Hyperconnected World - Better mass communication tactics
25 mins; March 03, 2026
Episode 270: Using Faith Based Fundraising Lessons in Secular Organizations
27 mins; February 24, 2026
Episode 269: Peer to Peer Fundraising: Expectations and Getting It Right
28 mins; February 17, 2026
Episode 268: Interim Leadership: What to do From the Staff and Leader Perspective
31 mins; February 10, 2026
Episode 267: How to Work with a Family After Loss - It is all About Them and Gratitude
29 mins; February 03, 2026
Episode 266: Being the CPO, The Chief Political Officer: Moving Fundraising Forward Internally
23 mins; January 27, 2026
Episode 265: Dealing with Adversity for an Organization, And my Favorite Saying
24 mins; January 20, 2026
Episode 264: Counting Planned Gifts for MGO's: Incentives that Drive the Correct Behaviors
20 mins; January 13, 2026
Episode 263: Why NOW is the Time for Planned Giving Conversations with Donors
24 mins; January 06, 2026
Episode 262: Nonprofit Predictions - Looking into 2026
25 mins; December 30, 2025
Episode 261: Looking Back and Evaluating HP's 2025 Predictions Made in Dec of 2024
22 mins; December 23, 2025
Episode 260: When to Start a Support Foundation: Rationale and Implications
25 mins; December 16, 2025
Episode 259: Endowment Restrictions by Donors or by the Board - How to Create the Proper Options for Both
21 mins; December 09, 2025
Episode 258: Cultivating Multigenerational Family Donors
25 mins; December 02, 2025
Episode 257: Thanksgiving Gratitude Benefits
8 mins; November 25, 2025
Episode 256: Using the Salon (Exclusive Small Gatherings) to Elevate a Cause, Deepen Relationships
28 mins; November 18, 2025
Episode 255: One Time (micro) vs. Longitudinal (macro) Storytelling: Creating Connection Over time
25 mins; November 11, 2025
Episode 254: Annual Giving Troubles - Try Behavior Economic in Appeals
26 mins; November 04, 2025
Episode 253: The Why and How to Create Board Level Metrics and Dashboards
21 mins; October 28, 2025
Episode 252: Being Ready for When Bad or Inaccurate Info Hits Social Media
27 mins; October 21, 2025
Episode 251: How to Communicate the Need for Operational Support through Unrestricted Giving
27 mins; October 14, 2025
Episode 250: Understanding Millennials and Gen Z as Givers-Donors
29 mins; October 07, 2025
Episode 249 - The Importance of Embracing Mental Health Wellness in the Office
23 mins; September 30, 2025
Episode 248: How to Effectively Use Texting to Build the Relationship
24 mins; September 23, 2025
Episode 247: Gamifying Calls and Rejection: How to Compete for Those Calls and Meetings
20 mins; September 16, 2025
Episode 246: When the Political Becomes Part of the Donor Relationship
24 mins; September 09, 2025
Episode 245: No Established Portfolio: How Many Calls Do I Have to Make?
22 mins; September 02, 2025
Episode 244: Cultivating Generosity Over Time: The Best Gifts Don't Just Show Up
25 mins; August 26, 2025
Episode 243: Why Obligatory Giving Stinks for Donors - How to Move Toward Passion Discussions
22 mins; August 19, 2025
Episode 242: Board Mission Drift - The importance of keeping on point with mission based strategy
26 mins; August 12, 2025
Episode 241: Counting vs. Accounting - How to Recognize Fundraising Activity and Follow Finance Rules
25 mins; August 05, 2025
Episode 240: How to Make Decisions with Limited Data: Creating Forward Momentum
25 mins; July 29, 2025
Episode 239: What do we need in a Philanthropic Leader: Not just Experience and Age, for Sure
27 mins; July 22, 2025
Episode 238: How to Overcome Fear in Relationship Building - Embracing Call and Visits with Unknown People
22 mins; July 15, 2025
Episode 237: The Relationship Building Process - Stages from the Donor's Perspective
24 mins; July 08, 2025
Episode 236: Crisis Fundraising - How to Best Raise Money During an Organizational Challenge
23 mins; July 01, 2025
Episode 235: The Bamboo Rules with Fundraising: How to Understand the Long Term Investment for Success
26 mins; June 24, 2025
Episode 234: How Philanthropy Offices and Leaders Can Appropriately Push an Organization Toward Needed Strategy
28 mins; June 17, 2025
Episode 233: Creating Second Time Repeat Donors: Needing Speed and Personalization to Succeed
27 mins; June 10, 2025
Episode 232: Episode 250!!! Realizing the Unknown Impact One Has on Others
18 mins; June 03, 2025
Episode 231: Stewardship for Unrecognized / Anonymous Donors: Recognition Does Not Equal Less Contact
22 mins; May 27, 2025
Episode 230: Creating Choice Architecture for Donor Giving Options: Strategic Yet Not Overwhelming
24 mins; May 20, 2025
Episode 229: The Strategic Importance for 3 to 5 Year Metrics in Annual Giving
25 mins; May 13, 2025
Episode 228: Proposals that are Dormant - What to do and how to do it
28 mins; May 06, 2025
Episode 227: The Psychology of Timing - When to Make the Ask and How to Know
22 mins; April 29, 2025
Episode 226: Ethical Considerations in Donor Influence and Recognition
25 mins; April 22, 2025
Episode 225: Creating a Systematic Feedback Loop with Donors – Post Gift
24 mins; April 15, 2025
Episode 224: Defining Strategy for a Board - The Key to Ownership and Meeting Community Need
21 mins; April 08, 2025
Special Edition 18: The Great Philanthropists - Steve and Connie Ballmer
19 mins; April 01, 2025
Episode 223: Who Actually "Owns" a Non-profit and Why is that Really Important?
29 mins; March 25, 2025
Episode 222: The Data Driven Rationale for Physicians as ACTIVE Referral Agents, Faculty, Boards
21 mins; March 18, 2025
Episode 221: How to Better Deal with Donor Advised Funds - Acquisition, Communication, and Retention
24 mins; March 11, 2025
Episode 220: Up-skilling and Why it is Important to You
24 mins; March 04, 2025
Episode 219: Screening in Philanthropy: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, And the Need for Embracing AI
25 mins; February 25, 2025
Episode 218: How Emotions/Life Perspective of Others Affect You: How to Deal with Negative People
25 mins; February 18, 2025
Episode 217: Endowing Positions Outside of Higher Education - Strategic priority but terribly underused
26 mins; February 11, 2025
Episode 216: To Automate and/or Individualize Stewardship - Maximum Output with Outside Assistance
27 mins; February 04, 2025
Episode 215: The Cornerstone of Fundraising - TRUST How to get and keep it with Prospects and Donors
26 mins; January 28, 2025
Episode 214: Institutionalist vs. Change - How to Keep the Basic Core of who you are While Embracing Change
25 mins; January 21, 2025
Episode 213: Your Nonprofit is Directly Affected by a Natural Disaster - What Should You Do?
25 mins; January 14, 2025
Episode 212: Comparing Philanthropy to Sales – Similarities, Difference and Learned Lessons
22 mins; January 07, 2025
Episode 211: Looking into the Future - Philanthropy Predictions for 2025
22 mins; December 29, 2024
Special Edition 17: The Holiday Nonprofit Team | Staff, consultants, leadership, donors – Holiday Style
12 mins; December 22, 2024
Episode 210: Reviewing Philanthropy Predictions Made in Dec 2023 for 2024. Is 80% correct possible?
24 mins; December 17, 2024
Episode 209: Creating and Using and Advisory Group to Benefit the Nonprofit and the Volunteers
24 mins; December 10, 2024
Episode 208: The Critical 10 Seconds of Moves Management-Qualification to Cultivation - What to Do
20 mins; December 03, 2024
Episode 207: Thanksgiving for Trust and Faith - Realizing your Impact on Others
17 mins; November 26, 2024
Episode 206: Kenny Rogers Was Right - Hold Them or Fold Them - Should you make that year-end ask?
20 mins; November 19, 2024
Episode 205 - Partnering with the Easy Referral Agents or the Correct Referral Agents
22 mins; November 12, 2024
Episode 204: Changing the Emphasis of Moves Management Meetings - Putting Passion First
22 mins; November 05, 2024
Episode 203: What I Would Tell My Younger Self About Professional Success - And How to Get There
27 mins; October 29, 2024
Special Edition 16: The Great Philanthropists - Joel Fleishman - Professionalizing Philanthropy into an Industry
13 mins; October 22, 2024
Episode 202: Case Statements - And not Just for the Formal Large Campaigns
22 mins; October 15, 2024
Episode 201: The Connection Between Hope & Philanthropy - Finding, Identifying, & Creating it-Personally & Organizationally
25 mins; October 08, 2024
Guest Synopsis | Vibrant Vulnerability: Mastering Philanthropy for Today and Tomorrow’s Healthcare CEOs
35 mins; October 05, 2024
Episode 200: Onboarding at a High Level - Bringing on new employees the right way (or being that new employee)
26 mins; October 01, 2024
Episode 199: What to Ask for in a Solicitation - Cost and General Requests Can't Compare to Impact
21 mins; September 24, 2024
Episode 198: Accepting Innovation - The Change That Will Help Both Nonprofits and its Professionals
24 mins; September 17, 2024
Episode 197: Selecting Board Members - The Correct Ones in the Correct Timeframe
24 mins; September 10, 2024
Episode 196: The Journey of Philanthropy - And That Enormous Gift Alone Not Being the Holy Grail
24 mins; September 03, 2024
Episode 195: Corporate Giving Trends | By Looking Back, the Future is More Clear
20 mins; August 27, 2024
Episode 194: That Dreaded Evaluation: Why it is Hard and What to do to Make it Better
22 mins; August 20, 2024
Episode 193: Aesop was Right 2500 Years Ago – Why I Tell so Many Stories
21 mins; August 13, 2024
Episode 192: Pet the Cat Backwards - Those Feline Like Special Events
23 mins; August 06, 2024
Episode 191: Collaboration – Important, Underutilized, and Needed for Success
23 mins; July 30, 2024
Episode 190: The Decreasing Tenure of a Nonprofit CEO - Why and How Philanthropy Offices Should Help
21 mins; July 23, 2024
Episode 189: Summertime (or Wintertime) Connection with Away Donors - Staying in Contact, Deeping Relations
22 mins; July 16, 2024
Episode 188: The Six-Month Halfway Uplift - How to Have a Great Holidays by Planning NOW
21 mins; July 09, 2024
Episode 189 - The Giving USA Report for 2023 - Highlights and Important Take Aways
20 mins; July 02, 2024
Episode 187: Dealing with Difficult Donors - From Appropriate Involvement to Saying Goodbye
21 mins; June 25, 2024
Episode 185: Celebrating Small Wins - Starting with this Being Podcast 200!
26 mins; June 18, 2024
Episode 184: Non Compete Agreements for Nonprofit Professionals | Signs of Coming Issues
24 mins; June 11, 2024
Episode 183: The Importance of Trusting Prospect Management Team: Your Partner, Believe it or not
23 mins; June 04, 2024
Episode 182: The Questions in Relationship Development | Stewarding for the Future (Part 5 of 5)
24 mins; May 28, 2024
Episode 181: The Questions in Relationship Development - When Soliciting and Closing Gifts (4 of 5)
23 mins; May 21, 2024
Episode 180: The Questions in Relationship Development | In Cultivation (Part 3 of 5)
22 mins; May 14, 2024
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