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Brett Hagler · CEO, New Story | Brett has spent his career in both the startup world and the nonprofit sector, mixing the two to achieve success in both, and to that end, Brett is a vocal supporter leaning into big ideas, even when they present big challenges.

Todd Hiestand, Co-owner of Liminal Creative, a branding agency for nonprofits | Todd is a seasoned nonprofiteer who has experienced his share of change and made it his mission to shepherd for-good organizations through transformational moments.

Amber Christoferson · VP, DickersonBakker Executive Search Group | With a career path that’s taken her from United Way to the Fortune 500 and back to the for-good sector as VP of DickersonBakker’s Executive Search Group, Amber is leading the conversation around nonprofit retention.

Rhea Wong · Founder, Rhea Wong Consulting | As a nonprofit leadership coach and major gifts consultant, Rhea brings a decade of expertise to her book "Get That Money, Honey! The No-Bullsh*t Guide to Raising More Money for Your Nonprofit".

Nicole Nidea · Program Director, SODA | After seeing how SODA has been able to scale through awareness, Nicole Nidea is a champion of "findability" in fundraising. Hear her tips to embrace this trend in 2024.

Jon DeLange · Fundraising Consultant, DeLange Marketing Group; Manager of Direct Mail and Digital Fundraising, Summit Ministries | As a longtime fundraiser and nonprofit consultant, as well as one of 2023’s top 25 Fundraising Experts in America, Jon relies on 12 rules to help fundraisers stay the course when it all gets to be Too Much.

Julie Ordoñez · CEO and Founder, Julie Ordoñez LLC | From directing philanthropy and being a Major Gift Officer at organizations like New Story, Lift, and United Way of Greater Los Angeles to coaching leaders in raising game-changing gifts, Julie has a unique perspective for growing any organization’s impact.

Katelyn Baughan · CEO and Consultant, KB Digital | Katelyn Baughan, nonprofit email marketing expert and consultant to Trevor Project, UNHCR, and Amnesty International, has more than a few tactics to share for nonprofits looking to interact with supporters on a personal level while not draining them of resources.

Cameron Bartlett · Owner, Good Fundraising and Founder, Future Foots | Cameron’s a fast-moving, trend-setting, high-growth fundraising consultant who’s worked with nonprofits like New Story, IJM, Compassion, Cure, and World Vision—and is now Stop Soldier Suicide's Vice President of Performance Marketing—reaching hundreds of millions of people and drive important global initiatives.

Olga M. Woltman · Founder & Principal, LemonSkies | Olga is a leader in digital fundraising and marketing and the founder of LemonSkies, a strategic nonprofit agency that takes communications and turns them into conversions.

David Norris · Co-founder, Bold Crow AI | David Norris is a leader at three organizations that are making big things for nonprofits so they can make big things happen: Bold Crow, Proofpact, and The Nonprofit Hive all use trending technology to benefit the nonprofitsphere.

Amy Acton · CEO, Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors | Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors implemented an aggressive EOS growth system to expand PBS’ community and visibility to more than one million burn survivors, and it’s been a game-changer for them.

Matt Scott · CEO and Co-founder, CauseMic, author of The High-Growth Nonprofit | Matt Scott is a longtime friend of Funraise, author of The High-Growth Nonprofit: Proven Steps to Quickly Double Your Revenue and Drive Impact, and a man with a plan for your nonprofit's exponential growth.

Bill Lutz · Executive Director, New Path and Coach and President, Pinnacle Strategies | Bill is the ED of New Path and Coach and President of Pinnacle Strategies—and he’s got a *chef's KISS* focused view when it comes to nonprofit leadership and fundraising.

David Bowden · Co-founder & Executive Director, Spoken Gospel | David is a spoken word poet and Co-Founder & Executive Director of Spoken Gospel, a nonprofit that has a mind-boggling 50 million-plus engagements of their video, devotional, reading plan, and podcast-based content. Hear his tactics for engaging recurring donors.

Andrew Olsen · Sr. VP of Fundraising Solutions, Dickerson Bakker | We’ve got a guest here who’s going to change the way we approach relationships for the benefit of the whole changemaking sector... and he’s going to blow your mind.

Erika Carley · Sr. Director of Operations and Board Member, Chive Charities | Today, you get to hear from longtime Chive Charities employee, supporter, and board member, Erika Carley, as she breaks down some truly magical retention tactics.

Tim Lockie · CEO, The Human Stack | Today, we're talking to one of the nonprofitsphere’s true visionaries. As both a technology evangelist and a passionate nonprofiteer, Tim helps nonprofits understand the value of the data they collect and make decisions based on a solid digital culture.

John Walsh · St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Director of Annual Giving | School is in session! This week, we’ve brought in a digital fundraiser whose specialty is mail—the electronic kind. John Walsh is the Director of Annual Giving at St. Vladimir’s Seminary and today, he’s our professor of digital everything. Be sure to stay tuned for our mid-way break featuring an interview with Tim Kachuriak, Chief Innovation and Optimization Officer at NextAfter recorded on the road at the 2022 NIO Summit in Kansas City. Tim shares his thoughts on improving donor relationships and how retention is becoming the new donor acquisition.

Richard Reyes · Founder and Executive Director, PLUS ME Project | Only 9% of nonprofits in the Los Angeles area grow to manage a budget of $1 million. Ten years ago, when Richard Reyes founded the PLUS ME Project, his budget was $4000, and his vision was to provide mentorship and role models for youth through storytelling. Be sure to stay tuned for our mid-way break featuring an interview with Emily Taylor of teenyBIG recorded on the road at the 2022 NIO Summit in Kansas City.

Beth Fisher · Chief Advancement Officer, Mel Trotter Ministries | Beth is leading fundraising, development, and donor stewardship while honoring the individual on both sides of the fundraising challenge. Be sure to stay tuned for our mid-way break featuring an interview with Dana Snyder of Positive Equation recorded on the road at the 2022 NIO Summit in Kansas City

Kia Croom · The Black Fundraisers' Podcast, Founder | For fundraisers everywhere, our inherent identities and lived experiences often inform our drive and desire to make an impact in the nonprofit space. Kia Croom is a champion for uplifting the identities and experiences of historically-underrepresented fundraisers, with a specific emphasis on ending anti-Black racism and philanthropic injustice. Tune in to hear Kia speak about the urgent need for accessibility, strategy, and thought leadership to close nonprofit resource gaps! And wait until the end of the episode for a bonus interview with Kim Bersin from the Nonprofit Innovation & Optimization Summit!

Gabe Cooper · Virtuous, CEO and Founder | How do fundraisers drive generosity? How can we turn a potential donor from a "yes" to a "heck yes!"? Gabe Cooper is on a mission to increase donor excitement through Virtuous, an integrative giving experience. Listen in to hear Justin and Gabe discuss strategies for moving the needle to increase donor acquisition and overall retention. Stay to the end to hear about the newest partnership between Funraise and Virtuous! Plus, you'll hear Justin's interview with Stephen Boudreau from the Nonprofit Innovation and Optimization Summit!

Shannon Scanlan · Springboard, Senior Project Manager | As we head into the last two weeks of 2022, it's time to gear up for another year of badass funraise-ery. To help prepare you for 2023, join host Justin Wheeler and guest Shannon Scanlan in unpacking the top trends for P2P nonprofit fundraising projected to make the biggest impact in the new year. Halfway through, you'll hear a bonus interview with Brady Josephson from NextAfter’s 2022 NIO Summit! Plus, learn all the juicy details about Funraise's new partnership with Springboard.

Steve Latham · DonateStock, CEO and Co-founder | When you think about making a donation to your favorite nonprofit, you might not realize that you could be donating (and saving!) more than you thought possible. Steve Latham is changing how we think about nonprofit stock donations through DonateStock, a platform that makes donating stock easier for everyday investors. Tune in to learn about stock donations and how you can get in on the action by donating stock!

Angela Manginelli · Recruiter, Funraise | Although she's only been with Funraise a matter of months, Angela has had a profound impact on our culture and practices. Hear how she's leading the #HumaneHiringMovement and how you can do it, too.

Tune in to testimonies from nonprofit leaders who aren't just talking a big game; they're making change happen.

This is the last stop on our live tour through the biggest fundraising conference of the year—AFP ICON 2022—in spectacular Las Vegas, Nevada!

This is the third stop on our live tour through the biggest fundraising conference of the year—AFP ICON 2022—in spectacular Las Vegas, Nevada!

This is the second stop on our live tour through the biggest fundraising conference of the year—AFP ICON 2022—in spectacular Las Vegas, Nevada!

This is the first stop on our live tour through the biggest fundraising conference of the year—AFP ICON 2022 in spectacular Las Vegas, Nevada!

Beth Kanter & Allison Fine · Authors, The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Automated World | Beth and Allison, both well-known nonprofit consultants, trainers, and authors, have answers to your questions about technology—specifically adoption, costs, ramifications, and the catalysts happening right now to launch us into an automated new world.

Nuka Solomon · CEO, Free Wheelchair Mission | Nuka is a pro when it comes to nonprofit growth: as the CEO of Free Wheelchair Mission, she's taken the organization through the pandemic with flying colors by focusing on infrastructure.

Sean Goode · Executive Director, Choose 180 | Just one conversation with Sean Goode makes previously sticky concepts seem obvious, possible, and right. As Sean would say, he focuses on possibilities instead of problems.

Ansley Fender · CEO and Founder, Atlas Solutions | Ansley Fender, CEO and Founder of Atlas, a grant management platform, is here to light up your world with a future of grant management that means more money, more support, and more impact.

Luke Womack · Executive Director & Pat Mullen · Board Chair, The Go Fund | Luke Womack is an Executive Director with passion while Pat Mullen is a board chair on a mission. They're channeling their inspiration and motivation into no-budget-needed actions designed to take your board from barely breathing to fully functioning.

Nathan Hill · VP of Marketing, NextAfter | If you're a nonprofiteer who's never heard of NextAfter, we're exceptionally excited to introduce you to their VP of Marketing, Nathan Hill. And if you already know NextAfter, buckle up as we explore the Why, What, Which, and When behind making donor cultivation a core part of your fundraising strategy.

Evan Feinberg · Executive Director, Stand Together Foundation | As ED of Stand Together Foundation, Evan leads a community of changemakers dedicated to breaking the cycle of poverty through innovative, disruptive ideas—and sometimes failure.

Tiffany Keesey · Co-founder and Principal Consultant, Conscious Culture Co. | After everything that the pandemic has brought, who would have guessed we'd be dealing with this next pandemic outcome: The Great Resignation? Tiffany Keesey, Co-founder of Conscious Culture, offers emergency advice to keep your organization from being plagued by this latest crisis.

Mallory Erickson · Executive Coach & Fundraising Consultant | Mallory is a fundraiser-turned-executive-coach whose confidence unlocked an almost 4X increase in her nonprofit's revenue. With that key in hand, Mallory passes along her hard-won knowledge to thousands of nonprofits through targeted coaching programs.

Melissa Vine · Executive Director, Beacon of Life | Melissa Vine is an entrepreneur, licensed mental health counselor, JD candidate, and nonprofit ED at Beacon of Life—basically, a changemaker in every sector!

Deborah Barge · Chief Development Officer, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America | Deborah Barge's track record of working with nonprofits that have a deep history of donor engagement, like March of Dimes and Muscular Dystrophy Association, has given her insight into not just ways to cultivate donors, but also how to fast-track changes internally to achieve maximum buy-in.

Jarrett Ransom · Founder and CEO, The Rayvan Group and Co-host of The Nonprofit Show | Jarrett Ransom, aka The Nonprofit Nerd, is the Founder and CEO of nonprofit coaches The Rayvan Group and co-host of The Nonprofit Show. And today, Nonstop Nonprofit is bringing the show to her.

Brooke Codney · National Director, Development Innovation, American Heart Association | Why is innovation important to your nonprofit's impact? Today, Brooke Codney discusses how AHA, a worldwide leader in the nonprofit sector, relies on creative zero-gravity thinking from its global team.

Christina Swarns · Executive Director, Innocence Project | Christina Swarns is a badass lawyer who has made advocacy her calling card. From arguing her cases in front of the U.S. Supreme Court to exonerating clients through cutting-edge science, and most recently as the ED of Innocence Project, she's a force for big, lasting, long-term change. Hear how she does it in this conversation with Justin Wheeler, Funraise CEO and Co-founder.

Nick Black · Founder and CEO, GoodUnited · Founder, Stop Soldier Suicide & Tina Starkey · Chief Growth Officer, Stop Soldier Suicide | In 2020, Stop Soldier Suicide raised $4M and gained 100k new donors through Facebook fundraising alone, allowing them to shrink the gap that stretches between soldiers at risk for suicide and our national population. Hear how a big, bold, goal set them on their path to achieving their mission.

Andrew Chappell · Digital Lead, Action Against Hunger | The amazing results Andrew has obtained for Action Against Hunger are just a taste of the gamechanging advice he has for nonprofits that are ready to increase donations.

Grant Hensel · CEO, Nonprofit Megaphone | Today's conversation is an exercise in expertise with Grant Hensel, CEO of Nonprofit Megaphone, a marketing agency focused solely on helping nonprofits get, use, and optimize Google Ad Grants. As Grant himself says, he can't even spell Facebook. But when it comes to Google Ad Grants, he's got answers for days.

Mitch Stein · CEO, Co-founder, and Chief Impact Officer, Pond | Mitch Stein is the CEO, Co-founder, and Chief Impact Officer of Pond (formerly MPowerUs) a nonprofit-focused community that's challenging the attention economy by centering connections rather than the core systems we currently cling to. In other words, they're making nonprofit tech about the nonprofits!

Karen Hopper · Senior Data Strategist, M+R | Karen Hopper joins us to look back on a year that fundamentally changed the way we funraise. This conversation with Karen pulls out a buffet of options for nonprofits who are still finding their footing in the digital world, but circles back to one core idea: Nonprofits have gotta always be fundraising.

Brett Hagler · CEO and Co-founder, New Story | Brett has spent his career in both the startup world and the nonprofit sector, mixing the two to achieve success in both, and to that end, Brett is a vocal supporter of the 100% model of nonprofit funding that's used by New Story, charity: water, and other high-performing charitable organizations.

Michele Sullivan · President, Caterpillar Foundation | Michele Sullivan, a social impact powerhouse, TED speaker, and author of Looking Up, espouses a leadership philosophy that promotes taking an elevated view of others. Michele spent her 30-year career at Caterpillar, retiring as President of Caterpillar Foundation and Caterpillar's Director of Corporate Social Innovation—and her story is beyond inspiring.

Dan Nisbet · VP of Development, Feeding America | Dan Nisbet's journey in the nonprofitsphere has led him to tackle fundraising for one of America's largest hunger relief organizations: Feeding America. As their VP of Development, Dan approaches fundraising with a long-game, forward-thinking motto: "Invest ahead of growth."

Sherry Quam Taylor · Nonprofit Growth Strategist | Sherry is a stellar nonprofit board consultant, growth strategist, and fundraising capacity builder—and when you hear what she has to say about accelerating your nonprofit's fundraising by investing in your job, your path forward will be clearer than ever.

Julia Campbell · Founder, J Campbell Social Marketing | Get ready for your imagination to be captured by a dynamic, imaginative leader who's making her mark on the nonprofit sector: Julia Campbell. Julia is a nonprofit speaker, fundraising strategist, social maven, author, philanthropy professor, and nonprofit cheering section all rolled into one.

Hannah Song · CEO, Liberty in North Korea | Every year, Liberty in North Korea holds two galas that typically raise $1.5M, funds that go directly to rescuing North Korean refugees. Cue 2020: a year that ravaged nonprofits' ability to fundraise as usual, and LiNK was left with a tough choice—go virtual or go home.

Jamie McDonald · GivingTuesday strategy expert | A voice of reason in semi-unreasonable times: Jamie McDonald, former Chief Strategy Officer of GivingTuesday.org and current CEO of UpSurge Baltimore. Jamie's advice: start where you are and transform from there. According to Jamie, transformation is key to impact, storytelling, engagement, ...the future! And when you build a movement based on transformation, there's no limit to the generosity you'll unlock.

Adam Weinger · President, Double the Donation | Double the Donation's statistics on corporate donation matching offer a pretty compelling reason for nonprofits to venture down the donation matching rabbit hole. Take, for instance, the percentage of donations that are matched: 1.31%. Or the funds left unclaimed each year: $4-7 billion. Or the increase in average donation amounts when nonprofits mention matching gifts: 51%.

Tune in to stories of donation dreams-come-true and nonprofit nightmares, tales of passion, purpose, and profit intersecting, and predictions from nonprofits shaping the future of fundraising.

Ettore Rossetti · Lead of Global Digital, Save the Children & Pat Duffy · Co-founder, The Giving Block | Ettore Rossetti embraces entrepreneurial strategies that make other nonprofits shake in their boots. And Pat Duffy is invested in building solutions for nonprofits that want to access today's crypto-loving donors.

Lisa Bowman · Chief Mojo Officer, MarketingMojo | Lisa Bowman, Chief Mojo Officer of MarketingMojo, has vast experience in both the for-profit and nonprofit worlds, marketing and developing big companies and organizations that are making enormous impact... but her advice in this conversation is actionable for young, small, and growing nonprofits alike.

Liz Dunn · Chief Development Officer, RAICES | Listen in as Liz and Justin Wheeler, Funraise CEO and Co-founder, discuss the value of crowdfunding, the ways fundraising is both an art and a science, standing up to the test of "going viral", and the fraught nature of fundraising in 2020.

Ashley Gutierrez · Founder, Cliff.co | Listen in as Ashley and Justin Wheeler, Funraise CEO and Co-founder, recall the worldwide response to KONY 2012's viral video, talk about how people-first storytelling sits at the intersection of social justice and mental health, and discuss why nonprofits' media operating budgets are holding them back from creating greater impact.

Jason Russell · Co-founder and Chief Creative Director, Invisible Children | During his time as Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at Invisible Children, Jason pushed through hurdles that most people never even dream of encountering, showing how honesty, transparency, and passion magnify the impact each of us has on the world.

Rachel Klausner · Founder and CEO, Millie | Funraise CEO and Co-founder, Justin Wheeler, sat down with Millie's founder, Rachel Klausner, to celebrate DAF democratization, resulting in one of the most enthusiastic, pivotal, pinpointing-a-need conversations we've seen.

Ramy Nagy · Creative Director and CEO, Madeo | As soon as Ramy Nagy, Madeo's CEO and Creative Director said, "think of [your website] more as a program," our minds were blown. Then, as his conversation with Justin Wheeler, Funraise CEO and Co-founder progressed, we had to pick ourselves up so we could be bowled over again and again.

Drew Friedrich · Director of Marketing, Orphan's Promise | Drew Friedrich, Director of Marketing at Orphan's Promise and Justin Wheeler, Funraise CEO and Co-founder talk about the role of storytelling in COVID-19 marketing, the importance of maintaining your valued donor relationships, and how overthinking your strategy can stop you from doing the work you do.

Wes Moon · CEO, Wisely | Wes talks to Funraise CEO and Co-founder Justin Wheeler to explain what AI is and is not, break down the value of structured data patterns, and lay down a starting line for beginning machine learning. fundraisewisely.com

Anne Connelly · Blockchain Faculty at Singularity University | Anne, a global educator, author, speaker, and cryptocurrency expert, recently sat down with Funraise CEO and Co-founder Justin Wheeler, to walk listeners through what blockchain technology is, introduce ways that it can be used for exponentially magnified impact, and highlight the value of long-game vision when pitching a shining blockchain future.

Chris Hammond · CEO, Corporate Giving Connection | Think peer-to-peer has jumped the shark? Think again. Peer-to-peer fundraising is more than just pretty images and friendly technology, and when you take an analog approach to this digital powerhouse, it's more powerful than ever.

Jason Swenski · CTO and Co-founder, Funraise | This is THE explanation conversation for anyone with protection questions. Listen in as Jason answers all your protection questions with Funraise CEO and Co-founder, Justin Wheeler.

Cara Schwalbach · Development Director, One Tail at a Time | Top experts recommend: Make it A Thing The economic landscape is changing due to COVID-19, big time. And while your recurring program may currently be reliable, it's pretty clear that now is the time to be drawing up plans to make sure that reliability grows stronger.

Dana Bakich · CEO/Nonprofit Social Media Coach, Positive Equation | Funraise makes it easy for nonprofits to fundraise and donors to give—exactly what you need! (Feel free to dance in your seat a little.) If you're looking for tips and examples and Aha! moments and surprising "oh yeah!'s" all wrapped in a sparkly, friendly conversation, grab some refreshments and listen in!

Andrew Quan · Funraise | A world with social distancing is also a world of social fundraising. If you haven't noticed (ha!) the pandemic changed everything. We'll be distancing for the foreseeable future, we're both closer and farther from our loved ones than ever, and the world's economy is desperate for a #makeitwork moment. Here are the essentials you need to know about social fundraising, in a nutshell.

Tim Kachuriak · Chief Innovation & Optimization Officer, NextAfter | Recently, we talked about who should lead us as we respond to the global COVID-19 crisis. (hint: it's you). Now, we're going to talk about which direction you should lead your community in and how to create a roadmap to achieving a new normal. Tim Kachuriak, connects with Justin Wheeler, Funraise CEO and Co-founder, to look at what nonprofits are doing now to weather the COVID-19 storm and prepare for a new normal.

Viktoria Harrison · Founder, The Branded Startup / VP of Creative, charity: water | Funraise CEO Justin Wheeler sits down with Viktoria, to discuss the strategy behind navigating your brand messaging. Today, more than ever, it's critical that nonprofits relay the importance of their mission while considering societal changes.

Sarah Lee · Chief Growth Officer, New Story | Here's where you ask the question, "How can my nonprofit make it through the Coronavirus crisis?" Justin and Sarah are here to give you hope with New Story's story of innovation, growth, and their humble pursuit of excellence. Your nonprofit can make it through this crisis with innovative survival strategies:

Matt Scott · CEO, CauseMic / Nonprofit Consultant | Matt breaks down the recent US CARES Act in a way that makes it easy for nonprofits to make the most of the parts that directly affect them.

Kishshana Palmer · CEO, Kishshana & Co. | We're all sharing this COVID-19 lockdown with some unwanted roomies: anxiety, boredom, and fear of the unknown. What we need, though, is to invite over our good friend let-loose-laughter! Join Funraise CEO Justin Wheeler and your dynamic digital godmother Kishshana Palmer for a lesson in pivoting your humor, self-care, and, yes, fundraising strategy during the Time of Corona.

Justin Wheeler · CEO, Funraise | Justin is here to support our nonprofit friends as they revise event plans and embark on a new digital adventure. If you're wondering how the #!$*&?#$ to salvage your fundraising events during COVID-19 lockdown, this Q&A has the answer.

Alyssa Sweetman · Diversity and Charity Program Manager, Twitch | Sit down with Alyssa from Twitch, the world's most popular live streaming service, and Justin Wheeler, Funraise CEO, for an honest talk about livestream fundraising.

Bobby D. Ehlert · Co-Founder, Inspire Hearts Fundraising | Justin Wheeler, Funraise CEO and Co-founder, sits down with a world champion auctioneer with 10,000 hours behind the mic and hundreds of events under his belt. Their conversation will show you how to take your events from transactional to transformational and build a "golden goosebump moment" that'll excite your donors and encourage them to attend every event on your calendar.

Erin Chidsey · President, Southland Strategies | Have you ever googled 'how to run a board meeting' or 'build an effective nonprofit board'? Wondering how you can optimize your board's radness? Tap into some seriously eye-opening solutions developed by nonprofit superstar Erin Chidsey.

Tyler Riewer · Brand Content Lead, charity: water | Join this conversation with Tyler Riewer and Justin Wheeler, CEO and Co-founder of Funraise, about building and maintaining a recurring donor program. Engage your donors and increase loyalty, reduce attrition, lower operation costs, and establish a more predictable revenue stream with this one proven fundraising strategy.

Jason Docton · CEO, Rise Above the Disorder | Listen to a knowledge-packed chat about livestream fundraising with an organization that has provided over $702 million in mental health services through this innovative strategy.