#400 - 8 Years, 400 Episodes, and the One Thing I Got Wrong About Marketing
When I started this podcast in 2018, I had no strategy. No content calendar. Just a cheap microphone and a genuine desire to connect with bu...
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20 of 413 episodes#399 -Stop Chasing Newly Liquid Founders
Here's what nobody tells you: when a founder gets $47M in liquidity, they don't call you. They call their advisor. And by the time you find...
#398 - The Old Way Doesn't work
In this episode, I'm calling out the thing nobody says out loud: your major gift program isn't really a program. The gifts come in, but you...
#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 m...
#396 - How a Teacher-Turned-CEO Landed Her First Six-Figure Gift
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...
#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...
#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 thin...
#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 righ...
#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 bec...
#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...
#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 givin...
#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 abo...
#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...
#387- The Real Mental Health Crisis No One Is Talking About
This episode felt personal—because it is. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, I sat down with Lauren Carson (Black Girls Smile) and A...
#386- How to Actually Use Wealth Screening (Without Getting Burned) with Tina Duong
We’re diving into a topic I have a serious love-hate relationship with: wealth screening. My guest is Tina Duong, founder of Impact ProTech...
#385- Why Your Boards Won't Fundraise and How to Change That
I hear this all the time: “Why won’t my board fundraise?” And I get it—it’s frustrating. But here’s the truth I’ve learned: it’s usually not...
#384- Stop Flying Blind: Fix Your Leaky Fundraising System
I’ve been in this sector for over 20 years, and I keep seeing the same thing: Great fundraisers don’t stay. And it’s not because they don’t...
#383- Equanimity is a Fundraising Strategy
I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately: before you even say a word, your donor can feel you. Your energy—your calm, your stress, your ur...
#382- Cracking the Oprah Effect with Kyle Woody
What happens when your nonprofit gets featured by Oprah? This week, I sat down with Kyle Woody to talk about his “Oprah moment”—and why it d...
#381- Building Trust and Psychological Safety in Fundraising with Marcia Beckner
What if your fundraising challenges aren’t really about strategy—but about culture? In this episode, I sit down with Marcia Beckner to unpac...