NPA 095: How to Track Grants, Donations and Program Expenses
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
Keep track of your nonprofits funds can be tricky. Tracking grants, donations, program expenses and other revenue means organizing your dollars into trackable categories. Have you ever wondered if there was a system that made this all easier? What is the "right" way to track grants? Should I track each fundraiser separately? If so, how?
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NPA 094 - How to Use Video Effectively
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
Are you scared of video? No, really... if I told you to make a video for your Facebook page, would you panic?
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NPA 093: Making Change with Video
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
Everything is "video, video, video". Really - 80% of all internet consumption is video. So, if you are not using video you are behind the game.
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NPA 092: How to really RAISE MONEY with AUCTIONS
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
In this episode I talk with Adam Capes from GetAway2Give about how he helps nonprofit raise $10,000's with auctions. Adam Capes is the Co-Founder and President of Getaway2Give, a company changing the way non-profits raise money and people think about vacations.
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NPA 091: 911 Funding for Nonprofits
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
In this episode, we talk about how to obtain emergency funding for your existing programs. I talk with Caroline Bressan from Open Road Alliance. They are a private philanthropic initiative that serves the social sector by keeping impact on track in an unpredictable world.
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NPA 090: How to be an Innovative Nonprofit
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
My guest on this podcast is Jesse Lane with Pure Charity. Jesse talks with us about nonprofit "innovation" and how it can be used to spark new ideas and build sustainable programs that grow through changing times.
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NPA 089 - Smart Start Your Nonprofit
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
In this episode, I talk with Michael Rivera from Jee Foods. Michael is part of a group of high school students who started a nonprofit to help the hungry in their area. The program is an initiative to discover new models for alleviating hunger throughout the world.
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NPA 088: An Audio Board Training
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
In this episode, I talk with Kate Hayes from Echoing Green. We talk about the importance of creating diversity on your board as well as how to help your board work better as a team.
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NPA 087: The Journey to Sustainability
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
In this episode I speak with Rosenna Bakari from Talking Trees. It is a nonprofit she started back in 2010 and just recently devoted full-time hours to help the organization become sustainable.
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NPA 086 - How to Fundraise without Asking for Money
The Nonprofit Ally Podcast
The reason most people hate fundraising is because they hate asking people for money. But this assumes that "asking" is all we do when we fundraising. And this is where the problem lies. It's not so much that we hate asking for money... it is that we think that asking for money is what funding raising is about. And this is just not true.
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Risk Doesn’t Have To Be a Four-Letter Word.
Risks can be unsettling. It is easier to focus on what’s urgent while ignoring what’s necessary and important. But if you can create ways to make it easier to see and address threats and opportunities, you can:
- Increase clarity
- Reduce costs
- Simplify tasks
Streamline processes - Develop new initiatives, and;
- Increase sustainability and resilience
Knowing your risks can help you increase your awareness of the threats and opportunities faced by your organization. You can identify unnecessary costs and find fixes to unlock additional resources.
Does any of that sound familiar?
“Too much of our knowledge is stuck in the minds of our key personnel. If we lose any of them, we’re sunk.”
“If we’re honest, we move from crisis to crisis and can’t get ahead of the curve.”
“We want to grow, but we need a repeatable model that doesn’t require constant supervision.”
“We are on the cusp of great things, but we need to make sure we look and act professional to the outside world. More than that, we actually need to be professional.”
Then listen to this podcast and learn how knowing your risks can give you your best insight.
About Ted
Before founding Risk Alternatives LLC, Ted was a Distinguished Visiting Professor from Practice at Georgetown University Law Center. At Georgetown, his research focused on dispute resolution, complex litigation, preventive law, legal training, risk management, governance, and compliance.
Prior to fulltime teaching, Ted served for more than 20 years in the Washington DC office of the international law firm of Jones Day. At Jones Day, Ted represented clients in successful high-profile lawsuits and investigations and worked closely with parties with divergent interests to craft workable settlements involving businesses, consumers, and government agencies. While at Jones Day, Ted taught at Georgetown for many years as an adjunct professor.
Ted's website is at, https://risk-alternatives.com