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?
info_outline
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?
info_outline
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.
info_outline
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.
info_outline
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.
info_outline
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.
info_outline
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.
info_outline
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.
info_outline
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.
info_outline
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.
info_outlineHave you wondered what is the best way to get information in front of your followers and supporters? Most people think social media is the end-all/be-all of communication. But I want to assure you - it is not.
In this podcast, I talk with Kathryn Calhoun from kathryncalhouncoaching.com. Kathryn discusses some of the myths about social media, what it should be used for and how to maximize its effective reach.
But most importantly, Kathyrn shares with us some of her best tips on using your mailing list to reach your audience.
I, personally, have been very frustrated lately with the number of nonprofits I follow, who rely on Facebook to communicate with their followers. Here is the issue:
- Facebook is not a website and should not replace your website.
- Facebook has limited reach with barely 5% of your followers ever seeing a post.
- Facebook displays post chronologically forcing people to scroll through your timeline to find information.
- Facebook does not - let me repeat - DOES NOT show all your posts.
- Facebook is losing popularity. Not many millennials are using Facebook on a daily basis.
So please, STOP using Facebook to communicate important events and information with your followers. Sure, put a post about your upcoming spring Gala on there, but be sure you announce it in your mailing list and have a page on your website about it.
OK, enough of me ranting about Facebook.
Let's talk about the solution. Grow, nurture and use your mailing list. Listing to this awesome podcast to learn how.
RESOURCES
Free Gift: http://kathryncalhouncoaching.com/gift