The Nonprofit Growth Show

Your website is your best employee, so make sure that you take care of it and give it everything that it needs to succeed. In this conversation with Harry Casimir of Atilus, we discuss everything you need to know to avoid common website mistakes and future-proof your nonprofit's online presence.If you would like to connect with Harry for an assessment of your organization's website, schedule a call here.

How should a nonprofit communicate on social media if it hopes to grow a following? What platforms are best, and how do you choose one? We answer these questions and more with Lisa Solomon of the Atheneum Collective.Use code NPM20 when you sign up for a discount, and let the Atheneum Collective's wide range of courses help you learn everything you need to help your organization succeed in today's competitive nonprofit environment.About Our Guest:Lisa has always been a community builder and pioneer in digital media and advertising. She has an extensive track record of building and leading successful teams and driving revenue in the digital media industry. Lisa is a creative and collaborative sales executive who has driven breakthrough branded content and digital advertising campaigns. Her experience in digital sales and media strategy includes working at some of the top companies in the world, like AOL, Microsoft, and NBC Universal, as well as innovative startups like Omaze and AddThis.Early in her internet advertising career, Lisa was a founding member of the first community dedicated to the buyers and sellers of internet media, the Society for Internet Advancement (SIA), where she helped create a community dedicated to educating and legitimizing the internet as a place to reach, connect, and convert consumers. Later she moved her leadership role to the Ad Club Interactive, now ThinkLA, which is the largest marketing and advertising community in Southern California. Lisa has dedicated much of her career to educating and providing thought leadership in her passion of online advertising/marketing and brand partnerships.Lisa practices goodwill and enthusiasm on a daily basis. One of Lisa’s strengths is her collaborative nature and her ability to recognize each individual’s unique contribution. Atheneum Collective is a collaboration of Lisa’s passion for the world of advertising, her extensive leadership and business skills, and her focus on building communities. She lives her mantra, “Knowledge is Power and Knowledge Shared is Power Multiplied.”

This week, we present something unique - our very own Grant Hensel recently presented a webinar on maximizing the value of the Google Ad Grant for your nonprofit that was hosted by our friends at Donorbox, which you can also hear in this week's episode. There was too much vital information to pass up in this one hour, so we are thrilled to bring it to you.We would like to give a special shoutout to Donorbox, a donation platform that can be set up quickly and easily on your website OR on a Donorbox-hosted Fundraising Page. They've worked with more than 35,000 organizations around the world, helping them increase their donations by providing an excellent donation experience. Best of all, there’s no setup fee, no monthly fee and no contract required to start using Donorbox, so visit www.donorbox.org to sign up today!

For many nonprofits, the idea of marketing can seem unapproachable or carry a stigma - but the reality is that not only is it vital to your success, but it's something we all do already...and something we can all get better at.On this episode of the Nonprofit Growth Show, I spoke with Bryan Caplan of Bryan Caplan Marketing - a talented marketer and passionate believer in what nonprofits can accomplish - about strategies that can help any size organization grow their email list, communicate more effectively, and master email marketing.

This week, we sat down with Tim Sarrantonio of Neon One, to discuss democratizing your fundraising, how to keep your organization agile, and what effective nonprofit organizations do to make them truly exceptional.Check out Neon One at their website to see if their innovative tech solutions are what you need to take your organization to the next level through cutting edge innovations and radically inventive streamlining.

We sit down to talk about methods and mindsets with Morgan Lopes, the Chief Technology Officer at New Story, a revolutionary nonprofit that seeks to end global homelessness by 3D printing homes, with a goal to serve 1 million people across the globe by 2030. How do you accomplish something that remarkable? Listen in to find out.

Join us for a fascinating discussion with Anna Schumann, Communications Director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. We recorded this interview in December of 2019, and are thrilled to be sharing it with you now!