811: Quantitative Fundraising Research – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

This Week:  Quantitative Fundraising Research You can stop relying on conventional wisdom passed on through webinars and conferences. There’s a plethora of quantitative research on how to optimize storytelling to get your best fundraising outcomes. What is social emotion, how … Continue reading →

This Week:  Easy Fundraising & Friendmaking for Board Members That’s Gail Perry’s new book, working to overcome the bad reputation foisted on fundraising by many board members. She’s clear on the four fundraising roles your members can play, and only … Continue reading →

This Week:  Your Board’s Role In Talent Management With a strong CEO/board relationship, your board plays a valuable role in talent decisions that impact your culture, equity and sustainability. Likewise with executive compensation and evaluation, developing a leadership pipeline and … Continue reading →

This Week:  Be Present To Save The Universe If you want your presentations and messages to persuade people, you need to be present; clear; confident; unscripted; and have fun. Whether you’re meeting one-on-one, one-on-one-hundred, or you’re on stage facing 2500. … Continue reading →

This Week:  Planned Giving Accelerated & The Martignetti 3-Step, 1-Week Planned Giving Launch It’s a first for Nonprofit Radio! Role reversal. Guest Stephen Christopher Nill leads the conversation and interviews Tony about his book “Planned Giving Accelerated: The Cut Through … Continue reading →

This Week:  Non-Fulltime Employment The next time you have a senior or mid-level job vacancy, you might consider a fractional, interim or advisory professional over hiring someone fulltime. Martin Rowinski defines these and weighs the pros and cons for your … Continue reading →

This Week:  A Board Revolution, Or Just Improvement? Linda Lysakowski’s book is “The Revolutionary Board.” Do you need to go that far? Or will a few tweaks suffice for your board? She shares her experience and advice around governance versus … Continue reading →

This Week:  Calling This Decision Making Only Scratches The Surface  The book is The Tyranny of False Choices: A Guide to Authentic Decision-Making. The author, Rey Ramsey, reveals his research and thinking that go way beyond decisions. Let’s talk about … Continue reading →

This Week:  Grants Fundraising Before You Start Writing  Byron Coke says there are four things that decide whether you should spend your limited time applying for a foundation grant: mission alignment; geographic eligibility; funding stage; and, award fit. If any … Continue reading →

This Week:  Low-Lift Donor Retention  So many nonprofits have a leaky bucket problem: donors don’t stay after their first gift. We all know retaining existing donors costs so much less than acquiring new ones. Chris Vaughan shares his thinking on … Continue reading →