815: “Captivate And Engage” – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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“Captivate And Engage”
That’s Kiersten Hill’s new book, which gets you to think through the who, why, what, and how of your nonprofit’s website. She brings her relationship and storytelling advice; 7 Essentials; 8 Seconds Test; and her strategies to integrate your site with all your other channels, like email, social and events. Kiersten is with Firespring.

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814: Building & Leading High Performance Teams – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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Building & Leading High Performance Teams
From the little town of Rifton, NY, we get big ideas from Sarah Olivieri. She’s a strategist who shares her wisdom on organizing, recruiting, retaining, and leading your development team. She helps you avoid leadership burnout and lifestyle compromises as you lead with intentionality and your guiding principles. Sarah races a J/80 sailboat and shares the parallels between leading a racing team and your team. Her consulting practice is at SarahOlivieri.com.

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813: Empowering Women – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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Empowering Women
Jenny Mitchell’s 2024 book, “Embracing Ambition,” unites the leadership stories of twelve exceptional women CEOs. The result is a mentorship resource for the current and next generation of women leaders. She shares the challenges, including perception barriers, glass cliff assignments and collective vision. (This originally aired August 26, 2024.)

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812: A Different Take On Donor Retention – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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A Different Take On Donor Retention
Most donor retention research is on process. Like, get your acknowledgment letters out within 24 hours. Kerry Hecht’s research takes a fresh look at how to keep folks with you. She shares her thinking on getting people to donate time as volunteers, and donate through purchases. Kerry is CEO of 10k Humans. (This originally aired September 9, 2024.)

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811: Quantitative Fundraising Research – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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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 do you evoke it and why should you? How much story detail is not enough or too much? Better to talk about individuals or groups? What does the research reveal to maximize Planned Giving fundraising commitments? Professor Russell James of Texas Tech University walks us through what the research shows. (This originally aired September 23, 2024.)

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810: Easy Fundraising & Friendmaking for Board Members – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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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 one means asking for gifts. She also emphasizes the importance of solid stewardship, and how easy it can be done, along with how your board and staff can best divide the fundraising work. Gail is the founder of Gail Perry Group.

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809: Your Board’s Role In Talent Management – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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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 succession planning. And what does that strong CEO/board relationship look like? Allison Wyatt, CEO of Edgility Talent Partners, shares her expertise.

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808: Be Present To Save The Universe – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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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. Whether you’re in person or virtual. Paul Gordon preaches the gospel of “Get out of your own way in order to say what you truly mean.”

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807: “Planned Giving Accelerated” & The Martignetti 3-Step, 1-Week Planned Giving Launch – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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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 the Sh!t, No-Nonsense, Practical, Step-by-Step Guide to Start Legacy Giving Fundraising at Your Small to Mid-Size Nonprofit Simply in One Week with Bequests (The title may be longer than the book. Did you need a nap?),” launching on 15 September. A major part of the book is the 3-Step, 1-Week Planned Giving Launch.

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806: Non-Fulltime Employment – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

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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 nonprofit. If you go this route, what do you need in place to make the transition smooth for your team and the person you hire? He also evaluates this from the personal career perspective, if you’d consider leaving fulltime employment. Martin is CEO of Boardsi. 

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