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What the Fundraising
What the Fundraising is the podcast for impact leaders and change-makers who are tired of doing things the old school way and are looking for best practices to raise money, run their organization, and think about the nonprofit sector in a whole new way. Every Tuesday for 40-60 min, your host, Mallory Erickson, will be having real and raw conversations with some of the best personal and professional development experts, many of whom are outside the nonprofit sector. These are bestselling…
Episodes
What the Fundraising35.2. Sexual Harassment in Fundraising (PART 2): Sector-Wide Change & What Organizations Can Do To Protect Their People with Dr. Ann Olivarius
Today’s episode (or 2-part series) is quite heavy - we are going to be talking about sexual harassment in fundraising. There is explicit content and…
What the Fundraising34: Money Stories, Limiting Beliefs, and How we Shift Our Money Mindset with Rhea Wong
Rhea Wong is a nonprofit leader with 20 years of experience that helps Executive Directors and development staff build out individual major gift programs to…
What the Fundraising33: How to Rewire the Neural Pathways in Your Brain to Raise More Money for Your Organization with Cindy Wagman
Cindy Wagman is the President and Founder of The Good Partnership, a consultancy that is working to unlock the potential of small nonprofits through…
What the Fundraising32: Giving Moments: Creating a Strong Monthly Giving Program Through Education & Storytelling with Becky Straw
Becky Straw is the Co-Founder of The Adventure Project, and a true believer in the ability to build community through entrepreneurship and move people out of…
What the Fundraising31: Giving Moments: How GivingTuesday Became a New Holiday and a Year-Round Movement with Lys Hugessen and Celeste Flores
In this episode, I’m interviewing Lys Hugessen from Canada Helps and Celeste Flores from GivingTuesday. More specifically, Lys is the Vice President of…
What the Fundraising30: Giving Moments: What Moments Really Matter to a Donor and Why? with Francesco Ambrogetti
Francesco Ambrogetti leads Supporter Engagement for UNICEF worldwide. He has over 20 years’ international experience and has worked for organizations like the…
What the Fundraising29: PR is Not Just For Big Nonprofits and Here’s Why with Domonique James
It might be Thursday, but we couldn’t wait another week to introduce you to this amazing guest. So, in honor of Black History Month, we released two episodes…
What the Fundraising28: What Would it Take for Nonprofits to Eradicate Problems in Society? With Shukurat Adamoh-Faniyan
Shukurat Adamoh-Faniyan, Executive Director of Reading Partners DC, joins the show and we cover a lot of topics, like why every organization should have a…
What the Fundraising27: How to Build Relationship-Based Partnerships that Last with Stephynie Malik
Stephynie Malik is known as an expert negotiator and skilled crisis management consultant. While leading alliances, she has created countless partnerships with…
What the Fundraising26.1: You Have More Influence Than You Think Part 1: Fundraiser Addition with Vanessa Bohns
Vanessa Bohns is a psychologist, award-winning researcher, and professor of organizational behavior at Cornell University. Plus she is the author of an amazing…
What the Fundraising26.2: You Have More Influence Than You Think Part 2: Funder Addition with Vanessa Bohns
This is part two of our conversation with psychologist, award-winning researcher, and professor of organizational behavior at Cornell University, Vanessa…
What the Fundraising25: The Mindset, Behaviors and Self-Awareness you Need to be a Thriving Nonprofit Leader with Kishshana Palmer
Kishshana Palmer is an international speaker, trainer, and coach with a 20+ year background in fundraising, marketing, and talent management who helps leaders…
What the Fundraising24: What the Fundraising Season 1 Recap with Vik Harrison
Are you ready for the second season of What the Fundraising? Before we properly start a new season, we take a look back to highlight some of the most…
What the Fundraising23: Meet Mallory’s #1 Power Partner: Her Husband, Ryan Erickson
Ryan Erickson is my amazing husband, life partner, friend, counselor, and co-parent. In this episode, Ryan and I discuss his experience being the partner of a…
What the Fundraising22: Doing Anti-Racism and Social Change Work from Inside and Outside the System with Nicole Parker
Nicole Parker is a social innovator that knows how to create strategies that lead to transformation. With her sisters, she founded the project Sisters in…
What the Fundraising21: How to Become a Magnet When You Speak and Fundraise with Heather Sager
Heather Segar is a coach, speaker, trainer, and host of The Heather Sager Show. Through her years in the business, she’s learned something: success is limited…
What the Fundraising20: A Model for Building True Win-Win Partnerships in the International Development Sector with Phillipa White
Philippa White is the founder, and CEO of The International Exchange, and a true believer in the power of business and leadership to solve some of the world’s…
What the Fundraising19: Building and Managing Teams to Thrive with A.J. Mizes
In this episode of What the Fundraising Podcast… I talk to my long-time friend, and talent and human potential aficionado with over a decade of experience…
What the Fundraising18.1: A Look Inside State Representative Josie Raymond’s Political Fundraising Journey and How to Get More Women in Leadership Roles
Josie Raymond is the State Representative for Kentucky's 31st District, the Director of Elected Leadership Fellowships at Leadership for Educational Equity…
What the Fundraising18.2: Future Winners and the Long-Game: What Nonprofits Can Learn From Political Campaigns with Tanya St. Julien
Tanya St. Julien is a community leader, advocate for educational equity, and Chief of Staff at Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE). In this episode, Tanya…
What the Fundraising18.3: Building Power, Organizing Our Communities and Moving Money with Taylor Stewart
Taylor Stewart is the Vice President of Organizing Leadership at Leadership for Educational Equity (LEE). Her work centers on developing the leadership of LEE…
What the Fundraising17: Liberatory Design and What It Will Take to Shift the Status Quo with Tania Anaissie
Tania Anaissie is the Founder and CEO at Beytna Design, an equity design studio supporting social sector leaders to translate their equity values into action…
What the Fundraising16: The Future of Cross-Sector Partnerships and the Key Roles for Nonprofits with Maurizio Zollo
Today’s world is demanding companies to change their behavior and engage in a truly responsible way with society and the environment. Being a good global…
What the Fundraising15: The Truth About Belonging and Network Building with Hilary Doe
Episode highlights: (01:52) - Who is Hilary Doe? A fun reconnection from the past + Hilary’s journey from college to the present in the nonprofit world…
What the Fundraising14: The Truth About Executive Coaching and Exponential Living with Sheri Riley
The infinitely wise Sheri Riley is an Empowerment Speaker, High-Performance Life Coach, and Award-Winning Author of the book Exponential Living: Stop Spending…
What the Fundraising13: How to Build Capacity for Your Organization by Building Capacity Within Yourself with Lisa Fabrega
Lisa Fabrega is the founder, CEO, and coach at Capacity Shift where she teaches the Capacity Framework, a model to understand and grow your ability to hold…
What the Fundraising12: Moving from Transactional to Transformational: How to Re-Imagine Volunteer Engagement with Breauna Dorelus
Breauna Dolerus is Founder and Chief Cause Consultant at Connecting the Cause. Her work is centered on uprooting harmful volunteerism practices especially in…
What the Fundraising11: Leadership, Culture, and Building Organizations for Impact with Avary Kent
Do you feel psychological safety in your work environment? Avary Kent is a serial social entrepreneur and consultant who since the pandemic has focused on a…
What the Fundraising10: Art, Creativity, and Doing Work That Matters with Stephanie Chinn
Are you listening to yourself? In this episode I talk to the fabulous American illustrator, body-confidence advocate, and author, Stephanie Chinn about…
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09: How to Convert New Funders Using YouTube with Jamar Diggs - PART 2
Do you want to convert your YouTube views into donations? In this second part, I continue my conversation with YouTube coach Jamar Diggs to understand how to…
What the Fundraising09: How to Attract New Funders Using YouTube with Jamar Diggs - PART 1
It’s true, doing content for social media is a difficult job for nonprofits, but how else will we get visibility for our causes, right? YouTube is a great…
What the Fundraising08: Reimagining Business and Partnerships for Good with Duke Stump
What does it take to let go of pre-established narratives? Duke Stump is a marketing expert and founder of Bonfire With Soul. His approach to business is far…
What the Fundraising07: How Emotions Are Made & Why It Matters for Fundraisers with Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett
Our brains work on prediction. Even before events happen, our brains prepare a reaction based on our past experiences. But what if our brains fabricate an…
What the Fundraising06: The Funder Lens and How to Facilitate the Movement of Money with Dulari Gandhi
What are the most common mistakes made by an organization when looking for funding? In this episode of What the Fundraising Podcast, I talked to Dulari Gandhi…
What the Fundraising05: Fundraising and Funder Behavior: The Tiny Habits That Will Change Your Life with BJ Fogg, PhD
BJ Fogg, PhD is a Stanford behavior scientist, author of the book Tiny Habits, and one of my absolute teachers and heroes. In this conversation, BJ shares his…
What the Fundraising04: Shame, Scarcity, and the Power of Sharing with Jennifer Pastiloff
In this episode of What the Fundraising Podcast I talk to the funny, unapologetic, and super authentic Jennifer Pastiloff. Jen is a yoga teacher, coach, and…
What the Fundraising03: What are you waiting for to do YOU? with Tamika Felder
Tamika Felder is a woman with dreams plus an awesome speaker, author, cancer survivor, and advocate who has devoted her life to helping others do one simple…
What the Fundraising02: How Grounding in Our "Why" Propels Us Forward with Donovan Taylor Hall
Donovan Taylor Hall is a youth advocate who believes in the power of positive self-talk, growth mindset, and gratitude. His mission is to help kids build…
What the Fundraising00: Meet your host, Mallory Erickson With the Team from We Are For Good.
It is episode zero of the What the Fundraising Podcast, and I decided to kick it off by sharing with you who I am, what I do, and why I’ve started this…
What the Fundraising01: Harnessing Your Inner Voice for Fundraising Success with Dr. Ethan Kross
Do you hear negative, nagging, bullying voices in your head? Are they telling you you’re a bad leader or fundraiser? That you’ll never raise what you need to…
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What the Fundraising the Podcast is for impact leaders and change-makers who are tired of doing things the old-school way and are looking for a fresh and…