Shows / The Influential Nonprofit
The Influential Nonprofit
You want your nonprofit to make the biggest impact possible on those you serve and to do that you need a community of support. Each week, join Maryanne Dersch, nonprofit revolutionary, as she interviews nonprofit leaders who are growing their influence to raise more money and do more good. If you want to fundraise with ease, build better relationships with board and staff, or just need a shot of fresh ideas and inspiration, this show is for you.
Episodes
- The Influential Nonprofit
Robin Berlinsky: Roll with the Rhythmns of Work
Robin is the Founder and CEO of The Abundant Nonprofit and the creator of the 7-Figure Nonprofit Framework. She is a speaker, strategist, culture-builder, and…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Quantum Physics for Fundraising
Key Takeaways: Energy shapes everything. Energy is the foundation of all outcomes—your energy affects your thoughts, words, and ultimately, your results. You…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Your Fundraising Energy is Contagious
Key Takeaways: Fundraising begins with energy. Donors respond more to your emotional presence than your pitch, confidence, and authenticity attract, while…
- The Influential Nonprofit
The Voices in Your Head… and How They Affect Your Ask
Key Takeaways: Successful fundraising is more than just strategy—it begins with your internal world. Your mindset, emotional energy, and unconscious patterns…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Open to Receive: How Receptivity Makes You a Better Fundraiser and Leader
Key Takeaways: Receptivity is an intentional strength. True openness toward money, ideas, feedback, or kindness is not passive. It is an active, rewired…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Cultivating Authenticity For Maximum Influence
Key Takeaways: Welcome criticism as much as praise; both of these are other people’s opinions of us. They get to have their opinions, and not everything that…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Can You Ask for Money During a Crisis?
Key Takeaways: Crises don't cancel out other needs. Multiple truths, missions, and urgencies can coexist. When we reject scarcity thinking, we make room for…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Bad Thoughts Away: Training your brain for greater impact
Key Takeaways: Your reality is a reflection of your thoughts. If you want different outcomes, start by cultivating different thoughts. Words follow thoughts…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Patrick Farran: Proven Frameworks for Leadership
With 25+ years guiding Fortune 100s, start‑ups, and non-profits through change management, culture transformation, and engagement, Dr. Patrick Farran, founder…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Energy is Everything
Key Takeaways: Your presence and emotional frequency speak louder than what you say—people remember how you made them feel, not just what you said. Conscious…
- The Influential Nonprofit
From Events to Experiences
Key Takeaways: Create engaging experiences rather than logistically exhausting one-off events, with meaningful follow-up and sponsor involvement for effective…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Sean Littman: Donor Retention
Sean Littman is the Founder and CEO of GiveSuite.com, a dynamic company at the forefront of nonprofit software and marketing. With a decade of experience in…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Kim Faircloth & Dawn Bedlivy: Conflict Sparks Change
Kim Faircloth: A seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience in conflict resolution coaching and mediation, leadership development, and executive…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Your Fundraising Super Powers: Empathy & Validation
Key Takeaways: Empathy and validation are essential skills that can be learned and practiced to strengthen relationships, foster trust, and build healthier…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Host a Lunch and Learn
Key Takeaways: Lunch and Learn is a strategic, low-pressure event to move potential donors through awareness, interest, connection, and action stages by…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Steven Screen: Fundraising Is A Gift To Everybody
Steven Screen is an experienced fundraiser who gets energized by helping organizations understand how they can raise more money. He’s a second-generation…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Make Rejection Work For You
Key Takeaways: Release the Outcome: Don't tie your self-worth to others' decisions. Focus on effort and preparation, and give people the power to make…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Supercharge your decision-making skills
Key Takeaways: Trusting your intuition is key to becoming a confident decision-maker. Intuition, unlike instinct (which is fear-based) or intellect (which is…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Andrea and Haril Kazindra: Radical New Approaches to Philanthropy
About Andrea Kazindra: As the Co-Founder/CEO of Musana, I’ve spent the past 16 years dedicating myself to building a sustainable community development model in…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Dan Johnson: Busting Through Fundraising Fears
Few people know how nonprofits work. Dan does. Specializing in helping business owners and professionals create nonprofits that last, Dan has helped new…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Classic Replay: How to Finally Get Your Board to Fundraise
Key Takeaways: Engaging board members in fundraising can be a chronic challenge for nonprofits, often due to resistance and discomfort. To enroll the board…
- The Influential Nonprofit
How to Build Long Term Loyal Support
Key Takeaways: Build long-term loyal communities of support by focusing on relationships, not transactions. Stop pitching, pushing, and trying to convince…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Release Resistance and Raise More Money
Key Takeaways: Identify and acknowledge your resistance, such as being overly attached to outcomes or trying to fix others. Understand that fear has a role but…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Stephen Newland: Money Mindset and Fundraising
Stephen has 15+ years of experience in finance, spanning nonprofits, startups, and Fortune 500 companies. He’s worked across diverse industries, including…
- The Influential Nonprofit
What's Better Than Influence
Key Takeaways: Inspiration is more powerful than manipulation or influence. Inspiration involves being a model for the change you seek, without trying to…
- The Influential Nonprofit
How to Achieve Your BIG Goals
Key Takeaways: Focus on high reward, high urgency, and high reward, low urgency tasks first each day to make progress on your important goals. Don't let…
- The Influential Nonprofit
5 Big Lies of Strategic Planning
Key Takeaways: It's not the strategy that's the problem, it's your feelings about the actions required to execute the strategy. Maryanne emphasizes that…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Laura Bonnell: Authentic Storytelling Fuels Nonprofit Success
Laura Bonnell, a seasoned journalist with 25 years of experience in Detroit, founded The Bonnell Foundation in 2010 after her daughters, Molly and Emily, were…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Replay: Fundraising Training Versus Fundraising Coaching
Key Takeaways: Mindset shifts cannot be achieved through strategy or training alone; coaching is necessary to remove barriers, create self-awareness, and build…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Replay: Better Donor Conversations
Key Takeaways: Pitching, pushing, convincing, or trying to get someone to see things a certain way doesn’t work. When pressure is applied, people tend to push…
- The Influential Nonprofit
How Karaoke Can Make You a Better Fundraiser
Key Takeaways: Embrace discomfort and take risks to broaden your range and become a more powerful leader and fundraiser. Release the outcome to unlock…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Lou Kotsinis: Grow Your Cause with Digital Marketing
Lou Kotsinis is CEO of BCS Interactive, a digital marketing agency dedicated exclusively to the nonprofit community. Since 2011, Lou and his team of designers…
- The Influential Nonprofit
James Misner: Embracing Chaos and Conflict To Cultivate Peace and Confidence
James Misner is the founder of The Kipos Group. Over his career, he has facilitated the raising of 100’s of millions of dollars to support nonprofit…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Brigitte Cutshall: Promoting Positivity
Brigitte Cutshall is a health advocate and speaker who is passionate about encouraging others to lead their happiest, healthiest lives. She's the founder of…
- The Influential Nonprofit
How To Stay Sovereign When The World Knocked Your Crown Off
Key Takeaways: Maintain sovereignty and stay grounded despite what is happening around you. Practice sovereignty daily to develop resilience amidst crises…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Kirsten Stevens: Get Your Board Ready to Lead
Kirsten Stevens is an accomplished philanthropy advisor and nonprofit consultant, focused on bridging the gap between philanthropic support and…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Shifting Thinking For Better Outcomes
Key Takeaways: Stay in motion, build relationships, and connect with people. Honor natural cycles and rhythms in work and life to achieve sustainable…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Morgan Gross: International Fundraising
Morgan Gross, CEO & Founder of Fundraising Beyond Borders, is an international fundraising consultant and coach dedicated to empowering nonprofits to achieve…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Delivering Messages That Attract
Key Takeaways: Grow your pipeline impact through consistent, value-driven engagement across channels. Follow a social media strategy that moves audiences from…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Create Messages That Attract Donors
Key Takeaways: Great messaging attracts donors by being simple, clear, and concise, which requires effort and investment. Lack of differentiation…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Get What You Want By Wanting It Less
Key Takeaways: Embrace spontaneity and be open to new adventures, rather than clinging to preconceived expectations. Releasing expectations and attachments is…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Get to Yes!
Key Takeaways: Influential fundraisers build trust, respect, and admiration by providing value, listening, and allowing empowered decision-making aligned with…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Are We Really Creating Change?
Key Takeaways: Shift from building organizations to mobilizing communities for long-term, sustainable change. Mobilize resources beyond just fundraising…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Erin McAleer: Using Your Clients Lived Experience As Guide
Erin McAleer is the President and CEO of Project Bread, Massachusetts’ only statewide food security organization, connecting people and communities to reliable…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Navigating your next PR crisis
Key Takeaways: Praise and criticism are two sides of the same coin. A lot of leaders fall into the trap of overdependence on praise and the fear of criticism…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Better Donor Conversations
Key Takeaways: Pitching, pushing, convincing, or trying to get someone to see things a certain way doesn’t work. When pressure is applied, people tend to push…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Why Donors Take Action, Or Not
Key Takeaways: Prioritize understanding and catering to donors' thoughts, feelings, and motivations for giving to deepen relationships and increase donations…
The Influential NonprofitPat Duffy, Giving Block: Crypto Donations For Nonprofits
Pat Duffy co-founded The Giving Block, a platform enabling nonprofits to accept crypto donations. This innovative solution has raised over $170M, making crypto…
- The Influential Nonprofit
[Classic Rewind] Why Aren't You Getting The Second Gift?
Key Takeaways: A lot of times we stumble between the first gift and the second gift because we're not paying attention to what people really want. Ask for what…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Sarah Wood: Synergize Your Stories For Success
Sarah Wood is the founder of Sarah Wood Communication, a boutique communication agency that serves purpose-driven organizations and individuals by helping to…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Deepening Donor Relationships
Key Takeaways: By truly listening and responding to donor concerns, organizations can strengthen their connections, leading to improved fundraising outcomes…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Ali Horriyat: The Magic of Compassionate Activism
Ali Horriyat, a former finance manager turned philanthropist, left his career in 2016 to prioritize social impact over profit. He founded Compassiviste in 2020…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Lynn Margherio: Creating and Sustaining Change
A leader in the fields of social justice and children’s issues, Lynn Margherio is the Founder and CEO of Cradles to Crayons®, the largest national nonprofit…
- The Influential Nonprofit
The Most Important Story You Tell
Key Takeaways: In the realm of nonprofit leadership, the stories we tell ourselves are not mere whispers in the corners of our minds; they are the powerful…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Tim Sarrantonio, Neon One: Insights on Sustainable Generosity
Tim Sarrantonio is an internationally renowned speaker on generosity, technology, and the trends in the social good sector. After helping various causes raise…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Nonprofit Conflict Resolution
Key Takeaways: Developing conflict resolution skills is essential for nonprofit leaders, requiring practice and the ability to handle less intense conflicts to…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Rachel Bearbower: Better systems for better stewardship
Rachel Bearbower is a fundraiser, former ED, and founder. She is the host of the Sprout Podcast and spends her time building a community of small shop…
- The Influential Nonprofit
How To (Finally) Get Your Board To Fundraise!
Key Takeaways: Engaging board members in fundraising can be a chronic challenge for nonprofits, often due to resistance and discomfort. To enroll the board…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Cindy Wagman: How Fractional Fundraisers Empower Nonprofits To Thrive
After 15 years as an in-house fundraiser, Cindy started her business doing Fractional Fundraising. Today she teaches other fundraisers how to be their own boss…
- The Influential Nonprofit
Sandy Rees: Donor Relationships That Last
As the chief do-gooder and Founder of Get Fully Funded, Sandy has a calling to be your number-one cheerleader when it comes to funding your nonprofit. For…