Our guest is Marie Davis, Launch Manager for Georgia Center for Employee Ownership (GACEO). The Georgia Center for Employee Ownership serves as the central hub for information and resources regarding transitioning Georgia businesses to an employee ownership model. We talk at length about GACEO, its importance to the community, educating business owners and advisors about employee ownership. By selling to their employees, owners can keep...
Melanie Kirton of Financial Affairs returns for episode 2 with the SnapCast, this time to talk about nonprofit budgeting. You might think you already know the ins-and outs of budgeting, and you might be wrong. We discuss: The importance of doing an annual budget
Your budget document is not a stagnant document, it should be referenced often and reviewed monthly against financial statements
Be realistic about goals, revenue, expenses, staffing
Use...
Friends, you really need to check this one out. Laurie Hochman visits the SnapCast to talk about her work, and what Auctria does for nonprofits. Auctria was founded in 2011. When this episode was recorded, they celebrated their 10 year anniversary, having worked on 40,000 events in that time, raising over $400 million for their clients. We talk about how Auctria works, and how the relationship between Auctria and their clients get built....
Michael Gorriarán, President of Arjuna Solutions, visits the Nonprofit SnapCast to tell us more about how Arjuna uses AI to maximize fundraising potential for nonprofits. We talk about his start in the industry, the problems Arjuna solves for nonprofits, how nonprofits may engage Arjuna, and how the entire process unfolds. Additionally, we touch on the energy needs sometimes expended by processing data, how Arjuna fights bias, and how donor...
Melissa Brown hangs with the SnapCast for a second conversation about the Association of Philanthropic Counsel, a membership association of consulting firms that advise philanthropic (nonprofit) organizations. Upholding a strict code of ethics, APC is committed to ensuring that nonprofit organizations of all sizes can engage experienced, qualified counsel by strengthening the abilities, growing the resources, and expanding the knowledge and...
Melissa Brown of Melissa Brown and Associates visits the SnapCast to talk about the work she did with the Association of Fundraising Professionals to produce the IDEA Report (Assessment of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access).
Key points include:
Collaborative study with NINE organizations participating including African Americans in Development Offices; AFP; CFRE, Women of Color in Fundraising and Philanthropy; and more, with sponsorship...
Dan Kramer was the President of the Board of directors of Los Angeles Trial Lawyers' Charities (LATLC) when we recorded this SnapCast episode. Los Angeles Trial Lawyers’ Charities (LATLC) was founded in 2006 by seven plaintiff personal injury attorneys whose mission was to make a tangible, positive difference in the community through financial support and volunteer service. Today, LATLC focuses on education, children, survivors of abuse,...
Marc Haddle is the Innovation Director for Baseline Protocol, an open source initiative that combines advances in cryptography, messaging, and blockchain to deliver secure and private business processes at low cost. We talk at length about what blockchain is, and why nonprofits shouldn't ignore the world of cryptocurrency. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon.
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There are numerous universities and programs focused on social innovation, social entrepreneurship, and social impact design. We will talk about the strengths and limitations of higher education preparing the next generation of changemakers.
We want to talk about big questions like: How do colleges and universities account for the complexities and opportunities of co-design in the constraints of a semester?
How can institutions of privilege root...
Keith Hutchings is the founder of the Comfortable Home Project, an innovative solution to connecting homeowners with local, sustainable housing industry experts. We talk at length with Keith and the current (at the time of recording) students who make the program succeed. We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon.
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