The Fundraising Talent Podcast

By Jason Lewis

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Asking Fundraising’s Difficult Questions

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Episode Date
Do fundraisers understand the nuances of corporate giving?
May 29, 2023
Are nonprofits relying on too much play-it-safe fundraising?
May 28, 2023
What sets a good fundraiser apart from a great one?
May 03, 2023
357 | Does your nonprofit need a Fundraising CEO at the helm?
Apr 11, 2023
Is the traditional capital campaign overbuilt, highly inefficient, and clunky looking?
Mar 26, 2023
Is bullying one of the reasons why fundraisers are unhappy?
Mar 25, 2023
To remain a viable contributor, direct mail fundraising has to evolve quickly.
Mar 21, 2023
What would Jane Addams have to say about philanthropy in the twenty-first century?
Mar 11, 2023
Are nonprofit leaders expecting too much of fundraising tech?
Feb 28, 2023
Omaha Roadshow Speaker Spotlight: Brandi Holys
Feb 23, 2023
Are all of us being more intentional about the decisions we make?
Feb 15, 2023
Omaha Roadshow Speaker Spotlight: Nancy Williams
Feb 09, 2023
How can collective giving shake up philanthropy?
Jan 31, 2023
Are your fundraising practices stuck in The Consumer Story?
Jan 25, 2023
How can sector leaders improve the donor experience?
Jan 19, 2023
Are fundraisers becoming more discerning about where they can thrive?
Jan 11, 2023
Are nonprofit leaders designing resilience into their organizations?
Dec 26, 2022
What effect will the FTX Bankman-Fried fiasco have on fundraising?
Dec 21, 2022
Are fundraisers creating better roles for their donors to play?
Dec 17, 2022
Why are nonprofits afraid of their own obsolescence?
Dec 08, 2022
How does unseen diversity impact a fundraiser’s journey?
Nov 30, 2022
What if the gift economy informed more of our fundraising practices?
Nov 26, 2022
Should fundraisers let their board members off the hook?
Nov 16, 2022
Conversation w/ the editors of Collecting Courage: Part Two
Nov 05, 2022
Conversation w/ the editors of Collecting Courage: Part One
Nov 04, 2022
Are nonprofits underestimating the value they afford their corporate sponsors?
Oct 30, 2022
Can fundraising learn how to have higher expectations of relationships?
Oct 27, 2022
Are donors deliberately hoarding money in donor-advised funds?
Oct 12, 2022
How can fundraisers improve their outcomes by embracing the obvious?
Oct 03, 2022
Will the next generation of non-profiteers go about fundraising differently?
Sep 29, 2022
How can fundraisers ensure their organizations more than transactions?
Sep 27, 2022
Do our board recruitment strategies align with our DEI aspirations?
Sep 12, 2022
What if more nonprofits accurately reflected the communities they serve?
Sep 08, 2022
Does fundraising have a bad case of shiny new toy syndrome?
Aug 30, 2022
Has the window of opportunity for greater fundraising self-care begun to close?
Aug 23, 2022
How do we make professional development more accessible?
Aug 16, 2022
324 | What if we incentivize sticking around rather than raising lots of money?
Aug 12, 2022
Can fundraising embrace the science of muddling through?
Jul 30, 2022
Why don’t fundraising wizards talk about the messy middle?
Jul 23, 2022
Are fundraisers being more selective about whom they work for?
Jul 15, 2022
Can fundraising professionals let go of their favorite toys?
Jul 08, 2022
Are fundraisers spending too much time chasing after new donors?
Jun 28, 2022
Are fundraising professionals patiently earning the right to ask?
Jun 22, 2022
How many nonprofit organizations are stuck in the wrong story?
Jun 15, 2022
What are the most insidious myths about planned gift fundraising?
Jun 08, 2022
Can digital champions strengthen your online fundraising efforts?
May 29, 2022
When did professional fundraising become “guru-city”?
May 22, 2022
Should rested Black women take the helm of today’s nonprofit sector?
May 14, 2022
Are fundraising professionals being ruthless advocates for themselves?
May 07, 2022
Can fundraisers be recognized as our community’s best boundary spanners?
Apr 30, 2022
Is your nonprofit benefiting from both high and low context fundraising?
Apr 23, 2022
Is the fundraising community growing wiser in these challenging times?
Apr 16, 2022
308 | What if fundraising relied on more asset-based thinking?
Apr 09, 2022
How do today’s employers prepare for tomorrow’s workforce?
Mar 22, 2022
What do we gain by drawing a line between fundraising and marketing?
Mar 15, 2022
Is fundraising suffering from a serious case of narration sickness?
Mar 09, 2022
Should we learn to see fundraising through the symbolic lens?
Mar 06, 2022
What happens when the donor flips the switch on the relationship?
Feb 25, 2022
Could fundraising benefit from a new approach to leadership?
Feb 22, 2022
Do boards and bosses have unreasonable expectations of fundraising?
Feb 13, 2022
Is nonprofit fundraising long overdue for a reset?
Feb 05, 2022
Do boards and bosses want to ensure that they are the hero in the story?
Jan 29, 2022
How much of fundraising’s success depends on meaningful places?
Jan 26, 2022
How many job descriptions will dramatically change in our post-pandemic world?
Jan 15, 2022
Why does fundraising let money be the hero in so many of our stories?
Jan 08, 2022
Did the pandemic afford us time for some tough conversations?
Dec 29, 2021
Do some of us take for granted how easily we can navigate fundraising?
Dec 18, 2021
How can fundraisers do the right thing and get caught doing it?
Dec 13, 2021
Are nonprofits giving their power away by cutting ties with bad actors?
Dec 04, 2021
Does fundraising deliberately distance itself from the truth?
Nov 24, 2021
Great Fundraising Opportunity w/The Salvation Army
Nov 22, 2021
Can fundraising evolve for those who give on their own terms?
Nov 18, 2021
Can fundraising learn how to put the relationship ahead of the gift?
Nov 11, 2021
Do we owe ourselves a new case for fundraising?
Oct 31, 2021
How does a fundraiser find more meaningful work?
Oct 25, 2021
What expectations should fundraising have of the board?
Oct 16, 2021
Does attending to the office do fundraising more harm than good?
Oct 07, 2021
What are the 3 types of donors that every fundraiser should understand?
Sep 29, 2021
Are you a reluctant fundraiser?
Sep 25, 2021
Can fundraisers create an equation that increases giving?
Sep 23, 2021
Should fundraisers learn how to “dwell”with their donors?
Sep 15, 2021
What holds fundraising back on larger, unrestricted gifts?
Sep 11, 2021
What does your boss have to say about fundraising’s competing ideologies?
Sep 07, 2021
Did the pandemic permanently change some of our fundraising pratices?
Sep 04, 2021
Will special event fundraising ever measure up to our expectations?
Sep 01, 2021
What can fundraising learn from bad market research?
Aug 26, 2021
What will your fundraiser say when the headhunter calls next week?
Aug 21, 2021
Will the current system deliver on fundraising’s higher aspirations?
Aug 18, 2021
Are we using the wrong approach for retaining fundraising talent?
Aug 12, 2021
Perhaps a field approach to fundraising expertise is a bit overdue?
Aug 10, 2021
Despite their set-backs, why do fundraisers recover so quickly?
Aug 05, 2021
What if fundraisers took a chance on convening genuine conversations?
Jul 31, 2021
Does fundraising need to get better at how we receive the gift?
Jul 29, 2021
Can we really expect fundraisers to succeed without social capital?
Jul 22, 2021
How do our adverse experiences make us better fundraisers?
Jul 20, 2021
Do fundraisers genuinely believe that grateful patient programs are ethical?
Jul 17, 2021
Are fundraising professionals listening to their donor’s “money” story?
Jul 14, 2021
How can white fundraisers best ally with their BIPOC colleagues?
Jul 11, 2021
Have fundraising practices been conditioned on low expectations?
Jul 07, 2021
261 | Should I work for a boss who won’t invest in their own professional development?
Jun 29, 2021
260 | What happens when “warm glow” fundraising plateaus?
Jun 26, 2021
259 | Has your boss demonstrated their willingness to invest in fundraising?
Jun 22, 2021
258 | Is the talk of decolonizing philanthropy misdirecting our attention?
Jun 19, 2021
257 | How much of fundraising’s pre-pandemic playbook are we throwing out?
Jun 17, 2021
256 | Fundraisers, is that really your story to tell?
Jun 11, 2021
255 | What could fundraisers achieve if they took the indirect route?
Jun 08, 2021
254 | Do the guardians of donor-centered fundraising have a bit of a PR problem?
Jun 03, 2021
253 | Was the pandemic an opportunity for fundraising to make some necessary changes?
May 29, 2021
252 | Did the pandemic teach fundraisers how to create perceived proximity?
May 25, 2021
251 | Will fundraising ever learn that the conversation is the work?
May 19, 2021
250 | Are nonprofits are ready for crypto-based fundraising?
May 12, 2021
249 | When it comes to fundraising, perhaps less can really mean more?
May 11, 2021
248 | How can nonprofit boards be bridges to smarter organizations?
May 07, 2021
247 | Should nonprofit fundraising aspire to be a more interdisciplinary endeavor?
May 03, 2021