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In this episode of The Generosity Freakshow, Brady talks to Alex Wilson from the Giving Block and Joel Kalinowski from Save the Children U.S. about how we can use emerging technologies, different payment methods, and testing and optimization to grow charitable giving. First, Brady chats with Alex about cryptocurrency and fundraising, who is best suited to pursue a crypto strategy, and some reasonable expectations for what a strategy around crypto actually looks like. Then Brady sits down with Joel from Save the Children U.S. to talk testing and optimization, why some organizations don't test as much as they should, and emerging technologies and payment methods. Links & Resources: The Giving Block: thegivingblock.com Alex Wilson on Twitter/LinkedIn: @AlexWilsonTGB Joel Kalinowski on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelkalinowski/

In this special episode of The Generosity Freakshow you'll get 3 perspectives of year-end fundraising. The episode begins by chatting with Nathan Hill, Marketing Director at NextAfter, taking a look at new research and an overview of new training and resources to help you with your year-end fundraising. Then, Brady sits down with Woodrow Rosenbaum, Data and Insights Lead for Giving Tuesday, to talk about donor fatigue, what to expect for Giving Tuesday and how its grown over the years. Finally, we will dive into the nonprofit perspective with Ardee Coolidge, Director of Marketing Communications at CareNet, and learn what he's seen over the past few years for year-end fundraising, what he's learned along the way, and what he's going to test and try this year. Timestamps: Year-End Research with Nathan Hill 3:19 Giving Tuesday with Woodrow Rosenbaum 27:00 Nonprofit Perspective with Ardee Coolidge 1:00:15 Links & Resources: Year-End Fundraising Resources: nextafter.com/yearend Giving Tuesday Research and Reports: givingtuesday.org/lab Info About Data Commons and Projects: givingtuesday.org/data For Copywriting Help: hemmingwayapp.com, www.thedonorvoice.com CareNet: care-net.org Marketing Trench Warfare Podcast: marketingtrenchwarfare.com Ardee Coolidge: ardeecoolidge@gmail.com

Sorcha Rochford, the Director of Strategic Partnerships at Nation Builder, joins the chat with Brady to talk about data privacy, explain GDPR and CCPA, discuss how to navigate data policies to reach donors, and how this election season may impact fundraising. Links & Resources: Nation Builder: https://nationbuilder.com/

Steven Shattuck, author of the new book "Robots Make Bad Fundraisers," joins to talk about the perils of technology and how it applies to the fundraising space, the importance of human relationships, and fundraising in 2020. Links & Resources: Book: https://robotsmakebadfundraisers.com/ Bloomerang: https://bloomerang.co/

Kris Putnam-Walkerly, author of the new book, Delusional Altruism, helps philanthropists increase the clarity, impact and joy in their giving. In this episode, Kris shares with us what exactly delusional altruism means, what philanthropy is like in times of crisis, and philanthropy trends and tips that can help nonprofits looking to get more funding. Links & Resources: Book: www.delusionalaltruism.com/ Free 45-min Consultation: https://speakwithkris.com/ Website: https://putnam-consulting.com/

Monthly giving guru Harvey McKinnon has written a new book on monthly giving and joins to chat about that book, why people do or do not give, and how long it would take us to rebuild civilization if we started from scratch today (random, we know). Links & Resources: Harvey McKinnon: https://www.harveymckinnon.com/ Books: https://www.harveymckinnon.com/books/

How do you manage 13 teams in 50 countries? How can organizations use social media to listen to customers? What are some of the trends around SEO in 2020? All asked, and discussed, with Olga Adrienko, Head of Global Marketing for SEMrush, in this episode. Links & Resources SEMrush: https://www.semrush.com/ Olga: https://twitter.com/Olgandrienko

People in the US think they spend 6% of their income on charitable giving but in reality, they spend around 3%. That's the charitable intention-action gap. In this episode Sarah Welch from ideas42 — a nonprofit organization using behavioral science to address complex social problems like charitable giving — shares different research and ideas that organizations can use to narrow and close that gap. Ideas & Resources ideas42: https://www.ideas42.org ideas42 Charitable Giving Page: https://www.ideas42.org/blog/project/future-charitable-giving/ ideas42 A/B Testing Tool: http://abtesting.ideas42.org

Do people have a set 'altruism budget' that once spent is spent or is it more flexible? Can it grow? Does it shift? Laura Gee, Associate Professor of Economics at Tufts University, joins to share research she's done around the altruism budget as well as other research around donor psychology and giving. Links & Resources Laura's site: https://laurakgee.weebly.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-gee-economist/

Why start a tech company serving nonprofits? How are nonprofits responding to COVID-19? Crunchy or smooth peanut butter? Justin Wheeler, CEO of Funraise, answers all of these questions and more in this episode. Links & Resources Funraise: https://www.funraise.org/ Justin Wheeler: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wheelerjustin/

Online giving is growing 3 times faster in Canada than overall giving. That's according to the latest CanadaHelps Giving Report and one of the things Marina Glogovac, CEO of CanadaHelps, discusses in this episode. She also shares other key findings from the report as well as some early insights into Canadian giving in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Links & Resources CanadaHelps Giving Report: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/the-giving-report/ CanadaHelps: https://www.canadahelps.org

If want to grow giving, shouldn't we better understand the reasons why people do, or do not, give? Or why they choose to give again and over time? Nick Ellinger, VP of Marketing Strategy at DonorVoice, Editor at The Agitator, and author of The New Nonprofit, shares from his work and research on how we can listen to donors and what to listen for to increase engagement and ultimately grow giving. Links & Resources DonorVoice: https://www.thedonorvoice.com/ The Agitator: https://agitator.thedonorvoice.com/ The New Nonprofit: http://agitator.thedonorvoice.com/buy-nicks-book/

On today’s episode, Brady geeks out on fundraising with Steven Screen from The Better Fundraising Company. Steven shares from his many years of experience on how important the offer is, how to go about creating one that inspires donors to give, and weighs in on if direct mail is dead. Spoiler alert: it’s not. You can learn more about Steven and The Better Fundraising Company at betterfundraising.com.

John Haydon, nonprofit speaker, author, and consultant, joins the pod to discuss things like donor care, donor retention, and donor loyalty —among others — as well as his own personal career and health journey. Links & Resources: John Haydon: https://www.johnhaydon.com/

How do bikes make a difference in developing countries? How can companies and nonprofits not just collaborate but share in resources, profits, and models? And what challenges do you face when starting or scaling a nonprofit? All topics covered in this episode with FK Day, founder of World Bicycle Relief. Links & Resources World Bicycle Relief: https://worldbicyclerelief.org/en/ SRAM: https://www.sram.com/

Working for a nonprofit often means you have to do more with less. That's one of many topics covered in this discussion around annual giving, optimization, and culture building with someone working in the trenches at a university, Quentin Fincaryk. Links & Resources: Trinity Western University: https://www.twu.ca/ Fundraising Survey: http://nextafter.com/survey

Why do people give? And how is the motivation to give different from generation to generation? That's the focus of Josh McQueen's research, The Giving Heart Across Generations, and what is discussed in this episode which was recorded live at the 2018 Nonprofit Innovation and Optimization Summit. Links & Resources: The Giving Heart Across Generations: http://mcqma.com/ebook-download/ NIO Summit: https://www.niosummit.com/

Money. That's the central theme of this episode with Joel Solomon — author of The Clean Money Revolution and Founding Partner at Renewal Funds (a mission venture capital firm) — discussing his experience in politics, business, investing, philanthropy, and even listening to orca's... for real. Links & Resources Renewal Funds: http://www.renewalfunds.com/ Joel & The Clean Money Revolution: https://www.joelsolomon.org/the-book/