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Brady chats with Juniper Glass, Principal at Lumiere Consulting, about some new research she’s worked on about donor engagement of women in Canada.In this episode, you’ll also get to hear about how to better engage women in fundraising and philanthropy, and other research that Juniper has done around indigenous organizations in Canada.Links & Resources- Lumiere Consulting: https://www.lumiereconsulting.ca/ - Juniper on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juniperglass/

In this episode, Brady sits down with Darrell Booker, Corporate Affairs Specialist at Microsoft, to chat about a new program Microsoft launched in October for Nonprofit Tech Acceleration for Black & African American communities. You’ll also hear what Darrell has to say about digital transformation and implementing new technology within nonprofits, and the progress that has taken place in the nonprofit space in the past year with the beginning of COVID and the movement against racial injustice.Links & Resources:- IG & Twitter: TalktoDarrell- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrellbooker/

Chief Behavioral Scientist at DonorVoice, Dr. Kiki, sits down with Brady to discuss behavioral science and self determination theory.Dr. Kiki also dives into demographics versus identity, satisfaction, preferences, commitment, and donor personas and donor identity.Links & Resources:- Agitator Blog: https://agitator.thedonorvoice.com/ - DonorVoice: http://www.thedonorvoice.com/ - Dr. Kiki on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiki-koutmeridou-78326117/- Dr. Kiki on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KikiKoutmeridou?s=20

Noah Barnett, CMO at Virtuous, joins the chat to discuss multichannel donor communications, responsive fundraising, and the truth behind donor fatigue.You'll also get to hear about Virtuous' new partnership with RaiseDonors, how it came to be, and what it looks like moving forward. Links & Resources:- About Virtuous: Virtuous.org

Founder and CEO of Golden, Sam Fankuchen, joins the chat to discuss volunteerism and how digitizing it is working towards making the volunteer process totally frictionless and personalized.You’ll also get to hear about Sam’s journey to creating Golden and Golden’s new global partnership with Charity Navigator.Links & Resources:- Golden: https://www.goldenvolunteer.com/- Golden app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/golden/id1059267723, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goldenvolunteer.golden- Golden for Organizers: https://dashboard2.goldenvolunteer.com/- Contact Golden: support@goldenvolunteer.com- Golden on Instagram: @goldenapp

T Clay Buck, Founder & Chief Strategist of Tactical Fundraising Solutions, joins the chat to share his experience completing the Philanthropic Psychology certification through the Institute of Sustainable Philanthropy.You’ll get to hear about why Clay decided to take the course, what his key takeaways were from the content, and how being more human makes for better fundraising. Links & Resources:- Clay on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tclaybuck?s=20- Clay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tclaybuck/The Generosity Freakshow is sponsored by Virtuous, the only responsive fundraising platform designed to help nonprofit teams build better donor relationships and increase impact with confidence. Learn about Virtuous' Responsive Nonprofit Summit happening April 14-15, 2021 at virtuous.org/generosity.

Peep Laja, CEO at Winter and founder of CXL Institute, sits down with Brady to talk about the journey to create a new audience engagement tool called Winter. In the conversation you'll get to hear Peep's take on optimization and testing, how to prioritize experiments, what he believes is ahead for online learning, and how to better understand what customers are looking for using qualitative research.Links & Resources:- Peep on Twitter: https://twitter.com/peeplaja- Peep on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peeplaja/The Generosity Freakshow is sponsored by Virtuous, the only responsive fundraising platform designed to help nonprofit teams build better donor relationships and increase impact with confidence. Learn about Virtuous' Responsive Nonprofit Summit happening April 14-15, 2021 at virtuous.org/generosity.

Andrea Goezinne, Product Marketing Manager at Salesforce.org, joins Brady to chat about their learnings from the new Global Online Fundraising Scorecard research, what fundraising looks like in and amongst Germany, France, United Kingdom, and the Netherlands, and how it compares and contrasts to fundraising in the U.S. and Canada. Links & Resources:- Salesforce.org: salesforce.org- Andrea on Twitter: @AndreainNGOland

CEO of Girl Effect, Jess Posner Odede, joins Brady all the way from her home in Kenya to talk about how the organization is leveraging digital and technology to implement their mission. You’ll hear how Girl Effect has innovated their mission fulfillment and their fundraising since COVID began and hear how a forward-thinking mindset has guided the organization to great success. Links & Resources:- Girl Effect: https://www.girleffect.org/- Hear Her Voice: https://voices.girleffect.org/

Vp of Product Management at Blackbaud, Senior Advisor of the Blackbaud Institute, and Author of Data Driven Nonprofits, Steve MacLaughlin joins Brady to discuss new data on charitable giving in 2020 and highlight some of the most significant findings in the Charitable Giving Report 2020. Links & Resources:- Charitable Giving Report 2020: blackbaudinstitute.com/charitablegiving

In this episode, Brady and John Jensen, Senior Director of Nonprofit Insights at Salesforce.org, sit down to discuss the new research in the Global Online Fundraising Scorecard and the data that stood out most to John.Links & Resources:Salesforce.org: Salesforce.orgJohn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnjensen?s=20 Download the Online Fundraising Scorecard: https://www.globalonlinefundraising.com/

Brady sits down with Soraya Alexander, Senior VP of Marketing and Customer Growth at Classy, to review their "Why America Gives (2020)" research. They explore key findings related to social justice, COVID-19, platform adoption and technology, and what will change or stay the same in 2021. Links & Resources:Classy: https://www.classy.org/

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Brady, Courtney, and Nathan of NextAfter discuss how to raise more funds online during the final week of the year – looking at what research says about revenue potential, as well as specific tactics that can lead to growth.

Brady and Michael Thatcher, CEO of Charity Navigator, chat about the encompass rating systems, what the new Impact Matters acquisition looks like, what Michael’s learned in the process of the acquisition, and his tips for those looking to work with a third party. After that they’ll go in to the other beacons that Charity Navigator has in development, and of course end with some rapid fire questions. Links & Resources: Charity Navigator: charitynavigator.org Twitter: @CharityNav Michael's email: mthatcher@charitynavigator.org

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/