Nonprofit SnapCast

Rachel Branaman, Principal of Talem Consulting, visits the SnapCast to speak with Mickey about what the data says about board diversity and how they benefit from diversification. We discuss:

• The impact of the current statistics regarding diversity of nonprofit boards
• Value add of diverse voices and lived experiences in the board room
• Types of biases and the power structures in nonprofit organizations and boards
• Ways we know systemic racism is real
• Shaping organizational culture to ensure an organization is able to maintain effective DEIA practices

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Mickey talks with April Mastroluca, of Synergy Nonprofit Consulting. We discuss a good handful of issues related to advocating, and bust the myth that 501(c)(3) organizations should avoid doing any kind of advocacy. Among the questions we tackle:

• Why should nonprofits advocate and are they allowed?
• What impact can advocacy have?
• Do I need to hire a lobbyist? 
• How much time does this really take? 

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Recorded in February of 2022, Trella Walker, Kristin Giantris, and Andrea Briscoe talk with Mickey about their shared leadership model--a three-way executive split that spans a nation to direct Nonprofit Finance Fund. NFF helps mission-driven organizations achieve communities’ aspirations through tailored capital, strategic advice, and accessible insights.

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Marie Davis visits the SnapCast to talk about Path To Shine, a small group mentoring program for elementary school children. We talk about what mentors actually do, the kinds of people who choose to mentor, and what it takes to get started as a mentor with Path to Shine.

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Sabrina Walker Hernandez, the President of Supporting World Hope. We talk about many things including the importance of a nonprofit's board of directors. Sabrina says nonprofit professionals must:

• Know the fundraising process
• Support the board in resource development,
• Tap into board members' fundraising strengths, and
• Be strategic when getting the board engaged in Resource Development

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All the way from New Zealand, Alanna Irving visits the SnapCast to talk about her work with Open Collective, a legal and financial toolbox for grassroots groups. Open Collective is a fundraising + legal status + money management platform for your community. We talk about:

• Open Collective Foundation's work as a 501c3 fiscal sponsor
• The Open Collective software and what it's enabling for nonprofits worldwide
• Open source tech as shared common infrastructure, instead of funding and building siloed tools for nonprofits and the communities they support
• OC's plans to do an exit to community and exploring how we can be owned and governed by our wider community of stakeholders

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Jallah visits the Snapcast to talk about YesLiberia, their programs, what it means to move a global mission while working remotely. Jallah shares a compelling, personal story, and the work he facilitates. We discuss:

• A Pre-Covid Virtual Culture
• Providing Authentic Charitable Service
• How We Stay Open During Covid

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Elisabeth Montgomery and Melody Miller launched the foundation after making a documentary film called ruth weiss: The Beat Goddess in 2019. At the time, ruth, born in 1928,  endured a long path to recognition as an original poet-artist. When she passed away on July 31, 2020, they committed to launching the 501 (c) 3 foundation that same year. 

The ruth weiss Foundation is a poetry grant-making nonprofit. Annual awards are given to poets worldwide who create highly original poems.    We talk about the process of setting up the foundation:

• Setting up the non-profit poetry arts foundation using legal zoom to save time and energy
• Keeping the foundation board small and building the grant process and board Grant Committee in year one 
• Expanding from outreach and social media in year one to hiring a PR firm for targeted print media exposure and opportunities for upgraded story-telling,  
• The foundation works with the documentary film to deepen the connection to the legacy values of the Beat Generation poets - tolerance, compassion, and authenticity.

Sheri Chaney Jones is a serial entrepreneur and founder of Measurement Resources Company. Sheri has helped government and nonprofit organizations gather and use data to change actions, outcomes and lives. Sheri is the founder of SureImpact, a high-tech startup devoted to empowering mission-driven organizations to manage, measure, and communicate their unique social impact. She is also the founder of Measurement Resources Company, a national organizational development and research firm. 

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Joel Kessel of Kessel Strategies visits the SnapCast. Joel is a strategic advisor who helps nonprofits increase their impact through strategic planning and advising. For more than 25 years Joel has been advising, training, and guiding growth- minded nonprofit organizations as well as for-profit leaders and entrepreneurial-minded business owners to think more strategically and communicate more effectively so they can impact the people they lead.

This collaboration was arranged through a listing on Nexus Marketing’s HAPO (Help a Partner Out) page. HAPO is a free service that connects members of the social good sector for cross-marketing and educational opportunities, such as webinars, podcasts, and conferences. For more information on HAPO or Nexus Marketing’s other offerings check out their website, nexusmarketing.com. 

We welcome support of the Nonprofit SnapCast via Patreon. We welcome your questions and feedback via The Nonprofit Snapshot website.