00:17:16 Mandy Pearce: Hickory, NC 00:17:20 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Cincinnati, OH 00:17:21 Diane Gottfried: Catholic Charities Lexington KY 00:17:21 Shawnice Meador: Hi! Shawnice from RTP area in NC. 00:17:27 Vanessa Dunnam: Galveston, TX 00:17:28 Bravyn Nollkamper: Checking in from the Eastland County Crisis Center in Eastland, TX 00:17:31 Robin Walton: Checking in from Southern NJ 00:17:31 Jennifer Silvers: Tampa, FL 00:17:32 Linnea Ionno: Athens, GA 00:17:47 Ashley Raymond: Good monring from Hawaii 00:17:59 Heather L Tatreau: Hillsborough, NC 00:17:59 Richard Gould: Waynesville 00:18:00 Kim Sanchez: Waco, TeExas 00:18:01 Laurie Gwen Landy: Florida! 00:18:05 Vanessa Dunnam: San Antonio 00:18:08 Laurie Gwen Landy: Delray 00:18:13 Nicholas Sanso: Fort Lauderdale, FL 00:18:16 Alana V. Allen: Hello from Greensboro NC 00:18:20 Vikki A. Mioduszewski: Jacksonville, Florida 00:18:20 Ashley Raymond: Big Island ๐ŸŒด 00:18:20 Cecelia Evans: Los Angeles 00:18:30 Abbey Ginder: Oklahoma City 00:18:47 Vikki A. Mioduszewski: My bookkeeper is Dawn Brady who recommended you. 00:19:25 Alana V. Allen: 65 degrees in NC 00:19:40 Alana V. Allen: I'm so ready! 00:19:44 CHRISTIE EGBUCHUNAM: Hello everyone. This is Christie from Dallas TX 00:23:47 Chris Spaugh: Chris Spaugh, I am an ED 00:23:54 Shawnice Meador: I'm Shawnice, the President & Executive Director of Public Ed Works (NC 501c3) 00:24:08 Linnea Ionno: Executive Director- Linnea Ionno 00:24:08 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: Shannon Knapp, ED and Founder, Heart of Horse Sense 00:24:09 Bailey Harper: Bailey Harper, Development Manager at Prescott House in Birmingham, Alabama 00:24:20 Richard Gould: Richard Board Member Cat Rescue 00:24:22 Jeri |Consultant (she/her): Jeri Vradenburg | Nonprofit Consultant 00:24:24 Alyssa Dourte - Executive Director & Founder, Fostering Hope: Founder & Executive Director 00:24:25 Bravyn Nollkamper, Finance Manager: Bravyn Nollkamper, I am a Finance and Grant Manager at a Crisis Center 00:24:27 Kathleen Rivera: Kathleen Rivera, Chief Advancement Officer for national dance institute in nyc 00:24:30 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: Jen Silvers, Executive Director of Histiocytosis Association 00:24:33 Kelly Yearsley: Kelly Yearsley, Funding Manager for nonprofit in Colorado 00:24:43 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Chris Spaugh, I am..." with โค๏ธ 00:24:46 Melissa Robertson: Good Morning, my name is Melissa and I work as the Director of Corporate and Operational Services for a public library in Ontario, Canada. 00:24:47 Mark Pranaitis: Mark Pranaitis, Founder and Executive Director of Vincentian Internatinoal Mission Services (VIMS) 00:24:50 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "Chris Spaugh, I am..." Good to see you online! 00:24:54 Sheneika Simmons: Hi Everyone! I am Sheneika Simmons, I am a nonprofit consultant at Simmons Leadership Services, but in my "day job", I work for NC Cooperative Extension supporting afterschool professionals 00:24:58 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Shannon Knapp, ED ..." with โค๏ธ 00:25:07 Ruth Raichle: Ruth Raichle, Exec Director, Bethany House Ministries 00:25:08 Darcie Fregoe: Darcie Fregoe, Police Activities League of Massena, Massena, NY 00:25:13 Robin Walton: Philanthropy Officer at Inspira Health Foundation 00:25:17 Vikki Mioduszewski Grantwriter: Vikki Mioduszewski, Freelance Grant Writer and PR/Communications/Media Relations Strategist. 30 years in nonprofit and healthcare marketing and communications 00:25:20 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "Shannon Knapp, ED ..." Hi, Shannon! Good to see you online...and can't wait to see your leadership this coming week! 00:25:26 Nicole Reynolds - Executive Director: Iโ€™m a Museum Executive Director from NE Oklahoma. 00:25:32 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "Jeri Vradenburg | ..." Hi, Jeri! 00:25:47 Louise Sloan-Goben: Louise Sloan Goben, Board Chair, North Hollywood Interfaith Food Pantry. California 00:26:08 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: Heart of Horse Sense is in Marshall, NC, outside Asheville. We offer wellness and mental health support for veterans, first responders and other survivors of chronic stress and trauma through the connection with horses. 00:26:25 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: Reacted to "Hi, Shannon! Good to..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ 00:26:34 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: Replying to "Shannon Knapp, ED an..." Me too! 00:26:48 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: Replying to "Shannon Knapp, ED an..." Do you have food sensitivities/needs? 00:27:55 Donna Kruse: Board President/Event Manager for Performance and Commercial Kitchen rental venue. Primary person who deals with fundraising. All volunteer staff. Located in rural Nebraska 00:28:45 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "My bookkeeper is D..." with โค๏ธ 00:29:16 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "Todayโ€™s Agenda:" The agenda didn't post. :D 00:29:33 Robin Walton: Yes 00:29:35 Melissa Robertson: yes 00:29:35 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: yes 00:29:36 Josh Parshall - Chief Development Officer - Local Motion: yes 00:29:36 Nicole Reynolds - Executive Director: Replying to "Todayโ€™s Agenda:" Yes 00:29:36 Darcie Fregoe: yes 00:29:36 Alyssa Dourte - Executive Director & Founder, Fostering Hope: Yes! 00:29:36 Jessica Archibald, Program Manager: Just as of this week! 00:29:37 Susan C - Founder/E.D/All hats :): Nope 00:29:38 Ashley Raymond: yes 00:29:38 Linnea Ionno: yes 00:29:39 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: hopefully soon 00:29:40 Kathleen Rivera, CAO - National Dance Institute NYC: yes 00:29:40 Heather Tatreau: ED of Hillsborough Arts Council: yes 00:29:41 Mackenna Smith, Annual Giving Manager: yes 00:29:43 Chris Spaugh: We do - FFG helped with ours! 00:29:43 Katie Nuttall, Foundation Director/Grants Manager: yes 00:29:46 Kelly Yearsley: Yes 00:29:46 Development Director: Yes 00:29:46 Kristen Leach: working on it 00:29:47 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: It's in progress.... 00:29:47 Wanda Lousberg, Director of Christ based non-profit: No I don't 00:29:47 Shawnice Meador: Annual plan, but not multi-year strategic plan. 00:29:47 Erika Davis, CEO - Arts Nonprofit: Yes - Regional Dance America does! Thanks to Funding For Good :) 00:29:48 Beth Miller- Director of Donor Guidance and Development: no strat plan but we talk about it 00:29:51 Jan Kotula, Board President and Troublemaker: ashe arts yes; ashe little theatre no 00:29:52 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "We do - FFG helped..." with โค๏ธ 00:29:56 Bailey Harper: Yes but it is dated! 00:29:59 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Yes - Regional Dan..." with โค๏ธ 00:30:12 Louise Sloan-Goben: ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 00:30:15 Laurie/ Founder/ Events Coordinator: no 00:30:18 Ruth Raichle: An inadequate one. 00:30:22 Donna Kruse: not in writing since shifting to operational mode from renovation phase 00:30:25 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "ashe arts yes; ash..." with โค๏ธ 00:32:08 Kimberly Brenowitz: Morning everyone - Kimberly Brenowitz the CEO of Paws For Life USA Marietta GA 00:33:57 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "Morning everyone -..." Welcome Kimberly! 00:45:46 Robin Walton: Yes 00:45:59 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: need to do this 00:46:02 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: No 00:46:07 Darcie Fregoe: I understand but I know our board does not do this 00:46:09 Jan Kotula, Board President and Troublemaker: understand one organization yes one no 00:46:13 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: yes understand and do those kind of time tables 00:46:15 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: Absolutely 00:46:19 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: yes 00:46:20 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: not currently but understand the value of this! 00:46:21 NGO FOUNDER/BoT Chairman - REGENCY PRIMARY HEALTH INITIATIVE: yes 00:46:24 Jeri |Consultant (she/her): YES! So great! 00:46:28 Richard Gould: yes 00:46:28 Louise Sloan-Goben: ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 00:46:29 Development & Marketing Director: this is very helpful as I was just asked to raise money for a van 00:46:29 Josh Parshall - Chief Development Officer - Local Motion: Weโ€™re not there yet, see how this will help 00:46:30 Ruth Raichle: yes, I see the vkaue 00:46:30 Nicole Reynolds - Executive Director: Yes, I understand. We are currently working on this. This is a new concept to us and I am excited to utilize it. 00:47:06 Wanda Lousberg, Director of Christ based non-profit: I just got 501c3 status and I don't even have a budget or anything but the property, which I bought myself. 00:47:13 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "I just got 501c3 s..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 00:47:21 Karen Marchant: I worked for a nonprofit as a Dev Director who refused to plan, collect data etc. So I quit! They went into decline 00:48:53 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "I just got 501c3 s..." Congratulations! We are teaching a session on "The Founders Role in the Nonprofit they Create" soon...it's not on our events page yet...but it might be helpful. Be sure to check out FFG's free resource page as well for lots of free budget templates! 00:49:02 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "I worked for a non..." with ๐Ÿ˜ฎ 00:49:50 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: Replying to "I just got 501c3 sta..." ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ 00:50:18 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "I worked for a non..." We can lead a horse to water but can't force them to drink! It's always a win when you stay true to best practices and your own values. 00:50:38 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Yes, I understand...." with โค๏ธ 00:50:41 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "this is very helpf..." with โค๏ธ 00:53:09 Beth Miller- Director of Donor Guidance and Development: If we are seeking grant funding (say 10K for the van) how many grants do we need to apply for?we cant ever be sure that we get the 10K from the one grantor 00:53:32 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "this is very helpf..." Awesome! A few things to consider that you probably already know: Most insurance companies are refusing to cover 15-passenger vans for nonprofit programs. Most prefer a micro-bus. Consider getting a "Van wrap sponsor, seat sponsors, and "fleet maintance sponsor." 00:53:33 Shannon Mullins: Question: how may the planning process be different if it's not for physical assets (van, tent); for example, if the funding is needed to take on desired research projects and hire/secure expert advisors for our team -- and where we can't start them until we have the funding. 00:56:14 Richard Gould: Beside FFG training what makes a โ€œgreatโ€ grant writer?๐Ÿ˜€ 00:56:32 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "Beside FFG trainin..." Knowing how to follow grantor/RFP instructions. 00:56:49 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "Beside FFG trainin..." Ability to build relationships with grantors and their gatekeepers 00:57:06 Shannon Mullins: thanks! 00:57:13 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "Beside FFG trainin..." Ability to express desired impact concisely 00:57:25 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "Beside FFG trainin..." Ignore the bullet points...not sure why those showed up! 00:57:56 Richard Gould: I know its loaded 00:58:00 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "Beside FFG trainin..." Also, follow up to report measurable impact! 00:58:04 Jeri |Consultant (she/her): Reacted to "Ignore the bullet po..." with โค๏ธ 00:58:43 Kathleen Rivera, CAO - National Dance Institute NYC: Thank you 01:01:57 Wanda Lousberg, Director of Christ based non-profit: where do I start when I have nothing 01:02:14 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: Any tips for operational or salary support funding? 01:02:15 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: I run an global rare disease patient advocacy group and trying to find funding is very difficult outside of our direct community. Looking for ways to diversify our funding. 01:03:18 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: How do you start cultivating relationships with grant officers at foundations? Do you do this before you ever apply for a grant from that funder? Like an informational interview? 01:03:55 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: upper right corner and may have to hover over 01:04:12 Michele Louzon Executive Director: Is there a resource that lists big corporate donors and the causes they support? Weโ€™re trying to figure out how to find and court those donors. 01:04:13 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: I work with a nonprofit that provides new and gently loved clothing to 100 local nonprofits that serve approx. 32K people. So many funders don't want to cover operational but we are 95% operational because we aren't a direct service provider. How do you frame operational for grantmakers? 01:04:32 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Reacted to "Any tips for operati..." with โค๏ธ 01:05:16 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: Reacted to "Is there a resource ..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ 01:05:44 Shannon Mullins: As a small nonprofit, how can we set up milestones to increase our budget runway if the funding coming in is an unknown (verbal commits)? Of course we "want" to increase it from several months to a year (say). 01:05:55 Wanda Lousberg, Director of Christ based non-profit: I'm serving people with sex offenses, a population that's hated by everyone and I'm a start up that's being funded by me. How do I start from the ground up? 01:06:28 Mandy Pearce: Replying to "Is there a resource ..." Corporate donors or corporate foundations? which one? 01:11:09 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: freaks them out! 01:11:14 Mackenna Smith, Annual Giving Manager: anxious 01:11:17 Robin Walton: too much 01:11:18 Josh Parshall - Chief Development Officer - Local Motion: reluctant 01:11:18 Louise Sloan-Goben: gulp? 01:11:19 Annamarie Montecina Till: Dread! 01:11:21 Laurie/ Founder/ Events Coordinator: fear 01:11:22 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: agressive 01:11:26 Darcie Fregoe: anziety 01:11:27 NGO FOUNDER/BoT Chairman - REGENCY PRIMARY HEALTH INITIATIVE: scary 01:11:30 Jan Kotula, Board President and Troublemaker: how 01:11:32 Heather Tatreau: ED of Hillsborough Arts Council: Uncomfortable 01:11:34 Laurie/ Founder/ Events Coordinator: rejection 01:11:42 Richard Gould: whatโ€™s your passion? 01:11:48 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: collaborative 01:11:49 Darcie Fregoe: hopeful 01:11:57 Robin Walton: open 01:11:59 Mackenna Smith, Annual Giving Manager: FOMO - I can't miss out!!! 01:12:00 Laurie/ Founder/ Events Coordinator: friendly 01:12:03 Beth Miller- Director of Donor Guidance and Development: thats easy 01:12:05 Chris Spaugh: excitement 01:12:05 Louise Sloan-Goben: participatory 01:12:08 Laurie/ Founder/ Events Coordinator: chose 01:12:12 Nicole Reynolds - Executive Director: Synergy 01:12:26 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: opportunity 01:13:05 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: shoe thing happened to me at the bank yesterday :) 01:13:20 Annamarie Montecina Till: Reacted to "shoe thing happened ..." with ๐Ÿ˜ƒ 01:16:35 Mandy Pearce: Replying to "How do you start cul..." Oh there are sooo many ways. But, yes, these are great first steps! ๐Ÿ™‚ 01:17:06 Mandy Pearce: 1. identify needs @Wanda Lousberg, Director of Christ based non-profit 01:17:19 Mandy Pearce: Replying to "I'm serving people w..." 2. determine who might support this (corporate, foundation, etc.) 01:17:44 Mandy Pearce: Replying to "I'm serving people w..." 3. determine your capacity for other funding streams (special events, direct mail, etc.) 01:17:52 Mandy Pearce: Replying to "I'm serving people w..." 4. then, create a plan around those things 01:17:53 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: what people feel after they give or help 01:18:01 Josh Parshall - Chief Development Officer - Local Motion: no 01:18:10 Darcie Fregoe: "I made a difference" feeling 01:18:16 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: the benefit of philanthropic giving 01:22:01 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Replying to "I'm serving people w..." I work with a nonprofit serving female ex-offenders, so I know that's easier than trying to find support of sex offenders. Funders like that they are helping women successfully re-enter society after their sentences because they do finish their sentences. It's beneficial to the community where people live for them to be successful, and I assume your org provides wraparound services to rehab these individuals and help them but also to help the community feel safer as well. 01:23:29 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: yes 01:23:35 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: yes! 01:24:10 Mandy Pearce: Reacted to "I work with a nonpro..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 01:29:00 Darcie Fregoe: Yes!!!!! 01:37:21 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: We have given over $8 million in research to help find a cure and lead to better treatments 01:37:34 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: Histiocytosis Association 01:37:44 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: yay!!! 01:37:50 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Presbyterian Social Ministries Jacksonville is the only nonprofit org in region providing free new and gently loved clothing to 100 other local nonprofits so they can serve their missions and 32K people in need. 01:38:28 Jan Kotula, Board President and Troublemaker: we are the only local nonprofit theatre that has served the community for over 50 years 01:38:28 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: WYPR is the essential source for local news in Baltimore. 01:38:29 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: Heart of Horse Sense enjoys being a leader in the equine-assisted therapy and learning space in the world. 01:38:29 Darcie Fregoe: We are the only child care provider serving youth in Grades 2 - 12, twelve months every year in Massena, NY. 01:38:32 Ashley Raymond: Donkey Mill Art Center is West Hawaiโ€˜iโ€™s community arts hub, serving 600+ keiki annually through accessible, high-quality arts education that nurtures creativity, culture, and connection. 01:38:34 Melissa Robertson: We are the only mid-sized, public library in Canada w a full time Social Services Worker. (we often are trying to raise money for the SSW programming). I have stats on number of people she serves annually, plus program numbers. 01:39:06 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: Catholic Charities of Lexington works with 50 counties in central and eastern Kentucky who walk with families in crisis on their journey to stablility. 01:39:15 Mackenna Smith, Annual Giving Manager: Inspira is South Jersey's leading network of health care providers, making local health care accessible in our region 01:40:16 Louise Sloan-Goben: The No Hollywood Food Pantry is a nonprofit (501c3) that seeks to address food insecurity in the East San Fernando Valley. We are the largest food pantry in the East Valley, serving over 600 families each week. We have been in operation for 43 years, supported by a coalition of religious congregations, local schools and businesses. 01:40:42 Pamela Tindal: CASA of Autauga and Chilton Counties is the only court sponsored organization who trains community members as volunteer advocates for children involved in abuse and neglect cases. 01:41:39 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: Heart of Horse Sense enjoys being a leader in the equine-assisted therapy and learning space in the world, serving Veterans, First Responders and other Survivors of Trauma and Chronic Stress at no charge 01:43:49 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: what happens when you buy lists and cant block that donors address? 01:44:04 Mandy Pearce: For those of you who want to explore working with our team for fundraising coaching/support, strategic planning, etc., feel free to book a 15-min. call with me to explore that conversation: https://fundingforgood.org/discovery-call/ 01:45:06 Katie Nuttall, Foundation Director/Grants Manager: I missed the initial housekeeping information. Will we be getting these handouts that Marie is currently sharing? 01:46:19 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: Replying to "I missed the initial..." yes I believe 01:46:46 Mandy Pearce: Replying to "I missed the initial..." yes 01:48:51 Katie Nuttall, Foundation Director/Grants Manager: Reacted to "yes" with ๐Ÿ‘ 01:51:25 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: Who or what inspires you to give? 01:51:28 Mackenna Smith, Annual Giving Manager: We need a quality unicorn statement that really differentiates us 01:51:29 Alyssa Dourte - Executive Director & Founder, Fostering Hope: Asking donors, What inspired you to give? 01:51:33 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: worksheets were great. very helpful 01:51:34 Beth Miller- Director of Donor Guidance and Development: donor needs to see appeal 3-7 timesbefore they react 01:51:36 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: Replying to "I missed the initial..." The mindset shift from ask to invitation! 01:51:36 Jeri |Consultant (she/her): Digging deeper is helpful to know 01:51:36 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: A unicorn statement is different from a mission statement 01:51:39 Laurie/ Founder/ Events Coordinator: Love the concept of invitation! 01:51:39 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: We make calls to all donors to thank them, but DONโ€™T ask this 01:51:45 Richard Gould: Invite versus ask 01:51:45 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: template and the art gallery example of impact 01:51:46 Melissa Robertson: donor appeal - asking what inspires giving 01:51:54 Ashley Raymond: Adopt a New Mindset - Make an Ask vs Extending an Invitation 01:51:59 Jan Kotula, Board President and Troublemaker: we had a needs list . I like breaking it down and saying 25 people giving $200 will help us achieve our goal of 01:52:07 Louise Sloan-Goben: The Needs List sounds really useful on so many levels!! 01:52:20 Development & Marketing Director: We need a unicorn statement but I also like the tip to use friends and neighbors instead of generic people 01:53:14 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: I agree Needs List would be helpful. They may see project budget with line items and brief description but this Detailed Needs List could be an additional document to upload with a grant app to help the donor better connect, especially to op needs. 01:53:25 Nicole Reynolds - Executive Director: I definitely do! 01:53:48 Shannon Mullins: we have typically only worked with foundations vs. individual donors. Is there a tip to truly getting started with this new donor base 01:53:55 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: yes and always get a lot from hearing examples 01:54:01 Beth Miller- Director of Donor Guidance and Development: question about A/B testing with an appeal- how to do this to see what works best 01:54:06 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Reacted to "we have typically on..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 01:54:43 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: Should we have a unicorn statement that is different for each audience? Choose different facets of org for the statement? 01:55:26 Josh Parshall - Chief Development Officer - Local Motion: This is really useful. My challenge is selling an advocacy mission, where itโ€™s sometimes harder to show concrete impact and where thereโ€™s no guarantee of success when it comes to swaying City Council, for example. 01:55:45 Kimberly Brenowitz: Is there written information about the conference that we can find or is it being sent to our email address or do we go the the speakers websites for this? 01:56:17 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: We are not very strong at tracking impact. Are there tips on how to start? 01:56:46 Rachel Thornley: This is a bit off topic, but as far as verbiage, instead of support us, would there be something better? Just curious 01:57:00 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: What is your favorite donor management system? 01:59:01 Camellia Phillips: For advocacy impact and progress tracking - I specialized in that ! 01:59:26 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: great! thanks! 01:59:39 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Replying to "question about A/B t..." Just found this resource that may or may not be helpful: youtube.com/watch?v=vV3g5VuSrIQ&t=201 And this document that can be downloaded from HubSpot - Official 15 Steps for a Perfect A/B Testing Test [FREE RESOURCE] https://clickhubspot.com/ilg 02:00:07 Mandy Pearce: Replying to "What is your favorit..." We don't recommend one in particular, but we do have a lot of clients that use Bloomerang, Little Green Light, GiftWorks, etc. 02:00:12 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "For advocacy impac..." with โค๏ธ 02:01:58 Nicole Reynolds - Executive Director: I will need to leave a little early due to a funeral service I need to attend. This has been AMAZING! 02:03:43 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Replying to "question about A/B t..." You can also just search โ€œHow to A/B test with an Appealโ€ and see if that gives you some helpful info. 02:05:45 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Reacted to "I will need to leave..." with โค๏ธ 02:06:02 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Replying to "I will need to leave..." Our condolences. 02:09:01 Nicole Reynolds - Executive Director: Reacted to "Our condolences." with โค๏ธ 02:09:10 Mandy Pearce: Reacted to "I will need to leave..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 02:11:44 NGO FOUNDER/BoT Chairman - REGENCY PRIMARY HEALTH INITIATIVE: I am new to this. This is a lot of good information. So, thank you! I am curious and also excited to see that there are participants from outside the USA. How relevant or applicable is today's training to those of us doing not for profit fund raising outside the USA or globally also? 02:12:05 Jeri |Consultant (she/her): Reacted to "I am new to this. Th..." with โค๏ธ 02:12:15 Mandy Pearce: hello 02:13:08 Jan Kotula, Board President and Troublemaker: hello 02:13:41 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: Replying to "What is your favorit..." Thank you 02:14:36 Jan Kotula, Board President and Troublemaker: wow 02:18:27 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: No 02:18:29 Robin Walton: no 02:19:25 Chris Spaugh: This is depressing. We spend so much time on this stuffโ€ฆ 02:19:43 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: Ugh 02:19:47 Mandy Pearce: Reacted to "This is depressing. ..." with ๐Ÿ˜† 02:20:27 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "This is depressing..." with ๐Ÿ˜ฅ 02:20:28 Kimberly Brenowitz: Is it a good idea to buy lists for your specific needs - we train service and therapy animals Are news letters worth producing as a way to get new interest and potential support. Love the % of who and what I thought it was low but wow. 02:20:37 Jessica Li: Reacted to "This is depressing. ..." with ๐Ÿ˜† 02:24:30 Richard Gould: effevtiveness of Boost ar Facebook 02:25:26 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: do you have depressing stats on printed pieces 02:25:37 Sheneika Simmons: Reacted to "do you have depressi..." with ๐Ÿ˜‚ 02:25:55 Rachel Thornley: Reacted to "do you have depressi..." with ๐Ÿ˜‚ 02:26:00 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: good to hear 02:26:24 Mandy Pearce: I have stats on ROI for direct mail in one of my presentations. i'll try to find it 02:26:36 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: Reacted to "I have stats on ROI ..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ 02:31:35 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: Reacted to "{FFCC4069-F821-4485-81F3-3EEE49A25CE8}.png" with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ 02:34:03 Kendra Martin: Sorry I am late. 02:36:20 Annamarie Montecina Till: Reacted to "Just found this reso..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 02:37:17 Annamarie Montecina Till: Reacted to "{FFCC4069-F821-4485-81F3-3EEE49A25CE8}.png" with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 02:40:01 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Sorry I am late." with ๐Ÿ‘ 02:40:23 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "Sorry I am late." No worries! We still have lots of content to cover and you will get access to all replays and handouts via email. :D 02:42:44 Ellen Kinzer: Would you suggest these updates to be a personalized email or a newsletter-like format? 02:45:31 Mandy Pearce: Reacted to "Sorry I am late." with ๐Ÿ‘ 02:47:28 Laurie/ Founder/ Events Coordinator: In general how many social media posts do you recommend? 02:49:47 Annamarie Montecina Till: If your social media feeds are full of cats, youโ€™re probably doing something right ๐Ÿ˜‚ 02:50:04 Mandy Pearce: Reacted to "If your social media..." with ๐Ÿ˜† 02:50:08 Mandy Pearce: Replying to "If your social media..." agree! 02:52:59 Rachel Thornley: Reacted to "If your social media..." with ๐Ÿ˜† 02:53:20 Tammy Dotson: Reacted to "If your social media..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 02:54:26 Rachel Thornley: Where in a website would be best to put an event calendar? 02:54:47 Mandy Pearce: like we do! 02:55:40 Rachel Thornley: Reacted to "like we do!" with ๐Ÿ‘ 03:01:21 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Reacted to "If your social media..." with ๐Ÿ˜‚ 03:01:26 Jasmine Aaenson-Fletcher: so like, if we are one org with 18 different programs would that be 18 templates? Or what do you recommend? 03:01:51 Jasmine Aaenson-Fletcher: we put them in 4 buckets 03:02:05 Jasmine Aaenson-Fletcher: like counseling, delinquency prevention, youth development and runaway and homeless services 03:03:36 Jasmine Aaenson-Fletcher: Thank you! 03:13:59 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: What questions do you have for Camellia? 03:14:20 Tammy Dotson: Good info - THANKS!!! 03:14:22 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: GREAT JOB!!!!! 03:14:23 Mackenna Smith, Annual Giving Manager: I LOVED THIS, CAMELLIA! 03:14:26 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: what are some sources to learn more on engagement? besides ffg? 03:14:34 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Always amazing, Camellia!! So knowledgeable! 03:14:34 Richard Gould: good job 03:14:35 Annamarie Montecina Till: This was great, Camellia, thank you! 03:14:36 Rachel Thornley: This was such a good presentation! 03:14:42 Jessica Li: This is great, thank you! 03:14:44 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: donor 03:14:48 Mackenna Smith, Annual Giving Manager: I love hearing that its OKAY TO REPURPOSE CONTENT 03:14:50 Jan Kotula, Board President and Troublemaker: That we dont have to recreate the wheel...just package differently and doing several times 03:15:13 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: Excellent advice: get the most use out of your content! 03:15:18 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Reacted to "I love hearing that ..." with ๐Ÿ™Œ 03:15:18 Louise Sloan-Goben: Reacted to "That we dont have to..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 03:15:34 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: strike that make it social media and getting results 03:15:46 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: COPE - Create Once, Publish Everywhere 03:15:57 Rachel Thornley: Reacted to "COPE - Create Once, ..." with โค๏ธ 03:16:00 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: any associatations for social media people? 03:16:11 Jan Kotula, Board President and Troublemaker: so out theatre has been around for 50 years, more internal focused not new leadership and want to focus more outward...how frame this 03:16:25 Shannon Mullins: even if we can get comfortable with somewhat repetitive messaging (to reinforce) but how do you decide on the right cadence for different types of media (email/mailchip/newsletter) vs. social media vs. YouTube video. 03:16:31 Jan Kotula, Board President and Troublemaker: now new leadership 03:16:39 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "COPE - Create Once..." with โค๏ธ 03:16:46 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Replying to "COPE - Create Once, ..." Or lather, rinse, repeat!๐Ÿ™Œ 03:16:57 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Reacted to "Or lather, rinse, re..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 03:17:01 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: Reacted to "COPE - Create Once, ..." with โค๏ธ 03:17:08 Mandy Pearce: Reacted to "If you donโ€™t necessa..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 03:17:25 Louise Sloan-Goben: Reacted to "COPE - Create Once, ..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 03:17:30 Mandy Pearce: Replying to "any associatations f..." it could possibly be platform specific for resources 03:17:32 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "even if we can get..." Mandy is going to cover content calendaring this afternoon! 03:17:56 Shannon Mullins: following on youtube but we haven't launched our first one yet 03:18:04 Kathleen Rivera, CAO - National Dance Institute NYC: do you have a check list to help a non profit manage a consultant that is helping to build a campaign strategy using SEO, meta and social media to attract new audiences to organization? 03:18:11 Rachel Thornley: Reacted to "If you donโ€™t necessa..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 03:19:12 Rachel Thornley: Reacted to "do you have a check ..." with โ€ผ๏ธ 03:19:14 Shawnice Meador: Excellent content so far! I need to drop to attend a meeting, and I'll log back in here when done. 03:19:28 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: I would say consistency matters more than how often. No need to overload people, but consistent (once a week, bi-monthly), quality content is more important. 03:19:38 Mandy Pearce: Reacted to "Excellent content so..." with ๐Ÿ‘Š 03:19:49 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Your pitch can focus on "shiny and new" or "tried and true." Lots of community members take comfort in the familiar...so long-standing organizations can highlight traditional events/etc. 03:19:54 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Excellent content ..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 03:19:59 Mandy Pearce: Replying to "In general how many ..." depends on your goals 03:20:05 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Reacted to "depends on your goal..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 03:20:06 Mandy Pearce: Reacted to "Your pitch can focus..." with โค๏ธ 03:20:21 Kathleen Rivera, CAO - National Dance Institute NYC: I drafted one which I would love to share with you for feedback and additional recommendations 03:21:20 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Replying to "Where in a website w..." I think Camellia answered this, but not 100% sureโ€ฆ. Create your own page for โ€œEvents.โ€ Title it โ€œEvents,โ€ and include it in your navigation menu. So your URL would be www.mydomain.com/events 03:21:26 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "I drafted one whic..." FFG offers consultations-on-demand, document review, and strategy sessions. Feel free to message Mandy to explore the best fit... 03:21:55 Alana V. Allen: Wow! I need to work on that 03:22:11 Kathleen Rivera, CAO - National Dance Institute NYC: This is very helpful. I need to show the ROI to the funder who invested in this 03:22:27 Jan Kotula, Board President and Troublemaker: what is SEO 03:22:36 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Replying to "In general how many ..." Agree with Anne. The logarithm would probably start filtering out too many repetitive posts on a specific platform. 03:22:37 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "what is SEO" Search Engine Optimization 03:22:37 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Search Engine Opimization 03:23:02 Kathleen Rivera, CAO - National Dance Institute NYC: exactly!!! 03:23:12 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "This is very helpf..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 03:24:02 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Replying to "In general how many ..." And when talking consistency - remember it also includes keeping your colors, fonts, etc, consistent and inline with your brand so people immediately recognize itโ€™s a post from you/your business. Donโ€™t leave them guessing. 03:24:15 Mandy Pearce: Reacted to "And when talking con..." with ๐ŸŽ‰ 03:24:55 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Reacted to "And when talking con..." with ๐Ÿ’ฏ 03:25:33 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "I think Camellia a..." with โค๏ธ 03:25:41 Kathleen Rivera, CAO - National Dance Institute NYC: Reacted to "And when talking con..." with ๐Ÿ’ฏ 03:25:47 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "Where in a website..." That is helpful, Anne 03:25:49 Annamarie Montecina Till: Reacted to "And when talking con..." with ๐Ÿ’ฏ 03:25:58 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: I'm old enough to remember when people had so much "fun with fonts" and backgrounds on email. Comic sans should've been banned back then. ๐Ÿ™‚ Don't let team members mess with your branding. 03:26:00 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Camelliaโ€™s website: https://evergreenwords.org/ 03:26:05 Camellia Phillips: https://evergreenwords.org/shop/ 03:26:07 Mandy Pearce: Reacted to "I'm old enough to re..." with ๐Ÿ˜† 03:26:11 Mandy Pearce: Reacted to "Camelliaโ€™s website: ..." with โค๏ธ 03:26:14 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Reacted to "https://evergreenwor..." with โค๏ธ 03:26:16 Mandy Pearce: Reacted to "https://evergreenwor..." with ๐ŸŽ‰ 03:26:54 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Reacted to "Camelliaโ€™s website: ..." with โค๏ธ 03:27:00 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Replying to "In general how many ..." LOL! You just said Comic Sans! 03:27:10 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "https://evergreenw..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 03:27:11 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Reacted to "I'm old enough to re..." with ๐Ÿคฃ 03:27:17 Kathleen Rivera, CAO - National Dance Institute NYC: THANK YOU C!! 03:27:26 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: Thank you!!!! 03:28:54 Annamarie Montecina Till: Reacted to "I would say consiste..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 03:29:02 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Thank you! 03:42:15 Richard Gould: Access till 12/31 includes all. but does it include access to other templates 03:42:21 Mandy Pearce: https://fundingforgood.org/product/grant-writing-and-research-workshop-may-2026/ 03:43:28 Robin Walton: Yes 03:43:30 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: sort o 03:43:30 Ashley Raymond: Yes 03:43:30 Jessica Li: yes 03:43:30 Kelly Yearsley: Yes 03:43:31 Beth Miller- Director of Donor Guidance and Development: yes 03:43:31 Melissa Robertson: no 03:43:31 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: no 03:43:31 Mackenna Smith, Annual Giving Manager: yes 03:43:32 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: nope 03:43:33 Heather Tatreau: ED of Hillsborough Arts Council: Not really? 03:43:34 Louise Sloan-Goben: nope 03:43:35 NGO FOUNDER/BoT Chairman - REGENCY PRIMARY HEALTH INITIATIVE: no 03:43:35 Shannon Mullins: no 03:43:35 Annamarie Montecina Till: Yes, kinda 03:43:37 Josh Parshall - Chief Development Officer - Local Motion: More or less 03:43:38 Darcie Fregoe: we are working on one 03:43:39 Tammy Dotson: Sort of 03:43:43 Ruth Raichle: nope 03:43:47 Chris Spaugh: Not separate from our strategic plan 03:43:51 Richard Gould: sort of 03:45:53 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "Not separate from ..." Question: Do you all have a formal "planned giving progam" and annual campaign? 03:46:49 Jan Kotula, Board President and Troublemaker: Replying to "Not separate from ou..." no theatre yes arts council 03:46:58 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "no theatre yes art..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 03:47:11 Jackie Peery: Do we remove estate gifts into the income streams from past 3 years? We don't know when people are going to pass. 03:48:25 Katie Nuttall, Foundation Director/Grants Manager: Do you have some resources for hospital foundations to build a budget? At least in our case, we are different than other nonprofits because our overhead (wages, general supplies, space/utilities, etc) is covered by the medical center we're supporting 03:50:36 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: For more info on the in-person grant workshop Mandy mentioned visit: Grant Writing and Research Workshop - Funding for Good 03:58:53 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Who thinks you will use this "resource development/fundraising plan" template moving forward? 03:59:10 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Access till 12/31 ..." with โค๏ธ 03:59:56 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Replying to "Who thinks you will ..." Too early to say but it looks like it will be a very helpful template :) 04:00:03 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Too early to say b..." with โค๏ธ 04:00:18 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: I will use it. I've been needing to create a template to do just this but now it's done for me. :) 04:00:25 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "I will use it. I'..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 04:00:51 Kristen Leach: definitely 04:00:54 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "I will use it. I'..." Awesome! We call them "time-saving templates" for a reason. This one is one of my favorites. 04:00:57 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "definitely" with ๐Ÿ‘ 04:01:49 Abbey | Development & Marketing Director: Took this class in the Fall, very helpful, I need to finalize for 2025 and update for 2026 04:01:55 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Took this class in..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 04:02:16 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "Took this class in..." You get the "frequent flyer" award for today then! :D Welcome back. 04:05:11 Robin Walton: yes - this is great 04:05:25 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: are all of these formulas in the spreadsheet we will get? 04:05:46 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: You probably already said this but will all the documents come via email? 04:06:03 Melissa Robertson: I can't wait to use this! 04:06:35 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Replying to "You probably already..." Yep! We will have all of these documents listed on the replay page so you can download them from there. Some will be word docs and some will be PDF or both. 04:06:55 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: The 1.9% tracking is just something we do ourselves? 04:07:00 Shannon Mullins: What if your historical revenue is 95% foundation grants -- would you divide lines by specific donor? 04:07:41 Kathleen Rivera, CAO - National Dance Institute NYC: yes thanks!! 04:07:45 Kendra Martin: Yes! Thank you so much 04:07:46 Chris Spaugh: Got it - neat tool 04:08:08 Pamela Tindal: very helpful - I'm afraid I'm in the boat where things have been listed differently year to year. 04:08:39 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: I'm in that same boat. Been trying to clean up how things are recorded since I started in August. but getting year to year, apples to apples, is going to be difficult 04:08:51 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: We can/ should change the strategy listing depending on our strategies? 04:09:04 Shannon Mullins: yes 04:11:19 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: Oh yes, that's what I meant - income streams. Got it. 04:11:54 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: TOP SECRET!!!! 04:12:02 Annamarie Montecina Till: Reacted to "TOP SECRET!!!!" with ๐Ÿ˜‚ 04:12:04 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Thank you, thank you, thank you! 04:12:22 Melissa Robertson: thank you 04:13:03 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: I always call it revenue stream as income sounds like profit. 04:14:35 Kathleen Rivera, CAO - National Dance Institute NYC: Those lovely magical numbers!! 04:15:09 Kathleen Rivera, CAO - National Dance Institute NYC: Hard no....without a solid strategy, like you mentioned. 04:18:15 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "I always call it r..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 04:20:13 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Fun fact: the NFL was a nonprofit until 2015. YOUR organization can certainly plan for and generate a surplus of funds to fulfill your mission. 04:20:39 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: Fantastic tools. 04:20:42 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Fantastic tools." with โค๏ธ 04:20:44 Heather Tatreau: ED of Hillsborough Arts Council: Thank you! 04:20:48 Richard Gould: template 04:20:53 Kendra Martin: You mentioned you could count capital grants. Whats the difference 04:21:06 Kathleen Rivera, CAO - National Dance Institute NYC: how best to work with a fiscal department to obtain this information and who is new to non profit accounting 04:21:08 NGO FOUNDER/BoT Chairman - REGENCY PRIMARY HEALTH INITIATIVE: The whole session was very helpful, thank you! 04:21:10 Pamela Tindal: tools are always winners! 04:21:11 Josh Parshall - Chief Development Officer - Local Motion: This was great, just thinking about finding time to implement 04:21:22 Pamela Tindal: Reacted to "This was great, just..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 04:21:32 Kendra Martin: yes 04:21:56 Louise Sloan-Goben: Reacted to "This was great, just..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ 04:22:30 Kendra Martin: Got ya 04:22:45 Kathleen Rivera, CAO - National Dance Institute NYC: For example when fiscal has been coding DAFs as foundations rather than individual giving revenue - 04:23:15 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: I just had to make that change in our organization. They were counting DAF as grants and they are not truly grants 04:23:46 Kathleen Rivera, CAO - National Dance Institute NYC: both departments are fairly new to the organization, I am the chief advancement officer 04:23:49 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "both departments a..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 04:23:56 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "I just had to make..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 04:25:12 Kathleen Rivera, CAO - National Dance Institute NYC: Reacted to "I just had to make t..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 04:33:36 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Pulse Check: How is everyone doing today? Hope you are staying fueled and capturing the content you wanted! 04:34:42 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: Reacted to "Pulse Check: How is ..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 04:34:59 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: Celebrating my birthday with all of you today. :) 04:35:11 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Celebrating my bir..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 04:35:12 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: Got your email this morning!! 04:35:14 Annamarie Montecina Till: Reacted to "Celebrating my birth..." with ๐ŸŽ‚ 04:35:15 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: Thank you 04:35:21 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Reacted to "Celebrating my birth..." with ๐Ÿฅณ 04:35:22 Melissa Robertson: Reacted to "Celebrating my birth..." with ๐ŸŽ‚ 04:35:25 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Got your email thi..." with โค๏ธ 04:35:26 Shannon Mullins: Reacted to "Celebrating my birth..." with ๐Ÿฐ 04:35:42 Jeri |Consultant (she/her): Reacted to "Pulse Check: How is ..." with โค๏ธ 04:37:04 Melissa Robertson: nope 04:37:07 Annamarie Montecina Till: no 04:37:07 Josh Parshall - Chief Development Officer - Local Motion: nope 04:37:08 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: no 04:37:10 Richard Gould: sort of 04:37:11 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: in my head 04:37:12 Louise Sloan-Goben: no 04:37:14 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: Mostly 04:37:17 Pamela Tindal: no 04:37:19 Katie Nuttall, Foundation Director/ Grants Manager: I've got ideas on a whiteboard, but no formal plans 04:37:19 Beth miller- director of donor guidance and development: No 04:37:20 Sheneika Simmons: Nope, not at all. Sometimes we are flying by the seat of our pants. LOL 04:37:26 Chris Spaugh: We have a plan. 04:37:31 Shannon Mullins: periodic donor roundtables with foundations but nothing for individual donors 04:37:32 Jeri |Consultant (she/her): Honestly didn't consider it as a thing 04:37:35 Pamela Tindal: Reacted to "Nope, not at all. So..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 04:37:39 Annamarie Montecina Till: Reacted to "Nope, not at all. So..." with โค๏ธ 04:37:43 Jeri |Consultant (she/her): I know! 04:44:30 Jeri |Consultant (she/her): Such a great message/point! 04:46:42 Shannon Mullins: does email count as "hand written"? 04:48:31 Kathleen Rivera: What is the methodology for identifying the MD donor segment? Do you have a formula? 04:48:49 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: Replying to "Pulse Check: How is ..." Doing ok..had to jump off for a meeting and will be back 04:49:03 Chris Spaugh: Reacted to "Pulse Check: How is ..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 04:49:20 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: Recommendations on connecting with anonymous donors 04:49:45 Rachel Thornley: Reacted to "Pulse Check: How is ..." with โค๏ธ 04:50:18 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: Reacted to "Pulse Check: How is ..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 04:50:51 Kelly Yearsley: Recommendations for getting donors to respond to your emails/calls 04:51:55 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: I've written every single donor since I started working here a handwritten thank you note. 04:52:14 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "I've written every..." with โค๏ธ 04:53:59 Jeri |Consultant (she/her): Reacted to "I've written every s..." with โค๏ธ 04:54:19 Kelly Yearsley: Reacted to "I've written every s..." with โค๏ธ 04:54:20 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Reacted to "I've written every s..." with โค๏ธ 04:55:03 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Replying to "I've written every s..." A handwritten thank you note from a job candidate always went a long way with me. Yes, email thank you but a handwritten note after made a huge impression. 04:59:19 Jeri |Consultant (she/her): Was just talking about this! They want to see their money spent on the org not a gift 04:59:33 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Was just talking a..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 04:59:38 Chris Spaugh: Negative 05:00:00 Ruth Raichle: I'm with Jeri 05:00:17 Ruth Raichle: I'm with Jeri. 05:00:24 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "I'm with Jeri" with ๐Ÿ‘ 05:00:26 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Negative" with ๐Ÿ‘ 05:00:44 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: Reacted to "Was just talking abo..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 05:01:02 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Reacted to "Was just talking abo..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 05:03:04 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: 7 05:03:45 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: I have a nonprofit client who wants to bring six mini-cupcakes to a corporate donor. I said, a handwritten thank you note is all the VP there would want. My client is going to bring cupcakes. 05:03:45 Chris Spaugh: The thank you is a great touch on its own! 05:04:31 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: she doesn't know that. LOL 05:04:39 Chris Spaugh: Replying to "I have a nonprofit c..." Are they homemade cupcakes? 05:04:59 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Replying to "she doesn't know tha..." Disclaimer: I personally love cupcakes. 05:05:17 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Disclaimer: I pers..." with ๐Ÿ˜‚ 05:05:20 Annamarie Montecina Till: Reacted to "Disclaimer: I person..." with ๐Ÿ˜‚ 05:05:23 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "she doesn't know t..." Yes! :D 05:05:30 Chris Spaugh: Reacted to "Disclaimer: I person..." with ๐Ÿ˜‚ 05:07:42 Alyssa Dourte, Executive Director, Fostering Hope: Do you include large โ€œin-kindโ€, such as a building donating their space, into these ideas. Would these be a segment and youโ€™d do the same for them as for a monetary donor? 05:08:34 Pamela Tindal: What is SYBUNT? 05:08:38 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: Some year but not this year 05:08:56 Pamela Tindal: Reacted to "Some year but not th..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 05:09:05 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "What is SYBUNT?" Donors who gave "some years but unfortunately not this year." 05:09:23 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "What is SYBUNT?" Lybunts: donors who gave last year but not this year 05:09:37 Chris Spaugh: We do Thanksgiving cards to everyone (top donors get Christmas cards too) but it gives us an extra touch and excuse to say thank you - donors love it. 05:10:10 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "Do you include lar..." They are still a donor. Assign them to the segment that makes the most sense...just don't forget about them. :D 05:10:19 Jessica Li: Weโ€™re doing happy birthday cards to donorโ€™s pets as a touch! 05:10:25 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "We do Thanksgiving..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 05:10:26 Chris Spaugh: Reacted to "Weโ€™re doing happy bi..." with โค๏ธ 05:10:53 Annamarie Montecina Till: Reacted to "Weโ€™re doing happy bi..." with โค๏ธ 05:11:40 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: Reacted to "Weโ€™re doing happy bi..." with โค๏ธ 05:11:48 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "We do Thanksgiving..." Thankgsiving cards are great! Do you ever gift Moravian cookies to donors since it's mission aligned? :D 05:11:54 Chris Bason: We produce a bulletin with three editions and send to all members/donors. Does that count as a touch? 05:12:01 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "Weโ€™re doing happy..." fun! 05:12:10 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: Yes..this is great! 05:12:13 NGO FOUNDER/BoT Chairman - REGENCY PRIMARY HEALTH INITIATIVE: Yes 05:12:13 Jeri |Consultant (she/her): Yes! so great 05:12:13 Kendra Martin: Yes 05:12:19 Abbey | Development & Marketing Director: very helpful 05:12:19 Jessica Li: yes this is great thank you! 05:12:20 Pamela Tindal: Yes! It's great! 05:12:20 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Replying to "I have a nonprofit c..." @Chris Spaugh No, not homemade. I wouldn't chance it because (a) the person may work hybrid and (b) the person could be gluten-free or avoiding sugar. Now I want cupcakes. 05:12:30 Alyssa Dourte, Executive Director, Fostering Hope: Reacted to "They are still a don..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 05:12:32 Ruth Raichle: Wonderful info. 05:12:36 Chris Spaugh: Replying to "We do Thanksgiving c..." No because they cost too much but great idea! 05:12:51 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "We produce a bulle..." typically you can count that bulletin ONCE...not all three editions. 05:12:52 Chris Spaugh: Replying to "I have a nonprofit c..." Love it! 05:13:04 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Reacted to "Weโ€™re doing happy bi..." with โค๏ธ 05:13:36 Jessica Li: yes, thank you! 05:14:01 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Reacted to "Pulse Check: How is ..." with โค๏ธ 05:14:27 Louise Sloan-Goben: What were the three levels of donors you mentioned at the beginning of this? 05:14:30 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "No because they co..." with โค๏ธ 05:14:41 Josh Parshall - Chief Development Officer - Local Motion: New, major, everyone else 05:14:55 Louise Sloan-Goben: Reacted to "New, major, everyone..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ 05:15:16 Jackie Peery: Love that! We do paw prints of dogs and cats in the shelter currently on thank you notes. 05:15:51 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Reacted to "Love that! We do paw..." with โค๏ธ 05:16:47 Jackie Peery: Your preferred CRM? Looking into finally switching from using QBO as CRM and our finances. Bloomerang seems awesome but expensive. 05:17:22 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: We are in the process of moving to Bloomerang right now. Leaving Raisers Edge. 05:17:47 Alyssa Dourte, Executive Director, Fostering Hope: We are deep into researching/demos and Boomerang stands out to us. 05:17:50 Mackenna Smith, Annual Giving Manager: Replying to "Your preferred CRM? ..." We are in the process of moving to Virtuous from Raiser's Edge 05:17:54 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Little Green Light, Neon, Give Butter, Giftworks are all popular with our clients. 05:20:19 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Keep in mind...current donor retention rates have typically trended between 41-43%. Per Mandy, they are currently 39.1% If you secure 100 donors this year and don't intentionally cultivate them, you will be lucky to keep 31 of those for another year. 05:20:44 Louise Sloan-Goben: wow... 05:21:07 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: Reacted to "Little Green Light, ..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 05:24:23 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: 31.9% 05:26:35 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: yes 05:26:42 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: 38% 05:26:51 Annamarie Montecina Till: No, not yet 05:26:59 Ashley Raymond: 50% 05:27:04 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: Reacted to "50%" with ๐ŸŽ‰ 05:29:00 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: Very helpful 05:29:06 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: amazing 05:29:08 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: Excellent! 05:29:15 Vikki Mio Creative LLC: And I feel seen. :) 05:29:21 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "And I feel seen. :)" with โค๏ธ 05:29:21 Tammy Dotson: Great info as always!! Thanks! 05:29:38 Kelly Yearsley: Recommendations for getting donors to respond to your emails/calls 05:37:04 Katie Nuttall, Foundation Director/ Grants Manager: What are your thoughts on recognizing every gift on social media, assuming a donor does not want to be anonymous? My BOD doesn't really think its appropriate unless we're doing a donor spotlight/story 05:41:06 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: yes 05:41:12 Louise Sloan-Goben: yes 05:41:24 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: Not this organized in one place. This is helpful. 05:43:01 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Not this organized..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 05:44:45 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "What are your thou..." I know organizations who lost donors because they shouted out on social media when the donor requested not to be publically acknowledged. I would tread with caution. You can include a field on a remittance envelope for how they would like to be recognized, or give permission to be acknowledged...there is a difference. :D 05:46:11 Annamarie Montecina Till: Reacted to "I know organizations..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 05:46:31 Kendra Martin: I have to sign out, but I wanted to say Thank You. I am new in position and needed a lot of the basic tools. Thank you. I really enjoyed it. 05:46:37 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "I have to sign out..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 05:46:45 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Replying to "I have to sign out..." Thank you for joining us! 05:47:28 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: How quickly will this material be available for us to listen to again, as I was gone for some and will have to go back and get when up online? Or is it all already in โ€œThe Vaultโ€? 05:50:03 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: This full event won't be in the VAULT. Prior versions of some of these topics are in the VAULT. We have to wait for all sessions to process in Zoom. Typically our team has them in your inbox within 24-48 hrs. As Mandy shared, you will get an email with replay links and all handouts. Alot of the fundraising templates are NOT in the VAULT so be sure to download and save these! 05:51:22 Mandy Pearce: Replying to "How quickly will thi..." this doesn't live in the vault. this will be in your individual portal on FFGs site. you will get an email when the replay page is ready. it 'may' be ready tonight, but very likely early tomorrow. We have to wait for all the recordings to be prepared and we can't start til Zoom does their thing. Then Anne has to prep each video and handouts and get them all organized. If you don't see an email in your inbox, be sure to check your junk/spam/trash folders as things can end up there occasionally. ๐Ÿ™‚ 05:51:39 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: Replying to "How quickly will thi..." I want a copy of this playlist 05:52:00 Vikki M: Replying to "How quickly will thi..." @Jen Silvers, Executive Director Me too 05:52:24 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Iโ€™ll try! 05:54:12 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: Reacted to "I want a copy of thi..." with ๐ŸŽ‰ 05:54:21 Shannon Mullins: surely not! 05:54:29 Ruth Raichle: Just beginning 05:54:30 Pamela Tindal: not even close 05:54:31 Alyssa Dourte, Executive Director, Fostering Hope: Just sent ours out! 05:54:31 Richard Gould: behind 05:54:32 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: This will be my first one for this org so I'm anxiously awaiting the first drafft 05:54:34 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: We've been trying to create an impact report for several years 05:54:36 Melissa Robertson: none 05:54:39 Annamarie Montecina Till: Working on it ๐Ÿ˜‚ 05:54:44 Heather Tatreau: ED of Hillsborough Arts Council: Definitely on the right track 05:54:45 Robin Walton: We are in a good spot 05:54:47 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: Fairly strong 05:54:52 Abbey | Development & Marketing Director: needs help, addiction program so its hard 05:54:58 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: not great one person vol staff cant record every thing and keep to schedule 05:55:00 Josh Parshall - Chief Development Officer - Local Motion: We have an annual report that sums up our activities well. I think it can be stronger, and this year weโ€™re really in flux on mission and programs. 05:55:03 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: Reacted to "this doesn't live in..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ 05:55:12 Tammy Dotson: We do one annually but would like to change it up 05:55:27 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: Reacted to "This full event won'..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ 05:59:00 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: Will we get these slides as well in the email? 06:00:29 Anne Schmidt - FFG + Brand Launch Studio: Replying to "Will we get these sl..." Yep! 06:07:32 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: Reacted to "Yep!" with ๐Ÿ‘ 06:09:39 Robin Walton: we use raisers edge but we are moving to virtuous 06:09:42 Chris Spaugh: Our CRM does a lot for us. We use Community Suite. 06:10:05 Laurie Gwen Landy: Excel/ google/ crm/wedo for events 06:10:17 Pamela Tindal: We use a data management system for program data that is specific to CASA 06:10:29 Alyssa Dourte, Executive Director, Fostering Hope: We are currently using a lot of Google Forms, but moving to a CRM system soon. 06:10:54 Melissa Robertson: public libraries use an ILS integrated library system that includes a variety of reports 06:11:11 Tammy Dotson: We have just started with DonorPerfect as CRM 06:12:46 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: without 06:12:55 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: Some of both but not enough context 06:12:55 Josh Parshall - Chief Development Officer - Local Motion: Our report doesnโ€™t have much context for the numbers. 06:12:58 Richard Gould: content 06:12:58 Kelly Yearsley: Mostly content 06:16:48 Kathleen Rivera: Are you sharing a slide? 06:16:49 Josh Parshall - Chief Development Officer - Local Motion: I think your screen share is off 06:16:56 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: Screenshare is off 06:17:01 Pamela Tindal: we can't see it 06:17:20 Mandy Pearce: If you are interested or ready to start your first or next strategic planning process, you can book a 15-min Discovery Call with Marie to see if our team is a good fit for your needs. https://fundingforgood.org/strategic-planning-consult/ 06:24:02 Mandy Pearce: Upcoming events with FFG. Online, free, paid, and in-person. https://fundingforgood.org/training/events/ We hope to see you all on upcoming events AND in-person when possible. 06:35:57 Chris Spaugh: https://issuu.com/moravianchurchiboc/docs/moravian_ministries_foundation_in_america_impact_r 06:36:08 Josh Parshall - Chief Development Officer - Local Motion: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12nFCsSzkiwbKXBiO5g2NzwExRJw5dFgK/view 06:38:00 Vikki M: Reacted to "https://drive.google..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 06:38:03 Vikki M: Reacted to "https://issuu.com/mo..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 06:38:07 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: 14+ Excellent Nonprofit annual reports 06:38:25 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: yes 06:38:27 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: yes 06:40:28 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: nice color photos showed off communities 06:40:34 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: very clean and engaging design-- content and form work well together! 06:40:40 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: Clean graphics and pic 06:40:41 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: colors cohesive design 06:40:42 Chris Spaugh: Great engaging pictures of the work. 06:40:42 Annamarie Montecina Till: The photos and section headers are great 06:40:49 Pamela Tindal: lots of images 06:40:58 Vikki M: real images, infographic/stats 06:41:13 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: I noticed some of the statistics like attending council meetings, etc., but would like to know what came of attending those events. 06:42:04 Josh Parshall - Chief Development Officer - Local Motion: Thereโ€™s context for the lack of context: a federal grant termination that interrupted our main advocacy initiative. 06:42:45 Katie Nuttall, Foundation Director/ Grants Manager: I like that they are saying thank you to donors without having a list of donors. 06:42:54 Vikki M: Reacted to "I like that they are..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 06:43:05 Vikki M: Replying to "Thereโ€™s context for ..." That makes sense 06:44:32 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: text heavy 06:44:44 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: like the colors 06:44:52 Alyssa Dourte, Executive Director, Fostering Hope: I like that itโ€™s set up as a booklet 06:44:53 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: Reacted to "text heavy" with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ 06:44:59 Vikki M: I like icons like in this one because I skim through it easily 06:45:32 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: There was a page that I just caught quickly that said 5 years of impact....i didn't get a chance to read but it seemed like a lot of context 06:45:41 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: good images, good call to action, good format, looks great! 06:46:24 Vikki M: also not 100 pages! 06:46:31 Vikki M: brevity is KING 06:46:45 Annamarie Montecina Till: Reacted to "good images, good ca..." with ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป 06:47:26 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: YAY!! 06:47:30 Shannon Knapp ED Heart of Horse Sense: They are awesome 06:47:37 Melissa Robertson: so the length of the report might depend on your demographic? Ours is always a one page two sided, very compact. We're always concerned that ppl wouldn't read anything longer. 06:51:32 Jeri |Consultant (she/her): Reacted to "so the length of the..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 06:51:43 Chris Spaugh: Reacted to "so the length of the..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 06:52:32 Chris Spaugh: Replying to "so the length of the..." We have done similar in the past for the same reasons. The magazine gave us more runway and we had to fill a content requirement so we had room and we used itโ€ฆ. 06:53:50 Vikki M: Replying to "so the length of the..." There's something to be said about (a) donated space and (b) spreading out your content so it's easier to read. 06:54:22 Melissa Robertson: Reacted to "We have done similar..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 06:56:58 Jessica Li: Yes!!! 06:56:58 Melissa Robertson: YES!!! 06:57:00 Jen Silvers, Executive Director: Thank you so much for today. Have to run to head to my birthday dinner with family. 06:57:01 Kathleen Rivera: Very helpful! Thank you all! 06:57:01 Donna Kruse Nebraska City Veterans Memorial Bldg Project: yes 06:57:04 Diane Gottfried, Development Director: yes 06:57:04 Shannon Mullins: yes for sure -- super helpful day 06:57:07 Chris Spaugh: Helpful - yes! 06:57:14 Jeri |Consultant (she/her): Absolutely! 06:58:07 Ruth Raichle: Yes....you presented several wonderful and doable suggestions. Thank you. 06:58:13 Mandy Pearce: Reacted to "Yes....you presented..." with โค๏ธ 06:58:19 Pamela Tindal: Today was great and I can't wait to look at it all again and to start using the templates and tools. Thank you all! 06:58:30 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Yes....you present..." with ๐Ÿ‘ 06:58:35 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "Today was great an..." with โค๏ธ 06:58:40 Melissa Robertson: This whole day was so informative! Thank you! 06:58:44 Berlinda Recacho, Grant Writer, Baltimore Public Media: This is wonderful! Thank you! 06:58:51 Kathleen Rivera: It was great! Iโ€™ll do it again and recommend it! 06:58:55 Annamarie Montecina Till: Very informative day, thank you! 06:59:46 Vikki M: I am a freelance grant writer and PR/communications/media strategist serving multiple small clients and I paid for this training myself. It was very helpful and the examples and templates made it even more worth my investment. 06:59:47 Chris Spaugh: Thank you both! Have a good night! 06:59:49 Jessica Archibald, Program Manager: Thank you! 06:59:54 Marie Palacios, Funding for Good: Reacted to "I am a freelance g..." with โค๏ธ 06:59:54 Abbey | Development & Marketing Director: Thank you!! 06:59:56 Kristen Leach: thank you! 06:59:57 Josh Parshall - Chief Development Officer - Local Motion: Thanks! 06:59:57 Shannon Mullins: Thank you 06:59:58 Heather Tatreau: ED of Hillsborough Arts Council: Thank you!