All Episodes
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#11 | Hiring
Hiring PUT THE DAMN SALARY IN THE POSTING Whether it’s unrealistic job postings or just awful salaries, we do ourselves no favors, nonprofit people. Hiring stories, candidate stories, job description stories, we’ve got them all! Episode Highlights PUT THE DAMN SALARY IN THE POSTING Brittny’s Hashtag: #PayYourIntern What does “cultural fit” mean? Stop combining finance…
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#10 | Grants: Are they worth it?
Grants: Are they worth it? Nia and Brittny get animated talking about all of the challenges associated with grants from ridiculous questions, insane stats and even what color paper to use. Episode Highlights Did you survive the longest month of the year? January has SO many reports! What is the true power dynamic inherent with…
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#9 | Work-Life Balance: Does it even exist?
Work-Life Balance Does it even exist? When being “busy” doesn’t serve you well, but is supported by the nonprofit sector. How do we find balance? Can we even? Episode Highlights Finding moments when you’re winning in the battle for balance! How bad pay leads to even worse balance for nonprofit employees. Stop asking people to…
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#8 | Galas
Galas Regardless of how you say it, galas are a big deal in nonprofit fundraising. They can also be a nightmare for staff. Episode Highlights Attendees: Don’t approach staff with feedback during a gala! Brittny’s Hashtag: #earlybirdpricingworks The big cliffhanger: Will Brittny get a dress before her gala? Working with event committees and keeping them…
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#7 | Corporate Partnerships
Corporate Partnerships Businesses, companies, corporations, for-profits. Whatever you want to call them, we know that partnerships between for-profit companies and nonprofits are absolutely necessary to affect real change in our communities. But how often does that actually happen? Episode Highlights What does it look like? Volunteerism, matching gifts, sponsorships, etc. 5% of all philanthropy is…
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#6 | The Problem with In-Kind Donations
The Problem with In-Kind Donations: Our Love-Hate Relationship Listen as we barely keep it together discussing all of the outrageous in-kind donations we’ve been given, what to do with them and how to politely say NO. Episode Highlights A Quick Definition: In-kind donations are a gift of goods (physical items) or services that are donated…