Nonprofit Spark - Renee McGivern
By Renee McGivern
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Podcast Description
Many of us are involved, as staff, board members or volunteers in new or emerging non-profits. Whether working with the homeless, the environment, children or others in need, every new staff and board faces myriad issues that can be both bewildering and overwhelming. Enter Renee McGivern, host of NONPROFIT SPARK. Renee and her guests walk through a new area of nonprofit work in clear, concise and fun themed shows. From Best Practices, developing and keeping a volunteer force, fundraising, effective governance, you can breathe easy now. Renee and NONPROFIT SPARK have arrived!
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Nonprofit Spark – How newer nonprofits succeed – 06/04/12 | My guest this week is the executive director of a non-profit association that started with only 70 nonprofit members in 2004 and has already expanded to serving more than 600. He knows from first-hand experience what it takes to build a non-profit and, | 6/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Avoiding the highly contagious special events bug – 05/28/12 | A recent article in Nonprofit Quarterly caught my eye. It asked if non-profit special events are an addiction, a kind of illness. I tracked down the source of the question and it was a workshop being offered in Indiana entitled, | 5/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Nominating committee: The unsung hero of non-profit sustainability – 05/21/12 | The unsung hero of nonprofit boards is the nominating committee. I don't know why, but its work is undervalued by many, many non-profits. The finance committee is a big deal. The fundraising or event committee is a big deal. | 5/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Thriving in this economy: Fundraising tips from Kim Klein 051412 | The economy is limping along and so is income for a large number of nonprofits, many whom were just making it before the recession. When you've cut as deep as you can, and foregone salary increases for several years, what should you do? That's right. | 5/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Writing a grant proposal: The funder’s point of view – 05/07/12 | This week's show focuses on writing non-profit grant proposals but it comes from the funders point of view. You can find all kinds of information on the web or in your library about how to write a grant proposal, | 5/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Using dashboards for nonprofit evaluation – 04/30/12 | This week's episode is a "show and tell show," which means that my guest and I want you to look at sample dashboards as we talk about them. Please download the worksheet with Sample dashboards here before you listen to the show. - | 4/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Delegating and letting someone go – 04/23/12 | This week's show is a replay of a great episode about non-profit management that aired the week of December 12, 2012. Specifically, we discuss delegating and letting someone go. What are the elements of effective delegation? | 4/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – A nonprofit reinvents itself: LiveWorkPlay takes on social change – 04/16/12 | It's National Volunteer Week in Canada and so I speak this week with the leader of an organization that has transformed the way it thinks about and manages volunteers. The show isn't just about volunteers, though. | 4/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Nonprofit Best Practices in Volunteer Communication – 04/09/12 | April is National Volunteers Month so I want to revisit the topic of volunteer management. Earlier this year, I had Susan Ellis of Energize, Inc, on the show, and she made an excellent Case for strategic volunteerism in nonprofits. | 4/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Embracing change in the non-profit sector – 04/02/12 | This week, we get an eagle’s-eye view of the nonprofit sector from Bob Ottenhoff, CEO of Guidestar, an online service where you can find detailed information about your favorite nonprofits. We discuss what’s happening in the non-profit sector, | 4/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Technical assistance from Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations – 03/26/12 | Many nonprofits run on a tight budget and will love to hear that there's an organization of very bright undergraduate students who are eager to provide pro bono consultation to local non-profits. Students Consulting for Nonprofit Organizations has a gr... | 3/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Nonprofit crisis management best practices: Dealing with fraud – 03/19/12 | Every month, I see at least one story in an American newspaper about an employee of a nonprofit who has stolen money from the organization. Theft happens across a spectrum of large and small, national and local, efficient and inefficient nonprofits. | 3/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Primer on managing your non-profit’s cash flow – 03/12/12 | Most leaders of active non-profits produce a monthly balance sheet and income statement. However, many don't produce a cash flow projection which tells executives and board members if they'll have enough cash in the bank to cover the bills every month. | 3/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Everyone Leads: Building Leadership from the Community Up – 03/05/12 | The non-profit sector excels at meeting community needs and is becoming masterful with non-profit best management practices. But are these enough? To solve the problems of our day, my guest this week asserts that the job of nonprofits is not to provide... | 3/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Non-profit website redesign, part 2 – 02/27/12 | On this week’s show, Christine Durand of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and I focus again on her website redesign project. Christine is the communications and marketing director for that organization. Non profit leaders may be wondering why I’d d | 2/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Elements of a non-profit fund development plan – 02/20/12 | There's nothing that makes newer non-profit leaders more nervous than asking for money, especially from individuals. Their hearts clench. Their eyes glaze over. Their bodies freeze like deer looking into headlights. | 2/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – What’s happening with the business of doing good? Social enterprise models – 02/13/12 | Almost every day, we read about passionate people who want to solve a big problem and they do so in myriad ways. We hear about social entrepreneurs, social enterprises, and for-profits and non-profits, all working toward social change. Clearly, | 2/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Traveling Guitar Foundation’s start-up success story, and a presentation contest for non-profits – 02/0 | The Traveling Guitar Foundation is a rising nonprofit star. It was founded in the New York tri-state area less than three years ago by Damon Marks, a guitarist and songwriter. Damon has performed and recorded with notable musicians including Bret Micha... | 2/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Non-profit website redesign, part 1 – 01/30/12 | One of the most daunting projects every non-profit has to face at some point is a website redesign. It is time consuming, has great potential for complications and cost overruns, and requires both big picture thinking and attention to the smallest deta... | 1/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – The case for strategic volunteerism in your non-profit – 01/23/12 | Why is it that volunteer involvement and management is rarely given the same amount of attention that non-profit leaders give to fundraising and programs? Let's be honest. What most leaders do is give a kindly pat-on-the-head to volunteers and the staf... | 1/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Quit complaining: best practices for non-profit board learning – 01/16/12 | You know how you're having a problem with your board? Consider that at the root of it is weak and possibly, worthless board orientation. All those complaints you have about how board members meddle or misbehave or don't "get" the organization could dis... | 1/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – What accountants wish non-profit leaders knew about non-profit finances – 01/09/12 | On this week's show, I speak with John P. Langan CPA, managing partner of CliftonLarsonAllen, a top 20 national accounting firm with 225 professionals serving more than 5,000 not-for-profit organizations in 18 states. | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Common sense non-profit board policies – 01/02/12 | A primary responsibility of a non-profit board is to create policies that support the use of best practices in the organization. What are basic policies every non-profit board should approve? How are these different from policies that staff create? | 1/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Nonprofit Budgets and Financial Outsourcing – 12/26/11 | On this show, I speak with Nancy Engelken, executive director of Housing Colorado! who describes how she considers the strategic plan and fundraising plan in the budgeting process. I also speak with Jason Spessard of LarsonAllen accounting form who des... | 12/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Non-profit advocacy made simple – 12/19/11 | Many non-profits are great about consistently educating constituents about why their organization's work matters. They often fall short on their advocacy work, however. Meeting with legislators and testifying about a bill is often done at the last minu... | 12/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Delegating and letting someone go – 12/12/11 | This week's show is about non-profit management. Specifically, my guests and I explore delegation and letting someone go. What are the elements of effective delegation? How do you balance handing over a project and making sure it stays on track? | 12/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Non-profit website content governance and user testing – 12/05/11 | It's easy to get into legal hot water as inexperienced and overburdened staff people add copyrighted text, images and graphics from other sources to your organization's website. The people who created that content in the first place call it theft. | 12/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Free non-profit help on Google Grants, SEO and social media advice – 11/28/11 | Non-profit marketing and communications goes well beyond writing web content and sending e-newsletters. You also need to explore online marketing tools like Facebook, Twitter, blogs and more: non-profit social media. | 11/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Overcoming Nonprofit Board Dysfunction – 11/21/11 | It’s the week of Thanksgiving, that unique American holiday, so Host Renee McGivern is replaying an episode from August 1, 2011. It’s packed with ideas and solutions that get more practical as the show progresses. | 11/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Helpful hints on working with a printer 111411 | Because nonprofits can create materials using desktop publishing software, we assume that printing that material is a breeze. But ask printers and they'll say many non-profits have no idea what they're doing. My guest this week is Dee Conklin, | 11/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Tips for Clear Nonprofit Communication – 11/07/11 | The most effective non-profit leaders and fundraisers are masters of communication. They use words that all types of people understand; they save jargon for conversations with experts in their field. On this show, I interview Tony Proscio, | 11/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Exploring a moneymaking venture, or social enterprise, for your organization – 10/31/11 | Contributions from foundations, individuals and government sources can ebb and flow with the economy. It makes considerable sense, then, to create a social enterprise in your nonprofit that helps sustain the organization in good times and bad. | 10/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Handheld bidding devices for nonprofit auctions – 10/24/11 | Handheld bidding devices add a cool factor to silent and live auctions but are they worth the expense? How do you make sure they help you net more money than last year's event? On this show, I speak with Sherry Truhlar of Red Apple Auctions, | 10/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Succession planning and risk management 101 – 10/17/11 | As many as 75% of non-profit executive directors will be retiring in the next five years. Are you ready for a search process? On this week's show, I speak with Phyllis Hockett, board president of the Utah Nonprofit Association, | 10/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Earning Media Coverage for Your Organization – 10/10/11 | It's a common complaint: Why doesn't the media feature my nonprofit or cover the issues we care about? On this week's show, we explore how you should connect to reporters, share your stories and engage the community in caring about your issues. | 10/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Nonprofit Innovation and Community Engagement – 10/03/11 | On this week’s show, I focus on two Minnesota-based organizations to explore examples of nonprofit innovation and community engagement. They demonstrate nonprofits’ amazing ability to be nimble and creative in response to the constituents they serve. | 10/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – The Conservation Foundation: A Stakeholder-Driven Nonprofit – 09/26/11 | On this show, I speak with the Brook McDonald, the president and CEO of The Conservation Foundation, a highly effective nonprofit that is a superb example of what it means to be "stakeholder-driven." The dictionary defines stakeholder as a type of orga... | 9/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Planned gifts and endowment primer 09/19/11 | This week, I focus on planned giving and endowments. While the area of planned giving can get complicated fairly quickly, we hone in on the types of planned gifts that just about every nonprofit should encourage, | 9/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Creating successful teams with trust – 09/12/11 | Want to create a powerful team? Or are you experiencing breakdowns with your team or board? Look to trust or the lack of it as the primary predictor of your team's outcomes. On this week's show, I speak with Dan Collins, | 9/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – In depth with Nonprofit Sector Innovator Dan Pallotta – 09/05/11 | On this week's show, I speak with nonprofit sector innovator and author Dan Pallotta who is challenging Americans' long-held beliefs about charities that he says constrain nonprofits from solving the problems of the world. - | 9/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Five Stages of Nonprofits and Capacity-Building Internships – 08/29/11 | What's happening when everything feels like a struggle? Consider your organization could be naturally progressing from one stage of development to another. On this week's show, I speak to Judy Sharken Simon of MAP for Nonprofits about her book, | 8/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Leadership coaching to boost executive director happiness – 08/22/11 | What should an executive director or her board do when she's highly stressed, can't delegate, is burned out or lacks confidence? Hire a coach to help her devise solutions and put new behaviors into action. An executive who isn't happy can't be creative, | 8/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Powerful photographic storytelling – 08/15/11 | This show is designed to inspire you and it will involve both your ears and eyes as my second guest and I review an phenomenal photographic story about an orphanage in Transylvania. My two guests work for PhotoPhilanthropy, | 8/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Five Questions for an Executive Director Performance Review – 08/08/11 | A recent study showed that only 45 percent of executive directors had a performance review in the past year and of those, 2/3 said it was of little or no use to them. This show describes a great process boards can use and five questions they can ask to... | 8/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Developing individual donors and your fundraising skills – 07/25/11 | Reluctant nonprofit leaders and board members can learn to overcome their fear of fundraising. Two extraordinary guests on this week's show provide coaching about identifying and calling on people who may be interested in supporting your nonprofit. | 7/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Minnesota Government Shutdown, and Community Foundations – 07/18/11 | Although Minnesota’s governor and top legislative leaders have agreed to end the government shutdown, there’s still a great deal of uncertainty. Nonprofits and businesses are laying off hundreds of people every day. Listen to Angie Miller, | 7/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Nonprofit Careers and Young Professionals – 07/11/11 | This week's show focuses on how to get started in a nonprofit career and also, understanding young professionals. I speak with Nathan Hand, author of the blog Nonprofit Nate and vice president of development for Indy Schools on Wheels. | 7/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Understanding a Nonprofit Balance Sheet (replay of 02/21/11 show) | It's a holiday week for Host Renee McGivern so we're replaying the very helpful show, Understanding a Balance Sheet. The nonprofit balance sheet is a complete mystery to thousands of leaders in nonprofit management and also to board members. | 7/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Nonprofits and the IRS: Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) and more – 06/27/11 | On this show, I speak with Jeffrey Tenenbaum, an expert on nonprofit law, about unrelated business income taxes. If you receive income from corporate sponsorships, advertising, licensing agreements or endorsements, or cause-related marketing, | 6/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nonprofit Spark – Cultural Sensitivity in Guatemala and a Nifty Service for Choosing Nonprofit Software – 07/20/11 | My first guest on this week’s show illustrates how to be a stranger in a strange land providing service with sensitivity and respect. Gary Teale of Avivara tells the story of how he and his wife started a nonprofit in Guatemala and what they’ve been l | 6/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 50 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Good nonprofit topics
Good podcast. Sound quality can be a bit iffy at times, but it can be overlooked. I love the variety of interviews as well. I'm fairly new to the nonprofit sector and I'm learning a lot from this podcast!
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