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How People Respond to Recognition, and How That Helps You Raise Money, Part 2
Psychologist Dr. Otis Fulton and Turnkey Founder Katrina VanHuss discuss (as if they were on their on back porch...they're married) how recognition works at the psycho...
How People Respond to Recognition, and How That Helps You Raise Money, Part 1
Psychologist Dr. Otis Fulton and Turnkey Founder Katrina VanHuss discuss (as if they were on their on back porch...they're married) how recognition works at the psycho...
Rethinking Revenue for the Content Creator Boom
The boundaries between livestream fundraising and traditional peer-to-peer fundraising are disappearing. Our donors and fundraisers are iterating faster than we are, e...
What to Do About Facebook’s Fundraising Changes
Facebook ceased processing donations in Ireland in 2023. Adrian O’Flynn, Founder of GYSS in Ireland, had to contend with this situation that we in the US now fear. How...
Fundraising in a Political Season
Most of us are afraid that the very noisy political environment could hurt our fundraising results. Dr. Otis Fulton, VP Psychological Strategy, and Katrina VanHuss, F...
Guess where the money is, community or events?
Raising money with events has been getting harder. Acquisition got harder. Retention got lower. Event leaders are losing their jobs. Why? Turns out we were systematizi...
Your Livestream Fundraiser Just Became a Creator
Michael Wasserman, Founder and CEO of Tiltify, explains why addressing the tools of social influencers in the specific and incorrect terms of “livestream/gaming” is li...
Social Fundraising Psychology, An Interview by Wayne Zell
Attorney and popular podcaster Wayne Zell, CEO & Managing Member of Zell Law Firm, interviews Dr. Otis Fulton, Social Psychologist and Turnkey For Good VP of Psycholog...
AI For Good - But Is It?
AI is all over the news lately, causing CEOs and organizations to assume they know everything they need to know about AI. Assumption is dangerous. We don’t want to ...
Social Good Entrepreneur, An Interview by Wayne Zell
In a rare experience as the interrogatee and not the interrogator, Katrina VanHuss is interviewed by old friend and legal expert Wayne Zell, Managing Member and CEO of...
Event Design and Constituent Relationships
The design of a nonprofit event has a profound impact on participants. It influences how much they donate or raise, and, most importantly, if they return the following...
Boards: Five Fixes to Get to Great
A veteran of board management and strategy, Anne Marie Forbes helps to identify, name, and address the most prevalent foibles of dysfunctional boards. We help you see ...
Social Fundraising & Today’s Events
Events were once called “walk-a-thons,” then “peer-to-peer,” and now are considered to be “social fundraising.” What’s unique about this way of getting small-dollar do...
The Pan Mass Challenge - How to Lead a Successful Event
In this episode Katrina interviews the CEO of the Pan Mass Challenge, Jarrett Collins, who became CEO 17 days before the interview. It’s hard to call him a newbie howe...
Gestalt 2 — A Guide to Supportive Conversations
Giving and taking advice is hard. Gestalt Language Protocol is a way to communicate that both conveys information and builds strong positive relationships. In this epi...
Crisis Communications - What Happened with GLSEN & Target?
The deputy director of development for GLSEN was desperate to protect me, him, and everyone else. From who? Far right extremists.
Gestalt Language Protocol
You’ve been in those conversations with someone at work who just rubs you the wrong way. No matter what they say, it’s hard for you to agree with them. Or you’ve been...
Katrina VanHuss' "Jerry McGuire-like" Manifesto
In this episode, Katrina has a Jerry McGuire moment. She covers how a person’s identity is strengthened by community embedment through the self-validation feedback loo...
Navigating Difficult Conversations
Successfully navigating a difficult conversation is as important a skill as keyboarding. It is your route to moving your ideas and your mission forward. So, why do imp...
The Path to Revenue Runs Through Community
The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (PBTF) uncovered a crazy truth recently: if we don’t focus on revenue, the revenue shows up. If we focus on providing constituents...
Decline of the Small Dollar Donor
Our pipeline is emptying. The small donor is in decline. Katrina moderates the conversation between Nathan Chappell (author of The Generosity Crisis), Jill Davis (now ...