Live Chats
Shared Spaces & Services: Smart & Sustainable
How can your nonprofit benefit from sharing spaces and services? With China Brotsky, founder of NonprofitCenters Network and managing director of Tides Shared Spaces, and Peggy Eagan, Executive Director of the Children and Family Services Center in Charlotte, NC.
Is Mobile Giving Right for You?
What should you have in place before getting into text and mobile giving? With Doug Gardner, President and CEO of Jump Market Strategies, LLC, and Jenifer Snyder, Executive Director of mGive Foundation.
Mobile-izing Your Cause
Have you jumped into mobile activism yet? Learn new ways to move your audience to act through wireless devices. With Ken Banks, founder of kiwanja.net.
What Your Nonprofit Needs to Know About Advocacy, Lobbying, and Election Activities
Learn the ins and outs of nonprofit advocacy and lobbying and explore hot-topic federal issues affecting nonprofits. With David Thompson, Vice President of Public Policy at the National Council of Nonprofits, and Mark Turner, Manager of Public Policy at the Colorado Nonprofit Association.
How to Approach a Fiscal Sponsor
What should you have in place before approaching a fiscal sponsor to take on your project? With Nikki Carpenter, Program Manager, FJC Fiscal Sponsorship Program, and Katie Kern, Director of Program Administration, United Charitable Programs.
Board Compensation & Incentive Pay for Executives: Can Nonprofits Do This?
Replay the transcript of Deborah J. Davidson, Vice President of Governance Education and Research at BoardSource, and Pete Smith, President of Smith Compensation Consulting, discussing the right way to offer attractive pay and benefits.
Get Your Board to Raise Funds
Replay the transcript of Darian Rodriguez Heyman, editor of Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals, and Ann W. Lehman, co-author of Boards That Love Fundraising: A How-To Guide For Your Board, exploring why nonprofit board members should be actively involved in fundraising.
The Artist as Entrepreneur
Replay the transcript of Rebecca Posey and Matthew Charboneau discussing how artists can build their own successful creative enterprises.
Shaking the Money Tree for Film and Video Fundraising
Oct 06, 2011Replay the transcript of veteran consultant, facilitator and writer Morrie Warshawski, and his daughter, Leah, a filmmaker, answering questions about raising funds for film and video projects.
How International Charities Can Raise Funds in the U.S.
Sep 30, 2011Replay the transcript of Erik Detiger, founder and managing director of Philantropia, and Clifford Perlman, an attorney and partner at Perlman & Perlman LLP, discussing how NGOs can raise funds in the U.S.
What Should Be In Your Nonprofit’s Business Plan?
Aug 29, 2011Nonprofit consultants and authors Chataun Denis and Jim Horan answer questions about creating usable, living, nonprofit business plans.
Nonprofit, For-Profit, L3C, B Corp...How to Choose?
Aug 24, 2011Marc J. Lane, a nationally recognized business and tax attorney from Chicago, IL, and Ben Wirz, director of business consulting for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in Miami, FL, answer questions about how to choose between forming a nonprofit, for-profit, L3C, or B corporation to achieve your charitable mission.
The Future Funding Question: How Do You Answer?
Jul 22, 2011Kevin Monroe, X Factor Consulting, and Dave Koser, Lancaster County Community Foundation, explore how to respond to funders' questions about nonprofit sustainability, especially in the context of grant proposals.
How to Contact Grantmakers & Get Results
Jun 20, 2011Marilyn Hoyt, nonprofit executive, consultant, and trainer, and Meghan Mucklow Pietrantonio, Grants Manager for SunTrust Bank's Foundations & Endowments Specialty Practice, answer questions about the right and wrong ways to approach grantmakers during all stages of the funding request process.
Pro Bono Q&A: Staying Financially Solvent
May 23, 2011Kate Barr, Executive Director for Nonprofits Assistance Fund, and Norah McVeigh, Managing Director of Financial Services for Nonprofit Finance Fund, answer questions on how nonprofits can achieve good financial health.
Pro Bono Q&A: Reasons NOT to Start a Nonprofit
May 23, 2011Attorneys Rachel Epps Spears and Robyn Miller of Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta discuss why some motives are not suitable for starting a nonprofit and suggest alternatives.
Pro Bono Q&A: Pro Bono Professional Services for Nonprofits
May 23, 2011Anne Diaz, Advisory Services Consultant for the Taproot Foundation, and Ruti Wajnberg, Community Manager for Catchafire, answer questions about how nonprofits can access free or low-cost professional services to build their organizational capacity.
Use Social Media to Cultivate Donors
Apr 27, 2011Nonprofit social media and marketing consultants John Haydon and Sherry Heyl answer questions on how to best use social media to engage and cultivate new and current donors.
Applications Not Accepted: Get on Their Radar
Apr 25, 2011Foundation Center president Bradford Smith and grant writing consultant Pamela Grow answer your questions on how to approach foundations that do not accept unsolicited proposals.
Turning Your Volunteers Into Fundraisers
Mar 30, 2011Fundraising consultant Amy Eisenstein and Foundation Center Atlanta director Val Porter answer questions about how your board members and volunteers can raise interest and money for your organization.
Understanding Nonprofit Collaboration
Mar 23, 2011Jo DeBolt of LaPiana Consulting and Lindsay Hanson of Grassroots Solutions discuss how nonprofits are collaborating for good.
Crowdfunding in the Arts: Meet Kickstarter & USA Projects
Feb 11, 2011Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler and USA Projects director Neal Anderson share information on how these funding platforms can help artists get funded.
Foundation Networking 2.0
Jan 26, 2011Allyson Burns, Director of Communications at the Case Foundation, and Cassandra Stalzer, Communications Manager at the Rasmuson Foundation, answer questions about how foundations are using social media.
Proposal Development: What Not to Do
Jan 26, 2011Nonprofit marketing consultant Pamela Grow and The Cleveland Foundation's program officer Kevin McDaniel answer questions about what to do or not do when developing proposals for foundation grants.
Do You Need Certifications for Your Fundraising Career?
Nov 11, 2010David Pass, CFRE, vice president of development and marketing of MedShare, and Joe Folan, director of Opportunity Knocks, answer questions about when professional fundraising certifications would be a worthwhile investment of your time, energy, and money for a career in grant writing and fundraising.

