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Thank You: Nonprofit Radio’s Sesquicentennial

An image of the promotional postcard for Nonprofit Radio showing Tony Martignetti in the studio.Nonprofit Radio’s 150th show was last Friday. I thank you for your support over 3 years!

It was a low-key sesquicentennial. I wasn’t even in the studio. We pre-recorded early last week.

What I’m not low-key about is thanking you for supporting the show by listening; subscribing; retweeting; posting; liking; commenting; and letting me into your inbox each week.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I’m grateful.

We’ve got over 9,000 weekly listeners. They’ve come because you spread the word about the show. Thank you for that. Please don’t stop.

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For the 150th, my guests were Beth Kanter on measuring the networked nonprofit, and Maria Semple, with alternatives to Google Alerts.

You can scroll down to the previous post for a link to listen, or take the short cut.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING TONY MARTIGNETTI NONPROFIT RADIO! I’M GRATEFUL!

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Interviewing Beth Kanter at Fundraising Day New York

Nonprofit Radio for July 12, 2013: Measuring The Networked Nonprofit & Goodbye Google Alerts?

Big Nonprofit Ideas for the Other 95%

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Interviewing Beth Kanter at Fundraising Day New York
Interviewing Beth Kanter at Fundraising Day New York
Beth Kanter: Measuring The Networked Nonprofit

Beth Kanter, co-author of “The Networked Nonprofit” and “Measuring the Networked Nonprofit” talked to me at Fundraising Day last month about wide engagement and measuring your multichannel outcomes.

 

 

 

Maria Semple
Maria Semple: Goodbye Google Alerts?

Maria Semple, our prospect research contributor and The Prospect Finder, has free alternatives in case Google Alerts disappear.

 
 
 


Top Trends. Sound Advice. Lively Conversation.

You’re on the air and on target as I delve into the big issues facing your nonprofit—and your career.

If you have big dreams but an average budget, tune in to Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio.

I interview the best in the business on every topic from board relations, fundraising, social media and compliance, to technology, accounting, volunteer management, finance, marketing and beyond. Always with you in mind.

When and where: Talking Alternative Radio, Fridays, 1-2PM Eastern

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Nonprofit Radio for July 5, 2013: Dan’s Donor Retention Ideas & Tablet Apps

Big Nonprofit Ideas for the Other 95%

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Interviewing Dan Blakemore at Fundraising Day New York
Interviewing Dan Blakemore at Fundraising Day New York
Dan Blakemore: Dan’s Donor Retention Ideas

Dan Blakemore is assistant director of development for individual giving at International House. We talked at Fundraising Day last month about how to hold on to your donors, from phone to Facebook.

 

 

 

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Scott Koegler: Tablet Apps

Scott Koegler is back. He’s our tech contributor and the editor of Nonprofit Technology News. He’s got info on tablet apps for everything from fundraising to event management to volunteer management.

 
 


Top Trends. Sound Advice. Lively Conversation.

You’re on the air and on target as I delve into the big issues facing your nonprofit—and your career.

If you have big dreams but an average budget, tune in to Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio.

I interview the best in the business on every topic from board relations, fundraising, social media and compliance, to technology, accounting, volunteer management, finance, marketing and beyond. Always with you in mind.

When and where: Talking Alternative Radio, Fridays, 1-2PM Eastern

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Here is a link to the audio: 149: Dan’s Donor Retention Ideas & Tablet Apps. You can also subscribe on iTunes to get the podcast automatically.

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Die Without A Will & Reduce Your State’s Deficit

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Last Will And Testament courtesy of Ken Mayer on Flickr
The New York state budget that passed in March closed the state’s $1.3 billion deficit. Lawmakers in Albany may have been counting on $40 million from the estate of Roman Blum.

Mr. Blum died at 97 last year with no will and no heirs. It looks like his $40 million estate will pass to New York’s treasury.

That’s a tragedy!

Maybe you can use this in your Planned Giving marketing as a lead-in to talking about charitable bequests. As in, “Don’t let this happen to you.”

We each should have a will by age 25 at the latest. Even 2013 college graduates have a small accumulation of assets, so a modicum of an estate. Maybe you’d like your high school ring to go to your high school sweetheart. If you can remember his name.

When we have a first child our will is essential. It names the child’s guardian if the parents should die.

After that, it’s a matter of keeping our will current. It’s a work in progress as new children arrive; marriages come and go; families blend; loved ones die.

And people piss us off. To quote an annoyed Woody Allen character (is it in Zelig?), “Bring me my will. And an eraser.”

Those who have fancy–or simple–trust arrangements need an up-to-date will to make sure everything that’s supposed to be in the trust gets in there and to explain who gets the other stuff.

Even the most humble accumulation is an estate, which means there’s potential for a bequest to your nonprofit. Very modest, consistent donors are very good Planned Giving prospects.

Bequests need not come from $40 million estates. But they could, if there’s a will.

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Nonprofit Radio for June 26, 2013: Intuitive Brainstorming & The Pallotta Pall? II

Big Nonprofit Ideas for the Other 95%

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Karen Garvey
Karen Garvey: Intuitive Brainstorming

Karen Garvey, author, speaker, intuitive and coach, describes the why and how of intuitive brainstorming. It’s not your mother’s brainstorming.”

 

 

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Gene Takagi
Gene Takagi: The Pallotta Pall? II

Have you seen Dan Pallotta’s viral video from TED? It’s called “The way we think about charity is dead wrong.” Our legal contributor, Gene Takagi, principal of the Nonprofit & Exempt Organizations law group (NEO), continues the discussion from 5/10 on how we got here and what would need to change–and should it?–to achieve Pallotta’s vision of a more free-market charity sector. Also, a related conversation about the attention being given to overhead expenses as a means of measuring effectiveness.”

You can view Pallotta’s TED Talk here:



 


Top Trends. Sound Advice. Lively Conversation.

You’re on the air and on target as I delve into the big issues facing your nonprofit—and your career.

If you have big dreams but an average budget, tune in to Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio.

I interview the best in the business on every topic from board relations, fundraising, social media and compliance, to technology, accounting, volunteer management, finance, marketing and beyond. Always with you in mind.

When and where: Talking Alternative Radio, Fridays, 1-2PM Eastern

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Here is a link to the audio for this episode: Nonprofit Radio for June 26, 2013: Intuitive Brainstorming & The Pallotta Pall? II. You can also subscribe on iTunes to get the podcast automatically.
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