The Wonder Effect: Why 2025 Could Be Your Nonprofit's Breakthrough Year
Jan 1, 2025
2025 is set to be a transformative year for nonprofits! The discussion encourages embracing wonder and challenging the status quo in fundraising and partnerships. Innovative strategies and personal branding take center stage, with insights on monthly giving programs. A new partnership with LinkedIn promises to unlock powerful resources for organizations. Listeners are urged to reflect on their journeys and consider what could be possible if they dare to wonder.
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Word of the Year
Choose a word of the year to guide your intentions and actions.
Dana Snyder chose "wonder" for 2025, encouraging curiosity and openness to new possibilities.
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From DIY to Delegation
Dana Snyder initially insisted on doing everything herself, including accounting, hindering her focus on core strengths.
Embracing "wonder" led her to invest in a team, CRM, and professional publishing, resulting in significant positive changes, including writing a book and launching a summit.
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Beginner's Mindset and Collaboration
Embrace a beginner's mindset; try new approaches even if they seem unconventional.
Seek support from your network to unlock breakthroughs; collaboration amplifies "wonder".
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To kick off the new year, I’m sharing my word of the year, and what’s to come on the Missions to Movements podcast in 2025. The four core themes we’ll be diving into? Revolutionizing fundraising, monthly giving programs, personal branding and thought leadership, and creating unique partnerships.
In this episode, I also take a moment to reflect on my favorite moments from 2024, from writing a book to launching a successful virtual Monthly Giving Summit, and how these experiences taught me the power of collaboration and innovation.
Guided by the theme of wonder, I encourage you to ask yourself "what if?" as we step into 2025, and challenge conventional practices.
Where can you let go of control, bring on supportive team members, or invest in tools that foster productivity and creativity?
What word is going to guide your nonprofit journey this year?
Plus, a very exciting new partnership with LinkedIn!
This show is brought to you by GivingTuesday! GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement that started in 2012 with a simple idea: a day to do good.
This year, on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, join the conversation: share your favorite nonprofit’s campaign, volunteer for a cause you care about, share an act of kindness, or encourage your audience to do the same.
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