364. Habits of an Impactful + Innovative Nonprofit - Jon McCoy, CFRE, Becky Endicott, CFRE and Meghan Cressman

Overview
Welcome back to our Habits of an Impactful Nonprofit Friday series. We’re ending this series by looking at the entire nonprofit shop with Meghan Cressman, Senior Director of Development at New Story. We're bringing tips, case studies and the Do's/Dont's for a modern, innovative nonprofit. Tune in as we round out this Friday series with the belief that powerful impact-driven philanthropy transforms organizations, lifts up communities and changes lives🙌

Special Guest
Meghan Cressman, Senior Director of Development, New Story

Episode Highlights

• Megan’s story and journey to where she is today (3:45)
• Asking the bigger question (6:35)
• Habits of an innovative nonprofit (11:20)
• Fostering innovation on your team (15:25)
• Types of donor relationships New Story prioritizes (19:45)
• Do This / Not That (24:35)
• KPIs that Matter (27:10)
• Mental Health Minute (31:25)

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About our Sponsor Virtuous
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