We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits 284. The Future of Philanthropy is Here: How to Adapt + Create a Thriving Culture of Innovation - Paul D’Alessandro
Overview
Meet Paul. After spending decades as a fundraiser, attorney, entrepreneur, and passionate trailblazer, Paul understood that today's nonprofit environment required innovation and new thinking. So, High Impact Nonprofit Advisors was born and continues to push the bounds on building cultures of innovation that not only deliver but anticipate the 21st-century donor's needs😎
💡Learn:
- Key Innovations to Lean Into: A.I., Blockchain, Social Impact Investing - oh my!
- Creating Cultures of Innovation
- Paul's: The Dirty Little Secret of Nonprofit Compensation
- New book, The Future of Fundraising, diving into how donors are dictating the terms of fundraising today
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
- Paul’s story and journey to where he is today (3:30)
- The mindset that's happening with today's donors (5:00)
- Paul’s book: The Future of Fundraising: How Philanthropy’s Future is Here with Donors Dictating the Terms (8:00)
- Why nonprofits must innovate today (12:00)
- The power of consolidations and mergers to deepen impact (15:00)
- Leveraging artificial intelligence and other trending technologies to further our missions (16:00)
- Compensation and pay within the nonprofit sector (25:00)
- How nonprofits can tactically start to try some of these innovative strategies mentioned in the episode (31:00)
- Today’s donors have a different mindset than ever before (35:00)
- A powerful moment of philanthropy in Paul’s life (40:00)
- Paul’s One Good Thing: Stick with it. (42:00)
For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/284
About Our Sponsor Virtuous
You know we believe Everyone Matters - and we’ve witnessed the greatest philanthropic movements happen when you SEE and activate donors at every level. Here’s the thing, Virtuous created a fundraising platform to help you do just that. It’s much more than a nonprofit CRM. Virtuous is committed to helping charities reimagine generosity through responsive fundraising. We love it because this approach builds trust and loyalty through personalized engagement.
Learn more about Virtuous at www.virtuous.org/
About Our Sponsor Feathr
Are you ready to take your digital engagement to the next level but feel stuck about where to start? Feathr is focused on making nonprofit outreach more impactful by connecting you to your audience - wherever they are online. Feathr offers great
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