We Are For Good Podcast - The Podcast for Nonprofits

Meet Mike. You're about to meet one of the world's most kind, giving CEOs. When your company's mission statement is "we exist to give generously," you know everything that comes afterward is going to come from a pure place. We're sitting down for a founder's story about a socially good company that's turning the water bottle industry on its head, and each measure of success is getting poured back into incredible philanthropic missions. It's a thought-provoking discussion about doing business differently.Episode HighlightsMike’s entrepreneurial journey (5:18)Simple Modern’s not so simple start (11:04)The Core Values and Work Culture of Simple Modern(11:52)Simple Modern’s Good Mission and commitment to giving back (17:28)Getting through the pandemic while simultaneously growing your company (25:10)Negotiation Tips (28:27)Partnership opportunities and Fundraising (34:31)Mike’s One Good Philanthropic Moment (43:22)Mike’s One Good Thing: Focus on multiplication. (46:55)For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/87The We Are For Good Podcast is co-hosted by Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE and welcomes the most dynamic nonprofit leaders, advocates and philanthropists to share innovative ideas and lessons learned 3x a week!Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello About our Sponsor Givebutter 💛Nonprofits use Givebutter to bring together multiple categories of tools, including mobile-friendly donation forms, fundraising campaigns, events, auctions, email marketing, a built-in CRM, and so much more. Head to givebutter.com/weareforgood to sign up for your free account today and get started in minutes. Thank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, DonorDock, Feathr, Whiteboard and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.Support the showBecome a Member and Get All-Access to Everything We Are For Good!Experience the Impact Uprising Membership by We Are For Good: an ecosystem to learn, connect + grow in the power of a value-aligned community. Members gather monthly with Jon + Becky at exclusive members-only meetups + get video access to all new podcast episodes in an ad-free experience + so much more! Learn more + join us at weareforgood.com.Say hi👇LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

We're completing the final five quick steps to take your website through a super fast refresher to seriously boost your traffic and online donations. Join us as we talk about selecting the right visuals, creating a welcome series and explore how to gather feedback. Even better, we’re going to unpack this course alongside our buddy Dana Snyder at Positive Equation in a FREE online challenge that starts this week, so tune in!Episode OverviewThis topic of optimizing websites will never get old (2:00)The last 5 tips to better optimize your website (3:00)Join the March Challenge with Positive Equation, Fundraise Up, and our team!Join our Good Community!For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/86The We Are For Good Podcast is co-hosted by Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE and welcomes the most dynamic nonprofit leaders, advocates and philanthropists to share innovative ideas and lessons learned 3x a week!Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello About our Sponsor Givebutter 💛Nonprofits use Givebutter to bring together multiple categories of tools, including mobile-friendly donation forms, fundraising campaigns, events, auctions, email marketing, a built-in CRM, and so much more. Head to givebutter.com/weareforgood to sign up for your free account today and get started in minutes.Support the showBecome a Member and Get All-Access to Everything We Are For Good!Experience the Impact Uprising Membership by We Are For Good: an ecosystem to learn, connect + grow in the power of a value-aligned community. Members gather monthly with Jon + Becky at exclusive members-only meetups + get video access to all new podcast episodes in an ad-free experience + so much more! Learn more + join us at weareforgood.com.Say hi👇LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Meet Nathan. As one of the world's foremost experts on the intersection between Artificial Intelligence and philanthropy, we're diving into the future of fundraising and how A.I. is less scary than we think. In fact, it could be simply brilliant. Join us as we visit with this expert who's leveraging A.I. already to help inspire a worldwide increase in generosity.Episode HighlightsNathan’s story and journey to where he is today (2:19)The future of philanthropic giving and trends Nathan is paying attention to (7:22)Utilizing artificial intelligence in our sector today (13:08)Examples of life-saving AI in action (15:33)How you can implement AI today (25:06)Favorite philanthropic moment (31:29)Nathan’s One Good Thing: Work with people that you love (34:30)For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/85The We Are For Good Podcast is co-hosted by Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE and welcomes the most dynamic nonprofit leaders, advocates and philanthropists to share innovative ideas and lessons learned 3x a week!Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello About our Sponsor Givebutter 💛Nonprofits use Givebutter to bring together multiple categories of tools, including mobile-friendly donation forms, fundraising campaigns, events, auctions, email marketing, a built-in CRM, and so much more. Head to givebutter.com/weareforgood to sign up for your free account today and get started in minutes. Thank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, DonorDock, Feathr, Whiteboard and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.Support the showBecome a Member and Get All-Access to Everything We Are For Good!Experience the Impact Uprising Membership by We Are For Good: an ecosystem to learn, connect + grow in the power of a value-aligned community. Members gather monthly with Jon + Becky at exclusive members-only meetups + get video access to all new podcast episodes in an ad-free experience + so much more! Learn more + join us at weareforgood.com.Say hi👇LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Meet Angela. When you meet someone with a Harvard PhD in Education Leadership, you settle in because you know innovation and genius are going to collide. And yes it did! We're talking to Dr. Jackson about venture philanthropy (what is it?) and exploring how we can leverage our missions to breakthrough to social entrepreneurs. It's a fascinating discussion about developing innovative technical solutions to help missions partner with big dreamers. Episode HighlightsDr. Jackson’s story and journey to where she is today at New Profit (3:30)The mission of Global Language Project: An organization founded by Dr. Jackson that supports the expansion of K-12 world language programs in public schools An overview of venture philanthropy and the mission of New Profit (7:50)New Profit’s the Future of Work Grand Challenge, powered by New Profit, JFF, XPRIZE, and MIT Solve (10:20)It is all about the power of big thinking, connectivity, and pulling sectors together (18:15)Leveraging storytelling to take this to a global scale (19:30)Dr. Jackson’s Medium blog, and the power of storytelling (22:00)You have to be in the mindset to up-skill. There are many contributing factors to the larger systemic issue (24:00)140,000 women, majority of which were women of color, left the work force last month (24:00)A powerful moment of philanthropy for Dr. Jackson (25:00)Unrestricted funding and the power of the greater good (28:00)Dr. Jackson’s One Good Thing: Utilize Systems Thinking. What players need to be at the table? Don’t try to do it all.For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/84The We Are For Good Podcast is co-hosted by Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE and welcomes the most dynamic About our Sponsor Givebutter 💛Nonprofits use Givebutter to bring together multiple categories of tools, including mobile-friendly donation forms, fundraising campaigns, events, auctions, email marketing, a built-in CRM, and so much more. Head to givebutter.com/weareforgood to sign up for your free account today and get started in minutes. Thank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, DonorDock, Feathr, Whiteboard and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.Support the showBecome a Member and Get All-Access to Everything We Are For Good!Experience the Impact Uprising Membership by We Are For Good: an ecosystem to learn, connect + grow in the power of a value-aligned community. Members gather monthly with Jon + Becky at exclusive members-only meetups + get video access to all new podcast episodes in an ad-free experience + so much more! Learn more + join us at weareforgood.com.Say hi👇LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Our websites are the front door of our organizations, but how much effort and time are we spending optimizing them for our donors to fall more in love with our mission and make a gift? In today's world - you can't afford not to make your website irresistible to your donors.Over the next two weeks we are walking you through 10 quick steps to take your website from 'wah-wah-wah' to 'WOW!' and set you up to raise more money online. Spoiler: it’s not rocket science. But little shifts can make a big difference. Even better, we’re going to unpack this course alongside our buddy Dana Snyder at Positive Equation in a FREE online challenge next month, so tune in for details and scroll down to the Freebies section for all the links!Episode OverviewYour website is the heart of your organization and center of your digital brand (2:00)Get laser clear with what you’re asking people to do on your website (3:00)5 tips to begin optimizing your website (5:30)Join the March Challenge with Positive Equation, Fundraise Up, and our team!Join our Good Community!For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/83The We Are For Good Podcast is co-hosted by Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE and welcomes the most dynamic nonprofit leaders, advocates and philanthropists to share innovative ideas and lessons learned 3x a week!Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello About our Sponsor Givebutter 💛Nonprofits use Givebutter to bring together multiple categories of tools, including mobile-friendly donation forms, fundraising campaigns, events, auctions, email marketing, a built-in CRM, and so much more. Head to givebutter.com/weareforgood to sign up for your free account today and get started in minutes.Support the showBecome a Member and Get All-Access to Everything We Are For Good!Experience the Impact Uprising Membership by We Are For Good: an ecosystem to learn, connect + grow in the power of a value-aligned community. Members gather monthly with Jon + Becky at exclusive members-only meetups + get video access to all new podcast episodes in an ad-free experience + so much more! Learn more + join us at weareforgood.com.Say hi👇LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Meet JD. This serial entrepreneur and big-hearted founder stumbled into founding his company, ThankView, during an attempt to make writing his wedding thank you notes more enjoyable. Today, the sincere personalized video company helps 1,500 nonprofits say thank you through the creative use of video. And as you can imagine, the stories that come with them are incredible. We're talking the power of thank you, and you'll come to see how big JD's heart is and why he's one of our favorite people.Episode HighlightsJD’s story and journey to disrupting the nonprofit sector through video (2:00)ThankView and what they provide (3:20)The power of a thank you (4:30)Our “Kindness Week” and ThankView’s involvement in helping us make it happen (8:00)ThankView’s passion to give-back and how it has affected their organization culturally (9:00)Donor Engagement trends the ThankView team is seeing that individuals and organizations should leverage (14:00)Embrace adaptation and being unafraid of failing (19:30)The founding of Odder and utilizing electronic endowment reports (21:00)What you can employ now to up your stewardship game (25:00)The moments of philanthropy that move JD’s heart (27:30)JD’s One Good Thing: Enact Random Acts of Kindness. Live in the moment and enjoy the moments we have. You can have that impact on anyone. The culmination of little moments add up to a happy life.For more information and episode details visit: About our Sponsor Givebutter 💛Nonprofits use Givebutter to bring together multiple categories of tools, including mobile-friendly donation forms, fundraising campaigns, events, auctions, email marketing, a built-in CRM, and so much more. Head to givebutter.com/weareforgood to sign up for your free account today and get started in minutes. Thank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, DonorDock, Feathr, Whiteboard and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.Support the showBecome a Member and Get All-Access to Everything We Are For Good!Experience the Impact Uprising Membership by We Are For Good: an ecosystem to learn, connect + grow in the power of a value-aligned community. Members gather monthly with Jon + Becky at exclusive members-only meetups + get video access to all new podcast episodes in an ad-free experience + so much more! Learn more + join us at weareforgood.com.Say hi👇LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Meet Alphonsine. She may be the world's bravest sister. During the 1994 Rwandan genocide, her parents and two siblings were killed in the conflict leaving her to raise three younger siblings under the age of 10. It's a harrowing story of survival, chasing educational dreams and eventually landing her dream job at Cisco. Today, she's talking about paying her good fortune forward through a new nonprofit benefiting Rwandan children, and she's even brought a board member into the discussion. Love and hope reign supreme in this chat.Episode HighlightsAlphonsine’s Story (5:00)Alphonsine’s resilience and how she rose above the storm (9:00)Alphonsine’s education and journey to the United States (14:00)“Education is a top priority for me because of what it has done for me.” (15:50)The founding story and mission of Rising Above the Storms (17:30)The story behind the name of Rising Above the Storms (20:30)Devin’s connection to the mission and how she became involved (22:00)Rising Above the Storm’s digital strategy and what Devin is bringing to the organization (27:00)Start with your audience. Hone in on how to market to them (29:00)How COVID pushed them to move into the digital space to create a virtual fundraising event (30:00)An overview of the programs within Rising Above the Storms and how they change lives through a message of hope, advocacy for orphans, and empowerment through education (33:00)Impactful stories of philanthropy in Alphonsine and Devin’s lives (40:00)Alphonsine’s One Good Thing: You don’t have to change the world. You don’t have to change a town. Have an impact on 1 person.Devin’s One Good Thing: Networking is the single most important thing you can do to get knowledge and awareness out there. Be vulnerable and network.For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/81The We Are For Good Podcast is co-hosted byAbout our Sponsor Givebutter 💛Nonprofits use Givebutter to bring together multiple categories of tools, including mobile-friendly donation forms, fundraising campaigns, events, auctions, email marketing, a built-in CRM, and so much more. Head to givebutter.com/weareforgood to sign up for your free account today and get started in minutes. Thank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, DonorDock, Feathr, Whiteboard and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.Support the showBecome a Member and Get All-Access to Everything We Are For Good!Experience the Impact Uprising Membership by We Are For Good: an ecosystem to learn, connect + grow in the power of a value-aligned community. Members gather monthly with Jon + Becky at exclusive members-only meetups + get video access to all new podcast episodes in an ad-free experience + so much more! Learn more + join us at weareforgood.com.Say hi👇LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Getting clear-eyed and full-hearted toward a mission and vision holds the power to fuel your work, give clarity of when to say "heck yes" to opportunities and when to give a hard pass too. You've likely heard in our podcast intro that our vision is "to create an impact uprising"... but what the heck does that mean anyway? The answer just might surprise you - even if you are a ridiculous idealist like us.In this Friday Convo, Jon and Becky give a peek behind the curtain of what's motivating us to show up and cultivate community here, and what's to come on the horizon. You better believe we have a seat ready for you at this table. Won't you join us? Episode OverviewThe story behind the creation of our “impact uprising” story (2:00)How our dreams have shifted and grown since talking with so many world changers on the podcast so far (6:00)How we want to plug into the current Generosity Crisis (7:00)The act of giving leads to greater happiness, more empathy, and connects you with community (8:20)By activating this sector, there is going to be so much more of a ripple happening (8:00)An example of the power of being connected to causes and the meaning and purpose it gives to our lives (10:30)What is your burden? What are you accountable to? That’s the cause you’re called to serve. - Sara Cunningham, Episode 7 (13:30)If your life is not set up right now to include part of that mission, that can be a change you can make today. Whatever that may look like for you: volunteering, donations, or even just sharing why you love a mission on your social media. (15:00)An insider look at things we are launching soon! (17:00)Join our Good Community!For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/80The We Are For Good Podcast is co-hosted by Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE and welcomes the most dynamic nonprofit leaders, advocates and philanthropists to share innovative ideas and lessons learned 3x a week!Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello About our Sponsor Givebutter 💛Nonprofits use Givebutter to bring together multiple categories of tools, including mobile-friendly donation forms, fundraising campaigns, events, auctions, email marketing, a built-in CRM, and so much more. Head to givebutter.com/weareforgood to sign up for your free account today and get started in minutes.Support the showBecome a Member and Get All-Access to Everything We Are For Good!Experience the Impact Uprising Membership by We Are For Good: an ecosystem to learn, connect + grow in the power of a value-aligned community. Members gather monthly with Jon + Becky at exclusive members-only meetups + get video access to all new podcast episodes in an ad-free experience + so much more! Learn more + join us at weareforgood.com.Say hi👇LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Meet Beth. She knows the textbook approach to conducting campaign feasibility studies. But in this conversation she challenges us to throw out the old playbook, because our campaigns deserve our fresh eyes and creative minds to improve this planning process. Beth has reimagined the typical feasibility study by not just trying to predict future investments, she's leveraging storytelling in these meetings too (yippee!) to create a more inclusive and collaborative process that pays dividends. We'll break it down in easy steps, so don't miss this convo.Episode HighlightsBeth’s story and journey to the nonprofit world (3:00)The importance of inspired thinking in the nonprofit world (6:00)Feasibility studies: what are they and how can we disrupt the way they’ve always been done? (8:00)We should be having these conversations all the time, not just during large campaigns (11:30)Advice for how to conduct interviews during a feasibility study and examples of questions to ask (14:00)Using some of these strategies to connect more deeply with donors - especially throughout COVID-19 (20:00)Suggested questions to ask to get to the heart of your donor (21:00)Get to the WHY behind your donor. Why are they in the room with you? What connects their heart to your mission? (22:00)The 4 steps of a feasibility study (25:00)How to do this successfully virtually and what Beth has learned while implementing this throughout COVID-19 (28:00)The concept of anonymity and the power of sharing about generosity (31:00)Transparency is everything. Donors give when they feel as though an organization is worthy (33:00)The conversations during feasibility studies become your road map (36:00)A powerful moment of philanthropy in Beth’s life (38:00)Beth’s One Good Thing: You have to have a big, bold, audacious, unapologetic vision. Tell your story in a way that is inspired and impactful. There isn’t a donor on the planet that wants to give to an “ok” vision. You will never be apologetic in asking for the big giftAbout our Sponsor Givebutter 💛Nonprofits use Givebutter to bring together multiple categories of tools, including mobile-friendly donation forms, fundraising campaigns, events, auctions, email marketing, a built-in CRM, and so much more. Head to givebutter.com/weareforgood to sign up for your free account today and get started in minutes. Thank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, DonorDock, Feathr, Whiteboard and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.Support the showBecome a Member and Get All-Access to Everything We Are For Good!Experience the Impact Uprising Membership by We Are For Good: an ecosystem to learn, connect + grow in the power of a value-aligned community. Members gather monthly with Jon + Becky at exclusive members-only meetups + get video access to all new podcast episodes in an ad-free experience + so much more! Learn more + join us at weareforgood.com.Say hi👇LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Meet Gabe. He's a founder on a mission since learning the nonprofit sector was facing a generosity crisis. While major donors are pouring into the industry, the rank and file mid-level and lower donors are dropping off. And now Gabe's team is punching back through some seriously innovative and brilliant tech strategy that gives our annual giving programs hope. We're talking about leveraging marketing automation to treat ALL donors like major donors whilst building some seriously rabid fans in the process.Episode HighlightsGabe’s story (1:58)The Generosity Crisis (3:45)Responsive Fundraising (7:58)Gabe’s Suggestions for Retention (12:17)How to grow donor engagement through personalization (18:29)Examples of easy personalization methods you could implement today (21:04)Virtuous & their mission (23:27)Gabe’s Favorite Philanthropic Moment (26:50)Gabes’s One Good Thing: Create and hold onto durable relationships. (31:00)For more information and episode details visit: www.weareforgood.com/episode/78The We Are For Good Podcast is co-hosted by Jonathan McCoy, CFRE and Becky Endicott, CFRE and welcomes the most dynamic nonprofit leaders, advocates and philanthropists to share innovative ideas and lessons learned 3x a week!Want to hear insider details and to get our best roundup of tips, freebies, resources and show notes from each episode? Join the Good Community - it's free! Visit www.weareforgood.com/hello About our Sponsor Givebutter 💛Nonprofits use Givebutter to bring together multiple categories of tools, including mobile-friendly donation forms, fundraising campaigns, events, auctions, email marketing, a built-in CRM, and so much more. Head to givebutter.com/weareforgood to sign up for your free account today and get started in minutes. Thank you to our partners 🩵Big gratitude to Givebutter, RKD Group, DonorDock, Feathr, Whiteboard and Sowen for their partnership in growing the Impact Uprising. If you’re searching for a new CRM, tech tool, brand partner, direct mail partner, or impact strategist— we’d love for you to start with our trusted recs. We’ve vetted them so you don’t have to. Head to weareforgood.com/recs to learn more.Support the showBecome a Member and Get All-Access to Everything We Are For Good!Experience the Impact Uprising Membership by We Are For Good: an ecosystem to learn, connect + grow in the power of a value-aligned community. Members gather monthly with Jon + Becky at exclusive members-only meetups + get video access to all new podcast episodes in an ad-free experience + so much more! Learn more + join us at weareforgood.com.Say hi👇LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter