The Cause+Effect Podcast

Founding Pastor of one of North America's most influential churches, Carey Nieuwhof desires to help you overcome life's hardest and most crippling challenges. He joins the Dunham Podcast Network to share insights about his own journey, providing clear tools and guidelines if you feel stuck in a painful experience or are wrestling with one of the unique challenges of ministry. It is a powerful and insightful episode!

Holly Tate currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Growth @ Leadr. She is an international speaker, growth consultant, entrepreneur, and member of the Forbes Communications Council. Holly joins to the Cause+Effect Podcast today to discuss her recent insights about leading intergenerational teams, what the most recent research is saying about generation distinctions, and why she is optimistic about the future of Christian leadership.

As we approach the end of the year, the Dunham+Company teams sit down to discuss the best ways to keep your donor base engaged. This discussion includes details about the three main phases of the constituent funnel and how to keep donors moving through your engagement process. Also, how do ministries build awareness? What does effective communication look like? What is the role of automation? When are the best times to make giving asks? All these questions are answered and more - don't miss this important discussion!

Nils Smith, the Chief Strategist of Social Media+Innovation at Dunham+Company, returns to the Cause+Effect Podcast to discuss the enormous changes at Twitter. Among all of the social media platforms, none have been as closely watched and as controversial as Twitter. Following the widely scrutinized purchase by Elon Musk, much of the debate has focused on the role of social media and who provides appropriate, if any, oversight. Nils helps us process the noise and consider all the ways Twitter might advance the platform of your ministry.

Is cryptocurrency still relevant? Should your ministry be accepting it as a giving channel? Or are you just curious about cryptocurrency? You’ve come to the right place! On this week's episode of The Cause+Effect Podcast, Trent Dunham is joined by Matt Hayes and James Lawrence from Engiven to discuss the current state of alternative currencies and what it means for the future of your ministry.

Danielle Rice, the Chief Technology Officer at Dunham+Company, joins the show to discuss how to move from tactics to strategy when using data in your organization. In the episode, we will learn how to best understand your audience by not only considering their interests, but also taking it a step deeper and understanding specific demographics and interactions that ensure your data strategy accomplishes your core objectives. Also, Danielle explains the importance of data governance to help you avoid future headaches!

Today’s guest is one of the world’s leading Christian researchers and you have certainly heard of his work! George Barna is a professor at Arizona Christian University and the Director of Research at the Cultural Research Center at ACU. His most recent research has considered what type of Christian leader is more likely to hold Biblical views. We are excited to discuss these findings and other important insights from Dr. Barna’s research.

As Trent Dunham transitions into his new leadership role as CEO of Dunham+Company, he shares with the Cause+Effect audience three phases that allow organizations to scale their work in a sustainable manner. Leading your organization through these three phases will ensure that you improve your employee experience and serve your clients well. Tired of doing things the same. way. every. year? Listen to this podcast and begin a new path forward!

As we near the last quarter of 2022, podcasting continues to increase in its influence and adoption. For many ministries, podcasting has become a major piece of their content platform. In this episode of the Cause+Effect Podcast, Nils Smith and Chris Lawson join Trent Dunham to discuss three major trends that will change the way podcast content is developed and deployed in the coming years.

Nils Smith, Dunham+Company’s Chief Strategist for Social Media + Innovation, unpacks the future of Web3 and what it will mean for ministries. Web3, as an idea, is here to stay! Ministries need to understand how decentralization and blockchain technologies are affecting the ministry landscape. It is an important episode for the future of ministry influence – don’t miss out!