The PM Podcast

Today's guest is Lisa Wolf. She is a self-described accidental fundraiser whose work has taken her from major political campaigns to advancing the work of CURE International and now fueling the work of non-profits around the country through Westfall Gold. At the heart of it all has been a focus on building successful relationships. In our conversation, she shares details on the importance of identifying and connecting with donors, helping them to understand the case, building a community of support, and her personal reflections on the concept of generosity.

Tim Burcham's early training in musical theater provided the perfect training for a stunning career in higher education fundraising. Handpicked by his university’s president, he rose from recruitment officer to leader of a new, $900 million, 16-institution system and chair of the international board of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Tim shares his story and tells how he is working today to help attract and mentor a rising new generation of fundraising leaders.

After leading development efforts in secondary and higher education, healthcare, the arts, human services, and faith based organizations, Linda Wise McNay founded Our Fundraising Search, where she and her colleagues guide clients with strategies in campaigns, governance, and recruiting top fundraising talent. She is the author of several books including Fundraising for Churches, Fundraising for Schools, Fundraising for Museums, the recently released Fundraising for All: What Every Nonprofit Leader Should Know.

After beginning travelling the world to protect the assets of the wealthy, fundraising icon Paul D’Alessandro pivoted to guide nonprofits to billions in philanthropic support. In today’s conversation, Paul shares the story of his own personal and professional evolution and insights on the field from his new book, “The Future Of Fundraising Is Here.”

Over her extraordinary career, Brenda Asare has guided nonprofits to more than $2 billion in philanthropic support. As the President and CEO of The Alford Group, she heads a woman and minority owned and led firm which has provided advice and support to more than 3,000 organizations in such critical areas as fundraising, governance, and organizational strategy. We caught up with her during a break in the Giving Institute's Summer Symposium and she shared her observations on activism in fundraising, the need for allies in the cause of social justice, and the opportunity we all have now to create something new.

Jon Stettner is a fundraising leader who has spent decades making dreams come true. His career has taken him from the hospital hallways and theater stages to the long-time leadership of Make-A-Wish International and, most recently, the global clients of The Cagney Company. In this episode, Jon shares his lessons from these very unusual times.

In today's program, we speak with Anne Bishop Shoup, an advancement leader whose extraordinary journey has taken her from the bush planes and fishing boats of her rugged Alaskan childhood to her current role as Associate Vice President at Michigan State University, one of the world's largest and most distinguished higher education institutions.  

Today we speak with Nejeed Kassam, he's the CEO and Founder of Keela, and also the founder of the Better Candidate Initiative, and former Executive Director of both End Poverty Now and Conversations for Change. He has the experience of working for the United Nations and the Senate of Canada as the author of the book, High on Life.

From his early career in counseling to his thought leadership and the application of AI to fundraising, Scott Rosenkrans has been working to better identify, interpret, understand and explain the guideposts that lead people from thought to action. Today, in his role as Associate Vice President, for DonorSearch Aristotle, which delivers advanced AI capabilities into actionable insights for non-profits around the country. He is working to present more strategic and predictive, donor prospecting approaches. We caught up with Scott in the middle of his work. DonorSearch Introduces DonorSearch Aristotle - A New Research Division to Deliver Artificial Intelligence for Nonprofits: https://prn.to/37A5knm

Nathan Chapell is one of the world's foremost experts on the intersection between artificial intelligence and philanthropy. Over the past 20 years, he has served in leadership positions within several large and complex non-profit organizations, including City of Hope and UC San Diego, guiding fundraising efforts that have generated over one billion dollars in philanthropic revenue. Today, he serves as Senior Vice President of DonorSearch Aristotle, leading a research and development division dedicated to leveraging artificial intelligence to help non-profits harnessed actionable insights from big data. DonorSearch Introduces DonorSearch Aristotle - A New Research Division to Deliver Artificial Intelligence for Nonprofits: https://prn.to/37A5knm