This month's podcast is an important one for those of you with revenue models heavily dependent on federal dollars. 

You see, my typical client doesn't have a traditional funding model. They're often handcuffed from being too dependent on one source of revenue and want to diversify into larger amounts of general-operating, philanthropic support.

I promise I don’t tell every client to press pause on their Gala. I’ve got plenty of clients where the Gala makes sense. 

I don’t hate galas. I just want galas to be used strategically….as a STEP in your major donor’s experience with your organization. Not, THE lead experience a donor has with you.

My latest Case Study interview features my client, Eve Turow-Paul (ED of Food for Climate League). You can tell I really like Eve. I just love talking to incredible leaders!

One of the most common questions I get is whether or not a combined Development and Mar/Comm role is a good or bad thing. Honestly, this is a big part of the advisory work I do….

In this podcast, you'll learn how Nika’s fundraising time shifted when we took marketing/comm off her plate and shifted those hours into relational fundraising.

Suzy Myers Jackson didn’t expect to have a career in fundraising, but when the opportunity to lead an organization that aligned with her passion for theatre presented itself, she hit the ground running.

So many leaders who come to me are already raising millions but want to diversify their funding model. Often their organizations are greatly dependent on ever-changing and slow-paying government dollars like Medicaid/Medicare. They also want to scale gen-ops revenue through philanthropy but want help learning how to do that for the long-term.

That's exactly what we're talking about with my client, Erie Family Health Center’s Vice President of Development, Melissa Hilton. Erie is a FQHC - even if you aren't a Federally Qualitified Healthcare Center, this episode will be really valueable.

On this month’s podcast, you’re hearing straight from my client, Mandy Moody, Executive Director of Green City Market, an organization here in Chicagoland securing the future of food.

On this month’s podcast, you’re hearing straight from my client, Yamilée Toussaint Beach, Founder and CEO of STEM From Dance, a national organization headquartered in New York City. As a Mechanical Engineer and Dancer, Yamilée is a perfectly balanced right brain and left brain individual. Those types of people make the best leaders AND the best fundraisers in my book!

On this month’s podcast, you’re hearing straight from my client, Tre Moore, National Director of India Rural Evangelical Fellowship (IREF). I’ve worked with Tre for years now, so we know each other well! Honestly, he’s become an amazing fundraiser. Maybe one of the best.

So appropriate that I launch this Case Study Podcast on Valentines Day! Because I just LOVE this client!

On this month’s podcast, you’re hearing straight from Amy Fass, Executive Director of SHOES That Fit. I’ve loved every minute working with Amy and her team! Amy and I even discovered our enneagram numbers together so you know there's a bond!

On this month’s podcast, you’re hearing straight from my client, Emily Norton, Executive Director of the Charles River Watershed Association in Boston. I’ve loved every minute working with Emily; she makes me belly laugh in most meetings, is an A+ student, and is a task-master.