Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

Tony Martignetti

Big Nonprofit Ideas for the Other 95%

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March 13 · 34 min
781: Podcasthon: Athens Area Humane Society – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: Podcasthon: Athens Area Humane Society As part of the worldwide Podcasthon, we make space for Cheryl McCormick, CEO of Athens Area Humane Society, in Athens, GA, to reveal her secrets to enormously successful Planned Giving fundraising at a small nonprofit. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
March 5 · 54 min
780: Your 5-Step Inclusive Strategic Plan – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: Your 5-Step Inclusive Strategic Plan The author of the book “Inclusive Strategic Planning for Nonprofits,” talks you through her strategy of kickoff; discovery; prioritization; planning; and, implementation. She makes your plan a valuable, living resource, rather than a dusty volume sitting on your shelf. Renee Rubin Ross is CEO of The Ross Collective. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
February 26 · 56 min
779: Savvy CSR Seeking – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: Savvy CSR Seeking Kimberly O’Donnell delivers strategies and tactics for your corporate social responsibility fundraising. She advises you to build relationships and avoid transactions; lead with mission and your compelling story; include volunteering; tap your community to avoid cold outreach; leverage your own data; and, a lot more. Kimberly is with Bonterra. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
February 23 · 53 min
778: Systems & Processes So Your People Thrive – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: Systems & Processes So Your People Thrive Dylan Bassett helps you create your invisible infrastructure, so you can quietly reduce burnout, increase efficiency and make it easier for your nonprofit to grow. He shares the signs that your internal systems are weak, explains how to pick the right tools to complement your work reality and helps you design workflows and templates that ease your team’s cognitive load. Dylan leads Dept. 1 Solutions. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
February 13 · 58 min
777: Grow Your Personal Brand & Your Nonprofit – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: Grow Your Personal Brand & Your Nonprofit As a nonprofit leader, you can build your personal brand and watch benefits accrue to both you and your organization. With the right messaging, strategy, consistency, and authentic connection, your individual and nonprofit brands coexist, and each sees increased visibility and impact. Emmy Award winner Bofta Yimam, founder of StoryLede, explains it all. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
February 6 · 48 min
776: Bring Fun To Evaluation & Impact Data – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: Bring Fun To Evaluation & Impact Data Kayla Meyers reveals the fun in what may sound dull, through braids, data galleries and data escape rooms. She distinguishes between outputs, outcomes and impact, and explains the disconnect between traditional evaluation and the impact measurement we need in today’s environment. She helps you recognize common evaluation challenges and sets you up to overcome them. Kayla is the founder of Bridgepoint Evaluation. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
January 30 · 1 hr
775: Monthly Giving Matters – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: Monthly Giving Matters First, Dana Snyder shares info on the Global Monthly Giving Summit later this month. Then, she shares what she knows about how to launch or grow your monthly sustainer fundraising. How to convert one-time donors to recurring donors. What to name your program. When to ask your sustainers to upgrade. What to give your sustainers. Storytelling. The importance of consistency. And more. Dana is the founder of Positive Equation. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
January 22 · 1 hr
774: Put Passion & Fun Into Your Fundraising – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: Put Passion & Fun Into Your Fundraising Ben Cooley brings his energy and warmth as he shares his thinking on intimate donor events; savvy stewardship (Thanking is banking!); your major donor conversations; the critical role of leadership in fundraising; and, a lot more. He’s founder and CEO of Maxwell & Marie. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
January 16 · 1 hr
773: Thrive Amid The Digital Transformation – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: Thrive Amid The Digital Transformation The digital marketing we grew up with is no more, mostly due to Google AI Overview and all the other Artificial Intelligence surrounding us. We’ve talked about this and Lou Kotsinis brings his perspective. What is zero-click marketing and how can your nonprofit exploit it? What new role does your website play and what are best practices now? Plus much more. Lou is CEO and co-founder of BCS Interactive. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
January 8 · 59 min
772: Be Human & Be Yourself, For Best Fundraising – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: Be Human & Be Yourself, For Best Fundraising Messy and authentic. That’s how Brad Ton wants you to come to your fundraising relationships, for best outcomes. Be genuinely curious about people, with a dose of strategy, and you’ve got his formula for success. A retired hip-hop recording artist, he has great storytelling advice. He also shares how LinkedIn is vastly underutilized by nonprofits as a relationship builder, and what you can do to excel there. This is an especially fun and spirited conversation. Brad is an account executive in nonprofit technology at Instil. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
January 1 · 1 hr 5 min
771: 2026 Outlook – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: 771: 2026 Outlook Our Esteemed Contributors kick off 2026 to share what they’re looking out for in the New Year. We talk about increased hesitation around AI adoption; mitigating the risks of political, legal and PR attacks; your board’s role in protecting your nonprofit; increased collaborations between nonprofits; data protection; overcoming fears; and, a lot more. They’re Amy Sample Ward, our tech contributor and CEO of NTEN, and Gene Takagi, our legal contributor and principal attorney at NEO, the Nonprofit and Exempt Organizations Law Group. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
Dec 13, 2025 · 54 min
770: Decolonizing Wealth – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: Decolonizing Wealth This first aired in 2018, yet it feels more relevant right now, as we witness gross acts of separation and exploitation of non-white people, and the wealth divide has become larger and more consequential. Edgar Villanueva’s book, “Decolonizing Wealth,” takes an innovative look at the purpose of wealth. His thesis is that the solutions to the damage and trauma caused by American capitalism, including philanthropy—can be gleaned from the values and wisdom of our nation’s original people. Edgar is a Native American working in philanthropy. (Originally aired 11/30/18) There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
Dec 5, 2025 · 1 hr 11 min
769: Overlooked Consequences Of A.I. & How To Preserve Your Humanity – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: Overlooked Consequences Of A.I. & How To Preserve Your Humanity There’s a broad temptation we each face, to enlist Artificial Intelligence tools in all nonprofit and personal decisions. Some people have intimate relationships with A.I. bots. At what cost? Jacob Ward has spoken to psychologists, mediators, venture capitalists, and others on this question. He shares his research learnings to help you and your nonprofit determine A.I.’s boundaries. Jacob is a veteran journalist formerly with NBC News, reporting for Nightly News, The TODAY Show and MSNBC. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
Nov 25, 2025 · 56 min
768: Bookkeeping Red Flags & Your Board’s Oversight – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: Bookkeeping Red Flags & Your Board’s Oversight Jackie Shaw reveals the biggest financial red flags most nonprofits overlook, including proper controls; reconciliation; getting receipts; your chart of accounts; and more. She also shares how to keep your board fully informed, without overwhelming them. Finally, she’s got an admonition about QuickBooks Online. Jackie is co-founder of Brass Jacks. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
Nov 15, 2025 · 45 min
766: Another Conversation With Art Taylor – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: Another Conversation With Art Taylor The CEO of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), returns to share his thinking on the GoFundMe chaotic week in October, addressing the decline in families who donate to nonprofits, and our community’s perception and messaging challenges. It’s an open, honest conversation with this leader of the nonprofit sector. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
Nov 6, 2025 · 56 min
765: What We Can Learn From For-Profits – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: What We Can Learn From For-Profits Let’s not fawn over for-profit companies. Not everything they do carries over to our nonprofit community. But some things do. Like building systems and processes; diversifying revenue; knowing KPIs cold; relentless customer focus; and, more. Plus, let’s look at what nonprofits do better. Stephen Halasnik walks us through the best of both. He’s co-founder of Financing Solutions. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
Oct 31, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
764: Takeaways From Film Work, So You Flow & Do Your Best Work – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: Takeaways From Film Work, So You Flow & Do Your Best Work Steven Puri brings lessons from his work in film, which is inherently remote and distributed, to help increase your personal and team productivity. Time boxing; mono-tasking; focus music; dopamine management; and more, will all help you achieve and maintain a flow state. Steven is CEO of The Sukha Company. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
Oct 27, 2025 · 48 min
763: The New Tax Law: What It Means For Your Fundraising Right Now & In 2026 – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: The New Tax Law: What It Means For Your Fundraising Right Now & In 2026 In January, there are substantial changes coming to tax and donation laws that impact your fundraising messages for end-of-year, and in the new year. Russell James returns to explain the details of these important changes for individuals and corporations. He’s a professor at Texas Tech University, where he studies charitable giving. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
Oct 16, 2025 · 56 min
762: HR Equity For Non-HR Professionals – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: HR Equity For Non-HR Professionals Following last week’s HR Overview, our panel focuses on equitable human resources. They take you through the employee lifecycle, from job description and your hiring process, through professional development and a career competencies map, to growth and promotion. And, you’ll find out why this is a carceral podcast. They’re Jennie Goldstein, organizational change consultant, and Briana Marbury, CEO of Interledger Foundation. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com
Oct 10, 2025 · 53 min
761: HR Overview For Non-HR Professionals – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio
This Week: HR Overview For Non-HR Professionals Trust is key, and so is strong middle management, for CEOs and EDs responsible for human resources in their nonprofit. Janelle Miller Moravek helps with what to focus on, and how to manage job descriptions and hiring; retention; promising employees; problem employees; talent development; performance management; and, more. She’s executive director at Youth & Family Counseling. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com

Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

781: Podcasthon: Athens Area Humane Society – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

780: Your 5-Step Inclusive Strategic Plan – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

779: Savvy CSR Seeking – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

778: Systems & Processes So Your People Thrive – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

777: Grow Your Personal Brand & Your Nonprofit – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

776: Bring Fun To Evaluation & Impact Data – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

775: Monthly Giving Matters – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

774: Put Passion & Fun Into Your Fundraising – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

773: Thrive Amid The Digital Transformation – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

772: Be Human & Be Yourself, For Best Fundraising – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

771: 2026 Outlook – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

770: Decolonizing Wealth – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

769: Overlooked Consequences Of A.I. & How To Preserve Your Humanity – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

768: Bookkeeping Red Flags & Your Board’s Oversight – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

766: Another Conversation With Art Taylor – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

765: What We Can Learn From For-Profits – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

764: Takeaways From Film Work, So You Flow & Do Your Best Work – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

763: The New Tax Law: What It Means For Your Fundraising Right Now & In 2026 – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

762: HR Equity For Non-HR Professionals – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

761: HR Overview For Non-HR Professionals – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio