Missions to Movements
This isn't just another nonprofit podcast - it's your weekly invitation to think bigger, take bold risks, and create lasting change in an ever-evolving social impact landscape. Meet Dana Snyder, your guide through the evolving landscape of nonprofit innovation. She's on a mission to help change-makers like you push the boundaries of what's possible in nonprofit marketing and fundraising. Each week, Missions to Movements serves as your personal mastermind session, delivering actionable insights and bold strategies that challenge traditional nonprofit thinking. Dive into revolutionary approaches to digital fundraising, discover how to build magnetic monthly giving programs that create lasting donor relationships, and learn to amplify your voice as a thought leader in the social good space. Whether you're reimagining your organization's impact or forging game-changing partnerships, you'll find the ideas, insights, and inspiration to take your mission further than you've ever imagined. Ready to turn your mission into a movement?
Missions to Movements
Creative Ideas To Build An Engaged Board with Sabrina Walker Hernandez
Sabrina Walker Hernandez has spent a whopping 25 years working in nonprofit management, fundraising and leadership. Listen to this success metric: she increased operational revenue from $750,000 to $2.5 million dollars and completed a $12 million comprehensive capital campaign in the third poorest county in the United States.
Her superpower? She works with small nonprofit staff and boards to build strong relationships that convert more gifts and donors.
Sabrina is a GEM in the space and so full of knowledge. Get ready to increase your fundraising capacity and recruit the most engaging board members.
In This Episode:
- Why every grant or partnership with a financial component to it should include the capacity to spend on professional development.
- How to consciously recruit the right board members and have intentionality in your process so you can fill the gaps without getting burned!
- Powerful techniques to manage difficult board members and toxic personalities, including how to exit them gracefully.
- Leveraging tools like StrengthsFinder to tap into the strengths of your board. Who are the cultivators? Who are the door openers?
- Sabrina explains “the fear of the 5” and why we need to make the ask when it comes to board fundraising (only 5% do!)
- Nonprofits need to be better at the “thank you” to foster stewardship. When board members pick up the phone and make the call, an endorphin rush will follow.
Resources & Links
Connect with Sabrina on her website, Supporting World Hope. You can also find her on LinkedIn, Facebook, and email at sabrina@supportingworldhope.com.
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Episode Partners:
We’re so grateful to our partners for this episode: Feathr and Hustle!
Feathr is trusted by nonprofits of all shapes and wing-spans — including Hiway 80, who used Feathr to launch new retargeting ads and email campaigns. The result? They reached 36,000 new people and brought in $13,000 in donations, 300% more
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