The Nonprofit Podcast
The Nonprofit Podcast is your weekly dose of real-talk fundraising, designed for the doers, dreamers, and difference-makers powering today’s nonprofit world.
Hosted by Jena Lynch, Donorbox’s Education & Community Engagement Manager, and fundraising strategist Britt Stockert, CFRE, each episode delivers clear, practical insights you can act on right away, no fluff, no filler.
You’ll also hear from Cara Augspurger, Ed.M., CFRE, ED of Grace Care Center Foundation, sharing field updates and frontline perspectives.
Whether you’re building something new or leveling up your impact, we bring you bold ideas, honest conversations, and tools to help you fundraise smarter and lead with confidence.
Information. Inspiration. Implementation. Impact.
That’s the energy we bring…every week.
Let’s get to work.
The Nonprofit Podcast
EP 99: 3 Top Tips for Nonprofit Goal Setting
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Worried your leadership strategy may score an own goal?
With these top 3 goal-setting tips and a range of practical advice on implementing them from Higol founder and CEO Teri Beckman, you can ensure your nonprofit is on track for serial, and serious, success in 2024.
From goal-setting best practices on when to start, collaborate, and - critically - communicate with your staff, board, and partners, Teri talks us through building enhanced capacity with confidence to execute effectively.
So, if greater accountability, transparency plus higher donor satisfaction and retention are on your 2024 To-Do list, tune in to Cara and Teri, and start setting the right goals to drive increased impact for your organization today.
Teri also shares a variety of resources that can be found here, to guide you through the Higol goal-setting exercises she shares:
- Planning Framework
- Guidance to use the Planning Framework
- Sample Agenda for Planning Framework Meeting
- 12 Week Year by Jim Moran
- Case Study - Rewriting the Rules:How Nonprofit CEOs can achieve extraordinary community involvement and impact supported by outstanding fundraising results.
- CEO Retreat in March
Head over to Higol to find out more about how Teri and her team can assist your nonprofit here:
Plus, we have a worksheet to help you get started available for download in the Donorbox Library, just follow the link here:
📄SMART Goal Setting Worksheet - Donorbox Library
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