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The Novus Show

The Novus Show

By: Francisco Garcia Zach Busekrus
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 The Novus Show explores the trends, technology, strategies, and organizations reshaping the fundraising landscape. You’re invited to journey with us as we discover how to attract, engage, and inspire the next generations of advocates. This podcast is for the innovators and envelop-pushers in the nonprofit space — for those dedicated to thinking big and wrestling with hard questions around how to grow their brands, programs, and constituencies. Let’s grow well, together — and have a bit of fun while doing so. Want to keep the party going? Drop us a note at novusagency.org2020 Novus Agency Economics Management Management & Leadership Marketing Marketing & Sales
Episodes
  • [E16] The Future of Nonprofit Impact Reporting [Part 2]: How Elijah Goldberg Helped Build Charity Navigator's First Impact Rating

    [E16] The Future of Nonprofit Impact Reporting [Part 2]: How Elijah Goldberg Helped Build Charity Navigator's First Impact Rating
    Dec 8 2020
    Which nonprofit would you donate to: "Imaginary Nonprofit #1" — They are incredibly successful in their mission "Imaginary Nonprofit #2" — They waste their donations and burn money The answer is probably Nonprofit #1. But how can you actually evaluate a nonprofit? Sure, you could look at their expense ratio and other accounting information, but how can you really know if a nonprofit is delivering on their stated goals? This information gap ultimately affects the lives of the poor and suffering because they are the ones that are in need of the help. What's the solution? Meet Elijah Goldberg from Charity Navigator. He and his team are currently transforming the nonprofit space by 1) helping donors understand the impact of the nonprofits they support and 2) empowering the best nonprofits to become even better at what they do. At 17, Elijah co-founded Walimu, a nonprofit that reduces preventable deaths in Ugandan hospitals by enabling faster, better health care. At 22, he co-founded ImpactMatters, a nonprofit rating agency that helps donors find high-impact nonprofits. What is he doing now? This year, his startup was acquired by Charity Navigator, which launched its first nonprofit impact rating. Join us on today's episode as we talk with Elijah and explore how his team first started evaluating nonprofits at a small scale and eventually joined America's largest nonprofit ratings agency.
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    54 mins
  • [E15] The Future of Nonprofit Impact Reporting [Part 1]: A Conversation with Michael Thatcher — A Surfer, Former CTO at Microsoft, and CEO of Charity Navigator

    [E15] The Future of Nonprofit Impact Reporting [Part 1]: A Conversation with Michael Thatcher — A Surfer, Former CTO at Microsoft, and CEO of Charity Navigator
    Nov 11 2020
    The children were swallowing coins... At 5 years old, Michael remembers seeing passengers throw coins off the ship. They were docking into Haiti and children were swimming below trying to swallow coins and bring the money ashore. As he peered over the edge and witnessed children desperate to survive, something about this moment has stuck with him to this day. Fast forward a few years—Michael Thatcher currently leads the largest charity evaluator in the United States as the CEO at Charity Navigator. From our conversation today, one thing is clear. Michael is still motivated more than ever to help make the world a better place.  In today's episode, we dive into the intersection of passion, meaning, and doing good as we explore Michael Thatcher's story of leading a career centered on helping others and transforming the nonprofit space. From his time as Microsoft's CTO to growing Charity Navigator's role in impact reporting—you're going to hear a lot of wisdom in this interview.
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    50 mins
  • [E14] Growth, Creativity, and Grit — Brainstorming an Innovative Fundraising Campaign

    [E14] Growth, Creativity, and Grit — Brainstorming an Innovative Fundraising Campaign
    Oct 28 2020
    People are hungry for unity and reminders of goodness—and as a nonprofit professional, it is your job to feed them this.   As charity:water's creative director (Tyler Riewer) would put it, “For millions of Americans, there is an incredible feeling of powerlessness. What we can provide is an opportunity to take control and be a force for good during these times."   You have an opportunity to invite people to be this force for good by inviting people to partner with your nonprofit organization.    The way you run your fundraising campaigns, emails, social media posts, etc—all should be done from this lens.   Stepping into this role and honoring it, requires tremendous amounts of creativity and grit as you continue to push for growth...yet it is totally worth it if means building up the world for both our donors and beneficiaries.   Today’s episode is a mix of Zach and I reflecting on what it means to position ourselves for growth and a brainstorm session on coming up with creative and tactical ideas that nonprofit professionals can leverage for their #GivingTuesday and EOY fundraising campaigns.
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    42 mins
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