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Nonprofit burnout!! 😩  

Feeling the burn after a whirlwind Giving Season? You're not alone! 

Burnout is a common problem for nonprofit leaders and workers, especially at the end of the year. But you can beat it with some simple and effective steps. In this episode of The Nonprofit Podcast, Cara will show you how to recognize the signs of burnout, take charge of your well-being, and learn practical strategies to cope and thrive.

Plus, The Nonprofit Blog has an excellent in-depth article to help you understand why burnout happens, and provides ideas to manage it effectively:

📑Nonprofit Burnout: How to Recognize And Manage It 

        https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/nonprofit-burnout 

⚠️🗓️The Nonprofit Podcast is taking a break, returning on Thursday, January 11, 2024, so mark your calendars! 🗓️ 

We're enormously grateful for your unwavering support this year. Thank you for choosing us each week, we look forward to another year of fundraising together. Until next year, stay inspired! 

Don’t forget that The Nonprofit Podcast, plus great tutorials, advice from industry experts, tips, and tricks, is available on the Donorbox YouTube channel, subscribe today and never miss an episode: 

🖥️The Nonprofit Podcast 🎙️🎙️ - YouTube  

The Nonprofit Podcast is available every Thursday on all your favorite podcast platforms, so follow, rate, and download so you never miss an episode:

🎙️ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-important-podcast/id1483848924 

🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2fj1bk0PHws7kn6CMwzhLQ 

🎙️ Buzzsprout: https://thenonprofitpodcast.buzzsprout.com   

🎙️ Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3oppTeO    

Find out more at: https://donorbox.org/    

Nonprofit Thank You Letters For Donations Are Important!

Knowing your loyal donors are there to support your mission can take a lot of pressure off making a meaningful impact by meeting your fundraising goals. But, you have to acknowledge your donors with sincere gratitude, and what better way than a well-crafted, personalized letter? 

A thank-you letter shows how your donor’s gift directly serves your mission and makes a difference in the lives of the people or causes you support. Join Cara to discover how to break your writer’s block, tap into your authentic passion for your cause, and inspire your donors to give, again and again.

We have a free Thank You Letter Template from our resource library that will ensure you hit the right ‘note’ from start to finish, download it today:

📄Write Impactful Thank Yous to Your Donors

https://library.donorbox.org/donor-thank-you-letters/ 

And of course, don’t forget our excellent Nonprofit Blog has comprehensive guides to set you up for fundraising success at any time of the year:

🧭How To Write A Thank-You Letter For Donations | A Nonprofit Guide:

https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/thank-you-letter-for-donations    

🧭20 “Thank You for Donation” Quotes to Convey Your Gratitude:

20 “Thank You for Donation” Quotes to Convey Your Gratitude (donorbox.org)    

 🧭Write the Perfect Thank-You after Meeting a Donor [+ Samples]:

https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/donor-meeting-thank-you    

Don’t forget that The Nonprofit Podcast, plus great tutorials, advice from industry experts, tips, and tricks, is available on the Donorbox YouTube channel, subscribe today and never miss an episode:

🖥️The Nonprofit Podcast 🎙️🎙️ - YouTube  

The Nonprofit Podcast is available every Thursday on all your favorite podcast platforms, so follow, rate, and download so you never miss an episode:

🎙️ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-important-podcast/id1483848924 

🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2fj1bk0PHws7kn6CMwzhLQ 

🎙️ Buzzsprout: https://thenonprofitpodcast.buzzsprout.com   

🎙️ Amazon Music: https://amzn.to/3oppTeO    

Find out more at: https://donorbox.org/    

Didn’t plan in time, and missed out on Giving Tuesday?  Don’t panic, we’ve got you! 

With our top tips to optimize Giving Season fundraising, there's still time to make a big impact on your year-end goals.

With 31 days to go, Giving Season is packed with goodwill and seasonal generosity (accounting for about 20% of annual donations), and we have tips to make the most of every fundraising opportunity.

Cara and Jena tackle 6 tactics, tools, and strategies to get you started.  Beginning with a donation page audit checklist, digging into the ‘reach’ advantages of Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer campaigns, before setting out the timing and touchpoints that underpin all successful fundraising campaigns.  

We have a great big  bag of seasonal resources to support you through December, and into 2024, starting with our recommended past-podcast episodes:

📻Ep 80: Master Year-End Giving: Tips, Tactics, and Tools:https://www.buzzsprout.com/634618/episodes/13586546 

📻Ep 30: Make The Strategic Software Solution Decision This Giving Season

https://www.buzzsprout.com/634618/episodes/11313714 

Plus 4 helpful videos from our extensive library of fundraising tutorials, webinars, and ‘How To’ demos:

📺Set Up an Effective Crowdfunding Campaign for Giving Tuesday & Year-End Fundraisinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUGp6vySE2A&pp=ygUVZG9ub3Jib3ggY3Jvd2RmdW5kaW5n

📺All You Must Know About Nonprofit Crowdfunding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCqHZqyP9tw&pp=ygUVZG9ub3Jib3ggY3Jvd2RmdW5kaW5n 

📺#1 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Platform for Nonprofits (Step-by-Step)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6xdNmCztqM&pp=ygUVZG9ub3Jib3ggcGVlci10by1wZWVy  

📺2023's Most Successful Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Ideas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nny-f358lg&pp=ygUVZG9ub3Jib3ggcGVlci10by1wZWVy 

Don’t forget that The Nonprofit Podcast, plus great tutorials, advice from industry experts, tips, and tricks, is available on the Donorbox YouTube channel, subscribe today and never miss an episode:

🖥️The Nonprofit Podcast 🎙️🎙️ - YouTube  

And of course, don’t forget our excellent Nonprofit Blog has comprehensive guides to set you up for fundraising success at any time of the year:

🧭Getting You Ready for Giving Season [With a 3-Step Roadmap]:

https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/giving-season  

🧭6 Helpful Tips for Nonprofit Giving Season:

https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/fundraising-season   

 🧭How to Write a Powerful Year-End Giving Letter (with Samples):

https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/year-end-giving-letter

In this episode of Station Bizz, we're diving deep into the ever-evolving world of marketing. Today, we're thrilled to explore the game-changing concept of 'Emotional Marketing.' In our fast-paced digital age, marketing has transformed beyond products and prices; it's about forging genuine connections, igniting emotions, and making a lasting impact. Join us as we unravel the psychology behind emotional marketing, share real success stories, uncover the latest trends, and equip ourselves with tools to create truly resonant campaigns. Our guest today, the award-winning marketing leader Bhuvana Subramanyan, with over 27 years of experience, believes the best marketing strategy is care. She's not just a marketer but a mentor, environmentalist, and advocate for women's empowerment. Let's explore the magic that unfolds when marketing meets emotions.

In the episode, Duane and Jordan discuss the importance of learning from and observing successful sales reps to develop the necessary skills for success in sales. They mention that many sales training programs and resources focus on building habits and skill sets around specific metrics and strategies. However, they argue that once a sales rep has developed these habits and skills and finds themselves in a new sales environment, these habits may actually be detrimental.

Instead, Jordan suggests that one way for a sales rep to transition into a new style of selling is through observation and learning from successful reps within their organization. They highlight the importance of listening and being curious, and mention that some BDRs within their company have risen through the ranks by adopting these qualities.

Jordan also emphasizes the value of challenging executives and asking tough questions. They observe that many executives enjoy a challenge because so many people around them just listen to them. By being able to match executives intellectually and ask thought-provoking questions.

[00:01:53] Heavy research and strategic outreach.

[00:04:26] Hyper focus on quality.

[00:08:58] Confidence and intellectual curiosity.

[00:11:03] Insecurities and self-doubt in sales.

[00:14:09] Tough times and highlighting the good.

[00:18:37] Dialing in on the data.

[00:20:03] Reaching for career opportunities.

If you get value from this episode, be sure to subscribe and share the episode with your friends, as we all can benefit from more positivity and leadership in today’s society.

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Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. 

We’ve reached the season finale. We will be back with a new style.

We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:

Our Website:

http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co

Keynotes:

1:29 The beginnings

5:25 The power of Entrepreneur's Handbook

6:33 Natural conversations

9:07 Starting young and the impact of this podcast

14:44 Getting help and taking a break

17:01 Going forward

19:27 Lessons learned from Entrepreneur's Handbook

25:16 We will be back with a new style

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. 

Today we have with us Jason Smith. Jason is a five-time entrepreneur and the current CEO of Klue. It's a competitive enablement platform and it's raised over 80 million and has over 250 employees.

We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:

Our Website:

http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co

Jason’s Twitter:

https://twitter.com/jasons

Jason’s LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/onemoresmith/

Klue website:

https://klue.com/

Keynotes:

Introduction (0:00)

The entrepreneurial journey (1:05)

“You find entrepreneurial problems to solve.” (3:06)

Thinking big and believing in yourself (5:16)

Talking about confidence (10:37)

Success, failures and lessons (13:44)

Telling the narrative (18:49)

All about Klue (20:27)

The value of culture (24:59)

Understanding your competition (29:24)

Build a company that delights your customers (31:12)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. 

Today we have with us Dave Kline, Co-Founder of MGMT Accelerator. Dave teaches leaders the codified management playbook to build great teams & level up their careers.

MGMT Accelerator helps managers rapidly develop into trusted leaders by combining the art & science of management.

We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:

Our Website:

http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co

Dave’s Twitter:

https://twitter.com/dklineii

Dave’s LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidkline/

MGMT Accelerator website:

http://MgmtAccelerator.com

Keynotes:

Introduction (0:00)

The duopreneurs (10:05)

Growing an audience (13:31)

The Maven Courses and maintaining the high ratings (18:18)

The impostor syndrome (23:24)

You can give most of it away (25:17)

Delegation (27:23)

A way of getting better conversations with customers (32:43)

The tribe (37:14)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. 

Today we have with us Jason Kirby. Jason is the managing director and founding partner of Thunder vc. For his own startups in the past, he raised over 40 million.

Thunder.vc is a tech-enabled investment banking improving on the gruelling process of raising capital.

We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:

Our Website:

http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co

Jason’s Twitter:

https://twitter.com/JasonKirby

Jason’s LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonrkirby/

Thunder website:

https://web.thunder.vc/

Keynotes:

Introduction (0:00)

Rewinding all the way from the beginning (1:21)

Lighting money on fire (8:05)

Picking yourself up (11:20)

Other opportunities on the table (14:05)

Investing in different start-ups before (16:55)

The actual baseline of vc (19:59)

The network effect (27:25)

Advise in getting funding (34:40)

The future (37:18)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. 

Today we have with us Guido Meardi, the founder and CEO of V-Nova, a data compression company that has created two international standards in their field.

V-Nova is a London-based deep tech company dedicated to improving data compression by game-changing use of AI and parallel processing for data, video, imaging, and point cloud compression, with applications across several verticals.

We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:

Our Website:

http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co

Guido’s Twitter:

https://twitter.com/GuidoMeardi

Guido’s LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/guidomeardi/

Guido‘s website:

https://www.v-nova.com/

Keynotes:

Introduction (0:00)

A family of entrepreneurs (1:16)

Getting the confidence (3:21)

Constantly looking for innovation (4:51)

The pivot (7:39)

A certain degree of protection (12:59)

Talking about data (15:14)

Achieving more with less (18:23)

Getting investors on board (25:20)

Handling the pressure (29:30)

When people believe in you (31:56)

When you need to prove yourself (34:41)

Working with big tech names (39:15)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. 

Today we have with us Tal Mozes. Tal is the co-founder of Mitiga, a global leader in cloud incident response. Mitiga helps its customers to recover over 90% faster from breaches in their SaaS and cloud environments.

They've raised $32m so far and Tal has previously had several other exits including to EY where he led EY UK’s Cyber Threat Management services.

We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:

Our Website:

http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.

Tal’s LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/talmozes/

Tal’s Twitter:

https://twitter.com/talmozes?lang=en

Mitiga Website:

https://www.mitiga.io/

Keynotes:

Introduction (0:00)

The beginnings (1:31)

Innovation and changes (7:51)

Not aiming to make an exit  (10:19)

Nobody is fully protected (15:47)

Experience and building solutions (19:40)

The network effect (23:24)

How it works (25:09)

Future plans (32:02)

Make mistakes (35:05)

Getting customer feedback (38:22)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. 

Today we have with us Sarosh Waghmar, the founder of Spotnana. They are revolutionising travel by providing travellers with a service with the most modern technology. 

We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:

Our Website:

http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.

Sarosh’s LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/swaghmar/

Spotnana Website:

https://www.spotnana.com/

Keynotes:

Introduction (0:00)

Once an entrepreneur (1:14)

Travel is fundamentally broken (3:18)

Building something from the ground up (9:47)

The first customers (13:07)

When you fight for change  (16:54)

The right people (20:55)

The importance of mentors and constructive feedback (24:42)

Adjustments to think about (26:54)

Targets in the future (29:03)

The biggest pivot (30:38)

Your closest relationships are a mirror to you (34:22)

Resilience (36:28)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. 

Today we have with us Niklas Goeke, the founder and CEO of Four Minute Books. It's a collection of over a thousand free summaries available online. They only take 4 minutes to read and consume.

Since 2014, Nik's writing has garnered over 50 million views across a variety of platforms. He has a following of 90,000 email subscribers, 600,000+ social media followers, and over 500,000 monthly readers.

Nik has been published in Business Insider, CNBC, Fast Company, The Next Web, and many others. He's also been featured on Medium (Top Writer in 10+ topics), Quora (Top Writer 2017 & 2018), Pocket, and more.

We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:

Our Website:

http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.

Nik’s Medium:

https://ngoeke.medium.com/

Nik’s LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngoeke/

Nik‘s website:

https://nik.art/

Four Minute Books Website:

https://fourminutebooks.com/

 Keynotes:

Introduction (0:00)

The short(ish) version of when it all started (1:41)

Monetizing initially (6:26)

The formula (8:41)

The first two years of doing everything (10:48)

Ownership (13:27)

Being a creator (17:09)

Talking about Blinkist (18:44)

Peer Groups (24:55)

YouTube (31:05)

Future plans (34:36)

Insisting on owning your work (38:40)

Focus (42:36)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. 

Today we have with us Rhomaios Ram who is the CEO of Fnality International. Fnality International has been founded to create a network of decentralised Financial Market Infrastructures (dFMIs) to deliver the means of payment-on-chain in tomorrow’s wholesale banking markets. They've raised over $60m to date!

Rhom is a former Banking Executive with 22+ years of experience and is interested in developing digital businesses for finance and finance-related areas.

We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:

Our Website:

http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.

Rhom’s LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rhomaios-ram/

Fnality‘s website:

https://www.fnality.org/

 Keynotes:

Introduction (0:00)

The accidental entrepreneur (1:11)

“II couldn’t retire”  (3:41)

The role of a CEO (5:08)

Client-focus (8:08)

Looking at where the future is  (10:05)

Believing in blockchain (12:41)

Who’s credible and who’s not? (14:32)

Onboarding the right people (17:34)

Growing pains, lessons learned and switching to remote work easily (20:01)

A larger scale (22:22)

Enjoying the role (25:07) 

Making payments easier (28:02)

Looking forward to the future (30:27)

‘Find the problems you are interested in fixing’ (33:00)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. 

Today we have with us Dennis Kelly, the founder and CEO of Postalytics, a fast-growing software company that automates direct mail marketing, measures the results and connects it to CRM/Marketing Automation.

Dennis was also co-owner of Wireless City - a chain of 37 Verizon Wireless stores based in Florida, Massachusetts and Georgia. He's started many more startups and sold them as you'll hear in this episode.

We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:

Our Website:

http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.

Dennis’ LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennisjohnkelly/

Dennis’s Twitter

https://twitter.com/djkelly1?lang=en

Postalytics website:

https://www.postalytics.com/

 Keynotes:

Introduction (0:00)

Growing up on a farm (00:54)

A natural (3:22)

Lessons learned (4:45)

When you are right about the next big thing (6:56)

Talking about the transition from a small to a bigger firm (8:50)

The one with the biggest impact (13:55)

Having full control (18:10)

Postalytics (19:46)

When customers knock on your door (26:00)

Keeping motivated (28:35)

A long road map for Postalytics (31:21)

Reinvesting and marketing strategies  (32:51)

Adjusting the marketing message (35:16)

Talking with customers (37:20)

Dealing with imposter syndrome (39:08)

A higher return on investment (40:39)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. 

Today we have Ezechi Britton MBE, a founding member, principal and CTO of Impact X Capital. He's also a co-founder of Code Untapped and was a co-founder at Neybar.

He started as an employee in the banking industry before building Neybar which gained hundreds of millions of investment from non-VC sources. He's then founded other businesses including Code Untapped but his main focus to is Impact X Capital which is all about funding underrepresented founders.

We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:


Our Website:
http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.
Ezechi’s LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ezechi-britton-mbe-452a893/
Ezechi’s Twitter
https://twitter.com/ezechibritton?lang=en
Impact X website:
https://www.impactxcapital.com/
 
 Keynotes:
Introduction (0:00)
The ambition to start something (1:40)
The confidence to keep going (8:18)
Everything is a negotiation (10:16)
Talking about burnout and challenges(15:32)
Impact X (21:55)
Overcoming the bias (23:27)
Making it easier for the next generation to step up (29:47)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. 

Today we have with us Chris Volk, who's taken three companies public two of which he founded. He's managed $20 billion in assets and has now written the Value Equation.  

Chris is also the Former Chairman/Co-Founder, Store Capital Corp.

We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:

Our Website:

http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.

Christopher’s LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-volk-86848b3/

The Value Equation website:

https://thevalueequation.com/

 Keynotes:

Introduction (0:00)

Embarking on the journey and the first idea (1:03)

The importance of a business model  (5:27)

Hard lessons during the early days (7:25)

The process of writing the book (11:58)

Creating more value (16:11)

Chris’ passion (20:45)

Other people’s money (22:20)

Talking about Store Capital (25:28)

Managing companies effectively (32:07)

Working with students (35:06)

Behavioural Economics (40:52)

Christopher's shoutouts (43:27)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. 

Today we welcome logistics expert and founder Anshu Prasad onto the podcast.

Anshu is the CEO and co-founder of Leaf Logistics. They started five and a half years ago and managed over a hundred million in transportation, and they’re just getting started.

We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at:

Our Website:

http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.

Anshu’s Twitter:

https://twitter.com/anshup

GLeaf Logistics website:

https://leaflogistics.com/

Keynotes:

Introduction (0:00)

Seeing the problem over and over again (1:15)

Talking about investors and rejection (5:23)

‘Tell me after you’ve done it' (10:27)

Role changes (13:21)

Getting institution investors on board (17:27)

Logistics during the pandemic (20:21)

The impact of logistics (23:00)

Talking about expansion on a global scale (28:00)

Using experience to pick the landing spot (30:41)

‘You have to love the problem’ (34:05)

The 3 questions worth asking (35:33)

The headlines in a few years' time (37:36)

A few shoutouts (40:41)

Inspirational stories plus practical takeaways from the entrepreneurship world. 

Today we welcome serial entrepreneur and founder of gatewayx Jesse Pujji onto the podcast.

Jesse has entrepreneurship in his blood. He was a first-hand witness to his father’s journey, and cut his teeth with a shoveling business. Looking back now, with a number of multi-million dollar companies under his belt, he reflects on the specifics of his journey. 

From DJing weddings to Wall Street - and back to entrepreneurship with remarkable success, Jessie’s story is filled with practical gold for aspiring entrepreneurs. 

We hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget to share it with others. You can learn more at our Website:

http//www.entrepreneurshandbook.co.

Jesse’s Twitter:

https://twitter.com/jspujji

Gatewayx website:

https://www.gateway.xyz/

Keynotes:

Introduction (0:00)

‘It chose me’ (1:17)

What consulting taught Jesse (3:54)

Talking about commitment and focus (5:34)

Professional friends (7:53)

The right product-market fit (9:59)

Growing the revenue and the business (12:47)

Humanizing yourself (17:49)

A great idea to reality (20:29)

Time management and relationships (24:17)

Self-awareness and being present in the moment (26:47)

“I am who you see.” - Jesse (28:07)

A good hook (31:10)

Talking about Kahani (31:51)