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Nonprofit News, Tech & Marketing Stories from Whole Whale, a Nationally Recognized Nonprofit Marketing Agency for over a decade. Founded in 2010, Whole Whale is a B-Corp that runs analytics, digital advertising, Google Ad Grants, and SEO for nonprofits.
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Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
A conversation about the Talent Mobility Revolution, a concept Brynne Kennedy breaks down in her book Flat, Fluid and Fast. Brynne is also a candidate for US Congress in California's Fourth Congressional District and shares larger thoughts on what leads in business and government should be doing to prepare.
About Brynne
Brynne Kennedy is an American entrepreneur and candidate for US Congress in California's Fourth Congressional District (CA-04). She is the founder of Topia, a relocation and talent mobility company in California, used by customers worldwide. While CEO, she grew the company to global operations, raised more than $100 million and helped tens of thousands of families transition to new jobs and communities. Brynne also started Mobility4All, a charitable initiative that supported refugees and worked with TechNet to advise lawmakers on policies for economic growth and entrepreneurship. Brynne holds a B.A. in History from Yale and an MBA from London Business School. You can find her online at: BrynneForCongress.com.
Monday Nov 04, 2019
Monday Nov 04, 2019
This episode is features our GivingTuesday.org feature webinar. For the visuals please check out wholewhale.com/university
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 2019
We interviewed our own Technical Creative Director, Ann Nguyen about her five-year journey of getting an H-1B finally a work-sponsored visa. This long process involved a lot of work, paper, patience and of course, luck. This podcast conversation walks through how a company should consider the value of the H-1B process.
Monday Oct 21, 2019
Monday Oct 21, 2019
A short thought about the $1 Billion that has been raised from Facebook birthday fundraisers. This accounts for half of the 2 billion raised since the launch of the FB Fundraising platform in 2015. https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2019/09/2-billion-for-causes/
More resources on Online Fundraising from Whole Whale.
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Monday Oct 14, 2019
Interview with Amanda Rose the Founder and CEO of Timecounts. This volunteer management software platform is now helping thousands of organizers and organizations manage and mobilize volunteers. Amanda shares her background of founding Twestival and her journey of launching a startup in the social impact sector. There is a point where spreadsheets just don't work and Amanda's free version of Timecounts is helping set up the best practices necessary to run a successful volunteer program.
Monday Oct 07, 2019
Monday Oct 07, 2019
Megan Anhalt, Chief Strategy Officer of Whole Whale shares advice for EOY fundraising and what your nonprofit should be doing to maximize holiday giving. Did you know that 12% of funds are donated in the last three days of December? We discuss how this, Giving Tuesday and other events/behaviors should impact your EOY strategies.
More online fundraising strategies in our resources at Whole Whale.
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
We interview Meredith Esquivel, Marketing Manager and Dean of Whole Whale University about why she spent the month of September, 2019 in Buenos Aires working remotely. Meredith explains the perk that Whole Whale offers through https://www.hackerparadise.org/ that pays for whalers (staff) to work remotely for the company. We explore the pros and cons of the program and why we're keeping it.
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Monday Sep 23, 2019
This week's interview is with Simo Ahava, who is a partner and co-founder at 8-bit-sheep and also has been a Google Developer Expert for Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager since 2014. Simo's blog has a singular purpose: To tell complicated stories in a simple, understandable, and actionable way at simoahava.com. We discuss why out-of-the-box implementations of tools like Google Analytics to track web data fail to capture and show the most important business needs. Simo also shares what a bounce rate actually means and how organizations can better leverage their own web data.
Monday Sep 16, 2019
Monday Sep 16, 2019
Interview with Leigh Kessler, one of the most recognized comedians on the VH1 network, regularly appearing on hit shows like "The Greatest", and the network's top-rated show "Best Week Ever", and CNN Headline News where he was a comedy panelist on "Showbiz Tonight". Today he is a frequent speaker & presenter on technology, fundraising, data strategy, and audience development. Currently, Leigh works as the VP of Marketing for CharityEngine, a donor journey management software.
In this podcast, Leigh shares what social impact organizations can learn from the world of stand up comedy and how to craft and own their own voice in a crowded market.
Monday Sep 09, 2019
Monday Sep 09, 2019
This comprehensive book about Nonprofit management just released its second edition and the editor, Darian Rodriguez Heyman talks about the process and lessons learned. We learn about the process of gathering experts, making the asks, and the marketing involved in creating the book. In just two short weeks, Nonprofit Management 101 has become a top seller on Amazon's nonprofit books list.