Using the Whole Whale - A Nonprofit Podcast

044: Using Marketplaces to Move Hunger

This week we talked with the founder of MoveforHunger.org, Adam Lowy about they built a platform that helps save the food that is normally wasted when people move. 

043: Monetizing Your Nonprofit's Core Competency

Interview with Steve Vick the founder of Nonprofit Ally and Noble Paws. He talks about his inspiration and approach to creating both organizations in a way that supports revenue and makes a difference in the world. 

042: Turning Small Actions into Big Wins with Change.org

Change.org is the largest website for petitions on the internet with over 100 million users. Petitions can be a powerful way to engage an audience and draw attention to an important issue in the world. We interview Meghan Teich, the west coast client manager about the best way for nonprofits to leverage the platform. 

041: Reading Literacy On Call for Lower Schools

TutorMate is a program run by Innovations for Learning that connects trained, remote volunteers to help younger students with reading literacy. We talk with Dan Weisberg, the National Director of TutorMate about how they developed and scaled the program.

040: Bots don't donate, so don't pay to reach them

A conversation with ad fraud expert Dr. Augustine Fou about how bots are still tricking ad buyers. Also what to look out for in your analytics. 

Podcast resources from this ad fraud episode.

039: How to win online voting competitions

Nonprofit voting competitions are like fads that come and go. They pit nonprofits against each other to see you can get the most votes in order to win the prize. Mark Horvath, the founder of invisiblepeople.tv has participated and won some of these competitions but the greatest tip he has is actually not to play them at all. 

038: Stop apologizing and start volunteering with @NewYorkCares

New York Cares is the leading way to volunteer in New York City. This interview with Gary Bagley, the executive director, covers how they think about using data to increase meaningful volunteering in the city. 

037: Growing Change @Greenpeace with the MobLab

 Our conversation with Michael Silberman, the Global Director at the Mobilisation Lab discusses their approach and what has worked in their efforts to make change within a massive institution.

More resources for Greenpeace podcast 

036: Where to start with online course creation for your organization

The world of elearning and online courses is growing by the day, so how can your nonprofit begin to play with this growing tech? Here how Julie Leary, the digital strategy whaler at Whole Whale has created an online course that has trained over 200 students about the Google AdWords Grant in 3 months. 

035: Should you go out of business to achieve the greatest impact?

In depth conversation with the founders of ChangeBetter.org about their journey starting and how they approach the sector. Sometimes you need to merge with larger organizations to achieve the true mission of your organization. Founder Amanda Ashton and Ellie Zietlin discuss their approach to helping nonprofits discover their impact model.