Best 702 Communications Podcasts (2024)

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702: High ROI Development & Marketing Communications Teams – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio 1:03:30

14d ago1:03:30

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This Week: High ROI Development & Marketing Communications Teams You want these two teams—fundraising and marcomm—to align every fundraising hour with its maximum dollars. You want these teams to have the time to secure investment level gifts. And you want them to secure the unrestricted gifts you need to grow and sustain your mission. Sherry Quam …

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704: The Responsive Nonprofit – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio 59:53

3h ago59:53

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This Week: “The Responsive Nonprofit” That’s Gabe Cooper’s new book. He walks us through the 8 core practices that will disrupt the status quo and make your nonprofit responsive. Like dismantling silos, adopting agile methods, managing change, building a durable team culture, and more. Gabe is CEO of Virtuous. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com…

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703: Myths about Management Consulting (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics) 12:30

1h ago12:30

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This general podcast describes some of the common misconceptions applicants and even practicing McKinsey/BCG consultants have about their own firms. It will be useful to anyone who wants to understand some of the broad themes and misunderstandings about the profession. Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy…

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702: How to Turn a Profit and Improve Lives in the World's Toughest Places (with Former McKinsey partner, Viva Ona Bartkus) 48:38

23h ago48:38

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Welcome to an interview with the coauthor of Business on the Edge: How to Turn a Profit and Improve Lives in the World’s Toughest Places, Viva Ona Bartkus. In this book, they argue that by entering markets in the world’s frontline regions—areas stuck in cycles of violence and extreme poverty—businesses can actually create stability and expand oppor…

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703: Get Heard In The Election Season – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio 49:15

5d ago49:15

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This Week: Get Heard In The Election Season Peter Panepento returns with savvy advice about getting your messages heard through crowded, noisy channels for the rest of this year. He urges you to prepare your messaging, prepare to pivot away from that messaging, and more. Plus, the value of journalist relationships. Peter comes to us from Turn Two C…

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701: How to Hold Networking Conversations (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics) 9:43

6d ago9:43

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Networking calls/coffee chats are tricky. You should not be following the advice found for general recruitment. We insist our clients network with partners so most of the advice we provide is for networking with McKinsey and BCG partners. The reality is that partners are best equipped, and most influential, to assess a unique profile and make a jud…

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700: Sanity Checking Estimations in Cases (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics) 6:41

8d ago6:41

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Many candidates forget to sanity-check their calculations in a case. That is a bad idea. Without a sanity-check there is no way to meaningfully assess the accuracy of your answer. More important, how you perform the sanity check is the key. All sanity-checks must involve the reduction of the answer to a number that you can intuitively compare to yo…

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699: The Triggers Behind Customer Purchases (with Founder and CEO of Triggers, Leslie Zane) 42:15

13d ago42:15

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Welcome to an interview with an award-winning marketer, TEDx speaker and authority in harnessing the instinctive mind to accelerate brand and business growth, founder and CEO of Triggers, Leslie Zane. In this episode, continuing the discussion from her first interview, we delved deeper into the conventional marketing wisdom and instinctive behavior…

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698: Pattern Breakers: Why Some Start-Ups Change the Future (with co-founder of FLOODGATE, Mike Maples, Jr) 50:20

15d ago50:20

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Welcome to an interview with the author of Pattern Breakers: Why Some Start-Ups Change the Future, Mike Maples, Jr. In this book, Maples and coauthor Peter Ziebelman set out to discover the hidden forces that drive extraordinary start-up success. Pattern-breaking success, they reveal, demands a different mindset and actions to harness developments …

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701: How To Thrive When Work Doesn’t Love You Back – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio 1:17:15

20d ago1:17:15

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This Week: “How To Thrive When Work Doesn’t Love You Back” That’s Meico Marquette Whitlock’s new book, and he returns to share his wisdom. The Mindful Techie has advice like honor your priorities; negotiate your boundaries; embody your well-being; mind your meds; and quite a bit more. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com…

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697: How to Quickly Build a 500k+ Social Media Following (with Eric Cogorno) 51:52

20d ago51:52

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Welcome to an interview with golf coach, entrepreneur, and personal development enthusiast Eric Cogorno. In this episode, Eric shares the most effective tips and techniques that he uses to grow his business and followers. Eric took his business from $80K to $1.5 million revenue a year -- in less than five years. He has grown an audience of 500K+ fo…

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696: Intentionality: A Groundbreaking Guide to Breath, Consciousness, and Radical Self-Transformation (with Finnian Kelly) 52:45

22d ago52:45

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Welcome to an interview with the author of Intentionality: A Groundbreaking Guide to Breath, Consciousness, and Radical Self-Transformation, Finnian Kelly. In this book, Finnian Kelly shares his step-by-step process for manifesting Intentionality into success. Through combining both scientific and spiritual principles, Finnian leads you through the…

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700: 700th Show! Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio 1:12:16

27d ago1:12:16

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This Week: 700th Show! It’s Nonprofit Radio’s 700th show and 14th Anniversary. To celebrate, co-host Claire Meyerhoff brings “Claire’s Quiz.” We have our associate producer, Kate Martignetti, live music from Scott Stein, and our contributors Gene Takagi (law), and Amy Sample Ward (technology), are also on board. Also, our sponsors Donorbox and Virt…

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695: Survive, Reset, Thrive: Leading Breakthrough Growth Strategy in Volatile Times (with Ex McKinsey and LBS lecturer, Dr. Rebecca Homkes) 48:03

30d ago48:03

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Welcome to an interview with the author of Survive, Reset, Thrive: Leading Breakthrough Growth Strategy in Volatile Times, Dr. Rebecca Homkes. How would you stabilize your business to withstand and grow through market shocks, reset your strategy to take account of new realities and thrive through uncertainty? Survive, Reset, Thrive is a playbook fo…

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694: How to Build a "People-First" Culture (with Unicorn Founder and CEO of One Planet Group, Payam Zamani) 47:40

29d ago47:40

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Welcome to an interview with the author of Crossing the Desert: The Power of Embracing Life's Difficult Journeys, Payam Zamani. In this episode, Payam shares the most important lessons he learned from building a record-breaking billion-dollar IPO called AutoWeb, and how it fell apart. He took those early lessons and created his current company, One…

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699: Exploit Conflict & Intuition To Make Better Programs & Products – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio 39:38

1M ago39:38

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This Week: Exploit Conflict & Intuition To Make Better Programs & Products Our panel from the 2024 Nonprofit Technology Conference is Drew Nelson, Cassi Johnson and Eve Lacivita. They explain how to add conflict resolution and intuition-driven strategies into your program and product development. Drew is with the City of Saint Paul, MN; Cassi is at…

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693: Facts, Data, and Evidence: Knowing What to Trust or Can We Really Trust Evidence? (with Professor of Finance at London Business School, Alex Edmans) 49:26

1M ago49:26

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Welcome to an interview with the author of May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases―And What We Can Do about It, Alex Edmans. In this book, renowned economist Alex Edmans teaches us how to separate fact from fiction. Using colorful examples, he highlights the biases that cause us to mistake statements for facts, fac…

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692: Building an AI Meeting Assistant in Silicon Valley (with Co-Founder and CEO of Fireflies.ai, Krish Ramineni) 40:12

1M ago40:12

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Welcome to an interview with the CEO of Fireflies.ai, Krish Rameni. In this episode, Krish took us back to the early days of starting their company, Fireflies.ai, and how they stayed motivated despite the challenges. He shared valuable advice from the lessons he learned throughout his career that will be useful for individuals who are starting thei…

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698: Improve Your Communications With AI – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio 35:57

1M ago35:57

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This Week: Improve Your Communications With AI Carlos Morales, from Viva Technology, shares how to use specific ChatGPT prompts to accelerate your written drafts; optimize your messaging for clarity and audience; and, personalize your outreach as you maintain a consistent voice, tone and brand. All through artificial intelligence. (This was recorde…

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691: Solving for Why: Strategies for creating a career of purpose and meaning (with Dr. Mark G. Shrime) 51:22

1M ago51:22

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Welcome to an interview with the author of Solving for Why: A Surgeon's Journey to Discover the Transformative Power of Purpose, Dr. Mark G. Shrime. Solving for Why is an inspiring memoir about finding the answer to life's biggest question—"Why?"—and about following that answer through remarkable, unlikely places on the road to fulfillment, purpose…

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690: Winning Mondays: Empowering Leaders and Teams (with Paul Epstein) 53:19

2M ago53:19

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Welcome to an interview with the author of Better Decisions Faster: Unshakable Confidence When You Need It Most, Paul Epstein. In Better Decisions Faster, Paul draws from the green-light wisdom of Fortune 500 CEOs, Olympians, Shark Tank entrepreneurs, world-record holders, Ivy League professors, and Navy SEALs to reveal a revolutionary new system f…

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697: Use Your Tech To Enable Generosity – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio 42:42

2M ago42:42

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This Week: Use Your Tech To Enable Generosity Our panel encourages you to expand your definition of generosity and how you measure it, to better acknowledge diverse forms of giving. They help you facilitate generosity through your data, tech and business processes. They’re Jamie Mueller with PTKO; Peter Genuardi at See the Stars; and, Natania LeCle…

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689: Principles to Succeed at Any Table in Business, Sports, and Life (with US Open Medalist, Justin Bookey) 44:56

2M ago44:56

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Welcome to an interview with the author of Ping Pong Leadership: 18 Principles to Succeed at Any Table in Business, Sports, and Life, Justin Bookey. In this book, Justin distills lessons from a beloved global sport into 18 actionable and unforgettable “Pong Principles.” Justin has spent decades as a competitive table tennis player, trained with nat…

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688: How VC Shapes Startups (with Benjamin Shestakofsky) 49:10

2M ago49:10

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Welcome to an interview with the author of Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality, Benjamin Shestakofsky. This book draws on nineteen months of participant-observation research inside a successful Silicon Valley startup, and examines how the company was organized to meet the needs of the venture capital inve…

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696: The Essential Craft Of Leaving Your Job & Data Privacy – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio 1:13:36

2M ago1:13:36

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This Week: The Essential Craft Of Leaving Your Job This provocative panel shares their real stories to inspire you if working at your job, isn’t working for you. They recommend you leave well, and share their advice for your handover plan along with tips for setting up your successor or team for future success. They also help you manage your emotio…

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687: Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy (with Naomi Cahn, June Carbone, and Nancy Levit) 51:21

2M ago51:21

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Welcome to an interview with the authors of Fair Shake: Women and the Fight to Build a Just Economy, Naomi Cahn, June Carbone, and Nancy Levit. This book explains that the system that governs our economy—a winner-take-all economy—is the root cause of these myriad problems. The WTA economy self-selects for aggressive, cutthroat business tactics, whi…

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686: Reevaluating Our Relationship with Change (with Former Deloitte's Chief Learning Officer, Ashley Goodall) 51:19

2M ago51:19

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Welcome to an interview with the author of The Problem with Change: And the Essential Nature of Human Performance, Ashley Goodall. Drawing on two decades spent leading HR organizations at Deloitte and Cisco, Ashley Goodall reveals in his book why change is not the same as improvement, and how, by prioritizing team cohesion (instead of reshuffling t…

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695: Gen Z Career Challenges – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio 58:22

2M ago58:22

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This Week: Gen Z Career Challenges After a deeply personal episode, Ray Sherry devoted himself to helping Gen Z’ers—like the one who saved his life—with their careers. He channels his 40 years of experience in financial services and consulting to share his advice, so younger professionals take charge of their careers. Ray is CEO of Zynd. There’s mo…

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685: The New Rules of Persuasion (with Founder and CEO of Triggers, Leslie Zane) 46:45

2M ago46:45

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Welcome to an interview with an award-winning marketer, TEDx speaker and authority in harnessing the instinctive mind to accelerate brand and business growth, founder and CEO of Triggers, Leslie Zane. Leslie is the author of The Power of Instinct: The New Rules of Persuasion in Business and Life. In her book, Leslie shows that to grow a brand, busi…

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684: The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth (with Stanford Professor and Venture Capital Expert, Ilya Strebulaev) 53:32

2M ago53:32

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Welcome to an interview with the coauthor of The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth, Ilya Strebulaev. This book offers a transformative playbook for delivering results in a rapidly changing world from a top Stanford professor and a technology executive. Packed with entertaining stories and scientific precisio…

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694: Future-Proof Your Nonprofit With Apps, Tools & Tactics – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

2M ago

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This Week: Future-Proof Your Nonprofit With Apps, Tools & Tactics Jason Shim and Meico Marquette Whitlock return from the 2024 Nonprofit Technology Conference, with their annual collection of tech to help you manage your tech. From collaboration to inbox management, from transcription to hidden Zoom tools, this panel will help you find greater bala…

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683: Navigating the New Data Rules (with Cristina Alaimo) 57:21

2M ago57:21

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Welcome to an interview with the coauthor of Data Rules: Reinventing the Market Economy (Acting with Technology), Cristina Alaimo. In Data Rules, Cristina Alaimo and Jannis Kallinikos establish a social science framework for analyzing the unprecedented social and economic restructuring brought about by data. Working at the intersection of informati…

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682: Why Startups Fail (with Google’s Martin Gonzalez and Josh Yellin) 54:33

2M ago54:33

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Welcome to an interview with Martin Gonzalez and Josh Yellin. Martin is the creator of Google’s Effective Founders Project and a frequent lecturer at Stanford, Wharton and INSEAD. Josh co-founded Google's first Startup Accelerator and is presently an organizational leader at Google DeepMind. Josh and Martin are the authors of The Bonfire Moment: Br…

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693: Your Four-Day Work Week & Intergenerational Communication – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

3M ago

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This Week: Your Four-Day Work Week This 2024 Nonprofit Technology Conference panel introduces you to the national campaign for a 32-hour, 4-day work week. They’re the executive director of the campaign, a company that made the switch and a nonprofit that did, too. They’re Vishal Reddy from Work Four, Karim Bouris with Mixte Communications and Patti…

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681: Leadership Lessons from His Year of Living Constitutionally (with AJ Jacobs) 49:21

3M ago49:21

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Welcome to an interview with the author of The Year of Living Constitutionally: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Constitution's Original Meaning, AJ Jacobs. In The Year of Living Constitutionally, A.J. Jacobs tries to get inside the minds of the Founding Fathers by living as closely as possible to the original meaning of the Constitution. He as…

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680: How to Tap the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Breakthroughs in Leadership and Life (with Former Monitor Associate partner and Chief Learning Officer of Teach For America. Co-CEO of Transcend ... 49:24

3M ago49:24

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Welcome to an interview with the author of Ask: Tap Into the Hidden Wisdom of People Around You for Unexpected Breakthroughs In Leadership and Life, Jeff Wetzler. In this book, Jeff offers a hands-on, surprisingly effective way to find out what others really think, know, and feel. Jeff brings you a powerful method called The Ask Approach™, based on…

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692: Strategic Meetings For Teams Of One & Cyber Incident Cases And Takeaways – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio

3M ago

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This Week: Strategic Meetings For Teams Of One As our 2024 Nonprofit Technology Conference coverage continues, Janice Chan returns with the savvy idea of adapting team meeting principles to a team of just one. She’ll have you thinking of yourself as a team leader, rather than one person doing everything. Janice is at Shift and Scaffold. Cyber Incid…

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679: Navigating Career Transitions in a Complex World with Former Olympic Coach & Innovation Expert, Pete Steinberg 51:00

3M ago51:00

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Welcome to an interview with the author of Leadership Shock: Using Authenticity to Navigate the Hidden Dangers of Career Success, Pete Steinberg. Leadership Shock teaches readers to view leadership as an adaptive, continuous process rather than a fixed set of behaviors. By regularly re-evaluating their leadership models, professionals at any level …

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678: Can you become immune to burnout? UPenn Burnout Expert Reveals What Stress-Resilient People Have in Common 48:08

3M ago48:08

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Welcome to an interview with the author of Burnout Immunity: How Emotional Intelligence Can Help You Build Resilience and Heal Your Relationship with Work, Kandi Wiens. In her book, Kandi shares her research and discoveries about burnout immunity. After extreme stress caused a life-threatening health crisis in her own life, Dr. Kandi Wiens dedicat…

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691: Sociocracy & Attract More Donors – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio 1:00:14

3M ago1:00:14

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This Week: Sociocracy It’s a new form of decision making you might want to try out. Justin Birdsong from Skeleton Key Strategies introduces us to circle structures, domains and aims, and linking roles, as he acquaints us with this more equitable and inclusive, sociocratic decision making method. (Recorded at the 2024 Nonprofit Technology Conference…

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677: Negotiations in B2B sales and day to day leadership situations (with Andres Lares) 52:15

3M ago52:15

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Welcome to an interview with the co-author of Persuade: The 4-Step Process to Influence People and Decisions, Andres Lares. This book deliver a concise and insightful take on how to transform your ability to persuade others regardless of the setting. Persuade is perfect for executives, managers, entrepreneurs, and other business leaders who negotia…

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676: The Illusion of Innovation (with Founder and CEO of High Alpha Innovation, Elliott Parker) 47:17

3M ago47:17

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Welcome to an interview with the author of The Illusion of Innovation: Escape "Efficiency" and Unleash Radical Progress, Elliott Parker. The Illusion of Innovation tackles the problem with innovation inside big companies, having activities that feel like innovation but lead to value destruction, not progress. This book explains why meaningful innov…

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690: Experiential Fundraising – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio 52:43

3M ago52:43

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This Week: Experiential Fundraising Let’s take lessons from the experience economy to create meaningful, memorable experiences for your donors. Brittan Stockert, from Donorbox, walks us through her thinking on events, membership programs, challenges, sponsorships, and more. There’s more at tonymartignetti.com…

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675: How to Be Productive (with Google's Laura Mae Martin) 53:00

3M ago53:00

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Welcome to an interview with the author of Uptime: A Practical Guide to Personal Productivity and Wellbeing, Laura Mae Martin. In her book, Laura shows how to thrive no matter where you’re working, giving concrete steps that help you focus on your priorities and keep good systems, routines, and tactics in place. Uptime explains how to make technolo…

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674: Selling Services to PE Firms with Aimably’s Founder and Stanford Grad, Claire Milligan 49:54

3M ago49:54

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Welcome to an interview with Claire Milligan, a Stanford graduate turned startup founder. Claire helps businesses grow by spending smarter and reducing their cloud costs. Her target market is PE firms. In this episode, we discuss what PE firms care about, how to approach them, the biggest challenges and potential solutions they encounter, as well a…

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689: Prompt Engineering For Beginners & Get The Most From Your Current Tech – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio 1:13:29

4M ago1:13:29

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This Week: Prompt Engineering For Beginners Our 2024 Nonprofit Technology Conference coverage continues. This panel explains how to get the most out of the generative Artificial Intelligence tools when you write your cues, or prompts, to them. You want ChatGPT and their ilk to serve you best, so here’s wisdom from Nyle Malik and Alfredo Ramirez, th…

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673: Difference between learning and practicing (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics) 10:38

4M ago10:38

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99% of clients misunderstand learning and practicing. At its essence, you cannot practice McKinsey cases until you learn McKinsey cases. Most candidates start of their case interview preparation by reaching out to colleagues and consultants to practice cases, not having gone through the learning steps. Without a good strategy of separating learning…

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688: Acquiring Email Leads On Social & Matching Gifts 101, 201, 301 – Tony Martignetti Nonprofit Radio 59:22

4M ago59:22

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This Week: Acquiring Email Leads On Social This 2024 Nonprofit Technology Conference conversation helps you ensure your email acquisition efforts are targeting those interested in your work. You can incentivize your social audiences so they’ll willingly share their emails and you can measure the success of your acquisition campaigns. Melanie Schaff…

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672: AI’s brainstorming and problem-solving potential with Stanford University’s Jeremy Utley 51:47

4M ago51:47

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Welcome to an interview with the co-author of the inspiring new Generative AI study, Jeremy Utley. This episode highlights the common mistakes and missed opportunities many corporate teams and individuals make when using AI. Too often, individuals treat AI as a mere search engine, leading to answers that fall short of actual solutions. Jeremy Utley…

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671: Anecdotes on Poor Networking Calls (Case Interview & Management Consulting classics) 17:27

4M ago17:27

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In this podcast we have listed some of the most common and most significant networking mistakes made by candidates. Since many of these have been made by clients, we have had an opportunity to discuss the mistakes, their motivations, the fall out and their response. Therefore, we can provide a comprehensive discussion on the implications of these m…

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