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The Nova Communities Podcast is your resource for tips, tools, and insights for associations, user groups, and nonprofits. Whether you're a Board Member, Community Manager, volunteer, or staff person, we know that shared experience has the potential to inspire passion and positive action. Each week, we will take you behind the scenes with successful influencers in the industry to share tips and their experiences building and empowering communities. Do you want insights and actionable steps t ...
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Optimizing Operations to Increase Member Retention
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These days the pressure for our associations to be as innovative as a startup and have an impeccable, automated user experience is at its highest point ever. How do we implement new initiatives to retain members when our overall experience feels out of whack? An Operations Integration Day is a time for staff to come together to audit and clean up m…
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Community Spotlight: Keep Swimming Foundation
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Today we are highlighting a community in action during our Community Spotlight episode. Bill Coon, Founder and Board President of the Keep Swimming Foundation, joins us to share the mission of the organization, progress to date, and lessons learned. His powerful message showcases the impact being made through their work and will inspire you in your…
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Why You Should Ditch the Way You've Been Doing Strategic Plans
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We all know creating a strategic plan is important for our organizations, but how do we know if we're doing it right? There isn't a one-size-fits-all solution. On this week’s episode of The Nova Communities Podcast, we speak with Sarah Olivieri of PivotGround on why we should ditch the way we’ve been doing strategic plans. Our conversation focuses …
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How to Engage Volunteers in Your Grants Process
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Ever wonder what the keys are to winning grants? During this week’s episode of The #NovaCommunities Podcast, we speak with Lesa-kaye Holtman to discuss the winning formula to grant writing and how to include volunteers in the process. Lesa-kaye provides considerations for including volunteers, tips for engagement, and what do to if volunteers sugge…
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Modernizing Existing Content to Increase Member Value
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As a society, content distribution has gone from print to radio, to television, to the age of the internet. And now it seems there is a significant trend towards digital audio. But when people think about audio, usually it’s about podcasting. Today’s guest is going to challenge that notion and help us learn how to use recent technological advanceme…
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Creating a Successful Legacy Giving Program
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Creating a Successful Legacy Giving Program Creating a successful legacy (or planned giving) program can result in additional funding for your organization for the future. In today’s episode, Lori Kranczer of Everyday Planned Giving walks us through the details of this often overlooked revenue generator and shares the possibilities when facilitatin…
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How to secure additional funding is a question that regularly comes up, so today's guest is going to share with us all about the importance and components of Grant Writing. Angela Venuti Boysel is a creative fundraising consultant with over ten years of non-profit experience. She specializes in grant writing, annual fund, and membership programs as…
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Defining + Evaluating Board Needs with Greg Nielsen
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Today’s guest is Gregory Nielsen, President and CEO of Nielsen Training & Consulting. He is an experienced nonprofit CEO who helps enhance the capacity, impact, and sustainability of nonprofit organizations through custom training and consulting services. Greg’s approach with Boards of Directors is simple. Building and cultivating a dynamic Board t…
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Reinvigorating Your Fundraising Strategy with Whitney Brimfield
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Today's guest helps organizations find their funding spark through adding revenue streams, improving systems, developing a winning grant proposal, and creating fundraising strategies. Whitney Brimfield is the President and CEO of Spark Point Fundraising where they help organizations deploy strategies that will most effectively advance their mission…
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Most organizations define their vision and focus through a strategic plan, but not all our organizations are good about evaluating the impact being made. Maybe we measure the number of people served or services delivered, but how do we track the overall difference we are making in our communities? Today’s guest is passionate about building fundrais…
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Finding and Engaging Community Partners with Mia Mahaney
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Finding the right partnerships for collaboration is imperative for organizations to grow effectively and achieve high impact. By identifying and valuing the interconnectivity of the work we do with others, we are able to further our missions and expand our reach. In this episode, Mia Mahaney of West Michigan Consulting Services joins us to discuss …
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Attention Pays™: How to Drive Profitability, Productivity, and Accountability with Neen James. To get the results you want, you need to get attention. But most people don’t know how to get it and keep it. People often see attention as a transaction, something to trade, but it’s much more than that. Neen has identified that people pay attention at t…
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006 | Training New Board Members for High Impact
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In this episode, we welcome Robert B. Acton, J.D., Principal and Founder of Cause Strategy Partners to discuss their signature program, BoardLead, and how they train professionals for high-impact board service. During our conversation, Rob touches on how BoardLead connects talent with opportunity, how to prepare to make an impact at the board level…
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005 | Tips to Engage, Equip, and Empower Volunteers
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I love volunteers! Today I’m sharing tips to effectively build strong, collaborative relationships with your key volunteers. These tips will help you increase volunteer engagement and be proactive in your communication and expectations of them. We’ll focus on three main areas – how to engage, equip, and empower volunteers. For more information and …
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004 | My Top Five Takeaways from the ASAE Annual Meeting
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This week's episode is about my first experience at the ASAE Annual Meeting. I'm sharing my top five takeaways from an event that challenged me to think and dream bigger about the impact we can have on and for the organizations we serve. Highlights include: Value > Financial Maximization The Future is Video Using Contextual Models to Increase Engag…
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003 | Leadership and Team Culture with Dan Flowers
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Dan Flowers, CEO of the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank joins us on episode three of The Nova Communities Podcast and I'm thrilled for you to hear his insights on leadership and team culture. After reflecting on his leadership style and how it impacts his team, Dan and I dive into the importance of building a strong, collaborative environment to suc…
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002 | Governance and Riding a Bicycle with Mark Thorsby
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Today Mark Thorsby of FrontWheel Consulting joins us as we talk about Governance and Riding a Bicycle. This simple yet effective methodology will have you seeing your Board in a new light and will help clarify the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders in your organization. Welcome and Intro (0.00) Incompetent Groups of Competent People (3.…
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Hello and welcome to episode number one of The Nova Communities Podcast. On this episode, your host, Emily Hendershot, shares the vision and goals for the podcast as well as her heart behind volunteer-driven organizations.By Emily Hendershot
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