501Crossroads

Take Back Your Time

Nonprofitteers wear so many hats, sometimes it's hard to keep them all on at once! Between our regular duties, email, meetings and social meeting, you can just hear your time sucking away.  

Marjorie and Natalie are here to give you concrete tips and tricks to manage all of that and we promise, we aren't taking away your email or Facebook!

Some of the articles we reference this week are: 

15 Time Management Tips for Nonprofit Professionals

Joan Garry on Time Management (Our favorite tip here that didn't make the show is to speak to any living thing that shares your sleeping area before looking at a screen.)

Beth Kanter's Time Management for Social Media Professionals

You can find 501Crossroads on Facebook at www.facebook.com/501crossroads. 

Get LinkedIn with Natalie Jablonski at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliejablonski

Get LinkedIn with Marjorie Moore at https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjorie-moore-6596901 

Public Speaking Perfection with Tracy Bianco

Public Speaking... a fear worse than death for many. Don't worry, we've got you covered!  

Tracy Bianco of Bright Side Training Solutions is here to give you some really easy tips to get over your fears and raise your voice.  

We'll be talking about why some people have the fears they do, what to do about them and share some practical tips like those that Amy Cuddy gives in her TedTalk, Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are. 

Interested in knowing more about Tracy and Bright Side Training Solutions? Go to her website at http://brightsidetraining.org/ and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TracyBianco.BrightSide 

You can find 501Crossroads on Facebook at www.facebook.com/501crossroads. 

Get LinkedIn with Natalie Jablonski at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliejablonski

Get LinkedIn with Marjorie Moore at https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjorie-moore-6596901 

Your Networking Questions Answered- PLUS a New Co-Host!

Marjorie welcomes a new co-host who listeners should remember from Episode 1! Welcome Nonprofit Ninja, Natalie Jablonski, to the show!!

Marjorie hates, hates, hates, networking. Natalie loves it.  Together they talk through the social anxiety, paralysis, and fear and find great tips on how to make the most out of your next networking meeting.  

It's legit stuff too, not the usual stuff you hear everyday, they promise! 

A couple of articles you'll hear referenced:

Congressional Staffers Reveal All on How They Like to be Approached

7 Networking Tips for Introverts, Extroverts, and the Socially Awkward

Business Know How Tips on Networking

Three Easy Networking Tips

And don't forget to give us a review on your favorite podcast app, or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/501crossroads!

Fundraising Freedom with Committees with Mary Valloni

Do you struggle with getting your fundraising committees going and keeping them active? Mary Valloni is here to talk to us about the Seven Steps to Fundraising FREEDOM method.  We talk about how to recruit new people to get the right people on the committee, picking the right chairperson, getting them to gel and do life together, and keeping the committee moving towards success!  Together, you'll change the world one volunteer and one dollar at a time!

You can connect with Mary at http://www.maryvalloni.com/ and get her tip of the day at Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/maryvalloniconsulting/

Nonprofitting while Millennial, a Conversation with Liz Smith and Alex Matthews

Millennials, you've heard the rumors... too selfish... too many selfies.  Alex Matthews, a nonprofit graphic designer and social media manager, and Liz Smith, a realtor who spends her time serving on boards, stop by to bust the myths and maybe reaffirm the stereotypes you've heard about them. Alex DID take a selfie to post on Twitter while we were recording after all... 

We talk a lot about the New York Times article, What Happens When Millennials Run the Workplace, and the Forbes Fund post about What Nonprofits Need to Know about Millennials. And then, we realize... Millennials Don't Exist by Adam Conover is perhaps the most adapt piece on the subject.  

Say hi to Alex on Twitter @mralexmatthews, buy or sell a house with Liz at Remax, or check out the Trivia Night Liz mentioned for St. Vincent's.

Getting Everyone on Board with Natalie Jablonski

Getting board and staff on the same page might be the biggest trick of them all in making nonprofits work right.  Natalie Jablonski is here to talk about how to get everyone moving in the same direction and working towards the same outcome.  

Some of the articles we talk about are Your Actions Might be Disempowering your Board from Ignited Fundraising and Why Boards Micromanage from Creating the Future. 

We'll play NPBWG (the NonProfit BuzzWord Game) an idea brazenly stolen from Nonprofit with Balls. 

You can connect with Natalie on LinkedIn.

Interns that Get Things Done with Cindy Lerick

Interns, the magic cure all for all problems! Unless you don't have a plan in place for how to use them. Cindy Lerick, Executive Director of the St. Louis Art Fair talks about how to get interns working towards your organization's outcomes from day one.