Podcasts by Events with Benefits®
A podcast designed to help nonprofit organizations raise more money and achieve greater success at their fundraising events with less effort.
Guests from all different sectors of the nonprofit industry--including charity auctioneers, attorneys, development directors, marketers, and many more--share their unique perspectives and biggest lessons learned.
Further podcasts by Danny Hooper, Ian Lauth, Renee Zau
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Ep 4: Parker Pike - Partnerships from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.883287
Today's special guest is Parker Pike, considered the "Godfather of Cause Partnerships" in San Diego and member of the board of directors of the San Diego Nonprofit Association. Parker ...
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Ep 8: Debby Roth-Bush - Mobile Bidding from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.872649
Today's special guest is Debby Roth-Bush, Relationship Manager at auction software provider Greater Giving. Debby is a certified benefit auctioneer and expert on mobile bidding technology.
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Ep 12: Heather Dean-Presnall - Raising $1 Million Per Year With Events from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.864315
The MS Dinner Auction that Heather Dean-Presnall manages as the Senior Manager of Multi Market Leadership Events at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Pacific region, has been around since...
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Ep 16: Dan Dowling - Capital Campaigns from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.846498
Today's special guest is Dan Dowling, Campaign Director with Willette, Dowling & Associates, CEO of Dubois Area YMCA, and a consultant helping nonprofits with fundraising growth and capital ...
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Ep 17: Melissa Merriam - BidPal Mobile Bidding from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.843685
Today's special guest is Melissa Merriam, Area Director at fundraising technology provider BidPal. Melissa covers how fundraising and technology work together to raise more money at charity auct...
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Ep 19: Jeff Dowler - Optimizing Donation Processing from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.838855
Today's special guest is Jeff Dowler, CEO at Optimal Giving. In this episode, learn how your nonprofit can put even more of your supporters' donations toward your cause by avoiding credit card p...
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Ep 23: Ken Davenport - Nonprofit Strategy and Fiscal Sponsorship from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.790533
Today's special guest is Ken Davenport, CEO of Mission Edge, a social enterprise dedicated to helping nonprofits with operational support services. Davenport combines entrepreneurial experience ...
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Ep 26: Michael Bleau - Managing Event Sponsorships&Vendors from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.783750
Today's special guest is Michael Bleau, Co-founder and CEO of EventsLocker, an event space and sponsorship booking site. He shares different opportunities for raising money at larger-scale neigh...
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Ep 30: Teresa Stivers - The CEO Perspective on Fundraising Events from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.767615
Today's special guest is Teresa Stivers, CEO at Walden Family Services. Stivers shares details on their annual gala, how she measures impact and effectiveness, and hard-earned lessons learned. T...
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Ep 31: Tom Huston - Founder&CEO at EveryWon from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.762149
Today's special guest is Tom Huston, Founder and CEO of EveryWon. This fundraising platform creates community races for nonprofits to join and raise money for their cause. In this episode, Husto...
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Ep 35: Daniel Van Schaik - Founder&CEO at Go-Spotter from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.754807
Today's special guest is Dan Van Schaik, Founder & CEO at Go-Spotter. Go-Spotter is a sponsor recognition tool nonprofits can use on their websites to attract more sponsorships. In this sess...
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Ep 37: Kristi Saucerman - AuctionFrogs from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.743930
Today's special guest is Kristi Saucerman, Founder and CEO of AuctionFrogs, an end-to-end, streamlined event planning platform. In this episode, Saucerman shares data-driven best practices to ra...
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Ep 41: Kathleen Janus - Social Startup Success from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.698836
Today's special guest is Kathleen Kelly Janus, an award-winning social entrepreneur, author and lecturer at Stanford University, and an expert on philanthropy, Millennial engagement, and scaling...
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Ep 45: Kelly Velasquez-Hague - The Art&Science of Benefit Auctions from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.684558
Today's special guest is Kelly Velasquez-Hague, Director of Content Marketing at OneCause (formerly BidPal). In this episode she draws upon her experience as a Development Director to share prac...
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Ep 55: Dean Crownover - The Art&Skill of a High Dollar Direct Appeal from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.657510
Today's special guest is Dean Crownover, a Benefit Auctioneer Specialist based in Atlanta. In this episode, Dean draws from more than 20 years of experience to share practical tips for more lucr...
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Ep 57: Tracey Lorts - Procurement, Promotion&Placement of Auction Items from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.652754
Today's special guest is Tracey Lorts, Senior Marketing Events Manager at fundraising event technology provider Greater Giving. Lorts draws upon 8 years of nonprofit fundraising experience to sh...
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Ep 61: Jill McCarville - Getting to Know High Net Worth Donors from 2022-04-22T04:09:26.644475
Today's special guest is Jill McCarville, VP of Marketing at iWave. In this session, McCarville shares the basic principles of fundraising intelligence plus the 3 keys to creating a holistic vi...
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Ep 62: Ben Farrell - Making the Most of the Live Auction&Fund-A-Need from 2019-01-15T13:30
Today's special guest is Ben Farrell, Founder of Custom Benefit Auctions based in North Carolina. In this session, Farrell draws upon decades of experience in the auction industry to share tips ...
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Ep 60: Bradley Martin - Optimizing Your Donor Lifecycle from 2018-12-19T13:20
Today's special guest is Bradley Martin, Senior Director of Customer Acquisition at donor management software provider Kindful. Bradley shares practical tips and best practices for nurturing don...
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Ep 59: Kurt Wilson - Asking for Feedback from 2018-12-12T13:07
Today's special guest is Kurt Wilson, President at Effect X. Effect X helps nonprofits move from concept to implementation with facilitation, planning, and grant writing. WIlson's background in...
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Ep 58: Lynn Page - National Director of Signature Events for JDRF from 2018-11-28T13:19
Today's special guest is Lynn Page, National Director of Signature Events at JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes research. In this special session, Page draws upon her...
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Ep 56: Guy Mersereau - A Corporate and Personal Philanthropist from 2018-10-25T12:13
Today's special guest is Guy Mersereau, Senior Vice President at Vallen Canada and Vallen Distribution Inc. (US). In this session, Mersereau shares how he runs a $1 million golf tournament annua...
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Ep 54: TiWanna "TK" Kenney - Astounding Auctions and Fundraising Strategies from 2018-09-24T12:10
Today's special guest is TiWanna Kenney, President & Principal Auctioneer at Astounding Auctions and Fundraising Strategies based in Austin, TX. A rising star in the industry, Kenney shares ...
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Ep 53: Nick Arquette - Building a 1,300 Person Event From Scratch from 2018-09-11T11:58
Today's special guest is Nick Arquette, Founder & CEO of Walk With Sally. Walk With Sally provides hope to children experiencing trauma through a parent, guardian or sibling’s cancer journey...
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Ep 52: Laurene Mitchell - 53 Years of Fundraising from 2018-06-11T12:34
Today's special guest is Laurene Mitchell, a veteran fund developer for Heritage Park in Calgary, Alberta. In this episode she shares diverse fundraising tips to generate more money by producing...
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Ep 51: Stephen Kilbreath - Fundraising Auction Timelines from 2018-05-28T12:32
Today's special guest is Stephen Kilbreath, professional Benefit Auctioneer Specialist based in Seattle, Washington. Kilbreath draws on 25 years' experience in charity fundraising to share pract...
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Ep 50: Brad Mastaler - 25-Year Legacy Events from 2018-05-14T12:29
Today's special guest is Brad Mastaler, Past President and active member of the Spruce Grove Rotary Club in Alberta, Canada. Mastaler shares insights from 25 years of involvement with the Rotary...
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Ep 49: Dianne Young - Nonprofit Strategy from 2018-04-30T12:30
Today's special guest is Dianne Young, strategist and visionary in the nonprofit space. In this session, Young shares tips and personal stories from decades of fundraising experience, including:...
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Ep 48: Leena Patidar - CoinUp Donates Your Spare Change from 2018-04-16T11:21
Today's special guest is Leena Patidar, Co-Founder and CEO of CoinUp. This app is designed to capture the "spare change" from users' credit card purchases and automatically donate it t...
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Ep 47: Kathy Kingston - Fundraising Auction Strategist&Author from 2018-03-26T11:00
Today's special guest is Kathy Kingston, fundraising auction strategist, professional benefit auctioneer, and author of A Higher Bid: How to Transform Special Event Fundraising with Strategi...
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Ep 46: Renee Jones - 30 Years of Benefit Auctions from 2018-03-12T11:55
Today's special guest is Renee Jones, benefit auctioneer of National Fundraising Solutions. In a standout session, Jones draws on nearly 3 decades' experience to share tips and best practices fo...
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Ep 44: Connor Sweeney - How to Offer a $1 Million Hole In One from 2018-02-26T12:30
Today's special guest is Connor Sweeney, President and CEO at Great Shot Golf. Working with 1,700 golf events a year, Sweeney shares tangible tips for nonprofits to get the most out of golf tour...
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Ep 43: Bobby D and Erin Ward - Are Auctions Becoming Extinct? from 2018-02-20T12:20
Today's special guests are Bobby D and Erin Ward, benefit auctioneers based in the New York tri-state area. In this episode, they share the inside scoop on the evolution of fundraising auctions,...
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Ep 42: Jack Landers - Is Your A$$ Covered (With Proper Insurance)? from 2018-02-12T14:21
Today's special guest is Jack Landers, Insurance and Risk Management Broker at Teague Insurance, a provider of nonprofit risk management and coverage. In a litigious society, Landers draws on hi...
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Ep 40: Keith Fox - The Importance of Sound from 2018-01-29T14:56
Today's special guest is Keith Fox, professional benefit auctioneer & DJ at Fox Fundraising. In today's episode, Fox shares best practices for improving the sound quality at a benefit auctio...
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Ep 39: Tom Summa - Consignment Travel Packages from 2018-01-22T11:53
Today's special guest is Tom Summa, Fundraising Specialist at no-risk travel provider Winspire. In today's episode, Summa shares a behind-the-scenes look at consignment travel, and best practice...
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Ep 38: Jill Boyer - Mobile Bidding with Greater Giving from 2018-01-15T13:49
New fundraising ideas emerge every day. Today's special guest is Jill Boyer, Director of Marketing at fundraising technology provider Greater Giving. In this episode, Boyer shares unique revenue...
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Ep 36: Jerry Potter - Facebook Event Marketing from 2017-11-13T11:54
This week we welcome Jerry Potter, CMO at Mastodon Media and Host of Five Minute Social Media on YouTube. He will share tips and tricks for marketing nonprofit events to increase attendance and ...
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Ep 34: Matt Burnell - Founder&CEO of ClickBid Mobile Bidding from 2017-10-30T10:57
Matt Burnell, Founder & CEO of ClickBid Mobile Bidding, has provided charities with electronic bidding solutions since 2002. We discuss:
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Ep 33: Steve Patzkowski - Co-Founder of Brighter Tomorrow from 2017-10-23T10:52
Today's special guest is Steve Patzkowski, Co-founder and Director of Business Development at charity race management company Brighter Tomorrow. In this session, Patzkowski shares practical tips...
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Ep 32: Stephen Garten - Founder and CEO of Charity Charge from 2017-10-16T10:59
Today's special guest is Stephen Garten, Founder and CEO of Charity Charge. Created in collaboration with MasterCard and GuideStar, this credit card automatically sends 1 percent of all purchase...
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Ep 29: Dana Levin - Hosting a 4-Star Charity Event from 2017-09-25T11:37
Today's special guest is Dana Levin, Director of Signature Advancement Events at Jewish Family Service in San Diego, a 4-star charity (highest ranking) on Charity Navigator. Levin shares her str...
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Ep 28: Justin Dennis - Success With Consignment Memorabilia from 2017-09-18T09:46
Today's special guest is Justin Dennis, Owner and President of DSC Consulting, a company that provides no-risk sports memorabilia to about 600 nonprofit events each year. In today's session, Den...
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Ep 27: Claire Kerr - Promoting Events with Social Media from 2017-09-11T08:28
Today's special guest is Claire Kerr, Director of Digital Philanthropy at FrontStream, an online fundraising platform. In this session Kerr shares tips for nonprofits of all experience levels t...
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Ep 25: Cameron Ripley - Google Grants for Nonprofits from 2017-08-28T11:34
Today's special guest is Cameron Ripley, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at Community Boost Consulting, a Google Grant management agency that exists to empower and accelerate social ventu...
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Ep 24: AJ Steinberg - Event Fundraising Like a Queen Bee from 2017-08-21T12:39
Today's special guest is A.J. Steinberg, founder of Queen Bee Fundraising and principal of Masquerade Events. With 20 years' experience in fundraising event planning, Steinberg shares her tips f...
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Ep 22: Brian Grady - A Donor Company Perspective from Picaboo from 2017-07-25T00:35
Today's special guest is Brian Grady from online photo publishing service Picaboo, a for-profit company that sifts through countless donation requests each year. In this episode, Grady shares ti...
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Ep 21: Gretchen Kelly - Your Organization's Online Presence from 2017-07-10T09:44
Today's guest is Gretchen Kelly, Founder of VLink, who talks about helping PTA's, PTO's, and parent organizations with website creation and communications. Gretchen used her software developmen...
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Ep 20: Michelle Boyer - Charity Compliance from 2017-06-19T08:05
Today's special guest is Michelle Boyer, President at Charity Compliance Solutions. In this episode, learn how your nonprofit can avoid legal troubles by getting registered in every state in whi...
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Ep 18: Janeal Ford, Fordable Freelance - Grants from 2017-05-22T08:01
Today's special guest is Janeal Ford, President at Fordable Freelance and professional fundraising consultant. In this episode, learn how better grant writing and fundraising education can help ...
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Ep 15: Jeff Chang - Cause4Auction from 2017-04-24T08:22
Jeff Chang and business partner Howie Merrill are dads who wanted a better bidding and checkout experience at their children's school fundraisers. After waiting and hour and a half to leave one ...
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Ep 14: Heath Hale - Wrangle More Bids For Live Auction Items from 2017-04-17T08:28
Today's special guest is Heath Hale, one of the best Benefit Auctioneer Specialists in the country. Together with his team of Cowboys, Hale raised over $9.3 Million and exceeded 100% of his nonp...
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Ep 13: Laurie Hochman - Auctria from 2017-04-10T08:52
Today's special guest is Laurie Hochman, Marketing Coordinator at fundraising auction software provider Auctria. As a former PTA President and Executive Board Member, Hochman shares multidimensi...
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Ep 11: Cheryl Parker - Benefit Auctioneer from 2017-03-27T08:34
Today's special guest is Cheryl Parker, certified benefit auctioneer specialist based in San Diego, Calif. Parker shares her unique tips and tricks for generating extra revenue at your event, pl...
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Ep 10: Nelson Jay - Are Charity Auctions Dying? from 2017-03-20T08:00
Are charity auctions dying? Today's special guest is Nelson Jay, the "bow tie" benefit auctioneer from Seattle, Wash. Nelson shares potential pitfalls, tips and techniques to employ in...
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Ep 9: Carlos Leija - Donor Development from 2017-03-13T08:00
Today's special guest is Carlos Leija, Chief Development Officer at Orangewood Foundation in Santa Ana, Calif. He offers invaluable tips to use events to build relationships wi...
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Ep 7: Scott Robertson - Auction Timeline Tips from 2017-02-27T09:00
Today's special guest is Scott Robertson, professional fundraising auctioneer. With over 20 years of experience, Scott offers proven techniques and invaluable insight on how to reach and exceed ...
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Ep 6: Noah McMahon - Thinking BIG from 2017-02-20T09:00
Today's special guest is Noah McMahon, philanthropist, founder and CEO of Anonymous LLC in Laguna Hills, Calif. Noah offers invaluable tips to set ambitious goals, establish the right mindset an...
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Ep 5: Lynda M. West - Perseverance from 2017-02-13T09:00
Today's special guest is Lynda West, a coach and mentor to nonprofits based in San Diego, Calif. She leads a mastermind program to help nonprofits brainstorm together and gain confidence to ask ...
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Ep 3: Mary Tovella Dowling - Legal Considerations from 2017-01-25T09:43
Today's special guest is Mary Tovella Dowling, attorney at For Purpose Law Group in San Diego, Calif. In a litigious world, Mary offers invaluable, money-saving insight on the potential legal pi...
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Ep 2: Holly Kennedy - Golf Tournaments from 2017-01-24T10:08
Today's special guest is Holly Kennedy, PGA Pro and co-founder of Kennedy Golf Tournament and Event Planning in San Diego, Calif. As charity golf tournaments continue trending upward, learn grou...
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Ep 1: Jim Nye - The Auction Guy from 2017-01-23T09:49
Professional benefit auctioneer specialist Jim Nye works with 50+ events each year. Today he shares expert recommendations for auction timelines, selling consignment packages, the top 10 critica...
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