Budgets: love them, loathe them, fear them--they are an unavoidable part of fundraising.  And they don't have to be dreaded.  If done well, the annual budget process can help your organization align on priorities, set clear goals, and plan ahead for future years.

Fundraising veterans Erica O'Brien and Courtney Lewis have helped clients budget better for decades.  Now, at Fuse Fundraising (formerly MindSet Direct), they continue to support everything from integrated direct response programs, to the optimization of high-value and monthly-giving programs. 

Welcome back to Season 2 of the Good Fundraising Podcast.  Today I am speaking with Kirsten Bunch--coach, speaker, bestselling author, and former fundraiser--about mental fitness and why it's so important.

Kirsten is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach™ with hundreds of hours of coaching experience.  She incorporates neuroscience-based practices and adult developmental theory into her programs, and importantly for this audience she understands the challenges of this sector.  Before she was a coach, Kirsten worked for decades in global development.

If you are interested in working on your own mental fitness, Kirsten is offering a discount to Good Fundraising Podcast listeners for her next workshop coming up in April.  Go to   https://www.kirstenbunch.com/fundraisers to learn more and enroll. 

I have some great guests lined up for this season, and as always if you have an idea for a topic or interview, please email me at hello@goodfundraising.net.

Welcome to Season 2 of the Good Fundraising Podcast!  Like a good fundraiser I have been off working on next year's budget, but I'm back with a great line up of smart and inspiring speakers who will share ways we can make nonprofits better.

Kicking off this new season with me is Dorene Ocamb, Chief Development Officer at Armed Services YMCA National Headquarters.   Dorene and I talk about a sometimes overlooked area of diversity on our teams--neurodiversity--and why it's important to take it into account in our hiring, management, and culture-building processes.

I have some great guests lined up for this season, and as always if you have an idea for a topic or interview, please email me at hello@goodfundraising.net.