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In “nonprofit” 501c3 organizations the 80/20 rule applies. 80% of all funding goes to 20% of the sector. This happens because much of conventional wisdom in our industry is false. In this podcast, you will find the truths, And those truths will set you free to success. Zoot Velasco is an employee of OCEAA and California State University Fullerton. The views expressed on this podcast are his alone and do not represent the views of OCEAA or California State University Fullerton.
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Friday Aug 28, 2020
Friday Aug 28, 2020
Episode 70: Creating Change through Leadership with Robert Santana
Robert Santana converted a small Boys & Girls Club in Santa Ana, CA to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Central Orange Coast, a national leader with 66 sites in 5 cities and partnerships that are redefining the youth club movement. He was a speaker at the 2019 G3X Conference.
Friday Aug 21, 2020
Friday Aug 21, 2020
Episode 69: Leadership as defined by the woman who literally wrote the book on our sector. Frances Phillips is a funder with the Haas Foundation in San Francisco and co-author of the Nonprofit Kit for Dummies, the bestselling book of all time in the social sector. She was a speaker at the 2019 G3X Conference.
Saturday Aug 15, 2020
Saturday Aug 15, 2020
Episode 68: Dr. Robert Pletka is the Superintendent of the Fullerton Unified School District. Through his leadership, the district has become an Apple Computer Test Site and created a culture of innovation that has brought together unconventional partners to create award-winning STEAM and writing programs. He was a speaker at the 2019 G3X Conference on Innovative Leadership.
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
How will changes in technology change the way we fund our organizations? The end of endowments and galas? Crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, and funding apps? Changes are coming!
More info on our tech future:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/in-the-age-of-ai/
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/update-crispr
https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewgauthier/online-privacy-facebook-prank-video
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/eye-sky
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Episode 66: This week starts a series of new podcasts based on keynote speakers from our last G3X conference.
Amir Dabirian, VP of California State University Fullerton Division of Information Technology, spoke at the 2019 G3X Conference on the future of technology. Amir has over 20 years of experience at California State University Fullerton, where he served as Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Security Officer. Amir peers into the future and tells us about the technology coming around the corner that will change our lives.
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
- Sally Lawrence of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Orange County and a professional fund development Officer
- Victoria Torres of OneOC (now at Samueli Foundation)
- Jan Masaoka, CEO of California Association of Nonprofits and our 2018 keynote speaker (and program next month)
- Frances Phillips, co-author of the Nonprofit Kit for Dummies (who returns as a keynote speaker for G3X in 2019)
- Zoot Velasco, Gianneschi Center Director
Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
- Sally Lawrence of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Orange County and a professional fund development Officer
- Victoria Torres of OneOC (now at Samueli Foundation)
- Jan Masaoka, CEO of California Association of Nonprofits and our 2018 keynote speaker (and program next month)
- Frances Phillips, co-author of the Nonprofit Kit for Dummies (who returns as a keynote speaker for G3X in 2019)
- Zoot Velasco, Gianneschi Center Director
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Episode 63: The Real Deal on Grant Writing (Part 2)
Continued from last week... There is a lot of information, and frankly mythology, out there about grantwriting. This week we start a two-part special on grantwriting with everything you need to know about how to do it effectively, and what people are saying about your grant after it gets submitted. We work with Victoria Torres Director of Community Impact at the Samueli Foundation who has produced grants, reviewed grants, written grants, and taught grantwriting in her former role at OneOC and currently as a professor at Cal State Fullerton (she knows the issues from all sides); Kim Sanchez, a Grant Professional Certified (GPC) of LetsGetGrants.com and yours truly, Zoot Velasco, a former CFRE who has written millions in successful grants, served on 30 grant panels, produced grants, and teaches the art of grantwriting.
Saturday Jul 04, 2020
Saturday Jul 04, 2020
Episode 62: The Real Deal on Grant Writing (Part 1)
There is a lot of information, and frankly mythology, out there about grantwriting. This week we start a two-part special on grantwriting with everything you need to know about how to do it effectively, and what people are saying about your grant after it gets submitted. We work with Victoria Torres Director of Community Impact at the Samueli Foundation who has produced grants, reviewed grants, written grants, and taught grantwriting in her former role at OneOC and currently as a professor at Cal State Fullerton (she knows the issues from all sides); Kim Sanchez, a Grant Professional Certified (GPC) of LetsGetGrants.com and yours truly, Zoot Velasco, a former CFRE who has written millions in successful grants, served on 30 grant panels, produced grants, and teaches the art of grantwriting.
Monday Jun 29, 2020
Monday Jun 29, 2020
So, You Want To Start A Nonprofit?
This week on 501(c)3(b)(s) Podcast, we dispel the myth that if one has a good idea, one should start a nonprofit organization. We talk about the best way to start a public benefit organization and how not to do it. A key is fiscal sponsorship. We discuss fiscal sponsorship with Community Partners Senior Program Director Cynthia Freeman. Community Partners is the largest fiscal sponsor in Los Angeles. But if you want a fiscal sponsor in our Orange County, CA (where we produce this podcast) you can talk with OneOC or Charitable Ventures. These organizations are the top OC partners for fiscal sponsorship. There are fiscal sponsors in your neck of the woods, too!