501(c)3(b)(s): Deprogramming for Organizational Growth

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.

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.

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.

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

https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/awhk76

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.

 

Episodes 64 & 65 Rebroadcast- In preparation for upcoming podcasts from our 2019 G3X Conference, we thought we would rebroadcast this amazing panel from 2018’s G3X!

 

(Part 2 of 2) In the vein of Reddit's "Ask Me Anything," a panel of esteemed experts at the 2018 G3X Conference took questions from the audience and dropped some pearls for the audience and you! Experts for the two days of panels include:

• 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

Episodes 64 & 65 Rebroadcast- In preparation for upcoming podcasts from our 2019 G3X Conference, we thought we would rebroadcast this amazing panel from 2018’s G3X!

 

(Part 1 of 2) In the vein of Reddit's "Ask Me Anything," a panel of esteemed experts at the 2018 G3X Conference took questions from the audience and dropped some pearls for the audience and you! Experts for the two days of panels include:

• 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

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.

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.

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!