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

50-CoVID-19 Survival Kit for Organizations

Episode 50: This podcast is the audio version of a Zoom workshop held on April 9, 2020 with information on SBA emergency loans for organizations, Orange County’s Funder’s response to the crisis including information on grants, and stories of organizational success through crisis.

Presenters include:

• Victoria Torres, Director of Community Impact, Anaheim for the Samueli Foundation
• Taryn Palumbo, Executive Director of Orange County Grantmakers
• Craig Russom, Business Consultant for the Finance Center for the Orange County/ Inland Empire SBDC Network, Hosted at California State University, Fullerton, Mihaylo College of Business and Economics

Links to Resources:

1. EIDL Loans Resources from SBDC:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5j3ivhlqnbltuzu/AACGkOvhY3EGKDtMMSK8NCfra/Resource%20Materials?dl=0&subfolder_nav_tracking=1

2. SBA Disaster Loan Assistance:

https://covid19relief.sba.gov/#/

3. Link for the OC Community Resilience Fund:

http://charitableventures.org/resiliencefund/

4. Send your OC “feel good” stories of getting through the crisis for OC Grantmakers Newsletter to:

info@ocgrantmakers.org  

5. Victoria’s OC Facebook Group to stay connected during the crisis and beyond:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ocnonprofits

49- Law BS

A rebroadcast of our interview with May Harris of For Purpose Law, who dispels many of the legal myths of our Social Sector. Are raffles legal? Can governments appoint board members? Should 501(c)(3)s incorporate in Delaware? These are just a few.

48-Nonprofit Pay BS

This rebroadcast examines a Bureau of Labor Statistics study done in 2012 and 2016, showing that public benefit corporations have pay equity with for-profit corporations dispelling that old myth that we make less. We talk to the BLS researcher who did the study.

47- One Big Fundraiser-BS

A rebroadcast of one of our favorite episodes on the mythology around fundraising events. Do you really make money on these events when everything is calculated? Would your staff make the organization more money in other ways if they didn't have the event? Listen and decide for yourselves. Help us by following us, sharing us in social media, and rating us with a 5-star review.

46- "We Work In Nonprofits" Rebroadcast

This is a rebroadcast of our first episode dealing with the BS around the word "Nonprofit" with guest Heidi Gottlieb.

45- Season 4 Opener

A brief look into our fourth season.

44-Real Innovation

What is innovation that transforms organizations? Peter Drucker defined innovation as "change that creates a new dimension of performance." But how does one do that? It is not what most people think it is. It is not some creative new thought and some wild idea that just happens to work. It is not thinking outside the box. It is eliminating the box, using the scientific method on a small scale to find what works, and then scaling it up. Zoot and the Gianneschi Center are in the middle of a research project on real innovation in small organizations. The G3X Conference this year is centered on the idea of innovation. Zoot discusses true innovation from his research and his own experience growing an organization 400% during the recession.

43-The Care & Feeding of Interns

There is much BS around the use of interns: "They are a waste of time," "They are there to get coffee," "They are hard to get," "They are hard to keep." In my position as CEO of a cultural center, we hosted about 60 interns each year which did a great deal of work on our behalf. Of our 17 staff positions, 15 were filled by volunteer interns.

Today we are talking with Robert Pierce and Andrew Gonzalez of the Center for Internships & Community Engagement at California State University Fullerton. Together we are going to clear up the myths around internships.

42-G3X 2018 Panels (Part 2)

(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:

1. Zoot Velasco, Gianneschi Center Director
2. Sally Lawrence of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Orange County and a professional fund development Officer
3. Victoria Torres of OneOC, a local training, and volunteer recruitment organization
4. Jan Masaoka, CEO of California Association of Nonprofits and our 2018 keynote speaker
5. Frances Phillips, co-author of theNonpfoit Kit for Dummies (who will return as a keynote speaker for G3X in 2019).

41-G3X 2018 Panels (Part 1)

(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:

1. Zoot Velasco, Gianneschi Center Director
2. Sally Lawrence of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Orange County and a professional fund development Officer
3. Victoria Torres of OneOC, a local training, and volunteer recruitment organization
4. Jan Masaoka, CEO of California Association of Nonprofits and our 2018 keynote speaker
5. Frances Phillips, co-author of theNonpfoit Kit for Dummies (who will return as a keynote speaker for G3X in 2019).