The PM Podcast

Sam Laprade: Philanthropy Masterminds

With close to three decades in the non-profit, political, and media sectors, Sam Laprade is a singular voice in the world of social good from her work, as a strategist at Griffin Fundraising, to her role as host of “An Hour To Give” in Ottawa and from the fundraising stagers around the world, to the stand-up stage. She's provided a unique insight into the art and science of 21st-century fundraising. Take a listen as you’ll learn about her new love for comedy and how her new puppy relates to the hit show “The Office”.

Jim Anderson: Philanthropy Masterminds

Jim Anderson is Partner at GoalBusters and has over three decades of experience and donor psychology, brand strategy, social media marketing, multimedia production, and board and organizational training. Jim currently serves for the third time as the President of AFP Northern Arizona and he has also been a key voice on the AFP International Communications and Marketing Committee, The Committee on Directorship, and serves as an instructor at Northern Arizona University. He's known as one of the funniest people in fundraising and you can find him online, social media, and through his popular Jim-isms column.

Alice Ferris: Philanthropy Masterminds

Alice Ferris, Founding Partner of GoalBusters started her fundraising career and her long affiliation with Public Broadcasting, as a volunteer at Wisconsin Public Television, in Madison, Wisconsin, blowing bubbles onto the set during pledge breaks for the Lawrence Welk Show. She serves on the ACFRE Credentialing Board, as well as the CFRE International Board and the Wisconsin School of Business Bolz Center for Arts Administration Advisory Board. You may recognize Alice and her voice for her on-air presence on many public television and radio pledge drives, including top revenue generating fundraisers such as those for Downton Abbey, Ken Burns', America Storyteller, The Civil War, and others.

Kris Putnam-Walkerly: Philanthropy Masterminds

For over 20 years, top global philanthropies, ultra-high net worth donors, celebrity activists, foundations, wealth advisors, and Fortune 500 companies have sought Kris Putnam-Walkerly’s philanthropic advisory services to dramatically increase the clarity, speed, impact and joy of their giving.
Kris is a Global Philanthropy Advisor, and President of Putnam Consulting Group. She is the author of the award winning book, Confident Giving: Sage Advice for Funders, and The New Book, Delusional Altruism. She's also a Forbes.com contributor on the topic of Philanthropic Giving.

Derrick Feldmann: Philanthropy Masterminds

Derrick Feldmann is Managing Director of INFLUENCE|SG a movement design studio working with leading brands and causes to research, ideate and test new movement approaches and the Managing Director of Ad Council Edge, the Ad Council’s strategic consulting division that advises during the formative stages of public engagement programs.  
He's a well-known researcher and advisor for causes and companies, social movements, issue engagement, as well as the author of three books, Social Movements for Good: How Companies and Causes Create Viral Change. Cause for Change, the Wind howled, non-profit, Millennial Engagement, and most recently, The Corporate Social Mind, published by Fast Company Press in June, 2020.

Randy Cohen: Philanthropy Masterminds

Randy Cohen is Vice President of Research at Americans for the Arts—the national advocacy organization for the arts—where he has been empowering arts advocates since 1991. Randy stands out as a noted expert in the field of arts funding, research, and using the arts to address community development issues. He publishes Americans Speak Out About the Arts, the nation’s largest public opinion study about the arts, and produces the two premier economic studies of the arts—Arts & Economic Prosperity, the national economic impact study of nonprofit arts organizations and their audiences; and Creative Industries, a mapping study of the nation’s 675,000 arts businesses and their employees. Randy has given speeches in all 50 states and, regularly appears in the news media, including, within the pages of the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and on C-SPAN, CNN, CNBC, and NPR. 

Brian Becker: Philanthropy Masterminds

Brian Becker is Founder of Leaders Edge, a boutique consulting firm focusing primarily on helping non-profits develop strategic plans, high performing teams, becoming more sustainable and increasing impact. He also provides leadership coaching to executives and aspiring leaders, Brian is the co-author with his son of Tender Lyon's, building the Vital Relationship between father and son.

Josh Birkholz: Philanthropy Masterminds

As we are in the midst of UNBOUND we sit down with Josh Birkholz, chief executive officer of BWF. Josh is a leader in big philanthropy and innovator for the business of fundraising. In his 15 years of consulting the leading nonprofits, universities, and healthcare centers around the globe, Josh has redefined how we look at modern program design, fundraising in a smart economy, and branding in the high net-worth marketplace.

Vu Le: Philanthropy Masterminds

Until recently, Vu Le served as the executive director of RVC a non-profit in Seattle that promotes social justice by developing leaders of color, strengthening organizations led by communities of color, and fostering collaborations between diverse communities a singular voice on issues such as non-profit funding, the sustainability myth, equity, and diversity in the non-profit sector. Vu Le has been rocking everyone's boat at conferences around the world and through the pages of his powerfully irreverent, no nonsense blog, non-profit AF. www.nonprofitaf.com

Sherry Quam Taylor: Philanthropy Masterminds

Sherry Quam Taylor teaches nonprofit leaders how to pivot from small-dollar donations to securing larger, investment-level donations so they can finally fund their missions. The leaders she works with are experts in their field, but when it comes to individual donor fundraising, they’ve simply never been trained on how to do it, so it feels uncomfortable and frustrating. She helps them learn the exact steps to launch a mid- and major level gift program that feels comfortable, involves less dread, and fully funds their mission for the long-haul.