Fundraising Freedom Podcast with Mary Valloni

Fundraising Freedom Podcast with Mary Valloni


Latest Episodes

Episode 171 | Planning Virtual Events with Wendi Freeman
September 08, 2020

Today we’re talking about virtual events, live events, all that good stuff with my guest, Wendi Freeman. Wendi is the founder and CEO of Be Bright Events. She has worked in the for-profit space, and she’s done a lot of work in the nonprofit space as we...

Episode 170 | The 3 Things You Need to Effectively Grow and Multiply Your Cause
September 01, 2020

Today we’re talking about the three things you need to effectively grow and multiply your cause.  The reason why I wanted to talk on this topic is that multiplication is really what we’re all about, right? When we join or when we start up an organizati...

Episode 169 | How to Communicate With Philanthropists with Kris Putnam-Walkerly
August 25, 2020

We’ve been talking a lot lately about a variety of different ways that you can raise funds and today, I wanted to bring a special guest on to talk specifically about working with philanthropists. Kris Putnam-Walkerly is a Global Philanthropy Advisor an...

Episode 168 | Major Gift Fundraising with Ben Starling III
August 18, 2020

My guest today is Ben Starling III.  Ben is a former director of philanthropy, has worked on huge projects like the Museum of the Bible and Scripps Research Institute. He’s from Palm Beach, Florida, and he runs a business called Southern Philanthropy.

Episode 167 | The Industries That Are Booming During COVID-19 and What That Means for Your Cause
August 11, 2020

In the past few months, we have been talking about how to navigate this new “normal” as we walk through the season of a pandemic. Over the course of these last several months, you’ve had to make a shift. You’ve had to start looking at different ways of...

Episode 166 | Making the Move from Live to Virtual Events With Philippa Fabbri
August 04, 2020

Today I’m joined by Philippa Fabbri, director of communications, fundraising, and school design at the Elsen Academy in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape South Africa.  What do you enjoy about fundraising? I wouldn’t say I’m passionate about fundraising but...

Episode 165 | What You Need to Do to Shift Your Fundraising Online
July 28, 2020

Today I’m talking about moving to online fundraising. How do we still build relationships and still communicate and engage donors in the online space? First of all, I just want to share a few statistics with you.

Episode 164 | The Single Most Important Thing I Learned in My Thirties
July 14, 2020

This episode airs the week of my 40th birthday and I’m pretty excited about it!  I’m looking forward to the next decade and letting my thirties live in the past like they are supposed to.  Today I want to take you on a walk down memory lane and share a...

Episode 163 | 8 Words That May Explain Why You’re Stuck
July 07, 2020

Today we are talking about the eight words that might explain why you’re stuck.  As we’ve been talking about over the last several episodes, we’ve been dealing with a pandemic and trying to navigate not being in our offices and adjusting to working fro...

Episode 162 | Fundraising with Evan Cox
June 23, 2020

Today, I am joined by special guest Evan Cox.  Evan works for Joyce Meyer Ministries and has a background in nonprofit work with the St. Louis Dream Center, Hand of Hope, and many others.  He’s also an incredible copywriter.