284. The Future of Philanthropy is Here: How to Adapt + Create a Thriving Culture of Innovation - Paul D’Alessandro

Overview

Meet Paul. After spending decades as a fundraiser, attorney, entrepreneur, and passionate trailblazer, Paul understood that today's nonprofit environment required innovation and new thinking. So, High Impact Nonprofit Advisors was born and continues to push the bounds on building cultures of innovation that not only deliver but anticipate the 21st-century donor's needs😎

💡Learn:

• Key Innovations to Lean Into: A.I., Blockchain, Social Impact Investing - oh my!
• Creating Cultures of Innovation
• Paul's: The Dirty Little Secret of Nonprofit Compensation
• New book, The Future of Fundraising, diving into how donors are dictating the terms of fundraising today

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

• Paul’s story and journey to where he is today (3:30)
• The mindset that's happening with today's donors (5:00)
• Paul’s book: The Future of Fundraising: How Philanthropy’s Future is Here with Donors Dictating the Terms (8:00)
• Why nonprofits must innovate today (12:00)
• The power of consolidations and mergers to deepen impact (15:00)
• Leveraging artificial intelligence and other trending technologies to further our missions (16:00)
• Compensation and pay within the nonprofit sector (25:00)
• How nonprofits can tactically start to try some of these innovative strategies mentioned in the episode (31:00)
• Today’s donors have a different mindset than ever before (35:00)
• A powerful moment of philanthropy in Paul’s life (40:00)
• Paul’s One Good Thing: Stick with it. (42:00)

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