It Doesn't Hurt to Ask!
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It Doesn't Hurt to Ask!
Whether you're a professional fundraiser, volunteer on the board of a non-profit organization or you're about to make your first charitable donation, we've got a podcast for you! It Doesn't Hurt to Ask! explores the world of philanthropy through a critical lens. While that might sound serious, we h...
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Stewardship: How to Maximize Donor Reporting with Brooke Erickson
Your annual report shouldn't just check a box – it's a powerful donor stewardship opportunity to celebrate impact, engage supporters, and make them fe...
It Doesn't Hurt to Ask - The Reboot Teaser
It Doesn't Hurt to Ask is the podcast for nonprofit leaders and fundraisers who want to raise more money with less chaos and build systems that last.<...
No Growth Without a Game Plan: Growing Your Fundraising Strategy
So, you've got a vision to grow your fundraising program, but you're not sure how to get there.
Whether you're volunteer-led, an executive dir...
The Mysteries of Major Gifts Revealed with Deb Thompson
That first major donor meeting can feel intimidating – but with the right preparation and strategy in place, it's an opportunity to build a meaningful...
Episode 23 - Empowering Marginalized Voices
Tune in as Cathy interviews Joel Zola, Executive Director of Street Voices. Based in Toronto, Street Voices is a youth-led online platform that aims t...
Episode 22 - The Work Doesn't End with Signing a Cheque
Tune in as Cathy interviews Paul Taylor, Executive Director of FoodShare Toronto. Paul is a lifelong anti-poverty activist who has used his experience...
Episode 21 - Voluntary Ranting for the Common Good (Replay)
This is a replay of one of our favourite episodes from last season. In this episode, Simone Joyaux, ACFRE (proclaimed by Cathy as the Grand Dame of S...
Episode 20 - Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable (Replay)
This is a replay of one of our favourite conversations from last season. On today's episode, Cathy sits down with Ajeev Bhatia, Manager of Policy and...
Episode 19 - Research 'n Rage (Replay)
This episode is a replay of one of our favourite conversations from last season of It Doesn't Hurt to Ask. Dr. Elizabeth Dale is a fundraiser turned a...
Episode 18 - Melding Fundraising with Social Change
On today's episode, Cathy sits down with Paulina O'Kieffe-Anthony, the executive director of SKETCH based in Toronto. Paulina discusses her new role a...
Episode 17 - Simplifying Comms Through Functional Fun
In this episode of 'It Doesn't Hurt to Ask,' the Fundraising Lab's Anne LeMesurier talks with David Phu from Nonprofit Video Comms. We learn about how...
Episode 16 - Lessons In Resiliency
On today's episode, Cathy sits down with Sharon Redsky, the Principal at Redsky Fundraising. Sharon discusses how community has the ability to be tran...
Episode 19 - Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
On today's episode, Cathy sits down with Ajeev Bhatia, Manager of Policy and Community Connections at the Centre for Connected Communities. Ajeev dis...
Episode 14 - On Being Good-ish
Ken is the President and CEO, William Osler Health System Foundation and has just been named the 2019 Outstanding Fundraising Professional by the Ass...
Episode 13 - What if they spend it badly?
Join Cathy and Laura Manning, Executive Director of the Lyle S. Hallman Foundation as they discuss the foundation's shift from program-based funding t...
Episode 12 - The Secretive, Mystical World of Sponsorship
It Doesn't Hurt to Ask! podcast is back after a little hiatus. In this episode, Cathy sits down with Chris Baylis of The Sponsorship Collective to dis...
It Doesn't Hurt to Ask Cathy!
I remember my early years of fundraising. The questions, the insecurity, the doubt. I'm so glad to be past that stage of self-questioning. I see so ma...
Episode 11 - Voluntary Ranting for the Common Good
In this episode, Simone Joyaux, ACFRE (proclaimed by Cathy as the Grand Dame of Social Change Philanthropy) reviews the do's, don'ts and dilemmas of...
Episode 10 - Somebody has to be first
Cathy interviews Jennifer Bernard, CEO of Women's College Hospital Foundation in Toronto. Jennifer is passionate about equity, social justice and inno...
Episode 9 - Research 'n Rage
Dr. Elizabeth Dale is a fundraiser turned academic who studies the giving habits of women and LGBTQ donors as an Assistant Professor at Seattle Univer...
Episode 8 - The Reluctant Fundraiser
In this episode, Cathy sits down with Anne Gloger, who has been shift disturbing for 20 years as the founding director of East Scarborough Storefront...
Episode 7 - Donors on the Dance Floor
Are we donors, or are we dancers? In this episode of It Doesn't Hurt to Ask! Cathy sits down with Elissa Beckett of Tides Canada, Canada's least known...
Episode 6 - Investing in the Invisible: Philanthropy by Design
"Why do you give?" It's such a personal question. But what can the answer tell us about how to design philanthropy? How can design-thinking be applied...
Episode 5 - Faster, Higher, Stronger... In Digital-First Place
Want to know how to become faster, higher, stronger & get your organization to digital-first place?
In this episode we chat with Jason...
Episode 4 - Systems Intervention at the Consciousness Level
Change is coming for the philanthropic sector. And it doesn't care what you think about it. In this episode of It Doesn't Hurt to Ask! we chat with Ma...
Episode 3 - Toilet Paper Scarcity and Other Money Vulnerabilities
In this episode of It Doesn't Hurt to Ask! Cathy has an open and honest conversation with Lisa Watson of Openly about how our money values and persona...
Episode 2 - Heteropatriarchy on Fire
It's hard to introduce Dr. Krishan Mehta because he does so many things! His day job is AVP Engagement, University Advancement at Ryerson University....
Episode 1 - Radical Generosity
In our inaugural episode of It Doesn't Hurt to Ask! Cathy interviews Sharon Avery, CEO Toronto Foundation and finds out just how much shift Sharon is...
Season 1 Trailer - Welcome to It Doesn't Hurt to Ask!
Introducing Cathy Mann, your host of It Doesn't Hurt to Ask! Welcome to Season One.
After spending over 25 years as a professional fun...