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Episode 29: Fundraising for Small Nonprofits with Joanne Toller
Fundraising for small nonprofits comes down to three words: acquire, renew, upgrade.
James Martin sits down with Joanne Toller, nonprofit coach and CFRE (Ret.), who helps small nonprofits stop throwing spaghetti at the wall and start running a real fundraising pipeline. They cover her 90-day process, why you should build retention systems before you launch, using AI without letting it do your thinking, and the art of asking for the bigger gift (including a $30K donor asked for $120K).
👉 Learn more about Joanne at causespecialists.ca (https://www.causespecialists.ca/) and on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanne-toller/)
Chapters
0:00 Meet Joanne Toller
2:00 Acquire, Renew, Upgrade
3:00 What "Small Nonprofit" Really Means
4:05 The First 90 Days
6:00 From Throwing Keys to Fundraising
10:00 Build Retention Before You Launch
12:30 Courses and Coaching
14:45 Hard Work, Guesswork, or Framework
18:05 Using AI as a Tool, Not a Shortcut
22:20 The Upgrade: Asking for the Bigger Gift
24:45 Getting Comfortable With the Ask
29:20 Parting Thoughts
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9 Apr 2026
Episode 28: How to Ask for Donations Without Begging with Lucas Barra
Asking for a gift isn't begging. It's service.
James Martin sits down with his own sales coach, Lucas Barra of All In Coaching, for a candid talk on persistence, authenticity, and the mindset that turns "I have to make this ask" into "I get to." They cover handling the "we already gave this year" objection, naming the awkwardness on a cold call, a corporate sponsor close that nearly doubled a $50K gift, and the 12 Week Year system James still runs on. If you do any development work, this one's for you.
👉 Connect with Lucas on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucasbarra/)
Chapters
0:00 How James Became Lucas's Client (Keep Calling)
2:40 Meet Lucas Barra and All In Coaching
4:00 The Healthy Side of a "No"
8:30 Everyone Is in Sales
9:20 Double Down and Become Known for One Thing
12:20 Authenticity Wins: Name the Cold Call
15:30 Make It About Them: The Bridge
18:20 The Corporate Sponsor Close
20:10 Service, Not Sacrifice
22:00 What's the Reason for the Season?
24:30 The 12 Week Year Explained
30:30 Win the Day: The Gym Parking Lot
32:30 Where to Find Lucas
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5 Mar 2026
Episode 27: Why Donor Retention Beats Acquisition with Mike Slaughter of Dataro
Most nonprofits don't have a donor problem. They have a leaky bucket.
James Martin talks with Mike Slaughter of Dataro about the least glamorous and most profitable idea in fundraising: keeping the donors you already have. They get into donor churn, predictive AI, and the Greenpeace story where a simple thank-you call saved more than 500 recurring donors. Plus why, in a world of automation, picking up the phone still wins.
👉 Connect with Mike on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-slaughter-a485b96/)
Chapters
0:00 Old Friends, Fellow San Diegans
1:30 What Dataro Does
2:40 The Greenpeace Story: A Thank-You Call That Saved 500 Donors
4:30 Retention Beats Acquisition
6:40 Your Donors Are Telling You What They'll Do
8:30 AI Is a Tool, Not a Takeover
11:50 More Isn't Better: The Direct Mail Problem
16:20 Bringing Humanity Back Through Technology
19:40 Put Yourself Out of Business
21:50 Mike's Journey: Classy, GoFundMe, Dataro
27:00 Pick Up the Phone
31:40 Series A and What's Next
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