Host Mickey Desai speaks with Beverly Means, founder of Transitions Pet Care, and Jennifer McCormick, a dedicated volunteer with the organization.

About Transitions Pet Care:

• A 100% volunteer-run nonprofit organization that helps pet owners facing health challenges keep their beloved animals
• Services include free dog walking, litter box maintenance, veterinary care cost coverage, and temporary foster care for pets while owners are hospitalized
• Founded in 2020 by Beverly Means after she contemplated who would care for her own pets during a health crisis

Key Insights:

• The organization focuses on addressing a critical need: preventing pet surrenders due to temporary human health challenges
• Beverly balances running the nonprofit with her full-time job as an auto underwriter by intentionally keeping the organization small and manageable
• Jennifer joined as a volunteer after seeing firsthand through her shelter work how many animals are surrendered due to owners' health issues

Volunteer Management Highlights:

• The organization maintains clear boundaries for volunteers while providing support when needed
• Beverly's background as a social worker in healthcare helps her guide volunteers through challenging situations
• Zero tolerance for no-shows, as reliability is essential to the organization's mission

Connect with Transitions Pet Care:

• Email: TransitionsPetCare@gmail.com
• Website: www.transitionspetcare.org
• Instagram: @TransitionsPetCare

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Pat Libby returns to the SnapCast, bringing with her Travis Kemnitz, Executive Director of the San Diego Bird Alliance. Together, we talk about the work they did together, presenting a case study of their methods and results. Among the topics we discuss:

1. Strategic Planning - What did the process look like? - What did you learn along the way? - How did the board respond to what you were learning? Were they resistant to change? - What’s happened since the plan was inked?

2. Everyone Needs A Jewish Mother - Lessons Learned as a New Executive Director

• How did you two meet? And how did you reconnect?
• What are some key lessons you have learned since becoming an ED?
• Tips for a new ED or setting a new path for an organization.

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Maria Perez is the Cause Marketing Consultant. She specializes in helping organizations grow their sponsor-partner initiatives. Among the questions we tackle:

• Why cause sponsorship is such an important revenue generation element for NPO's to pursue.
• Why do NPO's confuse patronage, corporate partnering and sponsorship?
• What are the nuances and why are they important?
• Why do brands and companies sponsor?

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Pat Taggart is the Founder and Chief Creative of SkyBlue Creative, helping many nonprofits effectively use video as part of their communications portfolio. He visits the SnapCast to talk about the right way to create and use video. Among the things we cover:

• The biggest hurdle to promoting a non-profit on video is often the reluctance of leadership to put themselves on camera
• Tell vs. Compel
• What can you film yourself vs. getting help from a pro
• How/where to share
• Video FAQs for non-profits

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Colleen Cook of High Tide returns to the SnapCast to talk about AI. Our conversation covers a wide breadth of knowledge regarding AI, its use and utility to the Nonprofit Sector. Among the things we discuss:

• Why nonprofits may be fearful of AI
• How my team is using AI
• Considerations to make when selecting and using AI
• Potential of AI for nonprofit capacity building
• Generative AI
• Predictive AI
• Natural Language Query
• Use cases of AI in an organization
• How we're thinking about deep AI integration for the nonprofit sector in HighTide

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Michael Randel makes his second recording with the SnapCast. This time we talk about how to determine if an organization is really prepared for growth. Among the things we cover:

• Insights from studying Mackenzie Scott grant recipients that led to the concept of "the prepared organization."
• Consequences for organizations that are not prepared for growth opportunities.
• The importance of Purpose and Identity as the foundation of the framework.
• The necessity of having a plan for growth.
• The impact of leadership alignment on successful growth strategies.

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Michael Randel is the founder and director of Randel Consulting Associates, a consulting firm that leads organizations through change and growth. He visits the SnapCast to talk about how to make organizational change less challenging. In our conversation, we talk about five common problems organizations experience as they navigate change. Among the things we discuss:

• Is it true that 70% of organizational changes fail?
• Emphasizing mistakes that happen early in a change process
• Three Levels Of Resistance
• Advising leaders on how to lead change initiatives that are more likely to be successful

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Paul Morris of Foundry Fundraising visits the SnapCast to talk about your technology and making the right technological investments. Among the things we discuss:

• Technology won't do the work for you and doesn't solve all your problems. No matter how shiny it is
• Nonprofits are woefully underinvesting in the technology tools needed, especially for development
• Nonprofits don't have to invest wildly, they can and should be smart about it
• The right tools supports the work
• The impact of this underinvestment? Wasting a ton of time - staff, stakeholders, volunteers, donors.
• The risk to not investing has short-term and long-term impacts

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