394. Building a Strong Nonprofit Brand: Strategies for Lasting Impact -Valerie Brown

Listen to this episode

Overview

Meet Valerie. This proud New Yorker is an accomplished marketing and technology leader with over 20 years of experience across sectors. While working in media and entertainment (Project Runway marketing royalty here🤩), Valerie discovered her true passion while driving NBC Universal to implement corporate social responsibility efforts. Now, she’s the Nonprofit Industry Advisor at Salesforce where she continues to help orgs successfully implement and adopt technology to scale their marketing efforts. Don’t miss her expert tips to move your organization’s brand forward with marketing 

đź’ˇ Learn

  • Valerie’s experience and takeaways from working in a variety of sectors

  • The importance of brand identity and name recognition

  • Case studies of org’s who are rocking their mission brand!

  • Examples of normalizing rest in the nonprofit sector

Today’s Guest

Valerie Brown, Nonprofit Industry Advisor, Salesforce

“Data is number one for marketers today.”
— Valerie Brown, Nonprofit Industry Advisor, Salesforce

Episode Highlights

  • Valerie’s story and journey to where she is today (4:00)

  • What Valerie has learned throughout her career (14:00)

  • Revolving door in marketing in the nonprofit sector (18:45)

  • Nonprofits as New Media Companies (23:00)

  • Normalizing Rest (36:00)

  • Powerful moment of philanthropy in Valerie’s life (44:00)

  • Valerie’s One Good Thing: Hyper-prioritize (47:00)

Episode Transcript

Download Full Episode Transcript

POWERFUL QUOTES

“Some of the best ideas that we had came from our curators.” -Valerie

“Data is number one for marketers today.” -Valerie

“We can have the boldest, most audacious mission and strategic plan, but if we don't have the talent to turn the lights on nothing happens.” -Valerie

“It was a difficult decision to leave the nonprofit sector, but the burnout was really the reason to move from nonprofit to tech.” -Valerie

“The burnout would happen every time I lost a member of my team.” -Valerie

“Marketing is mission is the gospel.” -Valerie

“Leading a mission is a team sport.” -Valerie

Connect with Valerie

LinkedIn

Connect with Jon

LinkedIn / Email / Instagram

Connect with Becky

LinkedIn / Email / Instagram

CONNECT WITH WE ARE FOR GOOD

Support the We Are For Good Podcast

Join the We Are For Good Community
You can think of it as the after-party to each podcast episode 🥳

Say hi👇
LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter

Episode Sponsors

Studio Selfie

Share this episode

Previous
Previous

395. 9 Nonprofit Trends That Matter in 2023: Lock Arms for Impact - Jon McCoy, CFRE, Becky Endicott, CFRE and Anne Marie Dougherty

Next
Next

393. Thriving in Transition: Principles of Building + Scaling Organizations - Brian Joseph