551. How to Evolve Your Mission to Meet the Moment - Shereese Floyd, Iara Peng, and Scott Curran
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Overview
Meet Scott, Shereese and Iara. At the Responsive Nonprofit Summit, these three rockstars discussed evolving your mission to meet the moment🙌 Tune in for a convo that challenges traditional models and advocates for inclusive, innovative fundraising practices. Overcoming fear and scarcity mindsets, they reveal how nonprofit leaders can drive change with bold, incremental innovations. Discover how nonprofits can ask boldly and create impactful change💪
đź’ˇ Learn
How to embrace change + innovation
Tips for leveraging AI while maintaining humanity
The importance self-care
Today’s Guests
Shereese Floyd, Founder, AI Consultants for Nonprofits
Iara Peng, Founder + CEO, JustFund
Scott Curran, CEO + Founder, Beyond Advisers
“Now is the single greatest time in the history of human existence to be in the nonprofit space.”
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Episode Highlights
Tonesetting (0:35)
How to stay true to our missions while delivering impact amidst ongoing transformations (2:25)
The role of AI in nonprofits (5:30)
Strategies for building a more resilient organization (9:50)
Changes in nonprofit funding (14:00)
Examples of funders shifting how they are funding nonprofits (19:40)
How to leverage AI without losing humanity (22:15)
How JustFund is approaching AI use (26:35)
Funders using JustFund’s common application platform (28:16)
Do this, not that (32:35)
Shereese’s One Good Thing: Remember why you’re doing the work you’re doing. (39:20)
Iara’s One Good Thing: Take care of yourself. (40:10)
Scott’s One Good Thing: Now is the single greatest time in the history of human existence to be in our sector and in our space. (41:25)
Impactful Quotes
"Now is the single greatest time in the history of human existence to be in the nonprofit space." -Scott
"This is a sector that runs on passion, and sometimes we exploit that passion because we expect our people to do more and more and more, and now we have a tool that can come in and alleviate some of that energy." -Shereese
"We fundamentally believe, if we can change the way we give, our communities can thrive, and it is incumbent upon philanthropy to change the way we give so that our communities can thrive." -Iara
“The way that we change this sector is to realize that we are losing time, money, and people. AI is a tool that can help with all of that.” -Shereese
"Success leaves clues. Do what others have done well, and then borrow from that and build on it." -Scott
"We need philanthropy to step up to the plate and give us the opportunity to take more risks." -Iara
"The humanity is yours so if you do not infuse that first, then you relinquish it to the artificial intelligence." -Shereese
"All innovation occurs on the adjacent possible." -Scott
"Ask for what you need and don't be afraid to do that, and don't be wondering if the funder is going to fund you again." -Iara
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