Ep 46: A R.O.C.K. Solid Start with Curt Yagi
01/18/23 • 32 min
Today Jared Polivka meets Curt Yagi, the Executive Director of Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.) a nonprofit that helps children become successful and healthy adults. Curt and his team serve children in the Visitacion Valley area of San Francisco. With 28 years of providing resources for their young community, anchored in academic and social support that nurtures youth with love, courage, and hope, Curt and the R.O.C.K. team have a great deal of experience to share. In this episode, you’ll learn more about the nonprofit, how they integrate social-emotional learning into their programs, a bit about his team’s fundraising philosophy, and the unexpected way the pandemic pushed R.O.C.K. to become more strategic and evolve.
If you are delivering services to a community where challenges are great and resources are few, R.O.C.K.'s experiences may unlock solutions for your organization. From the pros and cons of accepting public sector funding, why R.O.C.K. diversifies their fundraising, to how the team listens to their community through friendly surveys, focus groups, and Zoom calls, Curt guides us through their journey spotlighting the learning curve.
If you've been inspired to support this small but mighty team find out more about their programs, impact, and volunteering opportunities here:
Or, find out more about online fundraising for your nonprofit at: https://donorbox.org/
DO YOU have a question? The Nonprofit Podcast is here to answer your questions! Our weekly Ask-Me-Anything feature is one click away, open the form, add your name and ask us ANYTHING!! ➡️ https://donor-box.typeform.com/to/wXlnEX3X?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=podcast_40
Today Jared Polivka meets Curt Yagi, the Executive Director of Real Options for City Kids (R.O.C.K.) a nonprofit that helps children become successful and healthy adults. Curt and his team serve children in the Visitacion Valley area of San Francisco. With 28 years of providing resources for their young community, anchored in academic and social support that nurtures youth with love, courage, and hope, Curt and the R.O.C.K. team have a great deal of experience to share. In this episode, you’ll learn more about the nonprofit, how they integrate social-emotional learning into their programs, a bit about his team’s fundraising philosophy, and the unexpected way the pandemic pushed R.O.C.K. to become more strategic and evolve.
If you are delivering services to a community where challenges are great and resources are few, R.O.C.K.'s experiences may unlock solutions for your organization. From the pros and cons of accepting public sector funding, why R.O.C.K. diversifies their fundraising, to how the team listens to their community through friendly surveys, focus groups, and Zoom calls, Curt guides us through their journey spotlighting the learning curve.
If you've been inspired to support this small but mighty team find out more about their programs, impact, and volunteering opportunities here:
Or, find out more about online fundraising for your nonprofit at: https://donorbox.org/
DO YOU have a question? The Nonprofit Podcast is here to answer your questions! Our weekly Ask-Me-Anything feature is one click away, open the form, add your name and ask us ANYTHING!! ➡️ https://donor-box.typeform.com/to/wXlnEX3X?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=podcast_40
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Ep 45: A Rosy Start to 2023: Rose, Bud, or Thorn?
Looking to assess your nonprofit team's performance in 2022?
A turbulent year may have tested your nonprofit to the limit, but it sure taught us all a lot about the nonprofit sector’s ability to pivot and perform!
Today we tackle mindful retrospection as a ‘quick and cool’ tool to take your nonprofit’s temperature at the start of a new year. Using the Rose, Bud, and Thorn technique Cara and Jena explore mindful retrospection as a way to assess your team, event, and fundraising campaign performance over the past 12 months, and improve structure and planning for the coming year.
From highlighting strengths and weaknesses to identifying roadblocks and setting more realistic expectations, this exercise offers a great opportunity to review, recalibrate and reinforce hard-won learnings.
Plus we have a fabulous free downloadable worksheet to get you started, just follow the link here: https://library.donorbox.org/rose-bud-thorn-worksheet/ Don’t forget to check out all the other useful nonprofit resources available in our Donorbox Library, or find out more at: https://donorbox.org/
Now we have to ask: DO YOU have a question? The Nonprofit Podcast is here to answer your questions! Our weekly Ask-Me-Anything feature is one click away, simply open the form, add your name and ask us! ANYTHING!! ➡️ https://donor-box.typeform.com/to/wXlnEX3X
Next Episode
Ep 47: Create a SMART 2023 Game Plan for Your Nonprofit
Let mission-driven SMART goals drive your nonprofit’s success in 2023!
Goal-setting is a necessary, but potentially painful, process to bring your strategic planning to life, so why not make it SMART and stress-free? Join us for mission-moving tactics that will help you structure your goal-setting and make your strategic plan meaningful, implementable, and measurable!
From practical tips on determining clear, defined, and actionable goals, to the tactics and timeline to implement them, Cara and Jena unpack the value of the SMART goals framework. Plus offer their personal favorites to take the pressure out of planning with advice on the right tools to use to manage everyday tasks that keep your mission on track, and you and your team stress-free.
Reaching your fundraising goals is hard work, but armed with a SMART approach and the right tools, you can do it!
We have two excellent guides to assist you in implementing some of today’s tips on our Nonprofit Blog, you can find them here:
- The Ultimate Guide on Creating a Strategic Fundraising Plan for Nonprofits: https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/strategic-fundraising-plan
- How to Set and Meet Fundraising Goals the Smart Way (13 Tips): https://donorbox.org/nonprofit-blog/set-and-meet-fundraising-goals
Or find out more at: https://donorbox.org/
DO YOU have a question? The Nonprofit Podcast is here to answer your questions! Our weekly Ask-Me-Anything feature is one click away, simply open the form, add your name and ask us! ANYTHING!! ➡️ https://donor-box.typeform.com/to/wXlnEX3X
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