501(c)3(b)(s): Deprogramming For Organizational Growth

Episode 70: Creating Change through Leadership with Robert Santana Robert Santana converted a small Boys & Girls Club in Santa Ana, CA to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Central Orange Coast, a national leader with 66 sites in 5 cities and partnerships that are redefining the youth club movement. He was a speaker at the 2019 G3X Conference.

Episode 69: Leadership as defined by the woman who literally wrote the book on our sector. Frances Phillips is a funder with the Haas Foundation in San Francisco and co-author of the Nonprofit Kit for Dummies, the bestselling book of all time in the social sector. She was a speaker at the 2019 G3X Conference.

Episode 68: Dr. Robert Pletka is the Superintendent of the Fullerton Unified School District. Through his leadership, the district has become an Apple Computer Test Site and created a culture of innovation that has brought together unconventional partners to create award-winning STEAM and writing programs. He was a speaker at the 2019 G3X Conference on Innovative Leadership.

How will changes in technology change the way we fund our organizations? The end of endowments and galas? Crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, and funding apps? Changes are coming! More info on our tech future: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/in-the-age-of-ai/ https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/update-crispr https://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewgauthier/online-privacy-facebook-prank-video https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/eye-sky https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/awhk76

Episode 66: This week starts a series of new podcasts based on keynote speakers from our last G3X conference.   Amir Dabirian, VP of California State University Fullerton Division of Information Technology, spoke at the 2019 G3X Conference on the future of technology. Amir has over 20 years of experience at California State University Fullerton, where he served as Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Security Officer. Amir peers into the future and tells us about the technology coming around the corner that will change our lives.  

Episodes 64 & 65 Rebroadcast- In preparation for upcoming podcasts from our 2019 G3X Conference, we thought we would rebroadcast this amazing panel from 2018’s G3X!   (Part 2 of 2) In the vein of Reddit's "Ask Me Anything," a panel of esteemed experts at the 2018 G3X Conference took questions from the audience and dropped some pearls for the audience and you! Experts for the two days of panels include: Sally Lawrence of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Orange County and a professional fund development Officer Victoria Torres of OneOC (now at Samueli Foundation) Jan Masaoka, CEO of California Association of Nonprofits and our 2018 keynote speaker (and program next month) Frances Phillips, co-author of the Nonprofit Kit for Dummies (who returns as a keynote speaker for G3X in 2019) Zoot Velasco, Gianneschi Center Director

Episodes 64 & 65 Rebroadcast- In preparation for upcoming podcasts from our 2019 G3X Conference, we thought we would rebroadcast this amazing panel from 2018’s G3X!   (Part 1 of 2) In the vein of Reddit's "Ask Me Anything," a panel of esteemed experts at the 2018 G3X Conference took questions from the audience and dropped some pearls for the audience and you! Experts for the two days of panels include: Sally Lawrence of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Orange County and a professional fund development Officer Victoria Torres of OneOC (now at Samueli Foundation) Jan Masaoka, CEO of California Association of Nonprofits and our 2018 keynote speaker (and program next month) Frances Phillips, co-author of the Nonprofit Kit for Dummies (who returns as a keynote speaker for G3X in 2019) Zoot Velasco, Gianneschi Center Director

Episode 63: The Real Deal on Grant Writing (Part 2) Continued from last week... There is a lot of information, and frankly mythology, out there about grantwriting. This week we start a two-part special on grantwriting with everything you need to know about how to do it effectively, and what people are saying about your grant after it gets submitted. We work with Victoria Torres Director of Community Impact at the Samueli Foundation who has produced grants, reviewed grants, written grants, and taught grantwriting in her former role at OneOC and currently as a professor at Cal State Fullerton (she knows the issues from all sides); Kim Sanchez, a Grant Professional Certified (GPC) of LetsGetGrants.com and yours truly, Zoot Velasco, a former CFRE who has written millions in successful grants, served on 30 grant panels, produced grants, and teaches the art of grantwriting.

Episode 62: The Real Deal on Grant Writing (Part 1) There is a lot of information, and frankly mythology, out there about grantwriting. This week we start a two-part special on grantwriting with everything you need to know about how to do it effectively, and what people are saying about your grant after it gets submitted. We work with Victoria Torres Director of Community Impact at the Samueli Foundation who has produced grants, reviewed grants, written grants, and taught grantwriting in her former role at OneOC and currently as a professor at Cal State Fullerton (she knows the issues from all sides); Kim Sanchez, a Grant Professional Certified (GPC) of LetsGetGrants.com and yours truly, Zoot Velasco, a former CFRE who has written millions in successful grants, served on 30 grant panels, produced grants, and teaches the art of grantwriting.

So, You Want To Start A Nonprofit? This week on 501(c)3(b)(s) Podcast, we dispel the myth that if one has a good idea, one should start a nonprofit organization. We talk about the best way to start a public benefit organization and how not to do it. A key is fiscal sponsorship. We discuss fiscal sponsorship with Community Partners Senior Program Director Cynthia Freeman. Community Partners is the largest fiscal sponsor in Los Angeles. But if you want a fiscal sponsor in our Orange County, CA (where we produce this podcast) you can talk with OneOC or Charitable Ventures. These organizations are the top OC partners for fiscal sponsorship. There are fiscal sponsors in your neck of the woods, too! 

Episode 60: Learn about the CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) movement from Charles Antis of Antis Roofing, the Pied Piper of CSR.  “Join me in creating the world in which we want to live!” This is the battle cry from Antis Roofing & Waterproofing Founder & CEO, Charles Antis, to his employees, clients, and the community. While Antis Roofing’s purpose is to keep families safe & dry, Charles is fulfilled by igniting passion in others to do good, which may explain why his company attracts so many employees who are passionate about giving back, and why Antis Roofing is making a profound difference in their community.

There is much BS around the use of interns: "They are a waste of time," "They are there to get coffee," "They are hard to get," "They are hard to keep." In my position as CEO of a cultural center, we hosted about 60 interns each year which did a great deal of work on our behalf. Of our 17 staff positions, 15 were eventually filled by former volunteer interns. Today we are talking with Robert Pierce and Andrew Gonzalez of the Center for Internships & Community Engagement at California State University Fullerton. Together we are going to clear up the myths around internships.

Episode 58 (Rebroadcast): What is innovation that transforms organizations? Peter Drucker defined innovation as "change that creates a new dimension of performance." But how does one do that? It is not what most people think it is. It is not some creative new thought and some wild idea that just happens to work. It is not thinking outside the box. It is eliminating the box, using the scientific method on a small scale to find what works, and then scaling it up. Zoot and the Gianneschi Center are in the middle of a research project on real innovation in small organizations. The G3X Conference this year is centered on the idea of innovation. Zoot discusses true innovation from his research and his own experience growing an organization 400% during the recession.

Episode 57: A broadcast of our live webinar (5-28-20) on creating post-CoVID interim plans (making lemonade from our lemons). This webinar was co-presented with OneOC and Sponsored by the Orange County Community Foundation and the Gianneschi Center for Nonprofits at Cal State University Fullerton Mihaylo College of Business. To see the OneOC component or this full presentation with slides, visit the Gianneschi Youtube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bo3mbT3aGQ Here are some links to help you related to materials in the lecture: Two short videos we will discuss in the webinar to better understand the material presented (15 minutes total): Woods Center Economic Forecast (3 Mins) https://vimeo.com/415339258 Ted Talk on Triaging decisions (12 Mins): https://www.ted.com/talks/darria_long_an_er_doctor_on_triaging_your_crazy_busy_life Also mentioned are our past podcasts on AB5, Board Development, Innovation, and Social Media. OneOC info can be found at  https://oneoc.org/covid-non-profit-resou

Episode 56: “Our staff are like family” -BS   This week, we look at this seemingly harmless statement with Dr. Linda Lausell Bryant of NYU Silver School of Social Work, and diagnose the harm that it does. This is a rebroadcast and among our 10 most popular episodes of the past three seasons.  

This is a rebroadcast of one of our ten most popular episodes of our program. Today we take a break from our normal format of interviews. Instead, Zoot will give a master class on best practices of board development for community benefit organizations... No BS.

54: Social Media Communication has become more important than ever in a Post-CoVID world. So we are going to bump up a broadcast we originally had scheduled for later this summer: Today we introduce you to the Queen of All Social Media, who spoke at our G3X Conference last August. Stephanie L. Smith is the digital and social media lead at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where she oversees the social media team and tweets on behalf of the Curiosity Mars rover. She holds conversations with the public and with journalists about more than 20 space missions via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Tumblr, Flickr, Giphy and Reddit. A two-time Emmy and seven-time Webby Award winner, she was recognized by Time for running one of the “140 Best Twitter Feeds.” With more than 20 years of digital communications experience, this veteran of the “Let’s Go” travel guides, Idealab and “Channel One News,” is always game for adventures that make great stories. Stephanie holds a degree in history from Harvard, and mixes a m

In this rebroadcast of our most popular episode of the first three seasons, Zoot Velasco talks with Todd Hanson, Vice President of the Center for Engaged Philanthropy at the Orange County Community Foundation, recognized as a “center of gravity” for philanthropy in Orange County. OCCF has now awarded more than $630 million in grants and scholarships since its inception in 1989 (as of 2019). their dramatic growth has placed the Orange County Community Foundation as a stand-out among more than 780 community foundations across the nation, 8th most active grantmaker among its colleagues, and in the top 10% in total assets. For more than 16 years Todd has provided support to some of Orange County’s most generous families, helping them achieve their philanthropic goals and inspiring effective and impactful giving. He visits more than 100 nonprofit organizations each year to stay informed on the latest programs, services and results. He has more than 25 years of experience in nonprofits and is the former executive d

Rebroadcast- Many in the Social Sector believe the myth that 501(c)(3) organizations are not allowed to advocate for themselves or their causes. Zoot discusses the myths and the reality of advocacy in the Social Sector with David L. Thompson, Vice President of Public Policy for the National Council of Nonprofits, our national advocacy group. 

Episode 51: Today we are broadcasting our G3X Zoom workshop on AB5 hosted on April 14, 2020 by Zoot Velasco of the Gianneschi Center, Sarah Efthymiou of the Public Law Center of Orange County, and Todd Hanson of the Orange County Community Foundation. Our presenter is Michael Olsen, the attorney specializing in AB5 issues for the Public Law Center. California Assembly Bill 5 (AB5) extends employee classification status to gig workers. Companies must use a three-pronged test to prove workers are independent contractors, not employees. AB5 is designed to regulate companies that hire gig workers in large numbers, such as Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash but are making big waves with arts groups, truckers and many more. What does this law (and the supreme court decision behind it) mean to the social sector? Links: AB5 Full Bill: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB5 What Is The Borello Test: https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2012/01/31/the-test-for-employee-vs-independent-con