Ep 133 - Tame the Grant Overwhelm

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This week’s episode features Gauri Manglik, CEO of Instrumentl, an institutional fundraising platform for nonprofits. It is a favorite tool among grant seekers for bringing grant prospecting, tracking, and management to one place.

Gauri joined Sarah today to talk about keeping volunteers engaged, the mistakes she’s seen nonprofits make when introducing new technology and how to simplify your tech stack.

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Gauri’s Tips for Taming the Fundraising Overwhelm:

* Do fewer things, but do them better

* Whether you’re training staff on new technology or developing a new program for your constituents, focus on just 1 or 2 things at a time so you can really dive deep and make sure you’re being as thorough as possible

* Training is essential to adoption

* If you want staff to adopt the new tech you’ve found so it can actually be useful, then you need to train them on it! Take the time, slow down, really make sure they completely understand if you want them to actually use it.

* Have processes

* Even if you think a task is extremely simple, write out the process you use to do that task. This can show you where things could benefit from more technology, what areas might need more attention and make delegating easier

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