About Fundraising: The Podcast

About Fundraising: The Podcast

Diana Marquis is a fundraiser turned consultant to nonprofit leaders. She has more than 20 years experience and a commitment to make you a successful nonprofit professional. About Fundraising: The Podcast is about sharing information and experiences from different points of view to help you move your organization forward, deal with difficult situations, and recognize that you are not alone in your efforts to better serve your community.Each month, Diana and her guests will cover a broad range of topics from boards of directors to database systems, to marketing, and, of course, fundraising.

Episodes

July 15, 2025 36 mins

Dr. Froswa' Booker-Drew is the President and CEO of Soulstice Consultancy providing philanthropic guidance, community engagement strategies, leadership development, and organizational culture support for companies and nonprofits. Our conversation covers leadership development, CFRE, and a preview of her new book, "Front Porch Wisdom."

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Juliette Coulter and Rhonda Aghamalian, two of Dallas' best PR professionals join host, Diana Marquis in a  conversation about the relationship between communications and fund raising. They answer questions like, how to tell your story, who's your audience and why Marcom is important. 

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Eliza Solender is a nationally recognized authority on nonprofit and small business real estate issues. As President of Solender/Hall, Inc., she has worked with hundreds of nonprofit organizations and small businesses to help them achieve their real estate visions.

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April 15, 2025 29 mins

Guests on the next podcast episode are Alicia Peoples and Diana Hoyt. Two fundraisers who are also doing what they love: standup comedy and creative writing. Tune in to learn more about fundraisers who do more than raise money.

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Dr. Dena Jackson has a wide range of interests and experience. Our conversation starts with learning about consultant as executive extender to asset poverty to the current state of the nonprofit sector.

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February 18, 2025 36 mins

Steve Latham, co-founder of DonateStock, is my guest this month. DonateStock was created to help donors give gifts of stock to their favorite charities without the hassles and delays Steve experienced when he tried to give stock to a scholarship fund. Listen in to learn how you can support your favorite nonprofit and how nonprofits can increase their donations with gifts of stock.

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January 14, 2025 48 mins

Harriet Boorhem, PhD, author, leadership consultant, and therapist has studied and taught leadership development. She has strong opinions and is not shy about sharing them. My conversation with Harriet will give you some insight into the difference between a good leader and a great one. 

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December 17, 2024 48 mins

Our guest for December’s podcast is a person I’ve long admired as I’ve watched her grow her career from a grant writer to Vice President of Grants Ministry for the Texas Methodist Foundation. Wendy Abel and I will talk about all things grant related from her number one tip: “read the directions,” to her personal journey as a nonprofit professional.

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Our guest for November is a person who is a leader in the nonprofit sector, and entrepreneur, a mentor, and a good friend: Roslynn Dawson Thompson. Some of you may remember her as the CEO of the Texas Women’s Foundation. She retired from that position after serving 11 years. She now is running a consulting business and serving on the board of the Tides Foundation, a community foundation with a national reach. Roslyn and I will talk...

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Lisa Chimola, Chair of the AFP Global Government Affairs committee, and I will talk about the difference between lobbying and advocacy work; the Charitable Act, and how staff and board members can effectively speak up for their agency and their cause.

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September 17, 2024 37 mins

Michael is a certified professional coach, with 100+ hours of coaching, mentoring, and performance evaluation under his belt. Join us to find out how working with a professional coach can boost your career.

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Customer experience (CX) and donor relations have a lot in common. Please enjoy our conversation with Lis Hubert and Diana Sonis, founders of CX by Design.

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July 16, 2024 50 mins

This month’s guest is Danika Mendrygal an attorney who specializes in nonprofit governance and tax law. She started her own firm, Mendrygal Law in 2015 after spending 12 years with a nationally recognized firm in Dallas. Danika’s firm specializes in nonprofit governance and tax law, and we all need to know more about that.

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June 18, 2024 56 mins

Listen to "About Fundraising: The Podcast" and get some great, useful advice on how to get the most from your nonprofit board of directors. Does each board member have an individual board engagement plan? What are the pros and cons of board term limits? We talk about all that and more in this episode with Ben Mohler, ACFRE.

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May 14, 2024 40 mins
Keisha Whaley is an entrepreneurial creator. She is a business person, a mentor and a teacher. She’s joining me on “About Fundraising: The Podcast” to put her knowledge in the nonprofit frame and help us market our nonprofit organizations. Use the following link to register for the DFW Philanthropy Conference where I'll be speaking about ethics & fundraising. https://www.dfwphilanthropyconference.com
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April 16, 2024 49 mins

Harriet Boorhem, PhD, author, leadership consultant, and therapist has studied and taught leadership development. She has strong opinions and is not shy about sharing them. My conversation with Harriet will give you some insight into the difference between a good leader and a great one. 


Use the following link to register for the DFW Philanthropy Conference where I'll be speaking about ethics & fundraising.

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April 9, 2024 20 secs

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