play Play pause Pause S2 E56 Apr 21, 2026 Atlas Unshrugged: The Unbearable Weight of Moving the World "Give me a lever long enough, and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world." — ArchimedesIn our previous episodes on The Hero's Journey, we explored ...
play Play pause Pause S2 E55 Apr 14, 2026 The Unmuted: Killing "Digitality" We are currently facing a crisis of "Digitality"—the sterile, corporate distance created by automated emails and polished webinars. It is safe, but it is silent. And i...
play Play pause Pause S2 E54 Apr 07, 2026 The Science of the Stranger: Unifying Game Theory, Neuroscience, and Myth in Fundraising Fundraising is a game of Charades played in the dark. You can't speak, and the donor can't see you. So how do you win?In this episode, we build the "Grand Unified Theo...
play Play pause Pause S2 E53 Apr 02, 2026 Ripples of a Click — The Anatomy of Deception In everyday life, we throw the word "fraud" around casually. But in the legal world, it has an exact, five-element definition. In this forensic follow-up to Ripples of...
play Play pause Pause S2 E52 Mar 31, 2026 Ripples of a Click — The Anatomy of a Donation When a donor clicks "Submit" on your website, where does the money actually go? Nonprofits often spend weeks debating the color and font of their donation forms, compl...
play Play pause Pause S2 E51 Mar 26, 2026 Part 5/5: Return with the Elixir Episode 5: Return with the Elixir (The Perfect Thank You) If you opened a wound in the appeal, you must heal it in the Thank You.In our series finale, we discuss The R...
play Play pause Pause S2 E50 Mar 24, 2026 Part 4/5: Crossing the Threshold Episode 4: Crossing the Threshold (The Cliffhanger Ask)A good story builds tension. A bad fundraising appeal resolves it too early.In Part 4, we reach the climax: Cro...
play Play pause Pause S2 E49 Mar 17, 2026 Part 3/5: Supernatural Aid Episode 3: Supernatural Aid (You Are Not the Hero)If your organization is the hero of the story, who is the donor? The audience?In Part 3, we flip the script on tradi...
play Play pause Pause S2 E48 Mar 10, 2026 Part 2/5: Refusal of the Call Episode 2: Refusal of the Call (Why Statistics Kill Empathy) "If I look at the mass, I will never act. If I look at the one, I will." — Mother Teresa.Your donors are w...
play Play pause Pause S2 E47 Mar 03, 2026 Part 1/5: The Call to Adventure Flash Fiction Fundraising & The Donor’s Journey Fundraising is not about explaining a problem; it is about starting a story that only the donor can finish.In this 5-pa...
play Play pause Pause S2 E47 Feb 26, 2026 PCI & SOC 2: The Gap Between “Compliant” and Secure If your donation platform says "PCI compliant," do you know what that actually means? Most nonprofits don't — and the gap between a vendor that filled out a questionna...
play Play pause Pause S2 E46 Feb 24, 2026 The King is Dead, Long Live AI In the early 2000s, search engines weren't intelligent. They couldn't tell you who George Washington was—they could only hand you links and let you figure it out yours...
play Play pause Pause S2 E45 Feb 19, 2026 Mastering Data Integrity with SKU & Tracker Are you losing hours every week to manual data cleanup? In this edition of the Click & Pledge Fundraising Command Center podcast, we continue our "What" series by divi...
play Play pause Pause S2 E44 Feb 17, 2026 Virtual Terminal Unlocked Stop fumbling for a calculator when a donor calls to donate. In this episode, we dive deep into the hidden superpower of the Click & Pay Suite and CONNECT: The Virtual...
play Play pause Pause S2 E43 Feb 12, 2026 Invisible Design: Frictionless Giving in Fundraising Why is it harder to donate $50 than to buy a $1,000 iPhone? For decades, the answer was "Security." Nonprofits forced donors to fill out long forms—requiring addresses...
play Play pause Pause S2 E42 Feb 10, 2026 Charades in the Dark Why does a wall of text on a website feel so exhausting? In this episode, we dive into the "Charades in the Dark" theory—a fascinating look at how evolutionary psycho...
play Play pause Pause S2 E41 Feb 05, 2026 The Carrier Giving Trap & The SMSgiving Solution We break down why "Carrier Giving" is obsolete and how CONNECT SMSgiving replaces it. The hosts discuss the "Sole Owner" model (you own the data, not the carrier, e.g...
play Play pause Pause S2 E40 Feb 03, 2026 The Human Factor in Fundraising What do a technical scuba diver and a nonprofit development director have in common? They both operate in high-pressure environments where "Task Loading" and "Drifting...
play Play pause Pause S2 E39 Jan 29, 2026 AI and the Illusion of Understanding Richard Feynman once said, "You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about ...
play Play pause Pause S2 E38 Jan 27, 2026 Why myths survive while data dies When you send an appeal saying, "We are at 80% of our goal," you think you are creating urgency. According to neuroscience, you are actually creating chaos.In this epi...
