What's going on everybody got Kyle here relating sports cards, and we are ripping this one is 2023 Bowman draft jumbo Full box 8 case or full 8 box case number 52 pick your team style We have Anthony K with the Rockies Anton with the Reds Chris D has Cubs Daniel L with the Orioles Derek J has the Braves Ethan P has the Cardinals Harper Rangers Jacob C with the Rays Jace has the Jace Jeffrey H has the Tigers twins and Brewers Jose M has the Mets We got Justin K with the White Sox Kinsuke K with the Dodgers Kevin S has the paper base spot Kevin D with the Red Sox Larry has the Pirates Phillies Pirates Phillies Marlins Matthew B with the Nationals Mitch D has the Yankees We have Peter N with the Mariners and Guardians Philip R has Angels A's and Giants Sean C with the D-backs Skyler T with the Astros Takumi has the Royals and Victor F has the Padres Alrighty Alrighty guys. Good luck on this one. Let's do it one more. Um baseball break of the day It is definitive. Just the Braves just the Braves left in definitive and then we are on to PYT Prism You know prison the rest of the night got three full cases to get through also got plenty room for personal skies Maybe wants to get one going. I don't disagree. Uh, I don't disagree Spencer. We were saying that uh, we've been doing them on fanatics and stuff too Jay was telling me Jace is uh, Jace Barofin's batting average and like the In the mind has been pretty solid man. He's like a pretty good bat. Not a bad price for it either Yeah, you saw the cost us there we go forest Not the wrong little cost is super. That's wrong with that box one That's a good point. No, I do wonder that too. That's actually a good point Brady will be in the sapphire. He probably will be I would think right? I think Evito taking um Cowboys Cowboys in one of our prisms Got four half casers going later all PYT style. You guys are looking for a specific team on prism Hey, there we go, George There we go, George They were talking about the red wings earlier. Jace was uh talking about a goal for the brinkette There's the one and James what? Or a shots for Larkin and to bring it. I think it was type T Amida Christmas tree the hockey usually works out sometimes usually doesn't Usually doesn't Nizon's on a tello. There's a column how first refractor well been francisco Really Blake? I just saw that message. Are you kidding me? That's it. You got the poppy I was wondering if that ever got hit man. I was wondering if that did ever get hit What is Christmas tree mean? That's what I used to call it when you do like There's a loop casual first when you do like bubble answers for tests and stuff and you just randomly guess You know Christmas tree it you go down just randomly randomly marking stuff off been there That's the Christmas tree for that. Yeah for like the the scantron tests and stuff You didn't know what you were doing. You just Christmas tree it Just make a design. There's a Paul schemes on the Bowman glass first sabayos and Crawford Super fractious and surface. Yeah, it's still out there, huh? Hmm the blue be super We need to find that nice one. There's red louder first pick for the reds on the green grass one of my favorites First winnaker and a los Santos. How's that feel Blake having your own 101? That's gotta feel pretty cool It's got to be pretty cool Rofan, there's a light blue first set Keener. There's a coal foster first Ty Floyd and Samuel Basile Super coming in the Sunday, but 30 bucks that would That would be appropriate we gotta pull it we got to be the ones I know we don't have very much left But we got to be the ones the 499 is led better There's a auto gonna coal foster 499 for the Guardian or so the Giants Giants the 499 First Enrique Bradfield and my yeah. All right Spencer Spencer's got he's got a couple of cases lying around Spencer got a couple cases lying around and waiting on it Just for the booby. There's a Max Clark nice one there on the mood ring max Clark Little mood ring insert very nice short print the first red louder and I say a coupe Vaughn Yeah, yeah, yeah, that one. That was a trigger warning for any any Boston fans. It's true. He though He's not one a few times. I have to uh, let's keep that one in the in the arsenal That's who fancy got Joe Whitman first. How we doing today Vaughn the first rhymer Elijah Green Everyone's here today. Oh, they're shady Thank you. Yeah, it was terrible Tonighty now.  There's an auto Jack Mahoney first moment for the Rockies Maratus and Trosser Eat I think Sam set fire to Tariq's house. Yeah, no, it could have been could have been possible He did bad omen's going he did come in a little late yesterday a couple a couple minutes He might have been might have been busy Wiggins and Crowell Now it's probably Josh Allen flew down early.  I like it. Oh, did they add a guaranteed out of this year? I like that. I do like that. Very nice I had a guarantee for the sapphire Yeah, that's what uh, I heard that in a force chat earlier someone said uh Tyree's infant was playing with a lighter and caught their Frickin I don't know how that happens, but it's a 250 got dying Jorge put an eye on that kid. Yeah, that's not good I'm sure they have like a nanny or something. I would think There's a first person Walter. I didn't I heard that from fanatics chat though. I didn't hear from an actual It's true that's they said it's believable There's a gold paper to 50 Levi Wells An addict's chat's not the not the most trusted source though, so first refractor Blake Mitchell.  You got a Zach Thornton first base for the Mets I didn't even shuffle it like that. There's a Emmett Olson in Alberto Rios Seems a lot harder. Oh, that is what's being reported gotcha bond. Yeah, I figured it was it was that but that's crazy That's crazy. How do they do that? I don't I don't Every other card is turned upside down. There's a bowman glass of Jacob Gonzalez. I Apologize to any sorters. There's a first Michael Carrico. What so apologize to these orders. They turn every card up We need him I'm so in on that Florida State's new running back Let's go I don't never heard anything about it, but I believe there's a green grass and I non-cape in solace Go nose Trade on my own. No Anthony early early and Smith. There's a Connolly early. You can start on him Connolly early pretty close white blue first guy of Rock of Fortnight and a Charlie Soto Nichols and Cole Foster on in on that. I haven't pulled a lot of Braden Taylor really Being a raised man. I've been noticing. I haven't pulled too much of them. There's a Jovi Toronto first dodges First refractor Horvath Fractors probably so dope you Sebastian taking a three box mixer spot for later on the weekend Got plenty of different Plenty of different prism breaks throughout the weekend guys three boxers six boxers cases you guys want to check it out We have just PYT six boxers today Those will be our last spots besides just the Braves and definitive. There's Roman Anthony 125 on the aqua And Jake the Leo Four half casers PYT style of present check it out guys grab some teams up light blue first or light blue is gonna be Brooks Lee First opera and Walters Wincy AC any birthdays today Vaughan? Speaking of Quincy AC There's a green to 99 gonna be Ethan O'Donnell green for the Reds And a first Bryce Eldridge East all stars revealed prior to the penguins Bruins puck draw. Oh Eastern all stars Who you're off? There's a first fill in head ready guys. Whoa two boxes down go box three Good luck. Yep It's true. They do look really clean the true colors look really really good, man Same with the top scrum MLS dude. Those those true colors freaking pop on those carts and ripping a few of those The true colors pop on those man. I like the design of that top scrum MLS There's two one fifty gonna be camp Collier or sorry 250 draft picks prospects refractor First Watts Brown and Menachi. Oh, I'll take Larry buying the Braves. Thank you Larry closing us out on definitive just prism There's four breaks left for today guys with spots PYT layer Reverse TJ Nichols Tommy Troy and Tanner Hall and he was a L Al Jefferson. Okay That's respectable That's a real birthday. I like that Not anything against Ante. There's an auto. It's gonna be first of Travis Honeyman Cardinals Cole Emerson and Elgato. We got an all-star though. It's not one time all-star. I think time. I should say not a single time There's a first bovi Jackson holiday Teebles legend Red Come on One time. Come on red Come on red It's gonna be a max Anderson red for the tigers. Nice one there. I believe um Who did add the tigers? I saw a second ago That's gonna be Jeffrey. Nice one there on the first red max Anderson for the tigers The other max for the tigers would have been uh, it would have been something very nice one though there We'll take that red to five first McLean and Nolan Jones Not the tigers everywhere light blue Patrick Riley First Dylan Campbell. Oh, come on. Let's see that Brady finally. God goodness gracious Sean's tired of it Over it. Have we not seen it yet? Oh nice one there 250 is Jacob Gonzalez Nice one there white socks on the purple auto. I don't do for the white socks number eight prospect or number eight uh in the draft Very nice one there. I pulled some big max Anderson cards, man. I pulled some big max anderson's There's a um orange uh paper to 25 chris clark for the angels woman glass of ty p Picard and Sullivan paper paper. There's a speckle first.  Who are you a fan of? I don't think I know It's time. Uh, tom grabbing some personals. Thank you my man Get that going for you. Spencer's a baseball fan. I didn't even I didn't even know Oh, wait the name your next to your name. It says tiger superfan. Oh, okay First ajuing and james wood. Okay the name get okay. Good thing. You got the name Good thing. You got that name now. We know Now we know Yes, so we got some personals tonight I got plenty of space for it too if you want to grab one should be like 12 15 12 30 we start um should only be about four or five boxes in there right now Um first base on us Marcus Brown nationals So definitely should have some space inkle uh inkle and montez True it could be the albern tigers A lot of different tigers out there honestly A lot of tigers it could be tony the tiger could be tony the tiger superfan pick me first All righty guys box three down keep her going here box number four USA juniors let's go junior hockey All right guys only spots left tonight are prism p yt Half casers get the first two. It's be a full seal case and then the second two are another different full seal case There's a debt murder 75 yellow for the ace First woodward and mahoni next on is being penguins and bruins Oh boy, let's go dolphins We're taking the Bruins tonight We're taking the Bruins There's a uh globe how you leap First uh, halloween and kade morris I got you appreciate that son. Yes, sir. We'll get that going for you later Absolutely my man. Good luck first auto is going to be homer bush really clean out of there homer bush jr First for the uh padres probably the cleanest in the set First uh, sabacoal and cunningham Get a nice auto There's a gradient on the paper is nelson rada to 199 first refractor batonsi That guy's ready That guy was ready dude put him in the goal my kind of guy right there There's a speckle that one's gonna be ryan clifford First carlson rea and connor burns Geez march hands beat up dude His nose was uh An issue Ain't nothing. Yeah. No, I'm sure he's he's double worse First refractor is ethan o'Donnell. How long is marsham been the league man? Has to have been a long time, right? He's like a 06 rookie something like that. Oh wait So 499 got typhloid And gold this one's nice for the fillies. It's devon saltobon Gold wave nice one there. Uh, I think larry had the fillies One of the last ones taken nice one there on the saltobon case dad and tommy hawk paul wilson Alrighty keep it going Appreciate every grabbing spots today. Mr. shite grabbing something evan as well evan grabbing um tigers and definitive And shite grabbing the commanders The commanders in a half case See some ease for you and some uh, whatever the commanders do There's bluto 150 uh camp collie for the reds Cunha and led better Blue is uh, william burgoya and first camp alderman Yeah, the uh commanders they have uh, they do have some throwbacks for sure They do have some throwback commanders in there There's an auto it's gonna be braiden taylor nice when they're race you just say don't kill them too much Nice one their first round pick for the race Espinosa and braiden taylor on the refractor Yeah, who's the uh, who's the one we were talking about earlier? I forget Oh levar levar herrington for the For the commanders they do have some throwbacks brice eldritch And a first max clarker from Do they have uh Iseman sometimes they have thysman insets. I don't know if they have them in this one box number five Good luck here guys. This is case 52 art monk. Okay. Okay Okay That is interesting. They uh, they definitely threw it back and then Didn't have a lot of current players for sure To 499 brock rodent like blue fuchsia crater nelson rada to 199 First langford and shonewetter. All right, I'll keep an eye out for our monk Try to grab one for you shite Langford, there's an ahuna and jackson merrill aqua lava auto. This one's gonna be for the rockies It's jack mahogany jack mahogany aqua lava to 199 first bow and auto There's a first jaden ham and hunter hollerick holland holland Got you shite. Got you You can get some fire for you my man. It's a bowman glass still ahead First winnaker and a marion boy It's gonna be uh, it's me tough for me to beat sam yesterday with that dual color blast and the gold uh Gold richards did but we are gonna try yellow to 75 is camp alderman First tray morgan michael arroyo. We are certainly gonna try kj. Henry base auto. I've seen a few of those Same one or two Light blue first huddle pole. There's brady smith vredenburg and gavin cross on the base First half of second case. Oh, you guys both got the commanders Well, that's right. I forgot lane uh, lane did uh Did do a little good luck charm on that second case. There's a hunter. Haas first hunter Haas first Refractor of casual and alfredo dunham Really shite. Dang man. Yeah, the uh, the base shrouds and richards haven't been the easiest man They really have it. They have not been easy to hit There's a first shaker can solace refractor manual bonilla You're either. I think you're in one of the randoms tonight, right? I typed in some names earlier See if we can do it again. Maybe get you a Which is some color.  I'm in He did bless the case carl. He did should mean good things should mean good things light blue first joe whitman spencer nivans And the jerry golf. Yes. Yes Magic finally announced the retiring chax number. Yeah, that's uh, that's been due That's been due for a while when you retire number one too And number 12 there's a first charlie soda first there for the twins First homer bush and xavier isaac. It was probably honestly rich devos who wouldn't do it Um, he was the old owner. He was he was probably salty still from the last 30 years. So That's probably why we haven't done it yet. Yes. He's for the old owner. Oh, there's a nice one. We have a um The apple gradient two out of ten is han's montero yankees Nice one there green and red paper to ten There's our first hackenberg andrew hit. Yeah, it's got three more Good luck. Good luck. Ah, gotcha. Gotcha shite Hey, good luck, sir Yeah, the prism random teams are a fun way to go about it for sure They've been feeling quick for sure. Yeah, yesterday sam sat down. They were full today. I sat down. They were full So they filled in between each time During the nights or during the early in the morning. There's a nice tommy shorted 250 purple first dbecks Brooks lee's on a tello. Herber gets a lot of commercials for Not being the most like vocal guy you're ever like saying anything. He's in a lot of commercials First max anderson. It's the only time you see him talk is when he's getting paid to do so smart man They should retire palos now make him get a different number He's already that good There's a first eric batanti first for the brewers Castro and match shaw. That's That's respect right there. You make him get a new number because you're retiring his old number while he's still playing Fives out retired 499 we got yonki fernandez There's a bowman glass white lankford and a first jacob wilson jacob wilson That's fair The 499 we got a savon sabios.  This one's gonna go for the royals. Nice one there to 49 is blake mitchell Here we go royals. We'll get a mag on that. These are sick That one is 45 out of 49. Love these man on the die cut Get that in a mag for you nice one there kc Blake mitchell on the eighth pick in the drafts golden nugget to 49 First hunts are oan and brow Yeah, they're tough. They're tough bullshite. That's only the second one. I think I've hit out of draft so far Those are tough pulls man. I remember hitting a cammy out of uh Out of uh bowman, uh 2023 bowman. I was really liking that. There's a light blue salty bomb The first Levi wells in napsick Bowman die cut that's right the golden nugget Gold nugget. There's a first red louder That's a fan favorite right there for the reds first bowman basato. It's a fan favorite right there Reds loud up burro fin refractor first gravy and xander muth All righty, all righty friends two more two more brolin draft jumbos So definitive is sold out now guys. Thank you for that We are um looking to fill up the first prism six box half case has broncos raiders patriots jets and titans Five to go in that first half case prism Again guys if we do uh, if you do got the same team in the first two be a same seal case And then the same team in the second two Be at the same seal case so 11 and 12 and then 13 and 14 And then the three box random teams will all be from the same seal case later on tonight Box seven gonna be a green haunts monterey or 99 another nice one for the yankees had the uh paper to 10 on uh hunter has He frank by an a random team prism spot Those been feeling pretty quick too as well guys if you're thinking about grabbing some uh through the rest of the weekend The random teams savocool the 99. Yeah, I feel you got some listed for the rest of the weekend one nothing already glow early Oh wow Martian scored already shy, but we talked about that earlier quaint mcdaniel refractor Scored in the first 40 seconds of the game. He was minus 200. I remember you saying earlier Oh, yeah. No, he put it in nice Yo, martian I don't have any yet. No, I need to I need to start grabbing some you're right about that There's a first um quaint mcdaniel quaint mcdaniel first. I got a few kim and arrows I'm sitting on um in a you're on summer sadies. I haven't grabbed any brady taylor's yet. There's too many uh Every draft the raised draft like three short stops. So it's kind of hard to figure out which one Kim and arrows are starter right now. It's kind of hard to figure out which one they're gonna go with First scheme for fracter and coal miller Oh, is the score a point was minus 230 guys. I remember you saying that earlier It's 125 same milmuniums. I was in and out of fanatics quite a bit earlier. I was drawerski and debtmer Seeing a couple things, but Yeah, now they do for sure. Now they do for sure. We usually just I think they their idea is like just Draft in a premium position so we can get rid of it if you want something else the 499 jones I think that's what the raids do. I don't know man. They always draft short stops though First bowmeister and carlo swore. Hey, it's not a bad position to obviously Get top guys out of but when you got six of them in your farm is probably Gonna have to move some people around or do something Here's a first Carson rock of fortnight for the royals First McGraw and abner Buy the entire franchise if I could buy the entire franchise Spencer, you best believe tropicana field would be renamed cowfield You best believe that there's a first hero Wyatt chris clark Or a papa johns field Something like that every raise when you get free papa johns We're back with the magic It's a gold and it's going to be christian vicaro for the nationals. Nice one there for 50 Christian vicaro first Santana and Gutierrez I'm sure it's not. I'm sure it's I'm sure it's probably one of the cheaper mlb teams to buy Wouldn't say cheat, but Here's a first blue of grant taylor Cole karig and cam collier spencer says trust me Trust me. No There's a refractor first christian apsic to 499 No, it's the first case. Uh, kayfus roger arias I know a guy trust me. No the uh, the rays do have some issues selling tickets. That's true Also, my beaters needs less than 162 games. I mean, it's just too much. There's a bum and glass mat shaw Five on the rays. We're only playing 80 first of um camp fisher And last box here guys one more Box number eight. Good luck guys. We'll get a definitive going next and then we are on to um on a prism On to prism the rest of the night actually cowfield sponsored by papa There we go Call it tropicana dome at cowfield something like that Call it trash Come on There's an aqua shimmer to one 25 brady house The first key for lord and kate denton Yeah, no, I agree vaughn. I 100% agree 100% agree There's a lunar glow jacob berry first rock regio and christian mccaro Yeah, rays play play good pretty much all season just to have pictures and Uh, brandy lau and a couple other people go down like right at the end and then you're just You're just in trouble. It could happen. Obviously on a shorter season too, but There's a nice one calling. How come the green to 99? There we go. Mets Nice insert auto class of 23 38 and 99 Nice hulk there First is redfield and sammy's avala crash rock stadium There you go. That's what i'm talking about Yeah, but that the mall is not many seeds made uh made it easier for you guys to get some good seats It's a 199 travis honeyman Made it easier to be next to jas garret forster first Oh, you did it. Uh, carl. Let's go We were talking about that. Uh, I was listening I was listening a little earlier on fanatics You guys were talking about that. Oh, there's an orange for the meds. Nolan the clean Nice one there to 25 on the orange First johnny farmello Rainer arias All right, you guys will get definitive going next and we're on to prism rest of the night It's a gold paper. Eric batonsi. There's a light blue first teixion walton First chase davis and you'll injury vargas Yeah, I agree with that coca. Definitely uh Definitely a lot less potential for injury Oh Orioles dual gold auto is gonna be enrique bradfield and mac horvath Boom nice one there one of the first uh duals i've seen That is daniel with the orioles one of our last teams taken 32 of 50 will get that in a mag my man Bradfield and horvath on the dual That is sick gold to 50 nice one there oaves franchise futures I saw that one coming. I was like, what am I what am I about to see here? noble meyer and honey man, that's uh anytime you see something different it gets you get you thinking Shaw Luke Shaw the defender for man you there's a uh jacob wilson bowman glass Yeah, that's I saw that a second ago. Uh, I think uh vaughn told us that it was a christian camel. That's it's about time It's about time that man right there He did enough for this city. They better they better have uh done it Thank you rob taking the fillies in a definitive later the speckle of spencer jones first on hella kunya and levensson Boris marshan already scored bro. That's crazy. It took 40 seconds Took 40 seconds There's a jona cox Two more packs guys and we're on to definitive On to definitive fracter on is gonna be alex clubby to 499 first for the guardians And first grant taylor. Oh, it's two one right now. What the heck? Jesus. It's three. It's two two Pasta goal. What is going on in that game? what Let's get some goalies out today. Let's get some goalies out today. What are we doing? What are we doing? It's two two already First is huddle for one and wait a second. It's in the game, right? Is it 15 minutes? No, no, it's 20 Six minutes in Jesus six minutes in four goals. Alrighty guys. We'll do a quick head recap That one was a bow and jumbo case 52 Get on to definitive next then we're on to Prison rest of the night. All right little recap. We had a collier to 150 to 125 house munios anthony It's 99 gonzalez louder muntero 75 george debtmer gold vecaro gold and a 25 nulla mclean Yeah, I don't know that's crazy That is crazy We have auto to 499 alex clubby napsick to 499 based on a rock of fortnight mcdaniels louder casual batonsi soto haas bradon taylor homer bush marcus brown honeyman Vatrano thorton mohoney casual into 499 coal foster 67 saves last night. Good lord That is crazy the 250 we got jaco gonzalez got a 199 jack mohoney to 99 calling howke Ethan o'donnell into 50 they have insults upon And for our max we had a gold uh gold duel auto for the orioles. It's uh rike bradfield and horvath to 50 We have the golden nugget bow and die cut bow and die cut Um, that is the 49 blake michael for the uh royals and we had red to five max anderson first bowman base there for the tigas for the tigas Oh, sorry about that gargoyle. I won't do it again. That happens to me sometimes too I'm always a little bit behind the guys. I won't I won't do that again. Sorry about that great Alrighty guys, that'll do it for um bowman jumbo number 52 get that right out. See y'all


Welcome and happy Friday. I always like it when it's Friday, just to have a little bit of fun, right? And Fundraising Academy has been a fantastic sponsor of our Friday ask and answer episodes. And so each and every Friday, Julia and I, you know, have the ability and opportunity to answer a lot of questions that come in. And from time to time, we have some fantastic guests joining us from Fundraising Academy. And today we have just that. So Adriana O'Donnell, which is a CFRE, Certified Fundraising Executive, also Director of Philanthropy at San E. Ciedro Health. Now, I told you, Adriana, from the beginning, if I ever mispronounced your name, the organization, please correct me. So I would like to invite you right now to please properly say your name in the organization. Thank you, Jared. So it's Adriana O'Donnell, and the organization that I work for is called San E. Ciedro Health, which is located in San Diego, right along the border. 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We have almost 600 episodes now, and you can find us on Roku, YouTube, Fire TV, Vimeo, and wait, there's more. If you buy now for 9.99, I feel like a big like infomercial, right? But really looking truly for those podcasters. I'm a huge podcaster. I start every morning listening to a podcast. We are now on podcast forums. So if you're interested in today's episode, Friday is a big popular day because of the questions that come in from our viewers.  And so for all of our viewers, what we'll do is I will read the questions aloud, we'll pass over so that you can answer this. And if I feel inclined to add to it, I will do just that. So if you're ready, I'll start off with our question from Denise. Yes, perfect. Yeah, so Denise writes in from Albuquerque, New Mexico. It's a fantastic place to be, I love it there. Denise wants to know, she says, we're trying to take actions to help our nonprofit retain in all capital letters, R-E-T-A-I-N employees. Should we be rewriting our employee handbook to define work from home issues and standards? That's a good question. What do you say? I think a lot of nonprofits are struggling with the same issue. And I can speak to what's currently happening here at San Ysidro Health. And yes, the handbook would be great to have things delineated and writing and making it very clear about what expectations are. But a question for the organization is, have you considered putting together a formal retention strategy for your employees? You know, are you compensating fairly? Are you offering training and development programs for your employees? Is there room for them to growth? Do they trust your organization? Is there transparent? I mean, there's so many things that goes along with feeling like you are valued at your organization and that you are acknowledged for your hard work and dedication to the mission. And is there truly work like balance? These are things that I can speak to for myself. And what I look for when I am working for an organization, obviously mission is very important, but also, you know, if I feel valued within the organization. So I would say that maybe going back to putting together a very thoughtful retention strategy with leadership in your board, I think that's such an important practice and one that will make a difference for your organization. Great thoughts. And I don't think that I've considered what that formal retention strategy looks like, but you hit a lot of the marks and I really appreciate that. You know, one of the things that I've heard of often, and I always say, I am not HR, but is a stay interview, right? Instead of exit interviews, what are these stay interviews? Now, that's not necessarily speaking to your handbook, but one of the things to include in your handbook is truly this work from home environment. And I know that came up immediately during, you know, the height of COVID-19 and our pandemic is really looking at are we, you know, secure in our privacy measures? What about our cybersecurity? What about, you know, do we allow our, bring your own computer to work kind of thing or did we have the ability to send our staff, you know, to their remote location, mostly home, right? With the technology and those like hardware assets that are needed.  I always like to say you want to keep your rockstar staff, you know, so what are you doing? What are you doing to that? So thank you, thank you for those answers. Great, great input. I love it. Let's move into the next question. This comes from Charlene in Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. How many donors would be appropriate to have on a portfolio? We have never been very organized about this and I am trying to get a handle on managing our donors. Next step is a more refined donor database. Well, you as a CFRE, Adriana, I'm sure you have some wonderful insight on this. So let's take it away. I'd love to hear what you say about donor portfolios. Right. And so I can tell you what has been drilled in our heads, you know, as far as best practice and it's, you know, not more than 100 to 150 people within one professional's portfolio and treating that more as a cap, not a minimum, but to be frank, to be honest, I can speak from my own experience and I think that that's too much. It really is because fundraising is relationship-based as we all know and 100 to 150 is overwhelming. So really looking at your donor database and prioritizing based on, you know, what's important, whether there's a donor that has been with you for 20 years or has increased their amounts over the years or has communicated, you know, a linkage and an interest in a specific program. These are better ways to be able to build your portfolio. And for me, 20 to 30 seems a more manageable way to handle it. I know that different organizations based on their size may have different views, but truly for me, what's been a recipe for success in relationship building is really focusing on 20 to 30. That is interesting. That is a big difference, between that, you know, what we've been drilled down is that 100, 150. This is a curveball question, but curious, I told you unscripted, right?  Doesn't matter the donor level because I'm thinking, you know, high touch, you maybe have less within your portfolio, but if it's a lower touch portfolio management, is there ability to maybe go to that true 100 or kind of, you know, ballpark? What do you see for that and educate me because maybe there's not a high touch and a lower touch? You know, it's really about staying connected to your donor database. That's the backbone of fund development, philanthropy office, yes. And so taking a look at what the trends are, you know, I gotta say 2020 to now, we've really, it isn't fundraising as usual and it's not by the book, if you will. You really, The book is gone, I mean. The book is gone and you really have to take a look at what your donors are interested in, what the trend is for your donors.  And it could be because your mission is aligned with what they are prioritizing at the moment. You know, what's affecting us as professionals is also affecting our donors. So paying attention and reaching out to thank them and to listen to why they've chosen you, your organization over the many other organizations in the area and really communicating to them what your organization's priorities are and seeing if they align. So, I mean, this takes time, but I think it's well worth it, especially since these are known to your organization, these are known entities to your organization. So that's how I've been approaching it. And like I said, it's not fundraising as it was, you know, 10 years ago, 20 years ago, you really have to lean in, if you will, and pay attention to your database. Thank you.  And so you might stay within the same phases, you know, but everyone is unique in the ability of that timeline. And so thank you for sharing your insight and your years of experience there is really insightful. Well, now we're going to Vegas. So get ready, get your casino money because Sean in Las Vegas, Nevada writes and wants to know how important is it for you to have a board member present at a major donor ask? We are trying to determine if this should be a basic part of our ask process. Again, fantastic for a CFRE. So Adriana, what do you say for this? Is it important to have a board member president? I think that if they have the time and express interest and wanna represent your organization in that manner, absolutely encourage it. And yeah, it is important, but it's also important to, you know, possibly have a program manager, frontline staff go with you so that they can also speak to the, to the organization's mission. Actually, that's what I've been doing lately too, which has been really helpful. Boards are coming all shapes and sizes and some are very comfortable with the fundraising process and some may not be and it takes a little more encouragement, training and communication. So if you have a board member that's interested, take the time to prep them, to give them as much information about the meeting as possible. If they have a personal connect or professional connect with that major gifts donor or ask, it's a no brainer. It would be fabulous, but taking the time to prep them is very helpful and they'll appreciate you for it.  Perhaps it's having a volunteer come with you that may have a connection or may not. It's important to hear it from someone that isn't paid by the organization to have why it's so important to support and where this funding is going and what the impact of the funding will be. I have to go back to your comment, you know, boards come in all shapes and sizes and I heard someone say this and it just really hit home. Once you know one board, you know one board. These are all so different, right? As you said, shapes and sizes, experience level, you know, interest and I remember I have to give a shout out to Tony Bell with Fundraising Academy, you know, very similar question and he said, you know, what you don't wanna do is bring someone in and the final ask that has not been a part of the cycle of the cost of education model previously and that might hinder the experience with the funder during that major donor ask. And so really, as you said, Adriana, looking at what is their role in that capacity, how will they serve? Because I remember, I mean, let's go back to when we started Fundraising, okay? For me, it's been a long time and thanking the hardest part for me was to sit quiet. And I know that's the hardest for so many people is because we're passionate and we wanna share the mission and the ask and these stories, but truly during these major donor ask, it is equally, if not more important, to listen. That's great. And actually that's been my motto for a long time, especially now, to really listen and to understand where the donor is as well as prepping to, prepping, listening and ensuring that your board member, your volunteer, your colleague feels comfortable in that setting too. I love bringing in the program staff, as you said.  They can literally paint the picture with their words of the programming. So I love that tip and glad to hear that that's one of the ones you're implementing very strategically right now. So, okay, from Bismarck, North Dakota, name with help. Have you heard of hiring an interim director of philanthropy? I know there are interim CEOs, COOs, along with CFOs. Where would we even start to find such talent? Great question. That is a great question. And it's not as common as interim CEOs, COOs and CFOs, but I feel like the fit of the professional is very important because you're really trying to build, lead, have leadership at your organization that will stick around because it's relationship-based, philanthropist relationship-based fundraising. So I would say to look within professional organizations your association of fundraising professionals, your fundraising academies, all of these great networks and see if they have job posting capabilities. And even the job post has to be very clear and strategic about the type of professional you'd like for your organization and what that fit needs to look like. So look within your area, find those professional networks because we're there. And even look at CFREs, the CFRE listing in your state, in your town, or make it national.  Absolutely. It opens more to so many talents, so much talent. Exactly, exactly. So I feel like there are a lot of resources, but if I may, I'd also like to take it a step further. I'm very involved with our local AFP chapter and what we've seen is the different forms of postings that go up. And some are more inviting than others. And you can tell that the ones that have language that is thoughtful, that is very precise to that organization and what they're looking for is the ones that get the most response. So language is important as well as transparency. And in that setting for AFP, we do ask that salary ranges are part of the post. Yes, and that goes to equity and equality and really feeling valued for the expertise that you bring to the table. So that's my tea sense about job postings. Thank you. Thank you for waving that flag. I wave it as well. And I get a lot of, you know, LinkedIn inquiries that'll say, well, you share this post and I don't if it does not have a hiring salary range. And I just let them know, you know, from an equitable standpoint, this is not a practice that I practice, but if you're willing to update this with that hiring range, absolutely. I'd love to share it with my network. So thank you for AFP mentioning that. And then also your personal beliefs in that space as well. Name with how I feel like you might be writing to me because I actually have served in this interim director philanthropy. I've served as an interim CEO and an interim COO. Never, ever, ever, ever, ever a CFO because that's just not my jam. However, everything you said, Adriana is really that relationship and you're so right. For me, name withheld, an interim director of philanthropy is used very strategically. And it's either you've never had this position before and you really want to develop that role in the culture of philanthropy, both internal and external, right there for your organization. But I don't want you to see this as the end all be all position, right? So to me, it's very strategic. You use this opportunity to lay the groundwork and to prepare for the next level and to hire your full-time, permanent director of philanthropy for your organization. So that's where I see the best use of an interim director of philanthropy truly to carry on those relationships. When I serve in this capacity, most of that time, as you mentioned, Adriana is truly relationships. So it's a lot of conversations, it's a lot of really just letting the funders, the investors, the partners know about the strategic placement and the growth within the organization. So that's how I come to it is truly this, this is a strategic step and to share it as such in full transparency. So that's really good. And I love the remote. I served in this space for a client out in Seattle and I live here in Arizona. And so it was really nice to have that. And believe it or not, this is before COVID. So we were a very progressive team, apparently. Great. Yeah, well, we have one more question from Alabama. I'm looking at the time. I think we've got a little bit of time to answer this but that's fine. Paul will give you what you deserve here. We are thinking about extending our programming to a neighboring state. How do we determine how the legal issues would impact the decision? More importantly, how do you think donors would think about their donations being used out of state? We are wondering if this might be a huge issue in fundraising. Very thoughtful, Paul. Take it away, Audrey. And, you know, I cannot speak to legal issues but what I can offer is advice on getting the expertise that you may need to take this important step for your organization. So have you looked into, you know, getting legal support, hiring, you know, a legal team to help you out or who sits on your board? Can you gather expertise from your board? Do you have a lawyer on your board? If not, maybe recruiting one would be great, you know, to help out. So that's what I can offer as far as, you know, the legal issues that would impact your decision but, you know, to take it a step further, if this, there's a reason why you're thinking about going out of state. It's probably to support your mission and, you know, make a bigger impact within your region. And that speaks volumes and may be part of your strategic plan. So if it is, if you're already there, I think that having conversations, full transparency with some of your closest donors and really listening to what they have to say about, you know, what your next steps are to go to a different state and if they support it, if they have any concerns, hearing it straight from them is so valuable. So that's one piece of advice. The other is, you know, I've thought about your answer because I mean, your question and I'm thinking, yes, it might have an impact but it might have a very positive impact because you're widening your reach and you're widening your mission within your region. So this can open the door to other funding possibilities and additional donors. So again, transparency, reach out to your current donors, your current supporters, your most loyal supporters and let them know of your plan and hear what they have to say. And if it is aligned with your mission and it's part of your strategic plan, then really it's, you know, full speed ahead and I congratulate you for taking the steps. Yeah, this is such a great question and a great topic. You know, it makes me think I was working with an international organization and they had a presence in the US but also internationally and we got that question a lot, you know, is where do our dollars go? And having that back to transparency, that's definitely been a theme in our conversation.  We can of course always have restricted dollars and so of course we want unrestricted, that is the best ever, but there is ways in accounting systems to restrict a donor's funding so that it is specific to program, specific to geographic, specific to, you know, anything just about, I mean, it can become an accounting nightmare and again, we're really hoping and praying for, you know, the unrestricted dollars. However, there are measurements within financials to separate that and report on that. So I think as you said, it is a win-win. This is, you know, a great opportunity to say we have made such positive impact here in our community and there's a greater need in another state, maybe a neighboring state. So we are taking our program that has done X, Y and Z here locally to another state for these recipients, our community members to receive very, you know, very similar programming. So messaging is important. Yeah, good stuff. Well, such great questions that we have today, Friday or Friday, as I like to call it, is my favorite day and really going through these questions because if you joined us earlier or for any of our other shows, we are marching towards our 600th, yes, 600 episode. And so every Friday we dedicate to our ask and answer, we have received questions across the nation, even international, and we've been able to witness the change and shift in evolution in our leaders. So Adriana O'Donnell, thank you for joining us, Director of Philanthropy with, I'm gonna try this, San Isidro Health. Beautiful, thank you so much for having me, Jared. It's such a pleasure to be a part of it. Thank you, it's fantastic. We are lucky to have you in our community, Fundraising Academy is lucky to have you in the cause selling education model. And we are so lucky also to have the continued support of so many of our presenting sponsors.  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