Schedule a free workshop as part of our Book Tour!
Growing Small to Large: Is everything we believe about fundraising wrong? Zoot will cover his research showing a disconnect between what makes an organization successful and our focus on fundraising. This is the research that spawned the Gianneschi Fellows program with Social Impact Leadership training and his new book, small to LARGE: Growing Social Impact Organizations Against All Odds.
Zoot will do a 20 minute speech to 3 hour workshop FOR FREE with the sale of 20 or more books ($46 each) which he will bring with him and sign!
See a version on Youtube- For Executive Coaches of Orange County HERE
"I heard nothing but rave reviews about your comments, suggestions, and ideas. Thank you for participating, experience, and expertise!"
-Lester Fujimoto, CFRE, Beverley Hospital Foundation (comments after Zoot performed their keynote address)
SPEECHES & WORKSHOPS
Charity EmCee & Auctioneer- Zoot has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities as an auctioneer and emceed conventions such as the Rotary Regional President-Elect Training for five states with over 600 in attendance to a standing ovation.
Leadership Intensive Programs- In-person and Zoom intensive programs for new organizational leaders
Nonprofit Management Certificated Courses & Webinars- Taught at 3 State Universities. Let Zoot custom design a course for you.
Youth Inspirational Keynote- Overcoming an orthopedic disability to become a career breakdancer and build communities!
Getting Past the BS Keynote- Based on Zoot's successful podcast, 501(c)(3)(b)(s): Deprogramming for Organizational Success (Now rated #119 in the world for nonprofit podcasts by Apple)
Redefining Fund Development for the 21st Century Keynote- 80% of organizations are failing because of antiquated ideas of how we grow. Based on Zoot’s research, training, and new book, small to LARGE: Growing Social Impact Organizations Against All Odds. WIth his system, Zoot has raised over $40M.
When Leaders Innovate Keynote- Combining leadership with innovation to make organizational success.
The Future of The Sector Keynote- What will the third sector look like in 10 years post-COVID and with new technological advancements?
Transformational Leadership. You will learn proven techniques of leadership; the core principles of leadership, management, and supervision and how they differ; and how to make others own your ideas as theirs. You will use your organization’s mission as a catalyst for change. The presenter has been a fellow in 7 different leadership programs. His leadership abilities have taken him to lead groups in prisons, juvenile halls, nonprofits, businesses, and government, from gang members to bureaucrats for systemic change.
Board Development. You will learn unconventional methods that create a great, diverse board through mission-building.
Volunteer Management & Training. The presenter managed over 600 volunteers in one year and was nominated for a Statewide Award in volunteer management.
Strategic Partners in Success: How to Double or Triple Your Capacity with a Strategic Partnership Model. You will learn how to create a resource map, use networks to create strong partnerships, and collectively meet your mission while driving new funding. You will discover the differences between networks, strategic partnerships, and collective impact models. With this strategy, the presenter has quadrupled capacity and tripled the budget during a recession.
Programming Success: Turning Program Design to Funding (An Introduction to Grantsmanship). Programs drive funding through a cycle of evaluation, design, and implementation. Learn how to create, fund, and scale successful programs.
Grant and Proposal Writing. The secret and not-so-secret tricks to making great proposals and having them funded. With these methods, your presenter has raised over $30 Million with a grant success rate is over 75% funding each year on grants written.
Marketing Your Mission. It is tricky to market a small organization these days when people are caught between the analog and digital worlds. Marketing is how most people experience your organization and mission first. In this workshop, you will learn the basics of not only what makes good marketing but what doesn’t. You will learn to use your money and workforce with proper priorities, so you don’t spin your wheels on strategies that defeat you and suck out all your cash. Your presenter has grown audiences by 1400%, members by 600%, and patrons by 400% in his first five years at the helm. Learn how he did it.
Capital Campaigns and Endowments. You will learn the basics for the proper way to plan, build and fund capital campaigns and endowments for your organizations. Our presenter has built five new art centers in Southern California and doubled his endowment funding at his current organization.
Strategic Planning You Will Actually Use! You will learn how to define your mission, goals, and budget while creating a clear vision for the future that everyone can own as their vision in a way that builds consensus with stakeholders, draws in investment, and makes goals achievable. Using this model, the presenter has founded, built, and developed over a dozen nonprofits in Southern California- most with over $500,000 in new funding in 16 months or less.
Technology in the Social Sector: Learn how to stop being controlled by the future and technology and start controlling it. You don’t have to be a tech genius to take advantage of simple software, apps, and tools to update your mission for this century. If technology is taking too much of your time, you are doing it wrong. Learn how to save time with technology. The presenter was the first in Orange County to present STEAM programs teaching technology through the arts, winning the California Superintendent of Education’s award for Museum Excellence in 2016. His website operates a virtual cultural center that brings visitors from around the world and creates new platforms for programs, fundraising, and understanding.
Succession Planning: What Happens When You Leave? Many great leaders leave their posts to see everything they build slowly dismantled or rot away. Learn how to create an infrastructure and succession plan that survives after you leave. Your presenter has built a dozen organizations in Southern California that have prospered after his tenure due to these techniques.
Virtual Space How to convert your website and social media into a virtual version of your organization that patrons can visit.
DIY Fundraising: Many people think, “I would like to start my own nonprofit organization,” which is usually a horrible idea. But people can solve that urge by hosting a fundraiser for their favorite organizations. Organizations are figuring out how they can help with this effort and raise more money than an annual gala with no effort or expenses. Best of all, they market the organizations. Service clubs, student groups, and individuals are all getting in on this trend in fundraising that could be the future of fundraising. Remember the ice bucket challenge? It was a DIY project. I will show you how events like these bring funding, marketing, and great stories to your organization with minimal effort on your part.
Paul Harris & the History of Rotary- available on Youtube HERE
NOTE: Zoot can also do custom-tailored programs from these topics. He has done such programs on Cultural Tourism, Managing a Historic Site, Planning a Conference or Fundraiser, Public Speaking with PowerPoint, Volunteer Management (For the Docent League), Virtual Museums (for the CA Association of Museums Conference), The Business of Art for Artists, and other topics.
Zoot also does intensive weekend retreats for new community leaders, pastors, and other emerging leaders in the beautiful mountains of Lake Arrowhead.