New Year’s Resolutions ... you’ve probably made a few. They state your intention to do better at something in the New Year. The truth is that resolutions are easier to make than to keep. Making and maintaining change is difficult. We break more resolutions than we keep. The ones kept, though, bring positive change to us and those around … [Read more...]
Is Your Nonprofit Board Wired? Interview with John Dawe
John Dawe specializes in technology integration, project management, fundraising, communications, marketing, and strategic planning at Dawe Consulting. In this interview, John explains the importance of having a wired board. This video is sponsored by Bloomerang. Help yourself to free fundraising resources including educational … [Read more...]
A Beginner’s Guide to Board Retreats, a Staple of Successful Major Gift Programs
Welcome back to the Major Gifts Challenge. We’re nearing the end of the Challenge, but we’re not quite there yet! If you’re new to it, check out the intro video here. The Major Gifts Challenge has taught you, over and over, how important board engagement is to your program. It’s likely you won’t have a successful major gifts program … [Read more...]
Future-proof Your Nonprofit with a Culture of Philanthropy: 3 Things You MUST Do
Welcome back to the Major Gift Challenge. If you’re unfamiliar with the Challenge, check out the introductory video here. Culture is the heart of an organization. If your organization’s culture doesn’t include philanthropy, it’s going to be a challenge to raise funds -- especially major gifts -- and address the needs of your cause. What … [Read more...]
The Virtues of being a Disrupter: Interview with Marcia Coné
Marcia Coné is President of Marcia Coné Consulting and author of Permission Granted: Changing the Paradigm for Women in Leadership. In this interview, Marcia extols the virtues of being a change-making disrupter for your cause. This video is sponsored by Bloomerang. Help yourself to free fundraising resources including educational … [Read more...]
How to Get and Keep Your Nonprofit Job: Interview with Mazarine Treyz
In this interview with Mazarine Treyz, founder of founder of Wild Woman Fundraising, we discuss some excellent career-oriented strategies. This video is sponsored by Bloomerang. Help yourself to free fundraising resources including educational webinars, assessments and downloadables. Interview Highlights Watch the full interview … [Read more...]
2 Keys to Keeping Board Members Engaged: Interview with Rachel Muir
In this interview, internationally recognized nonprofit founder and thought leader Rachel Muir joins me to discuss board engagement. This video is sponsored by Bloomerang. Help yourself to free fundraising resources including educational webinars, assessments and downloadables. Interview Highlights Watch the full interview above … [Read more...]
4 Burning Questions About Raising Major Gifts Answered
Earlier this month, Lori Jacobwith at Ignited Fundraising hosted me on a webinar. At the end, there were dozens of questions and we answered as many as time allowed. Unfortunately, we were unable to get to a number of your questions about major gift fundraising, especially those that required more detailed answers. There were four questions … [Read more...]
7 Ways to Keep Your Nonprofit Development Team Intact
In my last video, I talked about the importance of development staff staying at their jobs and not job hopping. Today’s video is directed more at Executive Directors in an effort to help you keep your development staff members longer. Attention Executive Directors As you may know from experience, there’s no worse feeling than when a staff … [Read more...]
Avoid Nonprofit Job Hopping – 2 Strategies You Need to Know
You’ve likely heard the expression, fundraising is about relationships. You may also know that development director tenure can be very short. I’ve heard numbers as low as 14 or 16 months. I often think about what must be happening in nonprofits to make turnover in our sector so high -- especially in a sector that depends on relationships … [Read more...]
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