Too many nonprofits think that choosing a fundraising software provider is the end of a journey. It’s really just the beginning. Using software is essential, but the use you’ll get from it is only as good as your data and the training your provide your...
Last week, I sent out a fundraising coaching email to Fundraising Kick subscribers asking them if they were fundraising like Linus. My grandfather loved Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comics. Everytime we went to his house, we’d see lots of Peanuts characters: Charlie...
Some of you have been seeing my name associated with at group called “The Concord Leadership Group LLC.” You’ve seen it mentioned in the emails you get from The Fundraising Coach. And over the last few weeks, since the release of the nonprofit sector...
It’s Follow Up Friday! In most of my #followupfriday email reminders, I encourage subscribers to reach out to people or following up on uncompleted tasks. Often they’re following up with donors and prospects and staff. But today, I invited them to do a...
I’ve been a leadership guy a lot longer than I’ve been a fundraising coach. In fact, one of the things I love about nonprofit fundraising is that fundraising impacts all areas of leadership: mission, vision, values, staff recruitment and retention,...
