It’s summer here in the Northern Hemisphere. Summer can be a great time to take care of that list of things you were planning on doing “when you had time.” Perhaps you could revisit your nonprofit’s emails. Don’t let your emails look like...
Every week or so, I get a question like I did last night. It was basically, “How do you convince your boss to let me use social media?” So being a social media geek, I immediately posted the question on LinkedIn’s “Answers” tool. You can...
Nonprofit’s can be incredibly crushing places to work. We give all we have because we believe in our cause. Our passion is admirable but leads to bad choices about our own lives. I’d argue this is especially true for fundraisers. People don’t really...
In the last 24 hours, I’ve heard 6 different commentators talk about the polarization of our US government being exacerbated by the fact that no one socializes anymore. Ok. I was one of the people. And I was talking to my aunt and uncle in a restaurant in...
I am fond of saying that “fundraising is an extreme sport.” Like great athletes, fundraisers need to focus on the basics. At Blog World Expo last November I got to do a live interview with Susan McLennan about those basics, treating people with respect,...
Thank you! As a fundraiser for a nonprofit cause, you are changing the world. Making it a better place. We need people like you! Loving the askers If we’re good at fundraising, we spend considerable time thinking about how to best thank our donors. We throw...
