As the economy continues to falter (or barely grow), we need people’s donations more than ever. But if we operate from a place of “need,” we can start sounding like we think we’re entitled to people’s money. We never are. So it’s...
April is “volunteer appreciation” month. Last week, the ED of a nonprofit gave whoopie pies to each of us on the board. In presenting them, she said, “April is volunteer appreciation month. So each year we do something to say ‘thank you’...
As kids, most of us were trained to say “thank you.” Some of us even had parents that required us to write “thank you” notes to relatives that gave us gifts. So why don’t we say “thank you” to our donors? The very people that...
Happy Thanksgiving! Looking for some good quality, inexpensive thank-you cards online, I Googled “Thank You cards.” I was pleasantly surprised to find a link to a fantastic article on how to write a thank you note. The key points made be the author Leslie...
