In the latest episode of the DBD Podcast, Bruce Berglund and Jon Simons discuss several leadership axioms that guide our work. If you've worked with us in the past, or attended one of our trainings, one or more of these might sound familiar.
In the latest episode of the DBD Podcast, Bruce Berglund and Jon Simons discuss several leadership axioms that guide our work. If you've worked with us in the past, or attended one of our trainings, one or more of these might sound familiar.
Topics: Leadership, Big L Leaders, Nonprofit Leadership, Podcast, Nonprofit
"As he stepped off the map into uncharted territory, Meriwether Lewis discovered that what was in front of him was nothing like what was behind him and that what had brought him to this point in the journey would take him no farther. ... [Lewis was] looking for a water route, and they had run out of water. How do you canoe over mountains?"
Topics: Leadership, Big L Leaders, Nonprofit Leadership, Nonprofit
Cultivating sustainability in an organization has long been a best practice. During 2020, we have seen this importance magnified as those who embraced a philosophy of sustainability are generally weathering the pandemic and related economic turmoil better than the rest.
The good news: it’s never too late to embrace a sustainable mindset!
Topics: Nonprofit, finance, financial management, sustainability
This is the second of a two-part series. Read the first part here.
Topics: Development, Nonprofit, Collaboration, partnership
In a recent strategic planning meeting, a former hospital president suggested to the committee, “We must collaborate, or we won’t survive.”
Topics: Development, Nonprofit, Collaboration, partnership
For years I coached my non-profit employees and volunteers about how to improve their success in securing gifts for non-profits. And for years, I lifted up the benefits of face-to-face interactions and downplayed direct response as an acceptable means of solicitation.
Topics: Development, Nonprofit, Direct Mail, direct response
,We share the grief and outrage felt by the country in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and countless others. This must end.
Topics: Advocacy
For the past two months nonprofits have been in "emergency" fundraising mode. It has been a scramble to serve communities in new ways, make difficult staffing decisions and try to forecast an entirely new budget.
Many are probably thinking "I can't wait to get back to normal."
But what if "normal" isn't the best idea for the rest of 2020? In a world still filled with uncertainty, what can we do to maximize our impact and prepare ourselves to be ready for whatever may come?
Topics: Nonprofit Leadership, Annual Fundraising, Fundraising Campaign, Nonprofit
On a call with a client last week, working together to identify values for tough times, a word popped up: equanimity. I couldn’t remember what it meant, but it sounded like a smooth, peaceful lake, hinting of equity and justice. So I said, “Not sure if this is relevant, but what about equanimity?” She responded, “Yes! That is a perfect word.”
Topics: Leadership, Volunteer Leadership, Church Leadership
Our current crisis has revealed the financial strengths and weaknesses in our companies, in our families, and in nonprofits. While no one could have anticipated this particular set of circumstances, history tells us that challenges will always come.
Topics: Nonprofit Management, Nonprofit Leadership, Nonprofit, financial management
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