In this series, the DBD Team will take a deeper look at some of the axioms we use when working with our clients. In today’s blog, Sara Luke reflects on our axiom: “Why Trumps What.”
In this series, the DBD Team will take a deeper look at some of the axioms we use when working with our clients. In today’s blog, Sara Luke reflects on our axiom: “Why Trumps What.”
Topics: DBD Axiom
A good friend recently returned a book I lent her a while back. How many books are sitting in your bookcase that you read so long ago their lesson has faded from your memory?
Topics: Fundraising, Communication
For more than ten years, I’ve been talking to non-profits about social media. Best I can tell, the two things you really need to know are:
Topics: Social Media
In this series, the DBD Team will take a deeper look at some of the axioms we use when working with our clients. In today’s blog, Thom Peters reflects on our axiom: “Don’t settle.”
Topics: Leadership, Capital Campaign, Annual Campaign, Campaign Leadership, Leadership Cabinet
In this series, the DBD Team will take a deeper look at some of the axioms we use when working with our clients. In today’s blog, Jan Brogdon reflects on our axiom: Boards Don’t Heal Themselves.
Topics: Volunteer Leadership, Nonprofit Management, Volunteer Management, Volunteer Recruitment
Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to work with nonprofits in crisis. These are challenging times when the powerful mission of an organization runs into the financial realities of delivering that mission.
Topics: Annual Campaign, Nonprofit Leadership, Debt Reduction
A number of months ago I received many comments on a blog I wrote about Patrick Lencioni’s Death By Meeting. That first blog focused on how so many meetings are ineffective, time-sucking exercises. Of course, Lencioni offers several effective solutions so I thought a “Part II” would be appropriate; this time, specifically addressing meeting length.
Topics: Death By Meeting, Pat Lencioni, Productivity
“The dog ate my homework.”
Topics: Leadership, Vision, Transparency
I was as shocked as anyone at the death of Prince, and deeply saddened at the news that he may have died without a will. The fact that his estate will now become part of the public record – and that any potential fight over it will be national news – is causing many people, not just in the nonprofit world, to have conversations about estate planning and protecting the assets they’ve built over the years.
Topics: Endowment, Estate Planning, Planned Giving
Over the last few years, the term “grit” has been popping up in books, podcasts and lectures. It seems that grit, as it relates to leadership in popular business culture, is associated with themes of courage, follow-through and resilience.
Topics: Leadership, Volunteer Development, Grit, The Dip