About
Our People
What We Believe
Client Stories
Join Our Team
Services
Fundraising Services
Financial Management
Strategy & Planning
Board Governance
Collaborations & Partnerships
Culture & Teams
Leadership Coaching
Working Genius
Communications
Resources
Blog
Podcasts
Downloadable Resources
Partners
Presentation Handouts
Contact Us
Blog
OWN IT
Posted by
Sara Luke
Tweet
“The dog ate my homework.”
Read More
0 Comments
Click here to read/write comments
Topics:
Leadership
,
Vision
,
Transparency
All posts
Content not found
Our Latest Posts
Subscribe
Recent
Popular
Tags
Leadership
(107)
Nonprofit
(66)
Nonprofit Leadership
(59)
Fundraising
(57)
Stewardship
(38)
Donor Stewardship
(32)
Volunteer Leadership
(31)
Case For Support
(26)
Nonprofit Management
(26)
Board Development
(25)
Volunteers
(25)
Endowment
(24)
Capital Campaign
(22)
Volunteer Management
(21)
Art Of The Ask
(20)
Major Gifts
(20)
financial management
(20)
Planning
(19)
Annual
(18)
Communication
(18)
Annual Campaign
(17)
Donor Cultivation
(17)
Fundraising Campaign
(16)
Volunteer Appreciation
(16)
Fundraising Management
(15)
Volunteer Development
(15)
Donation
(14)
Relationship Building
(14)
Church Fundraising
(13)
Podcast
(13)
Board Management
(12)
Resolution
(12)
Strategy
(12)
Collaboration
(11)
Gratitude
(11)
Nonprofit Staff
(11)
Planned Giving
(11)
Resolutions
(11)
finance
(11)
Annual Fundraising
(10)
Camp Fundraising
(10)
Capital
(10)
Capital Readiness
(10)
Vision
(10)
Asking For Help
(9)
Big L Leaders
(9)
Church Stewardship
(9)
Development
(9)
Fund Development
(9)
How To Ask
(9)
Ask
(8)
Big L Leadership
(8)
Case Statement
(8)
Covid
(8)
Cultivation
(8)
Donor
(8)
Donor Prospect
(8)
Financial Development
(8)
Goals
(8)
Storytelling
(8)
Success Stories
(8)
Year-End Giving
(8)
community
(8)
Campaign Leadership
(7)
Capital Fundraising
(7)
Case Studies
(7)
Collaborations
(7)
Donor Engagement
(7)
Donor Love
(7)
Gift Of Giving
(7)
Giving
(7)
Making The Ask
(7)
Volunteer
(7)
partnership
(7)
Axiom
(6)
Capital Leadership
(6)
CelebratingOurClients
(6)
Communications
(6)
Generosity
(6)
Goal Setting
(6)
Hiring
(6)
board governance
(6)
Asking
(5)
Board Leadership
(5)
Culture Of Philanthrophy
(5)
Donor Recognition
(5)
Philanthropy
(5)
Relationships
(5)
Resource Development
(5)
Tax Law
(5)
Teamwork
(5)
The Dip
(5)
Ymca
(5)
budget
(5)
grants
(5)
Best of DBD
(4)
Church Leadership
(4)
Debt Reduction
(4)
Donor Relations
(4)
Feasibility Study
(4)
Global Leadership Summit
(4)
Grit
(4)
Jim Collins
(4)
Leadership Development
(4)
Leadership Transition
(4)
Mentoring
(4)
Online Giving
(4)
Preparation
(4)
Appreciation
(3)
Ask For Advice
(3)
Blue Flame Case
(3)
Book Club
(3)
Campaign Planning
(3)
Clarity
(3)
Culture
(3)
Data Management
(3)
Development Officer
(3)
Direct Mail
(3)
Donor Communications
(3)
Donor Management
(3)
End Of Year
(3)
Endowment Development
(3)
Family YMCA
(3)
Feasibility
(3)
Happiness
(3)
Inclusion
(3)
Jerusalem International YMCA
(3)
John Norcross
(3)
Learning
(3)
Listening
(3)
Mission
(3)
Personal Development
(3)
Professional Development
(3)
Staff Development
(3)
Summer Reads
(3)
Volunteer Communication
(3)
Volunteer Recruitment
(3)
What We're Reading
(3)
Year-End
(3)
gifts of stock
(3)
grant writing
(3)
strategic planning
(3)
sustainability
(3)
Advocacy
(2)
Attitude
(2)
Best Of
(2)
CEO Search
(2)
Camp
(2)
Career Growth
(2)
Client Stories
(2)
Conference
(2)
Crucial Conversations
(2)
DBD Axiom
(2)
Death By Meeting
(2)
Donor Pyramid
(2)
Estate Planning
(2)
Execution
(2)
Ideas
(2)
Inspiration
(2)
Interviewing
(2)
Kindness
(2)
Leadership Recruitment
(2)
Legacy
(2)
Making The Case
(2)
Mentor
(2)
Millennials
(2)
Pat Lencioni
(2)
Patience
(2)
Prospect
(2)
Prospect Research
(2)
Renewal
(2)
Security Blanket
(2)
Seth Godin
(2)
Shout Out
(2)
Social Media
(2)
Special Events
(2)
Staff
(2)
Success
(2)
Support
(2)
Thank You
(2)
Value Of Time
(2)
What Matters Podcast
(2)
What We Believe
(2)
Who Really Cares
(2)
development team
(2)
direct response
(2)
executive search
(2)
thanks
(2)
AlumniRelations
(1)
April Fools
(1)
CDO
(1)
CEO Coaching
(1)
Camping
(1)
Capital Donor Wall
(1)
Cares Act
(1)
Change
(1)
Chris McChesney
(1)
Crisis Communications
(1)
Direct Mall
(1)
Domestic Abuse
(1)
Donor Advised Funds
(1)
Donor Identification
(1)
Downtime
(1)
Duke Basketball
(1)
Eldercircle
(1)
Events
(1)
Face To The Case
(1)
Fear
(1)
Foundation
(1)
Franklin Covey
(1)
Giving Usa
(1)
Goundbreaking
(1)
Handwritten Notes
(1)
Historical Facility
(1)
Holidays
(1)
Individual Philanthropy
(1)
Interest Raising
(1)
Itasca County
(1)
JIY
(1)
Justice
(1)
Krzyzewski
(1)
La Crosse Area
(1)
Leadership & Boards
(1)
Leadership Cabinet
(1)
Leadership Coaching
(1)
Libraries
(1)
Library
(1)
Myth
(1)
NAYDO
(1)
News
(1)
PPP
(1)
Personal Giving Pages
(1)
Personal Visits
(1)
Positioning
(1)
Positioning Campaign
(1)
Potential
(1)
Preservation
(1)
Productivity
(1)
Purpose
(1)
Rasmus Ankersen
(1)
Read
(1)
Risk
(1)
School
(1)
Search Letter
(1)
Smart
(1)
Snapchat
(1)
Stephen Covey
(1)
Take Action
(1)
Tax-Exempt Bonds
(1)
Thank You Letter
(1)
The 4 Disciplines Of Execution
(1)
Time Management
(1)
Toxic Charity
(1)
Transition
(1)
Transparency
(1)
diversity
(1)
onboarding
(1)
see all