Using Curiosity to Support your Fundraising
If in your work as a fundraiser, you are struggling to connect with potential donors or volunteers, I suggest that you learn how to exercise your curiosity
If in your work as a fundraiser, you are struggling to connect with potential donors or volunteers, I suggest that you learn how to exercise your curiosity
Often, I’m asked to provide proven fundraising principles to a group of board members or a nonprofit staff team. Even though I try to weave in stories with
Many people, including our nonprofit boards, tend to focus on the dollars, but data tells us that we should be paying equal attention to the number of d
When thinking about ways to use real estate assets to further a nonprofit’s mission, we often focus on underutilized real estate and how we might turn . . .
It's been an impactful year of blogs, guides, and webinars from our team. This week we're sharing the posts that you all found most helpful. Scroll through this list and choose one new action to take with you into the coming year.
As your organization leans into Diversity, Equity and Inclusion work it’s important to remember that financial policies can either advance or hinder the progress you are making. Aligning financial practices with the strategic goals of the organization will always take you further faster. Here are a few things to consider:
Anticipation is at its peak, the play is about to happen, and the whistle blows. The referee’s voice echoes across the stadium: False start. Five-yard
Does the old addage, less is more, stand up to post-COVID leadership? We've all learned what matters and employees are no different. How do we pivot our expectations?
Board development, leadership, donor relations, client stories, strategic planning, strategic roadmap
Boards generally don’t like to be surprised. Generally, boards like to know what is going on in a nonprofit organization, and they want to be well-prepared
We can tell when a board is experiencing pinch points or pain. Board members themselves often know when their performance is not where we want it to be.
Ever have that feeling that you want to create some change, but at the same time, you or others around you don’t want to? Like there are competing forces
We want our volunteers to have a good experience and feel valued for their time. Celebrating volunteers will motivate them and keep them coming back.
Use your donor data to create effective strategies to retain current donors and find new ones, using the lessons learned from 2022.
Whether or not you have the official title of “leader,” you have opportunities to create a work environment – and a community – that is not only more