A great colleague in the filed and a superb blogger on philanthropy, Maeve Strathy (@fundraisermaeve) kindly published a guest blog post I wrote for her on being the “Chief Everything Officer” and how to delegate duties and manage your time when … Read More
I’m just crazy about this excellent blog post from fundraising colleague, Mary Calahane in Connecticut! Mary and I think alike - my takeaways from the article are these: Fundraising is painful for board members when board members are just handed … Read More
Don’t let your fundraising solicitations end up in the junk mail pile. Let’s face it. We all get too much postal mail, and most of it is unwanted junk. Busy people pile up their postal mail and take just a … Read More
Fundraisers and nonprofit leaders often express frustration with their board members. My first question is always the same. “Is your board trained in best practices of nonprofit operation and in their role as fundraisers for resource acquisition?” Usually, the answer … Read More
Every nonprofit should take care to continually grow their list of prospective donors. I recently met with a client that held a successful outdoor cycling event, but neglected to collect e-mail addresses of attendees who were there to cheer on … Read More