If I begin with an organization that is getting serious about major gifts, I explain there eventually needs to be a plan where the development person never comes into the office. When I work with organizations that have a development
The Volunteer Everyone Wants
My mother was the dream volunteer. She was involved, believed in the organization, took initiative, created solutions to big challenges. She was not the volunteer to answer phones, or be a greeter, or stuff envelopes. She shared that upfront. That
T’was the week before New Year’s
‘Twas the week before New Year’s The center was bustling For hunger knows no calendar Addiction does not have a season Neither does homelessness, literacy, or rescue pets For our precious planet, we can always find a reason
Helping your board to SOARR
There are literally more than 1 million items related to non-profit board service on Google. Here is one more that puts board management into an acronym, SOARR, which will hopefully give you 5 things you can do with your board.
5 things for a strong finish
In a few weeks we will enter the last quarter of the year. Distraction for our donors is everywhere with disasters, political campaigns, and highly charged philosophical debates over history. For the sake of our missions and our organizations, we
Getting new people
The discussion lately has involved in how do you grow your donorbase. In the blog, Is your event worth it, I suggest that 40% of your event attendees needed to be new. That has elicited some questions about “How do