Mar 27, 2019 | Non-Profits
Are your development operations set up for success? Is the program team at war with development? Does communications get treated like a service fulfillment department by everyone else? Are major gifts and direct mail fighting over donors or who gets credit? Are...
Mar 13, 2019 | Non-Profits
On occasions staff members of an organisation ask the question – where do we go when we see that our organisation is not doing what it claims to do? Or on occasion, a donor has concern that the funding provided is not being used appropriately. Unfortunately, there are...
Feb 27, 2019 | Non-Profits
Third in a Series: Unhealthy Major Gift Practices I have seen a lot of crazy organizational structures in my 40 years of working in fundraising. And I could go into a long monologue on each example to illustrate what I mean – but that would be a waste of your time....
Feb 13, 2019 | Non-Profits
People don’t trust media, government or nonprofits. In this low-trust environment, how can we be successful at fundraising? Here’s 5 ways your organization can thrive during the trust crisis: 1. Stop being clever, amplify the authentic The voice of your...
Jan 30, 2019 | Non-Profits
Data and analytics can play a big role in improving nonprofit strategy. It usually doesn’t though, and that’s because most nonprofits are using their data wrong. It’s time we had a little talk about strategic objects. Think about the last strategy meeting you...
