How you can keep fundraising staff happy and…
This post is for nonprofit leaders. Executive directors. CEOs. Especially those of you who have had a hard time keeping good fundraisers around. Just for you, here’s a list of Do’s and a Don’t Do trust them Essential to any strong relationship is trust. And trust is also crucial to a staff person being her […]
Stuck in an annual appeal dead end?…
Is annual giving something you take down from the attic once a year? Somewhere along the line, annual giving – the support an organization needs each year to operate – turned into “the one time a year we expect donors to give”. So organizations get to October, look at the holes in the operating budget […]
Why gratitude should be your daily practice…
What if gratitude wasn’t something to check off your to-do list? What if gratitude made you and your donors feel great? What if gratitude made it much more likely your donors would remain your donors? Smart fundraisers understand that giving is personal and emotional. They understand that there is much more to raising money than […]