It’s fun when something you should do is also something you enjoy doing. I’ve grown to truly enjoy sending hand-written thanks (and other notes) to our donors. It’s partly the challenge. For instance, after the end of the year, I had more than 70 in a backlog. That was one marathon note-writing session! But I […]
A love song to the small donor
The small donor is not really small I’ve been trying to update and correct information in our database. It’s a chore. I’m going through everything line by line, gift by gift. I realize one thing as I work, though. While I’ve only been at my organization for a year, so many of the names I […]
Should strategy or tactics drive your choices?
Hard choices are part of our nonprofit life. Be honest: if you’ve spent any time working with a nonprofit with a budget short of 3 million, you’ve seen the tendency to put out today’s fires with the water you need for tomorrow. We all assume that we can magically make it work. In a way […]
The inspiration you crave, and how to get it
Sometimes, inspiration happens – out of the blue. This past Sunday we celebrated Epiphany in my church. A friend gave the sermon. She spoke about epiphanies of the religious sort, but also about the epiphanies we experience in our lives – moments of sudden insight or understanding. As I listened, I thought about how much […]
Memorial gifts: do the right thing
Memorial gifts are the most emotional gifts. We buried my aunt on Monday. She was an incredible woman – a musician good enough to have played professionally, a university professor, an artist with a needle or fabric, a wonderful cook, a loving mother and wife, and an adoring grandmother. Her loss leaves a big void. […]
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