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Are you worried about new overtime rules?

Are you worried about new overtime rules? Be the change that you wish to see in the world. ~Mahatma Gandhi Let’s be the change in our nonprofit sector Last week, the Obama administration issued new labor rules about overtime. Salaried employees who earn less than $47,476 now must be paid overtime for hours in excess […]

Filed Under: Blog, Caring for yourself Tagged With: Fundraising, nonprofit staff, women in nonprofits 4 Comments

7 Reasons to focus on your monthly giving program

7 Reasons to focus on your monthly giving program And why you should get started today. My first try at monthly giving happened years ago. As an unrepentant fundraising do-it-yourselfer, I read a lot. So more than 10 years ago, I happened on an article by Harvey McKinnon, author of Hidden Gold, about monthly giving. […]

Filed Under: Annual Giving, Blog Tagged With: monthly giving 6 Comments

Is unicorn guilt hurting your cause?

Are you the magic unicorn? Feeling like it’s all on your shoulders? I’ve been involved recently in several conversations with other nonprofit professionals on an important topic. For nonprofit people, balancing life and work is always an important topic. But one conversation raised questions I think are important for all of us. It came down […]

Filed Under: Blog, Caring for yourself Tagged With: making room for donors, nonprofit unicorns, work life balance 2 Comments

To my younger fundraising self – and maybe you

To my younger fundraising self – and maybe you I was an accidental fundraiser. There wasn’t a grand plan in place. It’s just that once I left one terrific regional theater, I wanted to work in another. And I felt the one area I hadn’t gotten a good look at was fundraising. I thought I’d […]

Filed Under: Blog, Caring for yourself Tagged With: confidence, women in fundraising, work life balance 4 Comments

37 ways to promote your fundraiser

Today’s guest post comes to us from Jon Kazarian. Jon is the co-founder and CEO of Accelevents, a mobile fundraising platform that enhances silent auctions and raffles through online and text message bidding. An active member in the Boston fundraising scene and co-founder of the Boston Fall Formal, Jon focuses on improving traditional fundraising methods and increasing fundraiser […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fundraising Tagged With: fundraiser, fundraising events 2 Comments

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