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Experience or energy: what do you need in your staff?

Nonprofit staff: energy or experience?

It sure caught my eye A question that I hope was a mental exercise was posed recently on an online forum: Should staff and board be limited to 10-year terms? The question received a variety of responses – all of which, to me, highlighted an unfortunate divide. Younger people felt they had the fresh thinking […]

Filed Under: Blog, Nonprofits Tagged With: innovation, nonprofit managment, nonprofit staff 4 Comments

Serendipity: another word for smart fundraising?

Wander a little this year

Do we make our own luck? Many years ago, I was doing one of my favorite tasks – opening the mail. I bet you know what I mean. It’s a whole lot of fun to see a stack of appeal returns waiting for you. One day, I opened an envelope to find an unexpected large […]

Filed Under: Blog, Fundraising Tagged With: creativity, Fundraising, innovation 2 Comments

Have you failed today?

When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work. George Bernard Shaw If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative. Woody Allen I took part in a small, short staff retreat today. […]

Filed Under: Blog, Caring for yourself, Fundraising, Nonprofits Tagged With: failure, innovation, leadership, learning, Nonprofit 4 Comments

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