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Fundraising bloopers: I’ll show you mine if you show me yours

Fundraising bloopers: I’ll show you mine, if you show me yours Have you ever made a fundraising mistake? I’m hoping you answer “yes”. Mistakes are important in our field. We’re adding daily to our knowledge of fundraising. That new information often comes from mistakes – or in their nicer outfit, experiments. Those of us who […]

Filed Under: Blog, Caring for yourself Tagged With: Fundraising, learning, mistakes 5 Comments

Why I want you to fail this year

Why I want you to fail this year No, I don’t want you to have a bad year. But a safe year, with nothing learned? That’s a bad year. Failing can be good! And being afraid to fail? Not so good. An example: I know I need to refresh my website. No, check that. I […]

Filed Under: Blog, Planning Tagged With: failure, fundraising appeals, learning, testing 11 Comments

Are you faking it?

Do you ever feel like you’re faking it? Every day I’m fortunate to interact with talented people from all over the world. (Thank you, interwebz). One common thread too many of us share: a sense that perhaps we’re not quite good enough. Self-deprecation can oil social connections – but it also costs each of us […]

Filed Under: Blog, Caring for yourself, Fundraising Tagged With: confidence, imposter syndrome, learning, Nonprofit organization 7 Comments

Have you failed today?

Have you failed today? I hope so! Because when you fail, you have the chance to learn something. And often, it’s the only way we really learn. 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 […]

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

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