Maybe you saw this headline in The Chronicle of Philanthropy last Friday: Charities Lost 103 Donors For Every 100 Donors They Gained in 2014, Says Study. Nonprofits are right to...
Increasing nonprofit employee engagement
Great organizations – for profit and community benefit, alike – have figured out that the key to success boils down to one thing…highly engaged employees. If you want to fuel...
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do
Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter coined the phrase, The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do. I was reminded of this recently when a friend who is a Chief...
Does Your Nonprofit Have an R&D Budget?
Many of the world’s most innovative products were created as a result of dedicated corporate research and development efforts. Products like the iPhone, the space shuttle, pacemakers, stealth paint, microwave...
What nonprofits can learn from reality TV
I asked Greg Warner, CEO/Founder of MarketSmart if he'd share his take on the two biggest mistakes that nonprofits make. And if you happen to know Greg (I'm thoroughly...
5 Great Online Tools For Nonprofits
I'm always on the lookout for new tools that make it easier for fundraising and nonprofit leaders to get their jobs done. Unique ways for nonprofits to engage their supporters,...
Guest Post from Roy C. Jones, CFRE:
Today's guest post on the biggest mistake fundraisers make is from my great friend (and co-author of Rainmaking: The Fundraiser's Guide To Landing Big Gifts), Roy C. Jones, CFRE. “For...
Middle donor engagement increases revenue by 20%+
In the third quarter of 2014 one of my clients -- a small hunger and poverty relief organization -- began implementing a middle donor engagement strategy that included phone calls, handwritten thank...
5 Questions Every Fundraiser Should Ask Each Day
In today's world we all move so quickly and have so many competing priorities. I find that if I'm not intentional about asking myself a few critical questions each day,...
Why #HungerActionMonth Is Important To Me
September is Hunger Action Month in the U.S. It's a special time of year when Food Banks all across the United States, in conjunction with Feeding America, ask Americans...