Available Now on Amazon Buy Now I'm THRILLED to announce that the day has finally arrived.The 101 Biggest Mistakes Nonprofits Make And How You Can Avoid Them has just released for...
Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast, Episode 1
In the first episode of the Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast,I got to interview my good friend, co-author of Rainmaking: The Fundraiser's Guide To Landing Big Gifts, and podcast co-host, Roy C....
Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast (Ep3)
In our third episode of the Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast, co-hosts Andrew Olsen, CFRE (SVP, Newport ONE) and Roy Jones, CFRE (VP of Development, Mercy Ships) interview Newport ONE’s own Collin...
Eat your broccoli. It might not taste good, but it’s good for you!
If you want your nonprofit to be a healthy, thriving organization, sometimes you have to do things you might not personally like. That's not my opinion -- it's reality. Last...
Does your nonprofit need a strategic agency partner?
In the nonprofit sector we often hear board members, CEO’s, and even development officers argue that they shouldn’t invest in fundraising agency partners, and instead should just “go it alone”...
5 Culture Problems That Can Kill Your Fundraising
If you haven't checked out my first and second posts in the series of 5 Culture Problems That Can Kill Your Fundraising, check those out now! This series is adapted...
If your fundraising agency does this, fire them.
Yesterday I was advising a friend who is Executive Director at an organization I'm very fond of. I was shocked at a recommendation she received from her fundraising agency. It...
Middle & Major Donor Fundraising Success for Social Service Orgs
As an adviser to 60+ nonprofits across the U.S. and Canada, one of the most frequent questions I get asked is, how can we better engage our middle and major...
Andrew’s top posts of 2016
As 2016 comes to a close and I look to 2017, I took some time to reflect on this blog. I love helping nonprofit leaders and fundraisers more effectively lead their...
The Kimbia crash should make us re-think community crowdfunding efforts
This afternoon I read an article about The Pittsburgh Foundation's efforts to pressure Kimbia into making restitution for the disastrous crash of their system on the national Day of Giving...