Jason Zwang, founder of The Giving Group, joined me to discuss the importance of understanding fundraising as a trade and the need for a balance between art and science in...
Embracing Failure: Learning from Setbacks
In this conversation, Beth Fisher, Founder of Fisher Strategic and I discuss the topic of failure and what we all can learn from it.We explore the risks of failure in...
PR and Fundraising: Working Together to Raise Your Profile and Revenue
Jessi Marsh is Sr. Director of Creative Services at DickersonBakker, where she oversees all client-communications, from direct response marketing to major gifts. She also leads the firm's efforts in public...
Nonprofit Institutional Rot, with Jim Langley
"We're nowhere near accomplishing what philanthropy is supposed to do." That's a bold claim.But bold claims are nothing new for a guy like Jim Langley. His perspective on the state of philanthropy...
Generous Relationships Are Key to Major Gift Success
The philanthropic landscape is changing by the day. With fewer low-dollar givers continuing to give and more organizations relying on fewer (but larger) contributions from high net worth individuals, the...
Nonprofit Failures with Erik Tomalis
In this conversation, Erik Tomalis (Virtuous) and I discuss the topic of failure and how it can be embraced and learned from. Erik smartly emphasized the importance of failing forward...
Exploring Failure with Clay Buck
Failure.Why do leaders so regularly fear the idea of failing?What does it really mean to fail, and is that the same as making mistakes?What is it about missing the mark...
The Biggest Hiring Mistakes Leaders Make
In this conversation, I talk with my longtime friend and colleague, Kat Landa, Sr. Vice President of Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker to discuss the most common and dangerous mistakes that leaders make in hiring...
Crisis Fundraising Lessons from the Front Lines
Arielle Randle knows a thing or two about communicating in and through a crisis. Like so many nonprofit leaders, she cut her teeth on crisis response communications and fundraising during the...
Transforming a fundraising program
Matt Kahn is Director of Direct Marketing at the NRCC. I've had the pleasure and opportunity to get to know and partner with Matt over the last year, and see some...