Nov
06
2020
Discussions Around the Dinner Table
I am positive that today’s dinner table discussions are more animated than they have been for the past while. Whether it is a discussion about the...
emotion
Sep
25
2020
Recommended Reading
I have to admit that I wasn’t always a reader. Perhaps it was my ADHD, but I couldn’t wrap my head around the concept of staring...
Apr
03
2020
Find the Helpers
As I said in last week’s post, these are unprecedented times. With these times of economic uncertainty, health uncertainty, and psychological uncertainty, one of the only...
Mar
20
2020
Covid-19 & Fundraising
Never in my life have I ever seen a situation as we find ourselves in right now. Admittedly, I was less than a stellar student at...
May
03
2019
Did Tragedy Confirm my Thoughts on Fundraising?
Well, I sure picked a crazy time to take a couple of weeks off from writing my post. So much has happened — the fire in...
Jul
13
2018
Lead with emotions
Fundraising is an activity full of emotions. So many folks out there focus on the cerebral — tax benefits, mechanics of donating, etc. To put it...
Mar
16
2018
Fundraising is both an Art AND a Science
This is a profession that requires both hemispheres of the brain — the creative, along with the analytical. You can have all of the passion in...