May
30
2023
Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays Episode 26
Episode 26 Episode 26 of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays features Patti Murphy, Executive Director of the Youth Services Bureau Charitable Foundation. Patti has a unique “backstory”,...
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May
02
2023
Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays Episode 22
Episode 22 Episode 22 of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays is the last in the series featuring Micah Garten, Director of Development for the Jewish Federation of...
Mar
24
2023
Stop Doing These Things
There are many ways to be a successful fundraiser. There are loads of websites, articles and books explaining the steps you should go through for your...
Feb
03
2023
Will AI Replace Fundraisers?
The interweb has been buzzing about Artificial Intelligence, or AI as we say, for quite some time. However, some free applications have really wowed and amazed...
Dec
16
2022
Your Second Best Donors
Far too often, we aim for only the best. The best donors, the best events, the best volunteers. But what if we looked at obtaining the...
Oct
28
2022
I Love it When a Plan Comes Together
For those readers who are old enough, one of my guilty pleasures in the eighties was watching the “A-Team”. It was pure entertainment (as it was...
Sep
16
2022
Telethons: Bubble Burst
Many of us remember the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon. People referred to the telethon as the Jerry Lewis Telethon (the charity was secondary). All...
Apr
01
2022
Energy Vampires
Energy Vampires are those folks that literally suck the energy out from you, leaving you drained. We have all come across such people in our professional...
Mar
19
2021
What to Track in Fundraising
By now, all organizations should have closed off their 2020 (calendar) year. And what a year it was! I can confidently say that for every organization,...
Jan
15
2021
We are Family!
Welcome to 2021 — here’s hoping that this is a much better year than 2020! Over the break, I spent quite a lot of time chatting...