EPISODE 115 Episode 115 of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays again features Amanda Smith, a seasoned philanthropy leader with two decades of experience spanning advancement services,...
EPISODE 107 Episode 107 of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays features Amanda Smith, a seasoned philanthropy leader with 20 years of experience in advancement services and...
The fiscal year-end, and especially the last quarter of the year, is an especially trying time for fundraisers. September always seems to be over-programmed, with people...
March Madness is upon us. The basketball games are dominating the sports channels. Statistically speaking, though, March is the most unproductive month of the year —...
We are almost at that special end-of-year timeframe. And for many organizations, this means the end-of-year analysis. This is the time of the year that we...
I was a fan of the ACBF (Andrea & Charles Bronfman Foundation) before it wound down, specifically how Bronfman went about his thoughtful philanthropy. In his...
Many charitable organizations have a fiscal year-end of December 31. To say that 2020 has been a year of unpredictability and uncharted territory is an understatement....
To say that 2020 has been the wildest fundraising ride in history is an understatement. The year started as any normal year would and then, BAM!...
Everybody loves summer. It is a time to relax, spending time with the family, and decompress. Wait…. Haven’t I just been spending the last 3 full...
I have long had a love/hate relationship with events. Perhaps it’s because of the inherent risk of running an event (you can potentially lose money), or...