Jul
18
2023
Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays Episode 32
Episode 32 Episode 32 of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays is the last in the series featuring Robert Greenberg, a local philanthropist, volunteer and an all-around great...
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Jun
20
2023
Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays Episode 29
Episode 29 Episode 29 of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays once again features Robert Greenberg, a local philanthropist, volunteer and an all-around great guy. Robert has been...
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...
Jan
31
2023
Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays Episode 10
Episode 10 Episode 10 of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays features my good pal, Sam Provenzano of the Next Generation Fundraisers group. Sam is a tenacious fundraiser and...
Dec
02
2022
End of the Year Analysis
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...
Nov
15
2022
Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays Episode 1
EPISODE 1 Episode 1 (the premiere episode) of Tales From the Trenches Tuesdays features my good friend, Jason Lewis of Responsive Fundraising. We kick off Tales From the Trenches...
Apr
08
2022
Putting the K in Kindness
Investopedia says that a K-shaped recovery occurs when, following a recession, different parts of the economy recover at different rates, times, or magnitudes. In 2022, it has...
Feb
18
2022
Looking For A Reason NOT To Donate?
You Will ALWAYS Find One How many times have we, as fundraisers, heard “Organization ABC decided to blah-blah-blah. I won’t give them any financial support anymore.”? My...
Jan
28
2022
There seems to be a Disconnect
I have been in the fundraising world the majority of my life and as a professional fundraiser for over twenty-five years. There is a disconnect that...
Dec
10
2021
I Cannot Believe You Did(n’t) Do It
I have heard many fundraising stories in my 25-plus years as a fundraiser. And, I have seen a lot of things —unfortunately, I cannot unsee some...