Mar
06
2020
Job Interview Homework Assignments
Job Interviews are hugely stressful events — both for the interviewee and the interviewer. This is probably one of my least favorite tasks as a manager...
staff
Feb
28
2020
Leadership or Management
In my last (I promise) of the articles espousing the merits of Lynne Wester‘s book, T-Rexes and Kangaroos, there is the notion of leadership as compared...
Feb
07
2020
Job vs Vocation
As many of you who have been reading my blog, I have been writing lately about Lynne Wester‘s book, T-Rexes and Kangaroos and the lessons contained...
Mar
22
2019
Who should be Driving Fundraising?
I have stated many times before that I am a huge fan of Jason Lewis. He is really making some of us stop and think about how...
Feb
22
2019
Life Expectancy of Your Staff
The world has changed a lot over the last few decades (duh). The notion of somebody coming to work for an organization, putting in their 30...
Feb
08
2019
Using program Staff as Expert Witnesses
I have maintained that fundraising is a team sport — it involves many different people (if done correctly). Your program delivery staff are integral to a...
HR / Leadership
Jan
18
2019
Pick up the Phone and MAKE THE CALL
So much has changed in the almost 25-years since I entered this profession. My first campaign had pledge forms filed on index cards and we were...
Sep
21
2018
How long a fundraiser is expected to stay
Something tells me that our profession, the fundraiser, will never be getting the gold watch after 50 years of service. There are varying statistics, but the...
Sep
14
2018
Do Underpaid Employees Perform Better Due to Dedication?
Paying a non-profit employee is always fraught with issues — there is never a right number. Somebody is always disappointed. It could be the employee or...
May
18
2018
Results are the only thing that matters.
Fundraising is very much an A-type personality profession. When I was consulting for various capital campaigns in the 90’s, nothing was more rewarding for me personally...