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I like to read the Fundraising Effectiveness Project’s reports on a fairly regular basis. It shows the triumphs and challenges we face as a profession. Sometimes...
I like to read the Fundraising Effectiveness Project’s reports on a fairly regular basis. It shows the triumphs and challenges we face as a profession. Sometimes...
Our family, often, is the non-paid support staff for your fundraising department. They give us feedback, listen to us and support us. The life of a...
Many of us just celebrated the New Year. Being Jewish, I get the honor of having a religious New Year (some time in September, depending on...
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...
Four years ago, I wrote about making life difficult for donors, especially through a needless policy. I spoke of all the superfluous data sometimes you have...
A few years ago, I wrote an article that listed seven different truths about fundraising (here). The past 14 months have been quite a roller coaster...
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...
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...
Everybody makes fundraising mistakes. Hopefully, everybody learns from their mistakes. But, wouldn’t it be nice if we could learn from others’ mistakes without having to endure...
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...