A guest post by Larissa Stoddart There are constant headlines in my news feeds these days about the nonprofit sector (and nearly every other sector!) struggling to attract and retain staff. Based on conversations with my clients, the fundraising role is no exception....
A guest post by Carl Diesing. Effective donor communication requires strategies built on garnering trust, providing personalized content, and emphasizing your organization’s impact. With these factors in mind, nonprofits will often share detailed reports about their...
“Failure isn’t fatal but failure to change might be.” – John Wooden As a publisher of a successful daily enewsletter, I know that subscribers don’t stay loyal forever. When I first started publishing the newsletter over three years ago, I took it a little...
I’m going to share with you something that might not seem to match the work that I do for a living. But here goes: When nonprofit pros come to me to discuss whether to stay in the sector or leave, oftentimes I tell them to move to the for-profit sector and then donate...
Man plans, God laughs. We’ve all heard that before. Heck, sometimes we feel that’s how our lives have been going. But I recently experienced it and came to the realization that our organizations need to change how they operate. Stuck In Minny I’m sure you’ve read...