Storytelling is central to a nonprofit’s fundraising and marketing strategy. Stories help you introduce your mission, demonstrate the impact of your programming, familiarize donors and supporters with the people they are helping and mobilize people to take action....
I walked into the conference room and handed the ten people seated around the table a piece of paper and a pen. “Please write down your organization’s mission statement.” After one minute I gathered the papers and began reading each one aloud. They were all different....
Round two of the interview process. I’m sitting with the CEO and an outside consultant. They are grilling me about my experience, abilities and what I bring to the specific role I’m up for. Then comes a question that I really dislike: “If you were sitting with a...
Have you ever tried to step into your donor’s shoes for a minute? Tried to really understand their experience? Odds are you don’t just work for a nonprofit; you also donate or volunteer somewhere else. Have you considered how that knowledge should affect how your...
“The wise learn many things from their enemies.” – Aristophanes The Intelligence community in the U.S.- CIA, FBI, NSA- have a very difficult job: To mine data so they can thwart attacks, carry out tactical operations and keep American interests safe at...
“Prophecy was given to fools” (Jewish saying) Everything in our lives revolves around coronavirus. Though the present is clouded in uncertainty, it would appear that the near future is going to look very different. Fool’s talk? Maybe. But as I started thinking about...
