In my experience, most small nonprofits (which I define as organizations with an annual budget of less than $1 million) don’t have a written fund raising plan. That’s too bad because the lack of a plan will most certainly lead to mediocre fundraising results. At…
I stumbled across the band Fun! on Pandora and have really enjoyed exploring their music. It also got me thinking about “fun” in more general terms and contemplating whether or not I have enough fun. Do you have fun? A few questions to ask yourself:…
Have you ever been to Sweden? Europe? Overseas? Was it a once-in-a-lifetime experience? Or one you repeated (or hope to repeat) again? For some people going on an overseas trip is seen as a “bucket list” entry for sometime in the distant future. I’m headed…
The image at right is the Donor Bill of Rights. Have you seen it? It was developed and endorsed by several organizations that have a vested interest in making sure that nonprofit groups are doing all they can to create and run ethical, donor-centered fundraising…
(Last month I posted an article that basically said, “fundraising special events are a waste of time and energy”. Most agree with my general statement as it relates to events that have a fundraising focus. However, several people were quick to point out that events…
In a post this summer I warned executives who work at small nonprofits that they couldn’t do it all. This week, I’m issuing a second warning. Executive directors and other nonprofit executive staff members are bombarded daily with new things. New donors. New reports. New…
My post about social media from a few weeks ago generated some interesting conversations. In one, a colleague was talking about her organization’s social media strategy. Her comments were similar to those I’ve heard from other executive directors of small-sized nonprofits: “We have a Facebook…
Clay Myers-Bowman
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