I’m very excited to announce the winner of 10 hours of free consultation. It was a bit tougher to choose than I initially thought since so many great causes and projects submitted letters of interest. And they were literally spread across the country from Connecticut…
Update #3 (07/03/2013: The deadline for submitting a Letter of Interest has passed and I’ve started reviewing. I expect to get through this stage by the end of the week and make a decision that I’ll announce next week. Thanks to everyone who took the…
One of the things I know my clients get tired of hearing is this: Be real. I’m always reminding fundraisers (professional and volunteer) that they can be incredibly confident, smooth and polished, but if they’re not real and authentic in their passion for the cause,…
Why aren’t you building relationships with people who can significantly advance your mission? One of the areas of concern I almost always encounter when I conduct a fundraising audit is a lack of sustained major gift cultivation and invitation. While major gift planning is often…
Typically, conducting a capital campaign is reserved for larger projects that require a serious amount of time and investment. I’ve managed campaigns with a goal as little as $500,000, but they are typically $1 million or more. You can find a bunch of questionnaires and…
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…
Here’s part two of my post about making changes at your nonprofit and making them stick. You’ll have to come up with a plan to initiate and sustain the inclusion of fundraising responsibilities into your nonprofit board’s job description. Here are a few steps you…
There’s a fair amount of discussion on LinkedIn groups, blogs, and other places about what types of social media nonprofits should focus on. What should you use? Blogs? Facebook? Twitter? Pinterest? Viddy? Actually, I think it’s a silly question. For me, it’s like asking whether…
Good board chairs are worth their weight in gold but they don’t grow on tress. As I was preparing for the taping of an interview with Natasha Golinsky of Next Level Nonprofits this week (available soon), I took the time to look back over the…
After several days of research, I’ve finally chosen to use WordPress for my new blog. What finally tipped the scales was a post on TechCrunch that put the choice in very clear terms. “WordPress is still by far the best way to write long-form text-heavy…
