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October 21st: Love Your Body Day!
Today is Love your Body day! How many times a day do you hate on your body? Do you say, “Oh, my tummy is so fat!” or “Damn I hate my thighs” or “”Why do my arms have that jiggle?” This is not healthy...
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What I learned about the Texas Nonprofit Sector
Barry Silverberg, President, TANO.org Wow! Barry Silverberg, President and CEO of TANO, (Texas Association for Nonprofit Organizations) knows a LOT! Here’s what we talked about yesterday at the...
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What is JUMO and why should you care?
Jumo, launched on November 30th by one of the founders of Facebook, purports to be a “Yelp for Charities” Here are some screenshots. You “Create Your Account,” then “Select your Interests” How JUMO...
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Dorothy Day Was a Right On Woman!
Dorothy Day was a right on woman! I’m not Catholic or anything, but Dorothy Day was pretty damn special. Ms. Day was an American journalist, social activist and devout Catholic convert; she advocated...
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Want to be more effective in your fundraising? Get LEAN!
Do you have too much to do? Want to go from this: To This? This is about utilizing Lean Manufacturing processes to get the fundraising tasks you need to do done in the shortest amount of time, always...
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Can I get a hell yes? Thank you RE:Philanthropy & Dan Pallotta!
RE:Philanthropy wrote this review of Dan Pallotta’s talk to the council on philanthropy, and I just want to shout, “FRABJOUS DAY!” So tell me, as a fundraiser, would you like a higher salary? Would you...
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Reader Questions: How do you partner with a nonprofit, get AKA Fiscal...
Have you ever tried to partner with a nonprofit? Did that experience leave you frustrated, or just stymied by how it all works? Do you ever find yourself wondering, “What IS fiscal sponsorship,...
View ArticleWhich of these solution focused questions can you ask today?
Lately, thanks to my friend Christina Attard, I’ve been reading a book called Fry the Monkeys by Alan Kay. In it, I am learning about how to talk about solutions instead of just problems. I think it’s...
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Reader Questions: How to prioritize daily issues of running a nonprofit
Today we’re answering reader questions. One person asks, “As the single employee of a small nonprofit, how do I prioritize the daily issues of running a nonprofit before they become “fires”.” Thanks...
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Getting fired in fundraising: What’s behind it?
Fundraising professional, have you ever been fired from a fundraising job? If you’re a nonprofit leader, have you had some turnover in your fundraising staff lately? Are you trying to hire a new...
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6 principles of a good fundraising plan
How do you make a development plan? Read on! How do you DO fundraising planning anyway? It’s tricky! If you’ve never made a fundraising plan before, it doesn’t have to be difficult. Here are 6...
View ArticleAre You Fundraising in a Small Shop?
Fundraising in a small shop is really hard sometimes. You have to be the development director, development associate, development assistant, events director, grantwriter, outreach coordinator, major...
View ArticleTeaching other people how to fundraise
Are you the lone development person, or even part of a small team? What is one of your biggest problems? If you answered “Capacity” I think you’d be right. How can you build your capacity to raise more...
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Your Fundraising Plan Checklist
Here is a Fundraising Plan Checklist that you can use every time you start a new appeal, campaign, event, or grant proposal. How much do we want to raise? Are you going to try to raise $3,000 with...
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Development 301: Managing & Motivating Others Part 1
How can you motivate others? In three words: Strengths based management. What are your strengths? This post should help you. Here’s how it works. People naturally tend to want their autonomy, to want...
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Development 301: Managing and Motivating Others Part 2
How can you discover your strengths? How do you manage people? Have you taken the Gallup assessment, which was given to over 2 million people, and provided insights on 34 types you might have to manage...
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Development 301: Managing & Motivating Others, Part 3
Hi! Thanks for reading this series on how to manage and motivate others by discovering their strengths and helping them find tasks that they can excel in! These descriptions are taken from the book,...
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Want to be more effective in your current or future job? Come and Take My...
Have you ever wanted to take a class with me? I am giving a webinar for TANO! (Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations) on September 22nd, 2010, from 2pm to 3:30pm Central Time, USA. The Official...
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Do you want to learn how to speak more effectively?
Last week I drove up to Dallas to take a Communispond Executive Presentation Course. This is a map of Texas, and how I drove all over it! Red line is actual route, Blue line is the route for squares....
View ArticleHigh Impact Philanthropy is insulting
What is High Impact Philanthropy? It’s a group of philanthropists deciding that they care about a particular issue, and instead of giving to one cause, deciding to target their giving to do the most...
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