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How to Secure Board Members Who Really Work
Complaints about board members never seem to stop. To list: “I can’t get my board members to solicit donors.” “My board won’t come to events and talk to donors about what we do.”
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Complaints about board members never seem to stop. To list: “I can’t get my board members to solicit donors.” “My board won’t come to events and talk to donors about what we do.”
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This is Part 2 of a series on building trust: “No Trust, No Relationship, No Money.” “The fish stinks from the head.”
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This is Part 1 of a series on building trust: “No Trust, No Relationship, No Money.” Trust is the core building block of all relationships. Yet many donors do not trust the organizations they give to...
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There’s a question we ask everyone we hire. It’s worth asking yourself as well: “Do you prefer to get results through others, or would you rather get results through your own efforts?” Many people...
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If your work as a fundraiser is to help a donor experience the most possible joy through their giving by enabling them to give to projects and programs that will help change the world, then it should...
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It was an informal gathering of board members, and the conversation went from sports to kids in college and to the progress of their business. Harmless. Neutral.
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Here’s a question that keeps repeating in my head: Is the “Great Resignation” going to shake us up and wake us up?
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Kindness sounds like such a good trait. The non-profit sector is full of kind people who want to make a difference, alleviate suffering, and make our world a better place. That sounds like such a...
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This post is part-four in a four-part series titled “Reimagining the Non-Profit Workplace” My guess is that right now, either you or someone you know has left or is thinking about leaving their...
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.