MGOs Will Leave If You Give Them Unrealistic Goals
Third in the series Six Reasons Your MGO Will Leave Your Organization When speaking of fundraising goals, we’ve heard it all: “Look, just add 15% to what you got last year, and we’re good to go!” “It doesn’t matter that you got that one-time gift of $100,000; we need...
Do You Know Where You Are Going?
Almost every morning I drag myself out of bed and drive to my local YMCA to do lap swimming. I like this Y because it’s in a working class neighborhood, and when the doors open at 6am I’m the youngest one standing in line waiting to get in. Not a lot of hard bodies...
The Beauty of Discipline
If anyone had said to me 10 years ago that I would write a blog post about discipline being beautiful, I would have laughed uncontrollably. But here I am. As Richard can attest, I’m not the most disciplined person. However, over time, I have come to fully appreciate...
Be Focused Like a Laser Beam
Eons ago, I was a development director for a non-profit in Philadelphia. Once a month, I asked the CEO to meet with me to go over the plan I created. He was a pretty funny guy. Even though he knew I was “all over it” with my plan during the rest of the year, every...
Giving Ebbs and Flows, but the Trend Line is Up
#5 in the series How a Caseload Grows Over Time Budget time in any organization, commercial or non-profit, is when revenue forecasts are always made. Someone will invariably say, “We need growth of X% this coming year.” And that becomes the mark that everyone needs to...TOP RATED PODCAST
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