How Would YOU Answer this Question?
I recently received an email from a VP of Development from a fairly large organization; she’s struggling with the leadership at her non-profit. In that email she asked us this question: “How do I get our executive leadership to care for our staff and our donors? The...
Where are the Donor-Centered Non-Profits?
The energy around the community-centric vs. donor-centered discussion, as Richard pointed out, should really be a non-profit leadership and management issue. There’s no need to create a new movement and label “donor-centered fundraising” as a “traditional fundraising...
What’s Wrong with Trashing Donor-Centeredness?
The latest “thing” out there in fundraising land is the trashing of the donor-centered concept. This is done mostly by people who don’t understand the term and/or don’t understand non-profit management. Here’s how it often goes… You can’t be donor-centered because: It...
Authority: #5 of Six Principles of Influence for Fundraising
There’s no doubt that authority figures carry a lot of weight in our lives. Just put any kind of “uniform” on a person, and suddenly they become bigger than life. That goes for an Army officer or a pilot, a doctor or a nurse, even a priest or a nun. Toss the “uniform”...TOP RATED PODCAST
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