Six Things You can Do This Summer to Help You Win in the 4th Quarter! Summertime Lesson #1: Create New Plans for Donors Behind Goal
“Summertime, and the living is easy…” I love that song from the musical, Porgy and Bess. Unfortunately, I run into too many folks during the summer who actually put this into practice in their major gift work. Now, I understand. In many development shops across the...
How Are Your Plans Coming Along? — 1st Quarter Check-In
If you are new to the Passionate Giving blog, back in late December I wrote a series on New Year’s Resolutions. One of the resolutions was to make sure that in 2012 you are working from a strategic plan. Well…how’s it going? We are now nearing the end of the 1st...
Reasons Non-Profits Fail #6: Growth Becomes the Objective vs. Greatness
I have to admit that growth of any kind is a drug I find hard to resist. Think about it. If your child is growing, what is wrong with that? If you are growing intellectually or emotionally, it really isn’t something to criticize or depreciate. If your personal...
Six Reasons Why Non-Profits Fail: An Introduction
I’ve been thinking about this for quite some time. Why is it that a good cause starts good and then, over time, goes bad? Why do some really good organizations, at their birth, have such wonderful energy, purpose and heart and then morph into mediocrity and death?...
The Six Boring Indispensables of Major Gifts – #5 Pursuing Management Values
We have all had managers we love and those we dislike. I have finally figured out that the ones I did not like were those who misused their power. There’s a Greek Proverb that says: “The measure of a leader (manager) is how he or she uses power.” Power misused is...TOP RATED PODCAST
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