Gut Check: Everyone Needs to Do It

Gut Check: Everyone Needs to Do It

I recently renovated my home office. What a project. Just getting ready took a full week. I moved everything out and committed to purging and not bringing anything back in that I didn’t use or love. Sort of a Konmari approach. It was a journey back over my 11 years...
Donors Will Not Give to Their Capacity Unless You Deal With These Two Issues

Donors Will Not Give to Their Capacity Unless You Deal With These Two Issues

There is a main reason your donor will not give to their capacity, and it seems that folks are struggling to implement a solution to this problem. Which is why I keep talking about it – see my blog from September of last year.  I’m bringing this back up again because...
Do You Really Need to Host Another Fundraising Event?

Do You Really Need to Host Another Fundraising Event?

For a long time, hosting donor events and fancy galas was the be-all and end-all of fundraising. But in our post-pandemic world, it’s hard to argue that they serve anything more than a publicity function. Even before the pandemic showed how unreliable events are as a...
It’s a Strategy, NOT a Department

It’s a Strategy, NOT a Department

It’s not surprising. We are so into ourselves that we forget what fundraising all is about. We are so regimented in our thinking that we lose sight of donors. What am I talking about? The pervasive need that non-profits have to turn a fundraising strategy into a...