4 Design Mistakes to Avoid in Your Year-End Giving Letter
The end of the year giving season provides the most momentum for individual fundraising. So you’ve got to get your year-end giving letter design just right. Why is it so important to send a letter at year end? Donors are looking for a tax write-off at this time of year. And sometimes the Christmas season […]
4 Tips to Write the Best Year-End Fundraising Copy in your 2022 Appeal Letter
As a nonprofit professional, you may already be familiar with year-end appeal letters and how they can help you reach your fundraising goals. Usually, the year-end period begins on Giving Tuesday and lasts until the end of the year, and is the most giving period that exists in the whole year. These months raise the […]
Why do you have to label it?
My story Recently I was having breakfast with some family members. And we started talking about my grandmother, who is showing signs of dementia. I asked family to look at this so we could plan for it together. One person said, “Why do you have to label it? Maybe she’s just getting old.” I’ve noticed […]
Are you a Virtue Hoarder?
Get ready to have your mind blown. Are you part of the PMC (Professional Managerial Class)? Odds are, if you are reading this, you ARE. So many of us who work in nonprofits, or in government, are virtue hoarders. What is a virtue hoarder? Virtue Hoarders are the Professional Managerial Class. I first heard about this […]
9 questions to ask yourself as you seek funding
Are you trying to get grants right now? This is why your funder is not your friend. We’re going to look at how funders do not give most of their money to marginalized people led organizations, why objectivity is a myth, what to do to apply the scientific method, 9 questions to ask yourself as […]
Your next nonprofit career move as a consultant
Are you ready for your next leap as a consultant? So you want to become a nonprofit consultant for the next move in your nonprofit career? HIGH FIVE! Here’s why that is brilliant. The government started passing off more work to nonprofits in the 1980s, and its still doing it. We’re in a phase where […]