8 ways to get people to read and answer your emails in your fundraising job
Are you sending emails and just feeling like you’re beating your head against the wall? You’re not alone. So many of our fundraising emails go unanswered! WHY? Because maybe the recipient doesn’t know you. Or maybe your subject line sucked. Or maybe the body of the email was really long and not logically set up, […]
6 tips to be a better nonprofit manager
Here’s my first post about Brene Brown’s incredible 2012 book, Daring Greatly. This week I want to talk about what you can do to be a better nonprofit manager, using the concept of vulnerability. Chances are, if you’re supervising someone, they are very much afraid that you’re going to drop a shame trip on them. […]
Do you want to create new income streams for your nonprofit?
Over the last two weeks I’ve chatted with lots of people on this mailing list. And I’ve found that I want to work more with you. I really like our chats! And tons of people wanted to be in on the coaching thing, but they couldn’t hack the price! So what I am going to […]
How can you get better board members?
How much is the right board member worth to your organization? A door opened for a sponsorship of $5,000 or more? A board-member hosted houseparty that results in 10 new monthly donors? A gala committee member who pulls out all the stops and fills three tables at your big event? A mover and a shaker […]