Why do people at work treat me this way?
Maybe we’re mercenaries. Maybe we’re interlopers in the “pure” world of program services. Maybe we’re a salesperson, to be treated with disdain. Or maybe we’re a mysterious money bag, to be treated with awe and a little fear. I’ve seen all of these responses and more, when I go in to work at nonprofits.
We often make more than program staff. And of course, they feel resentful about that.
We, in turn, feel resentful if senior leadership do not fundraise enough, and we are not being paid to raise all or most of the money.
This is my Early Thanks Giving! To All!
This is a love note to everyone who has bought a book over the past few days! I am flabbergasted! And joyful! How can I say thank you? Thank you so much for reading this blog, for liking my writing, for believing that I have something worthwhile to share in this new book, The Wild […]
10 Shocking Scary Secrets of Working in Fundraising
If you’ve ever had a crazy fundraising job, you need to read this post.
Here’s a secret blog post from October 2009, that I put on my private blog, before I had started Wild Woman Fundraising.com. It was just after I finished a crazy job, and so many things on this list rang true for me.
Improve your nonprofit website by moving down the ladder
How do you convince people to give to you, even if they don’t know your cause? That is most people. Most people have no reason to care about your cause. That’s okay. Your job is to find the people who DO have some reason to care about your cause. How do you find those people? […]
I just realized something.
What do you do when you have too much to do?
How do you keep track of everything you have to do? And how to deal with your inherent also wanting to be lazy and NOT get things done? How to motivate yourself to be more and do more? How do you get out from under your funk when everything is just piling up around you? […]