What happens when you don’t pay a living wage
This article is in response to a Forbes interview with Lauren Burke, called “The Martyr Mentality: How A ’30 Under 30′ Lawyer Qualifies For Public Housing” In 2013 lawyer Lauren Burke partnered with three of her former clients and founded Atlas: DIY (Developing Immigrant Youth) a cooperative empowerment center for immigrant youth and their allies. […]
How I came to Fundraising: Emily Lane, Development Associate, Major Gifts
Today I’m happy to share our second story from a Wild Woman Fundraising reader about how we came to fundraising. This one is from Emily Chalker Lane, who is a Development Associate in Major Gifts at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Florida. In her own words: I think I was destined for a fundraising career […]
Getting the top fundraising positions-you’ve gotta plan!
Listen to this interview here: Hey and welcome everyone! This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising. Today we’re chatting with Major gifts recruiting guru Phil Gerard of Vancouver BC, all about his journey in fundraising and his session at the virtual fundraising career conference. The conference is April 6th-8th, and if you register before […]
8 secret signs you might be getting fired
How do you know you’re in trouble? Often in our nonprofit work environments, we have to GUESS we’re in trouble rather than have people tell us we’re in trouble. It’s pretty bad. It’s dysfunctional. And you shouldn’t be forced to guess that people are going to fire you. However, with current “corporate” hiring practices, they […]
Incredible CRISIS! Again!
Do you have unrealistic deadlines at work? Are you there past 5pm every day, along with most other people? Do you feel like it’s never going to get done? Is your work a series of crises, one after another? Is it, “how are we going to make payroll?” or “We’re losing two big government grants, […]
Having trouble holding onto your fundraising staff? Here’s why.
I recently finished Donor Centered Leadership by Penelope Burk of the Cygnus Research Group. Have you read this book yet? If the $95 price tag puts you off, let me just tell you that this book is based on 30 years of research with over 2,000 people, and it’s got the facts and figures to […]