What can we do to change our world in this exact moment?
Have you ever struggled to find words for something you experience? ME TOO. Maybe it’s a story you tell yourself and others, over and over again, and suddenly one day you realize you don’t need to tell that story anymore. For me, that story was the story of how my grandparents created a big mess […]
Announcing the 2018 Fundraising Career Conference
Dear Nonprofit Girlfriend, We need help. All you have to do is turn on the news to see this. NO ONE could argue that our leadership needs help. Some might even say, “What leadership? I see no leadership.” We are moving backwards in so many areas. But when I look at the news these days, […]
Ideas I tried this year
Here’s my 2017 Annual Report! What was this year LIKE? First of all, it was BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU. Thank you for reading. But also, thanks for talking with me! I got to talk with my friends and former clients Kenita Pierce, Molly Ola Pinney, and many other people. I had so many good emails […]
What Life Looks Like 8 Years after saying Goodbye to My Fundraising Job.
8 years ago, I walked out of my fundraising office for the last time. I clutched my grant folders, my bike helmet, and my dignity, and opened the door, with tears in my eyes. It was hard. Even though I had wanted to leave for a long time, when it actually came time to leave, […]
Wow! We just finished the Fundraising Career Conference!
This is the third year of the Fundraising Career Conference- and it was so wonderful to welcome new faces, as well as having people coming back for their THIRD YEAR in a row! Here are some comments from people attending the Fundraising Career Conference this year. “Loved the format 🙂 I enjoyed the sharing about […]
4 things to stop doing once you discover your fundraising career strengths
Are you tired of certain aspects of your fundraising work? Do you wish, for example, that your weekly staff meetings could be shortened to a 5 minute standing meeting? Or perhaps you’d like to take that latest state grant proposal and throw it out the window? At our online nonprofit fundraising career conference in April […]