What really rich people want
How can you get in touch with what a rich person wants?
What their deepest fears and desires are?
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.
Passion for the mission is a MUST!
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Firing Your Development Director? It’s not you, it’s me!
Do you want to master fundraising?
I was recently reading a book called “Mastery” and it struck me that it could be applied to fundraising. How do you know you’ve mastered fundraising? Well, you never really know. There’s always something more to learn. Whether it’s the fact that you’ve done grants your whole life and you don’t know about appeal letters, […]
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