Interview with Della Rae- Creating a better workplace from day one
“Organizations that prioritize people as a pillar of the long-term strategy lend themselves to healthier and more sustainable outcomes.” -Della Rae 1. What are some ways organizations can engage new team members from day one? The number one reason people fail before the first 30 days is because on-boarding is typically limited to reviewing duties […]
New and Improved – My Fundraising Career Plan has Received a Major Update
Over the last two years, in my Fundraising Career Conference, I’ve put out a little book called the Career Pathing Guidebook, with the help of Phil Gerard in Vancouver, BC. This year my career pathing guidebook has received a MAJOR update. Check it out! Go get this book here What’s different? In previous years […]
6 questions to get the best performance from your team.
Do you manage people at your nonprofit? How could you figure out people’s motivation to help them perform better in their roles? You should check out these motivations-and try to match them to people in your organization. Have you ever read Conversations for Creating Star Performers by Shawn Kent Hayashi? In this book he talks […]
Donor Sexual Harrassment
Here’s a message from Captain Obvious! Feminism is good for everyone! Real equity and Diversity is good for everyone. Who agrees with me? Let’s see. Nonprofit Pro. Sofii. The Agitator. Vanessa Chase of The Storytelling Nonprofit started the Fundraising is Female issue hashtag, and here are the issues we see as female fundraisers. Why […]
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 […]
How to make your fundraising team a success
After you’ve gotten a fundraising job, and moved on up, gotten that raise and done some work life balance, HOW DO YOU BECOME A GOOD MANAGER? How do you manage a fundraising team successfully? It’s hard to know, a lot of us don’t get training in how to do this. We’re going to […]