Even if You Fundraise “Perfectly”, Not Knowing This Could Leave You Unemployed
Even if you fundraise perfectly, not knowing this could leave you unemployed in one year. Don’t believe me? It happened to me. More than once actually. I raised more than were ever raised before with events, appeal letters, grants, and more, and my bosses still fired me. What was I MISSING? One little word. It […]
Careers in Fundraising-What You Need to Know
Over the last five years, I’ve written a lot about how to get a good fundraising job, and how to keep from making the mistakes that I made. I got so psyched about fundraising careers that I wrote a book about it, called Get the Job! Your Fundraising Career Empowerment Guide. This book was rated […]
4 lies you don’t have to buy about nonprofit salary negotiation
Are you tired of being broke at the end of the month? Would you like to have some savings and even put some money away for retirement? Maybe like Destiny’s child, you are asking your job, “Can you pay my bills? Can you pay my telephone bills? If so maybe we can chill- But I […]
Fundraising Career Pathing – How to Take the Right Job for You
Are you wondering how to get ahead in your fundraising career? Do you know there are things you need to do to get to that next job, but you’re not sure how to look good enough to the hiring manager? It’s difficult to know what to do. So many of us just get dropped into […]
How to get a job as a major gifts officer-interview with David Rubin
This interview is part of a series to help you rise in your fundraising career. If you’d like to learn even more about rising in you fundraising career, join us at the Fundraising Career Conference in April 2017. MT: Hey, everybody. Welcome. This is Mazarine Treyz with Wild Woman Fundraising and today, I have the […]
Reverse sexism in fundraising is not a thing, sorry
Recently AFP put out an article on international women’s day, which said, “Where are all of the men?” Vanessa Chase of The Storytelling Nonprofit wrote back and said, “Fundraising is Female.” This little snafu is more than an isolated issue. This is indicative of a much larger issue. Some people, male and female, have come down […]