Nonprofit Leadership Roundup
Are you wondering how to be a better nonprofit leader? A lot of us just get thrown into leadership, sometimes with no nonprofit background at all. There are so many different aspects to nonprofit leadership! Here’s one way to categorize it. According to Noel Tischy, good leaders have ideas, values and emotional energy that activates […]
How to get your board to start fundraising-starting tonight!
Are you worried about getting your board to fundraise? Let’s talk about it! And better yet, let’s learn about it, with Board fundraising guru, Andy Robinson! Andy taught last year at our Nonprofit Leadership Summit on how to get the right board members on your board, and this year he’s building on that session with […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
What your potential boss is REALLY thinking during the interview
Here’s part one of this interview with Claire Axelrad! If you’d like to learn more from Claire, come to the Fundraising Career Conference! MT: You reminded me of this book called Grit by Angela Duckworth. I don’t know if you’ve read that. But she talks about what makes a person successful in the world, whether […]