How to develop more collective power at work
Do you ever wish you had a more stable nonprofit job? With better wages? Better benefits and more vacation time? But… what can you do, right? Well, what if there WERE something you could do to develop more collective power at work? In Canada, the Ontario Nonprofit network is throwing down for nonprofit workers, and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]