4 ways to find what work is most fulfilling to you
Are you wondering how to get more satisfaction from your job? Last month, we had 550 people attend the very first virtual fundraising career conference. It was a smash hit, and one of our presenters, Kishshana Palmer, talked about how to use your strengths in the workplace. I decided to delve deeper, since I’d already […]
Fundraising Career Conference Rocked Hardcore
Whew! It’s over! Wow! What an intense three days! We learned from Vanessa Chase, Tom Ahern, Claire Axelrad, Linda Lysakowski, Kishshana Palmer, Phil Gerard, Sheena Greer, Joanne Oppelt, Brenda Riehl, Pearl Waldorf, Mari Watanabe and Rebecca Davis. In the coming weeks, I’ll be sure to share some tidbits from their sessions with you. If you’d […]
How to build the future of your nonprofit
Recently I was reading a book called Zero to One by Pete Thiel. In it, Thiel writes about misconceptions of the tech bubble in the late nineties. He talks about how people wanted to bet on a sure thing, people didn’t want to plan, how they didn’t have to worry about competition, and that sales […]
Guest Post: How I came to fundraising
This post marks the first in a series of posts of our community sharing their stories of how they came to fundraising! This first story is from Jennifer Kimball, Managing Director of the Essential Theatre in Georgia. From the first kernel of an idea in a playwright’s mind to packing away that first successful production, […]
11 ways to make today better in your fundraising office
It’s a new year! TIME FOR A FRESH START! 🙂 I seem to talk mostly about what is wrong with our sector, and I confess it is beginning to weigh on my spirit. I actually had a lot of fun sometimes when I was working full time at nonprofits. Here are the things that would […]
I wish I could give you this for Christmas
Let me tell you a story about my family. My family came to visit me in October. We were sitting at a restaurant, and my dad got a waiter to take a picture of all of us. It was sweet. It was heartwarming. And then before I knew it was happening, he posted it on […]