Freelancing your Fundraising Career
Why not do it?
Because you really like your boss
Because having a steady meager paycheck appeals to you.
Ask your nonprofit leader, "Do you care more about your job, or the cause?"
“But,” Ms. Pelosi continued, “the American people need it. Why are we here? We’re not here just to self-perpetuate our service in Congress. We’re here to do the job for the American people,
Are you a Fierce Fundraising Superheroine?
Where is your money?
The real cost of war, by Good Magazine, is estimated at 3 Trillion dollars. What nonprofits in America are working on this issue? Should we have a department of peace, as well as a department of war? What issue could advocates focus on that would significantly decrease war spending, and increase government money for nonprofits, […]
Does your nonprofit have a downturn strategy?
Is your nonprofit in serious financial trouble?
What are your leaders doing about it?
What are you doing about it?
Fundraising in a downturn: The Power of Leaderless Organizations
In this economic downturn, how are you responding? How quickly are your funders responding? How about your donors?
I just sat down and read the first chapter of “The Starfish and the Spider.” Talk about an inspiring book! You can read it here, too. This book, written in 2007, is relevant today in thinking about four things.
1. File sharing
2. The war in Iraq and Afghanistan
3. Montezuma, Cortez, the Apaches
4. Grassroots movements