Next Level: Hamlin Grange interview
Check out this interview with Hamlin Grange-then join us for our Next Level Conference April 4th and 5th 2016. MT: This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising, and today I am so pleased to share with you Mr. Hamlin Grange, the founder of DiversiPro. He will be speaking at our next level conference. So […]
Is your nonprofit workplace like George Orwell’s 1984?
Did you read the New York Times story about working at Amazon? According to the New York Times, at Amazon individual performance is measured continuously, with come-and-go relationships between employers and employees. Nearly every fundraiser I have known has left or been fired because of bad nonprofit culture and unrealistic expectations. What’s the deal at […]
What would it take to make your fundraising 100% more effective?
If you are a nonprofit board member, and you are wondering why your fundraising staff doesn’t stay, it may be because you are not paying them enough. Recently I was talking with a nonprofit executive director who had put out a job description for a development officer role, and was paying $30,000 a year. She […]
Is there a lot of deadwood in your office?
Here’s a picture of me with some dead wood on the beach. Dead wood can be quite beautiful in a certain context. But what about in an dead wood in an organizational context? If someone is dead wood, does that mean the rest of us are in a forest, saplings, looking at the trees above? […]
6 tips to be a better nonprofit manager
Here’s my first post about Brene Brown’s incredible 2012 book, Daring Greatly. This week I want to talk about what you can do to be a better nonprofit manager, using the concept of vulnerability. Chances are, if you’re supervising someone, they are very much afraid that you’re going to drop a shame trip on them. […]
Do you have too much to do?
Do you have too much on your plate? What is behind this? Recently I was reading the One-Life Solution by Dr. Henry Cloud. What is the ONE LIFE Solution? Boundaries. Dr Cloud writes, “Boundaries provide the structure to your character that will make everything else work.” What do boundaries have to do with fundraising? EVERYTHING. […]