Reader Poll: What’s your favorite thing about your job?

I’ll go first. Here’s my favorite thing: I get to do what I want all day long. Most of what I want to do is help other people through fundraising and social media and general motivational stuff, so I write, and I work with nonprofits, individuals, and businesses with my various businesses. Mainly, I don’t […]

I just donated to a new e-newsletter subscriber. Here’s why.

I am practically the definition of jaded. Seriously. Tell me your sob story. I won’t cry. After years in this business, I feel like I’ve heard it all. There’s no end to the wanting. But yesterday i got a notification that someone had signed up for my newsletter, and as usual, I went to check […]

Just Nap!

This is me taking a nap

Gonna be okay, just nap! I think that’s what Lady Gaga said, anyway.

How can we empower women to lead nonprofits?

Last week I commented on Amy Sample Ward’s post about Clay Shirky’s Rant on Women. He wrote about how women don’t seem to do much self-aggrandizement, and therefore don’t rise to leadership positions as much. I wondered if that was the whole story. While the nonprofit field is roughly 60% women, what is nonprofit leadership […]