Here’s how to leave your dead-end fundraising job

Just go. That’s it. Really. GO. BREAK UP WITH HIM GIRL. HE’S NOT WORTH IT. You want more? Of course you do, I have an article to write here. Leaving fundraising is something a lot of people do- they go on to Corporate social responsibility jobs, Marketing, Public Relations, Government grant management, Entrepreneurship and more. […]

5 New Steps to get you closer to that major gift, grant or sponsorship

Wouldn’t you like to have an easier time raising money? Isn’t it time you started getting solutions to the serious problems that are holding you back in fundraising? Coming to Ellen Bristol’s session at the Nonprofit Leadership Summit can help you get the metrics and tools you need to get way better fundraising results, even […]

Aphorisms to live by from Victor Frankl and Nassim Nicolas Taleb

4 quotes on suffering anti-testing victor frankl

Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you didn’t work in the nonprofit sector? Are you worried that your life wouldn’t have meaning if you left the sector? Are you in a corporate job, looking for meaning in your life right now? How do you even FIND the meaning of life? […]

How to Tell a Compelling Impact Story by Vanessa Chase

Have you ever been told or read that you should be communicating your non-profit’s impact to donors? Penelope Burk wrote about this in Donor Centered Fundraising a number of years ago and suggested that maintaining on-going communication with donors helps improve donor retention. Her research specifically cited that donors are interested in knowing how their […]

Want to get that next fundraising job? Learn from this Claire Axelrad interview

  MT: Hey, everybody. Welcome. This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising, and I am very pleased today to be interviewing Claire Axelrad of Clairification. Claire Axelrad has a JD and a CFRE, and has over 30 years of experience in the trenches leading fundraising, major gifts, and nonprofit marketing initiatives. On April 13, […]

What would I do without you?

I want to thank you for reading, for buying my products and engaging my services this year. I am so grateful to you, my readers, customers and clients, because you make this all possible. Here is what you have said about me on Twitter this year-AND THANK YOU for supporting me and Wild Woman Fundraising! […]