What are your intentions for 2014?

You know what is really scary?

This week you might be looking forward to trick-or-treaters. Maybe you’re even going to get dressed up and go out to a party yourself. I love Halloween. It’s my favorite holiday. But on a serious note, I also want to warn you about an epidemic I see in the devoted, hardworking fundraising professionals that I know.

5 Star Review: Get the Job! Your Fundraising Career Empowerment Guide

Today you might have read this 5 star review of my new book from Joanne Fritz at Nonprofit.About.com. Here is a small piece of the review: According to a recent report from CompassPoint, Underdeveloped: A National Study of Challenges Facing Nonprofit Fundraising, fundraisers are too often set up for failure by a system that is […]

What a Sweet Letter! Oh Man. I am so touched!

I just had to share this sweet email that I got: Since I first stumbled across your “Wild Woman Fundraising,” I have wanted to be in touch with you. Like so many of my colleagues–I think especially my women colleagues–in fundraising, we’re running at a thousand miles and hour and want someone to come alongside […]

After Under-Developed, the Deluge

Why Nonprofit Fundraising Staff are Shafted, and What to Do About It

Getting fired in fundraising: What’s behind it?

Fundraising professional, have you ever been fired from a fundraising job?

If you’re a nonprofit leader, have you had some turnover in your fundraising staff lately?

Are you trying to hire a new fundraising person now?

What if… the real common denominator in fundraising staff turnover was not bad hiring practices, but conditions beyond the fundraiser’s control?