What does an LGBTQ nonprofit organization do?
In 2001, a friend of mine came out to me. He had never told anyone he was gay. He was 20. He didn’t know where any resources were, despite living near Provincetown and Boston his whole life. Since I didn’t know a lot about various LGBTQ organizations, I pointed him to the now sadly defunct Planet Out (which now redirects to Gay.com), where I thought he might be able to find more people in the community. Then we went to Jacques Cabaret, a piano bar, but we couldn’t get in because I forgot my ID.
A reader emailed me recently and asked me to please please blog about something that she sees a lot, namely, people not understanding why we have all of these LGBTQ organizations, and why they are different, why we need them.
Managing up when your boss is not a fundraiser!
If your boss does not understand fundraising, give them a 2 minute explanation of how fundraising works. Show them that they’ll get the best bang for their buck from major gifts, and individuals, and the least from foundations, corporations, and events. There are graphs from Giving USA and Philanthropy Reports that go into detail about […]
How many stories should you put in your newsletter or appeal?
This last week, Katya Anderson wrote about the numbing of our compassion when we have heard lots of statistics and lots of stories. I was just reading about this trend in “Half the Sky” and it frankly shocked me, that people could care less and less about greater quantities of people, the more stories that […]
Reader Questions: Bootstrap your nonprofit startup in 4 steps!
Hi Molly!
First off, I love that you’re helping women get wheels. When I worked in a domestic violence shelter, this is something that would hamper women in getting the services that they needed, whether baby-sitting, counseling, welfare, etc. A car can mean the difference between a job and no job, and between a woman having to return to an abuser or not. Thank you for recognizing this.
How YOU can become Fearless: 10 Tips!
Remember these 10 tips from Arianna Huffington’s book, On Becoming Fearless: 1. Be true to yourself. Constantly looking over your shoulder for approval means you’ll never get it. What’s more, you’ll greatly increase your chances of walking into a wall or falling into a ditch-not to mention losing yourself in the process. 2. Turn down […]
On Becoming Fearless: Sady Doyle edition
Marin Alsop, Music Director for Baltimore Symphony Orchestra “If everybody just loves you, you’re probably not doing a very good job.”