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Reader Questions: How do you partner with a nonprofit, get AKA Fiscal...
Have you ever tried to partner with a nonprofit? Did that experience leave you frustrated, or just stymied by how it all works? Do you ever find yourself wondering, “What IS fiscal sponsorship,...
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Do you want to be a nonprofit consultant? Read this interview with Desiree...
Desiree Adaway designs programs and strategies that create revenue and advocates for organizations. She has served in senior-level roles in the nonprofit and grant management sectors for such renowned...
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6 ways you can be an effective nonprofit leader
Flickr image by GinasPics First off, if you like how I write, you are going to LOVE how I teach. Because then it’s like I’m writing, but you can hear me talk, and then we can have a conversation, too!...
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Do you know a Graduate with no future? What is up with these protests?
My little brother’s story Let me tell you about one of my little brothers. He graduated college a couple of years ago, and has since bounced from job to job, trying to find his place in the world. He...
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Is your nonprofit a “safe bet”? Let’s Get Dangerous!
Do you take risks? How? Last week in the Harvard Business Review, Dan Pallotta talks about how taking risks is important. if we didn’t take risks, we wouldn’t have cures for diseases. We wouldn’t have...
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What is a host-beneficiary relationship, and how can you work it for your...
So you’re looking into making multiple streams of income for your nonprofit. You’ve got your events going. You’ve got your grants program going. You’ve got your appeal letter out. How ELSE can you make...
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A response to “Bad Nonprofit Consultants” from Inside Philanthropy
Todd Cohen, editor of the Philanthropy Journal, wrote a blog post on how bad nonprofit consultants can be. He writes: “Often exiles from nonprofits because they were ineffective, burned out or just...
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This is not a pity party. You understand?
Wow, hello hate mail! Because of my posts about being a nonprofit wage slave, and being unable to make rent on a nonprofit “salary”, someone took issue with this. Actually, more than one person did,...
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Collective Joy = How to Harness the Power of #Occupy for Your Nonprofit Cause
Protest Puppet from Paris: Image copyright 0olong from Flickr What Barbara Erhenreich AND the Occupy Movement are teaching me is that we need to take the collective expression of protest around the...
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Improve your nonprofit website by moving down the ladder
Mazarine Treyz, with The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising and The Wild Woman’s Guide to Social Media How do you convince people to give to you, even if they don’t know your cause? That is most people....
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What Women in Nonprofit Tech should take from Adria Richards
Adria Richards, formerly of SendGrid Recently, there was a bit of a blowup at a conference for Python programmers called PyCon. You probably haven’t heard about it yet, but here’s what happened....
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This is a sample piece of a presentation that I gave earlier this year. Fundraising Planning Webinar Preview by MazarineTreyz If you’d like to see the full version of the recording, the link is in the...
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8 Fundraising Ideas for Public Libraries
You and I know that libraries are sacred places. I have many memories of happy hours spent in the University of York’s massive library, where I first discovered my love of poetry. That library was the...
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How do you get it all done when you’re a fundraising one-armed paperhanger?
Look at all of this work. Look at it. Today I am answering more reader questions. So here we go. One reader asks, “I am a one man show. It is hard to do everything. I recruit volunteers and board...
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Nonprofit Earned Income Streams: Sex toys?
Okay Y’all, you are NOT Going to believe this. Nonprofit sex toys Have you ever wanted to make extra money for your nonprofit? Are you looking at earned income streams? If your nonprofit is a planned...
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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...
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Free Webinar: Why Aren’t You Raising the Money Yet? August 6th 1pm EST
Are you struggling to get the funds you need to help your nonprofit succeed? Join us for a free Fundraising Empowerment webinar on August 6th 1pm EST, 12pm CST, 11am MT, and 10am PST Based on the...
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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...
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Putting off what you need to do
Why do you put off what you need to do? Is it because you don’t have time? Is it because you don’t know how to do it? Or is it because you really don’t want to do it? What is it about? I know a...
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Can I get a hell yes? Thank you RE:Philanthropy & Dan Pallotta!
RE:Philanthropy wrote this review of Dan Pallotta’s talk to the council on philanthropy, and I just want to shout, “FRABJOUS DAY!” So tell me, as a fundraiser, would you like a higher salary? Would you...
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