NEWSLETTERS
7 Words You Should Think About
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Leadership and Your Grit Muscle
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Considering Bad Things
Today I’m asking you to imagine bad things (hopefully that didn’t make you spit out your coffee). I know, there’s ...
What’s Next?
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Our Shared Humanity
Weirdly enough, what started my train of thought was an email the CEO of a big corporation sent me. It ...
WISE FUNDRAISING
The #1 Thing to Teach Donors
That was a trick headline, sorry about that. You really can’t teach donors anything. In fact, that’s the completely wrong ...
Care for New Donors
New donors are challenging and expensive to find. It’s painful. There’s just no way around it. Hopefully, you invested in ...
3 Things Donors Love
Fundraising that will make you smile and delight the accounting department is what I’m talking about. Fundraising that donors love ...
The Life or Death Lesson for Fundraisers from SciFi
One of my guilty pleasures is reading and watching science fiction. I’ve loved tales of rockets, space travel and aliens ...
13 Words That Will Improve Your Fundraising
Sorry if that sounds like one of those clickbait posts. It’s not clickbait, it’s truth. Really it’s a 13-word sentence ...
A musing on photos
Have you ever wondered why animal rescue organizations or international relief organizations show photos of animals or children in dire ...
Creating Boring Fundraising
My friend Roy Williams of Wizard of Ads fame talks a lot about how stupid it is to bore people ...
Fundraising That Works
Fundraising is not about sounding smart, looking good or appearing professional. Deep breath everyone. Ready for some reality? The more ...