NEWSLETTERS

7 Words You Should Think About
(You’re reading an e-newsletter, use the email signup link at the bottom to receive these messages in your inbox). 7 ...
Read More
Read More

Leadership and Your Grit Muscle
(You’re reading an e-newsletter, use the email signup link at the bottom to receive these messages in your inbox). I’m ...
Read More
Read More

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 ...
Read More
Read More

What’s Next?
(You’re reading an e-newsletter, use the email signup link at the bottom to receive these messages in your inbox). Have ...
Read More
Read More

Our Shared Humanity
Weirdly enough, what started my train of thought was an email the CEO of a big corporation sent me. It ...
Read More
Read More
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 ...
Read More
Read More

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 ...
Read More
Read More

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 ...
Read More
Read More

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 ...
Read More
Read More

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 ...
Read More
Read More

A musing on photos
Have you ever wondered why animal rescue organizations or international relief organizations show photos of animals or children in dire ...
Read More
Read More

Creating Boring Fundraising
My friend Roy Williams of Wizard of Ads fame talks a lot about how stupid it is to bore people ...
Read More
Read More

Fundraising That Works
Fundraising is not about sounding smart, looking good or appearing professional. Deep breath everyone. Ready for some reality? The more ...
Read More
Read More