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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 ...
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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
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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A musing on photos
Have you ever wondered why animal rescue organizations or international relief organizations show photos of animals or children in dire ...
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Creating Boring Fundraising
My friend Roy Williams of Wizard of Ads fame talks a lot about how stupid it is to bore people ...
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Fundraising That Works
Fundraising is not about sounding smart, looking good or appearing professional. Deep breath everyone. Ready for some reality? The more ...