Putting all our eggs in one fundraising basket might raise money, but is it the best long-term strategy?

Oh, there’s some ranting happening over on #FundraisingTwitter . . . and with good reason:  Year-End Fundraising Solicitations. Email...

Disrupt. Innovate. Think bigger, think differently! All valuable advice.  In fact, innovation is often listed as one of the most...

Have you seen it? The Top 100 Charity Industry Influencers ranked by Onalytica .  I ranked at #12. In a list with people like John Haydon...

Probably.  If you read any recent reports or statistics, yeah, we’ve got a lot of work to do.  Fundraising Effectiveness Project,...

I’m honored to have been invited to speak at the AFP Silicon Valley chapter .  The topic?  My favorite:  The Annual Fund Isn’t Annual ....

Whether you loved it, hated it, didn’t watch it or obsessively tweeted about it, it’s inarguable that Game of Thrones captured the...

Yes. Thank you for attending my TED talk. OK, let me elaborate.  If you’re not proactively managing your data, you are literally losing...

Sat through another meeting where Fundraising was referred to as “the F word” . . . . ha ha ha, giggle giggle, ’cause it’s a bad word. I...

Maintaining a robust, comprehensive fundraising operation is critically important to the service the beneficiaries receive from our organizations and the donors who make that service happen.

Everything anyone needs to know about fundraising can be summed up in a five-step process. Find prospects who are concerned about The...

There are literally 5 versions of this blog in my drafts folder.  I keep coming back to it because the question keeps coming up and I...

They do.  All of them. Every Fundraising Thing Works There’s a lot of great advice out there about fundraising – countless blogs,...

Clerk:  Your total is $blahblahblah, would you like to add a dollar to support children puppies hungry old homeless high-school band? Me:...

I like to think that professionals in all fields get together and rant and complain about their profession.  I have to believe that there...

We had to take a tough break from blogging for a little while.  We lost one of the Buck-White Boys on February 15.  The original...

C’mon, sing with me now, “Our house.  In the middle of the street.  Our house . . . ”  Or we could have gone with, “Our house is a very,...

Google “Fundraising Buzzwords” or “Nonprofit Buzzwords” and you’ll get a whole list of the phrases we like to kick around the industry....

My whole social media feed is FULL of comments about how awful 2016 has been.  It seems everyone is ready to kick this year to the curb...

Thanksgiving was wonderful and I hope yours was, too.  So many things to be thankful for – like making new friends! We met a lovely...