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...

We’ve made an entire industry out of those terrible gifts we used to get at the holidays.  Ugly Christmas sweaters are now a staple of...

“GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the...

1.  Is your Fundraising transactional or transformative? 2.  Is your Fundraising driven by the mission or the budget? 3.  Is your...

We adopted Tucker when he was just 9 weeks old.  How he got to the rescue org, we don’t know, but we do know he was a puppy mill puppy...

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

Sometimes, to make truly lasting, important, substantive change we have to honor what came before. We weren’t there for the little...

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...

I love this question from Tim Sarrantonio at Neon. Do we think enough about what gratitude is, what it means and how we truly express...

WONDERFUL post today from Amy Eisenstein on Nonprofit Job Titles.  Touch of humor and some really good points.  We’re seeing trends in...

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...

Trees can die from the bottom up. Especially with Evergreens, if they’re not getting enough water, the lower branches and needles will...

There’s a lot of ugly in the world right now. There’s a lot to feel angry and dejected about and there’s a lot of negativity and...

Right here, right now I will totally admit this is an opportunistic blog. I can’t help it; it’s the year I became a hockey fan and, like...

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...