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September Matters: Let's Make Year-End a Little Less Stressful?
Ah, September! The smells of Pumpkin Space wafting through the air, dreams of sweater weather on its way, Halloween decorations making...
Sep 23, 20255 min read


Mise en Place: The Fundraising Prep You Didn’t Know You Needed
There’s a French phrase that chefs live by: mise en place . It means “everything in its place,” and it refers to the sacred ritual of...
Jul 22, 20254 min read


Rant on Retention Redux (2025 Edition)
It's been 8 years since my last Rant on Retention and we're still talking about some of the same themes. TL;DR - absolutely retention...
Jul 1, 20254 min read


The Philanthropic Multiverse Chapter 2: In Which a Clipboard Becomes a Weapon, Sector W Proves Unstable, and M.A.R.V.I.N. Absolutely Refuses to Run
Welcome to The Fundraiser’s Guide to the Philanthropic Multiverse—a serialized, satirical journey through a world that’s both absurd and...
May 30, 20259 min read


{Tactic} Is Dead; Long Live {Tactic}
We love to declare things dead in fundraising. We've been sounding the death knell of Direct Mail for 30+ years that I know of. Direct...
May 29, 20255 min read


Chapter 1: In Which Miles and Trayer Witness an Arrival, Argue Over a Sandwich, and Discover a Disturbance in the Data Field
Miles Askew was having a perfectly good Tuesday. He’d made it to the Bureau’s outer quadrant undetected. His shirt had only two coffee...
May 27, 20256 min read
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