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“Working with Karen is fantastic, easy, logical, and effective — it absolutely saved us time and money and helped us raise more than a million dollars. We’re still putting $300,000 to $400,000 in our budget each year thanks to her work.”
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THE SALVATION ARMY, MANATEE COUNTY
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Everyone has a role in bringing revenue and resources to your organization. Let’s Raise Nonprofit Millions Together offers you a framework to inspire your board members, staff, and others who champion your not-for-profit to discover they can fundraise and actually enjoy it. Rally your team to raise remarkable revenue together.
An Expert Shows You How to Build YOUR Culture of Philanthropy
Everyone has a role in bringing revenue and resources to your organization. Let’s Raise Nonprofit Millions Together offers you a framework to inspire your board members, staff, and others who champion your not-for-profit to discover they can fundraise and actually enjoy it. Rally your team to raise remarkable revenue together.
“I love working with Karen. She’s very good at discovering what it is that I need, and she has great instincts. The combination of the two offers amazing outcomes that exceed my expectations.”
JENNIFER SILVA
TAMPA BAY WATCH
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Does your board’s diversity reflect your values? What happens when it doesn’t? Most nonprofits have lofty values that includes collaboration, empowerment, community and excellence. And most nonprofits leaders are dissatisfied with their board’s diversity. This video explores this question and offers you a tactic to improve the quality of your board diversity conversations and recruitment[…]
Better Board Orientations
Your board orientation is a great tool to educate your board and get new board members started on the right foot. This video outlines a 90-minute board orientation session and gives you tips about how you can make your board orientation interactive. You can create a practical board orientation that energizes, educates, and guides your[…]
Board Diversity: Practical & Reliable Tools for the Journey
Karen’s October 2021 CEO Conversation Now more than ever, board diversity is critical. Without it, you are missing out on valuable wisdom and perspectives. Your mission demands it. It’s the right thing to do Your grant funders and donors expect it. Achieving board diversity Is neither quick nor easy: instead, it’s a journey. And, as[…]
Best Practices to Avoid Monthly Board Meeting Burnout
3 Stress-Reduction Tools For over 30 years, my cousin James suffered from monthly migraines. They occurred the day after his nonprofit board meetings. You, too, like James, may suffer from board meeting stress. While you might not get boomerang migraines, you may experience lost sleep, stomach upset, or anxiety. Your staff may even avoid you on[…]
