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August 30, 2017

How to Inoculate Your Board Against Quick-Fix Fundraising

Which quick fix fundraising trend has caught the attention of your board? Peer-to-peer fundraising? Ice bucket challenge? Dinner out? Give days? Mobile giving? March Madness?[…]

January 3, 2017

Step One: How to Create Board Member Income Heroes

Imagine you have the board of your dreams. They’re your heroes, especially when it comes to helping you to earn revenue. Guess what? To turn[…]

November 21, 2016

How to Create Nonprofit Board Member Income Heroes

If you don’t have enough board members helping you obtain the resources you need–it might be your fault. I don’t say this to blame you.[…]

June 17, 2016

Will Your Boards’ Cold Call Approach Get Donors?

“Let’s get a list of wealthy people and have staff call them for a donation.”–a-board member. Obtaining a list and asking every wealthy person[…]

December 29, 2015

How Does Your Board Answer: How Shall We Raise Money?

Which of the following most closely matches the content of your board’s income discussions? Let’s have a garage sale. Let’s get a grant. Let’s find[…]

October 13, 2015

Why Do Strategic Plans Fail?

I just completed helping a board develop a strategic plan. As a follow-up, I wanted to help them (and you) prepare for the challenges of[…]

September 14, 2015

Have You’ve Created an Income Strategy or a Hope?

“Basically, our strategic plan,” Peggy explained in her offices on a recent sultry afternoon, “states that we’ll raise the money.” What about your strategic[…]

April 21, 2015

Why Do People Join Nonprofit Boards?

Why do people join your board? They believe in the distinctive way you fulfill your mission. That’s the answer you want. It’s rarely so simple[…]

March 5, 2015

10 Ways Board Members Can Increase a Nonprofit’s Credibility

Most nonprofit leaders hope that you’ll get involved with their organization because of your passion for their cause and approach. They hope the fact that[…]

January 8, 2015

Help My Boards Eager, Confused, & Anxious about Income!

Marketers recommend that we select three words to describe ourselves. If you had to choose words to describe your board’s attitude about fundraising, what words[…]

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