Don’t you hate it when you make a mistake, and it gets covered in the local media?
This may happen to you if you’re hiring a new development staff member, just as people are getting used to the last one. Hiring development staff that doesn’t work out is one of the most expensive and public mistakes nonprofits make.
Development staff turnover costs $100,000, plus your board, the donors you’re cultivating, the community foundation, and other nonprofit leaders learn about it. If this happens often enough, you get a reputation as a place for good fundraisers to avoid. You can solve this challenge. Watch this video to hire well the first time, or the next time.
00:00 The Development Staff Turnover Challenge
01:00 The Three Opportunities
01:09 What to Look for in the Application and Cover Letter
01:47 How to Conduct a Smart Telephone Interview
02:17 How to Conduct a Quality Face-to-Face Interview
If you’d like to even more about hiring development staff or fundraising planning , please don’t hesitate to reach out to me. I’d love to help you recruit and retain a top notch fund raising staff that launches your nonprofit onward and upward.
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Karen Eber Davis Consulting guides executive directors and CEOs to generate the resources, boards, and support they need to make remarkable progress on their missions. As the award-winning thought-leader, advisor, and founding principal of Karen Eber Davis Consulting, Karen helps nonprofit leaders get answers, generate revenue, and grow their mission. Davis is known for her innovation and practicality based on her work with or visits to over 1,000 nonprofit organizations and her experience leading board and team events. She is the author of 7 Nonprofit Income Streams and Let's Raise Nonprofit Millions Together.