Why do donor’s get burnt out? How can you avoid contributor fatigue? What are the dangers of saying, “Thank you and…?” Karen covers all this and more in this video.
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Before cell phones, when I was in graduate school, my car was in the shop. My new husband lent me his boat-towing station wagon to make my fifteen-mile trip across town to class. On the Interstate, the back of the car began to shake. I slowed down, pulled off, crept onto campus, and ran to my class.
Afterward, I called my husband at work. “Oh, yeah,” he said stepping out of a meeting, “it’s been doing that. …
Two Hard-boiled Eggs and the Importance of Ranking Your Values
Behind five travelers and their roller boards in Hudson News in the Denver airport. Two hard-boiled eggs sat in a refrigerator case.
After jiggling to the case, I grabbed the eggs, then bumped my way to the end of the checkout line. The line moved quickly until the women ahead of me, stopped everything. She had two children and three rollers in tow. “I’d like to make a return,” she said to the clerk. “I bought this five minutes ago.” …
How Can You Grow Your Nonprofit’s Sponsorship Dollars?
You can find new sponsors, create more value, do less work and raise more dollars. Listen to this video to discover how to grow your sponsorship dollars.
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“We ask our board to get five people to donate, and they do,” the speaker said.
“How do you do that?” came an incredulous cry from the audience.
Learning that a board helps with fundraising should not leave nonprofit leaders incredulous. Healthy boards engage and lead. Healthy boards support income growth.
The support, you seek, may or may not include “getting five people to donate.” It does involve measurable actions to boost revenue growth. …
Are You In Danger of Mission Drift? Quick Turn Around!
What is mission drift? How can you avoid drifting away from what’s most critical to your organization? Watch this video to learn the most important questions to ask to avoid mission drift.
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When you ask your board’s for help, do you get resistance? Discover the three most common reasons for pushback. Your new insights will help you to turn resistance into energy growing revenue.
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Why Engage a Facilitator for Strategic Board Activities?
No one can do everything. Two heads are better than one. There are tons of reasons to hire a facilitator for your strategic activities. Here the most important ones: You’ll get more done, learn more, and discover that strategy is a verb, and that it’s never a document gathering dust bunnies.
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Learn from My Error and Create a Board that Governs
It was a beautiful August morning. Twenty campers and four counselors outfitted in orange lifejackets paddled silver canoes across a glassy blue lake in northern New Hampshire.
We pulled up to a sand spit. As we unloaded, I, one of the junior counselors, muttered, “I wish I had a brownie. We should have brought snacks.”
In response, all twenty campers moaned in unison about their starvation.
Watch: How to Build Better Customer Relationships and Give Back
How can you use philanthropy and nonprofit events as tools to build deeper relationships with your customers? Watch this video to discover how attending activities and talking about your favorite nonprofits can help you enjoy better customer connections.
