March 18, 2019
Waiting Well and Leadership: Make Delay Your Best Friend

In another life, Elaine and Justin, a favorite couple of mine, gave me this sound advice: Do all the things you want while you’re still single.[…]

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March 14, 2019
How to Write a Nonprofit Vision Statement-Video

Writing a not for profit vision statement is an exercise of the head and heart. You need a compelling, exciting, and realistic picture of your future. Listen to this video to get some quick tips to get you started to write an inspiring vision statement for your nonprofit organization.

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March 4, 2019
Operating in the Dark & Fog, Succeeding in the Unknown

In the fog, the cove was pitch black. I couldn’t see the radio tower across the bay, a star, or the shore. Earlier that afternoon,[…]

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February 28, 2019
What’s the Secret to Boards that Take Smart Risks?

This brilliant advice comes from one of the interviews I did for my new book, Let’s Raise Millions Together.  Kelley Parris, the new head of[…]

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February 21, 2019
Do You Know This Secret to Nonprofit Board Success?

These words about board recruitment were whispered to me in a parking lot after a meeting. Listen to this wisdom and reap the board benefits.[…]

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February 18, 2019
Red Tide and Fundraising | A Lesson from the Oysters

After months of rotting fish, ghastly odors, and irritated throats, biologists have declared Florida’s epic Red Tide bloom over. Earlier this month, we went on[…]

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February 14, 2019
Why It’s Smart to Thank Your Donors Today

Why is Valentine’s Day an excellent time to thank your donors for the gifts they made at the end of the year? For more answers,[…]

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February 7, 2019
The Most Dangerous Phrase Nonprofit Leaders Use

I bet you’ve said this phrase in the last thirty days. Here’s why it’s time to stop using these four words and what to say[…]

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February 4, 2019
A Team of Relationships, What Lincoln Teaches About Successful Boards

To form your board, you organize gifted individuals to form a team of relationships. Whatever schedule you use now to meet individually with your board members, I recommend you increase it in 2019.

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January 24, 2019
How Did They Do? Annual Gift Follow-up

It’s mid-January, how did four nonprofits respond to year-end gifts? We received four responses to the four annual appeal operating gifts that we made, and[…]

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