November 30, 2023
How to Get Rid of Fuzzy Results: Use The Outcome Cheat Sheet

You know what your nonprofit does matters- you witness it daily, but do you struggle to articulate your results? Maybe you If this is you,[…]

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November 22, 2023
Optimize Your Nonprofit Board Meetings: Make Them Effective & Efficient

Board meetings take time and resources. You recruit, update, prepare, attend, and follow up. Your board members devote half a day per meeting, including prep[…]

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November 15, 2023
Overcoming Anonymous Donor Challenges: Is Your Backdoor Light Out?

We toured the Salvation Army shelter during one of my city’s Leadership classes. Besides seeing the complex and hearing the facts, our guide shared stories[…]

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November 1, 2023
When Another Nonprofit Receives “Your” Gift

“We’re bummed. A competitor just received a million dollars from a donor with whom they’ve had no contact. We’ve been seeking a relationship with the[…]

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October 26, 2023
Need Donations? The Truth about Abundance Asking

Transcript What if you got a phone call today from a donor, a new donor, and they said, ‘What do you need?’ And you gave[…]

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October 16, 2023
Unlock The Power Of Strategy & Maximize Your Unsolicited Gift Potential

What do people say about your nonprofit when you’re not around? Do they think that you know where you are going and making inroads? Or[…]

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October 15, 2023
How Nonprofit Leaders Craft Their Vision, Mission, & Strategy to Stand Out

For two years, I navigated a 40-foot motor sailor using charts, compasses, and flashlights—before the GPS existed. Night crossings to the Bahamas were straightforward. I[…]

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October 2, 2023
5 Ways Nonprofits Turn Off Unsolicited Major Gifts Donors

Imagine this. You receive a voicemail from a lawyer. She’s calling because her client wants to make a six-figure gift. The client is considering several[…]

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September 28, 2023
3 Killer Questions for CEOs that Unleash Mammoth Potential

Nonprofit executives, by the nature of their jobs, have an “overwhelm monster” lurking outside their door. And that monster seems to get bigger and come[…]

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September 20, 2023
How to Overcome Risk Aversion in Nonprofit Boards

Perhaps you remember the Oscar-winning children’s film Frozen. Frozen tells the story of two sisters, Anna and Elsa. Elsa is an unusual child: she can[…]

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