When I worked as a development director, I gathered our program staff once a year to brainstorm “what if” questions: What if we had all the money we needed? What if we could focus on the work we wanted to do without worrying about the budget – what would we do? What if we had the capacity to try new things and do our work … [Read more...]
Boards and Fundraising: Three Tasks Everyone Can Do
If you ask fundraising professionals to describe their deepest and most enduring fantasy, the answer would sound something like this: “Give me a wealthy board filled with wealthy people who will ask their wealthy friends for money.” Sure, those boards exist, but they are very, very rare. Unless you work with a legacy institution – a … [Read more...]
Turn Your Board into a “Place of We”
Is it hard to get your board members excited about raising money? Our friend Judy Levine of Cause Effective just wrote a terrific piece about the possibility of board members training board members. She delights in the idea that boards can use our new Train Your Board book to train themselves – without a consultant, professional … [Read more...]
Help Your Board Members Become Comfortable Raising Money: A 3-Part Plan
Does the idea of looking like a fool make you happy? Do you enjoy trying out new skills for the first time in front of people you want to impress? I bet you answered these questions with a resounding “NO!” Your Board Members Want to Be Successful Most people want to be successful! They want to be competent and effective. … [Read more...]
You Don’t Need Trainer Machismo to be a Great Fundraising Trainer
I spend a lot of time on the road, leading workshops. I often work alone -- it’s a one-person business. But over the years I’ve built a pretty diverse network of professional peers: trainers, consultants, facilitators, and practitioners of “nonprofit therapy.” This network has been crucial to my success, self-confidence, stamina, … [Read more...]
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