You Gotta Have a Plan When is the best time to plan your fundraising strategy? Now. If you didn’t quite get around to planning for 2026 last year and now, we’re in the third month of the third quarter of FY26, you need a plan for your end-of-year fundraising. Research…
What Is Strategic About A Strategic Plan And Who Cares? What is it about the phrase “strategic planning” that makes eyes glaze over? Maybe people don’t really know what is involved and they feel overwhelmed. Maybe they’ve participated in the process before, and nothing changed. Or maybe this is just…
How to Keep New Board Members from Bailing After the First Meeting Prospective board members want to know what their role and responsibilities as a board member of your organization will be. They want to know who you serve and what the challenges and successes are. They want to know…
There’s More to Coaching than Football A football coach helps each player discover their strengths and hone their skills to play the best game possible. A professional coach does the same thing. They help you build your professional skills in order to improve your workplace performance. Coaching is a goal-oriented,…
May: Grant Myths and Mistakes One of my first jobs as a professional fundraiser was writing grants. Honestly, my only qualification was that I could write well. I honed my writing skills while working in radio and television where I wrote commercials and scripts. After working and writing in that…
Database Management: Not Just for Geeks Here’s the bottom line, you need clean data. You get and keep data clean by having data entry procedures in place to create consistent records and accurate reports. Clean Data Clean data is free of erroneous, inaccurate or duplicate information. It is reliable and…
