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…
Fundraising Plan: Why Summer is the Best Time for Annual Fund Planning Yes, it’s March. But not too early to talk about the summer, the end of the 2nd quarter and the beginning of the 3rd. Why is this the best time to do your annual fund planning? Because this…
Strategic Planning Strategic plans have a bad reputation. It’s something you’re “supposed” to have, but oftentimes no one bothers to review it or knows how to use, so it sits on a virtual or real shelf gathering dust. What is a strategic plan, anyway? Simply put, a strategic plan is…
