Generosity in quotes: Rabbi Andy Gordon
“You can give your required donation, but still be an inhospitable individual. A person who performs an act of loving kindness does so because of… Read More »Generosity in quotes: Rabbi Andy Gordon
This one thing for year-end fundraising success: listen
LISTEN. We fundraisers tend in the direction of extroversion. We’re talkers, schmoozers, people-people. We have the gift of gab. Which is all good — most… Read More »This one thing for year-end fundraising success: listen
Generosity in quotes: Michael Gingerich and Tom Kaden
“We don’t help people experience the abundant life by telling them they should be experiencing the abundant life. We show people how to experience this… Read More »Generosity in quotes: Michael Gingerich and Tom Kaden
This one thing for year-end fundraising success: keep calm
KEEP CALM. Fundraising is stressful work any time of the year but especially so at calendar year-end. With so much riding on the results of… Read More »This one thing for year-end fundraising success: keep calm
This one thing for year-end fundraising success: Embrace social.
EMBRACE SOCIAL. Development folk are cautioned that the best gifts come with one-on-one interactions. “Real” fundraising, we’re taught, is intimate work. The more specifically tailored… Read More »This one thing for year-end fundraising success: Embrace social.
Generosity in quotes: Thomas Merton
“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own… Read More »Generosity in quotes: Thomas Merton
Recovering from a haiku snafu and a lifetime of lousy mission statements
I don’t recall what inspired me to sum up the board meeting in haiku verse, but the puzzled (okay, shocked) look on faces around the… Read More »Recovering from a haiku snafu and a lifetime of lousy mission statements
Generosity in quotes: Henri Nouwen, Donald McNeill, and Douglas Morrison
“More important than any particular action or word of advice is the simple presence of someone who cares. . . We have lost the simple… Read More »Generosity in quotes: Henri Nouwen, Donald McNeill, and Douglas Morrison
This one thing for year-end fundraising success: Tell a good story
TELL A GOOD STORY. “Any brand of toothpaste is peddled with far more sophistication that the life-saving work of aid groups.” Nicholas Kristof Which, as… Read More »This one thing for year-end fundraising success: Tell a good story
This one thing for year-end fundraising success: Ask
ASK. According to the folks at Better Fundraising, it’s the ONE THING you (and every other fundraiser) should do for sure at year-end. “The job… Read More »This one thing for year-end fundraising success: Ask