Roundup: On Leadership
Strong leadership is essential to being successful with your fundraising goals. There’s not just one or even a handful of leaders that are important to a nonprofit organization. Leadership can come...
View Article8 Reasons to Host a Non-profit Summit in Your Community- Part I
I have a suggestion for anyone working at a non-profit organization in a town that has multiple non-profits. I think you should get together and schedule a non-profit summit. And you, yes you- the...
View Article8 Reasons to Host a Non-profit Summit in Your Community- Part II
In the first part of this article, I recommended that you/your non-profit organization plan to host a summit meeting with as many of the non-profit groups in your community as you can gather in one...
View ArticleA Team Building Horror Story- Can You Spot the Problem?
I had just given the group of 12 adults their instructions to put on their blindfolds, cinch them up tight, and take hold of a 50 foot length of rope. I could tell that some of them were pretty...
View ArticleSpeed Dating to Find New Board Members?
I just read a fascinating article on the Charlotte, N.C. National Public Radio website, WFAE.org. It was called “Finding Chemistry In The Boardroom Through Speed-Dating”. The article reported on a...
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How to Hire a Fantastic Development Director by Amy Eisenstein
Amy Eisenstein, MPA, CFRE specializes in fundraising consulting for local and national nonprofits. Her “no-nonsense” approach to fundraising yields big results for her clients and readers. Today, Amy...
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Working with Nonprofits, on Both Sides of the Fence, by Joanna Miles
Greetings! I would like to introduce a new guest author to Step by Step Fundraising. Jo Miles is a marketing consultant at Beaconfire, where she works with clients to create successful fundraising...
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Nonprofit Leadership, by Amy Eisenstein
By Amy Eisenstein 7 Comments If you’ve ever heard me speak before, you know how passionate I am about fundraising and nonprofit leadership. My “no-nonsense” attitude comes across loud and clear about...
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What does your Board Treasurer do? by Gayle Gifford
Here is another great article from Gayle Gifford for Step By Step Fundraising- (pictured at left). Gayle brings over 30 years of experience to her work with nonprofits – from her personal activism for...
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Seven Secrets to Great Nonprofit Leadership, by Pamela Grow
Author, coach, copy-writer, nonprofit marketing consultant and political junkie, Pamela is the author of “Five Days to Foundation Grants” and the creator of Simple Development Systems, the only...
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