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Our best thinking and conversations with nonprofit leaders.

Getting donors to say YES to your meeting invites

A few generalizations about our calendars: We have too many meetings on our calendar that we are not looking forward to. We are not quite...

How to Disrupt the Status Quo in 2023

Catalytic nonprofit organizations are those that are willing to disrupt the status quo of what’s possible in their field. In our experience,

Three Appeal-Writing Techniques to Transform End-of-Year Giving

In 2021, nonprofits across the United States would send emails to 1,250 recipients in order to generate one donation. In other words, the...

Giving and the Enneagram

Fundraising is about relationships. This is not a shocking insight. But recognizing and acting upon this reality are two different...

Mission-Driven Revenue Goals

When some of us see the calendar invite for “Revenue Goal Setting 2021” we feel a headache coming on. For some, setting revenue goals can...

Barriers to Goal-Setting: Possibilities and Likelihood

Strategic planning for 2021 feels like a silly endeavor. A once-in-a-century pandemic. An election from hell. 10% unemployment. But here...

The Promise and Peril of Despair

Last month, I eulogized my brother, Mark, following his unexpected death. Since then, I’ve been forced to reckon with the impact of grief...

The Imaginative Few

The Imaginative Few understand that a day of inaction will be measured in weeks or months of severe consequences.

Program Evaluation for Fundraisers: An Interview with Maggie Miller

Maggie Miller is a Denver based consultant who has worked in the field of program evaluation for nearly 20 years. She is known for her...