Cleaning Up Your Database in 4 Simple Steps Your database is a garden. It’s ever-growing—new donors, new gifts, new opportunities—just like...
The 3 Keys to Hiring a Successful Fundraiser We all know the goal is to hire that fundraising "unicorn"—the mythical nonprofit employee or...
4 Ways Foundations Make Bad Decisions (and How to Fix Them) If you work for a foundation, you probably don’t get much negative feedback. As a neutral party,...
Find the Best Donor Tools and Put Them to Use Good research can mean the difference between going into a meeting and feeling at ease or on edge....
An Insider Guide to Fundraising When Times are Bad In today's turbulent economic climate, fundraising can seem like a tough row to hoe—but don't put...
6 Ways to Drive Digital Donor Acquisition with Emails It is important we don’t make direct comparisons between direct mail and digital donor acquisition...
5 Tips for a Successful Donor Meeting Attending a donor meeting unprepared is the surest way to secure a bad outcome. Successful major...
The 4 Cardinal Virtues of a Successful Major Gifts Officer I’m always amused when a young major-gifts officer candidate has the impression that the job is...
How the Best Nonprofits Choose a Recruiting Partner After conducting thousands of interviews and leading countless talent searches for mission-driven...
You Landed the White Whale. Now What? You’ve been hounding this donor for years. You’ve tried every trick in the book: meeting request...