Grab Your Partner!
We don't want to lose the client, but we also have to find ways to keep our other clients moving on time and keep the lettershops of the world willing to work with us. Any ideas?
— Proof-less in Utah
Dear Proof-less:
Common problem. We've all seen it from both sides of the table. The old adage "the client is always right" certainly applies here, but at the same time, what happens when you run through vendors yourself and compromise your reputation?
So, I'm a fundraiser having a mid-life crisis. And that's perfectly fine with me.
I am taking time to look around, lift my head and find REAL people who really want to change the world. And people smart enough to do it. Join me in this fun journey. I have no idea where we will end up - and that is the beauty of it. I'm nonprofit passionate, a hopeful world changer, and always ready to share what I know, learn what I don't, admit when I can't, and ask the hard questions.
While you're looking around for other areas of inspiration, check out The Moth Project at themoth.org (the podcasts are AMAZING), TED talks (doesn't matter which ones - find topics that interest you) and Volunteer Voices (again - love the podcast) written by volunteers from the Peace Corps. Don't see the immediate connection to being a better fundraiser? Just listen, you'll hear the message ...
