This week, as I transition into my new position as interim executive director at Save the Chimps, we're talking about change — its inevitability; its power to invoke fear; and ultimately, our power to overcome that fear, ride out the transition and embrace any brave, new worlds that result from it.
Hump Day Hullabaloo
So, I’m a fundraiser having a mid-life crisis. Â And that’s perfectly fine with me.Â
I am taking time to look around, lift my head and find REAL people who really want to change the world. Â And people smart enough to do it. Â 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? Â Just listen, you’ll hear the message …
Board members are a crucial part of any nonprofit organization's success. When they "get it," it makes for a fabulous relationship with the development team that benefits the organization and, ultimately, its cause. But when they don't … well, it ain't pretty.
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