Fundraiser Education

What Is Your Nonprofit Career Story?
July 5, 2019 at 8:52 am

What is your nonprofit career story? It seems that every week someone contacts me through various vehicles and asks for a career advice meeting. I enjoy helping others and always seek to answer their questions...

Webinars Are a Great Educational Resource
June 21, 2019 at 12:38 pm

How many of you enjoy learning, especially if it is free? In this day and age, you have a great deal of opportunities for free learning, including webinars. My question to you is: Do you take advantage of these opportunities?...

2019 Lifetime Achievement: Bill Ryerson
June 20, 2019 at 1:01 pm

Bill Ryerson has had a lifelong commitment to the environment and reproductive rights. Not only has Bill committed his career to his passion, but he and his wife decided to be “child-free” in order to take action against overpopulation concerns.

Are You Bowling or Playing Tennis?
June 19, 2019 at 12:12 pm

Both bowling and tennis are competitive sports. Just ask anyone who’s serious about either. The question is: When you’re fundraising, which are you playing, bowling or tennis? It’s one or the other...

Habits of Successful Major Gift Officers
June 10, 2019 at 12:32 pm

The three elements of a successful major gift program are a good program to present to donors, good donors and a good major gift staff. Jeff and I have seen many major gift situations where one of these elements was missing, and it was impossible for a major gift program to really get traction...

Fundraisers Are to Charity What Doctors Are to Healing
May 29, 2019 at 11:56 am

My father is a fundraiser. My grandfather was a fundraiser. And just about all of my siblings and close relatives are involved in community work one way or another. I’ve made it my life’s goal to enhance the work and results of fundraisers. Fundraisers are my people—my passion...

#NPPTrendingNow Ep 89: Succession Planning
May 24, 2019 at 11:33 am

Welcome back to #NPPTrendingNow, a weekly video series where NonProfit PRO Editor-in-Chief Nhu Te breaks down the top three coveted stories of the week. Here's what we've got going on for you this week: acquiring major donors, indicators of strong fundraising campaigns and succession planning...

Impact Investing Changes the Way Donors Help Nonprofits
May 15, 2019 at 1:04 pm

Today, impact investing has become an essential topic for philanthropic engagement and discussion, and even the Catholic Church has gotten on the impact investment train. Under the direction of Pope Francis, the Church understands that it also takes making money to make a difference...

Is Nonprofit Service to Others Part of Your DNA?
April 26, 2019 at 11:50 am

I attended a recent Kiwanis service club luncheon in Indianapolis. The theme of the lunch was nonprofit service by a variety of youth organizations related under the Kiwanis umbrella. Kiwanis International is a global community of clubs, members and partners dedicated to improving the lives of children...

How Hitting Goals Can Damage Your Nonprofit’s Value
April 25, 2019 at 12:16 pm

Each individual metric we track and try to improve upon is a KPI. And if we just try to improve KPIs, we will fail at accomplishing our missions because we are focused on the wrong things. Why is focusing on KPIs bad?...