Fundraiser Education

There are plenty of opportunities for older Americans to move into nonprofit careers. Do your homework and talk to many in the field. If you covet relationships, care for others, are mission-oriented and can close gifts, you will thrive in the nonprofit world. Get ready for your encore career adventure...

I believe that if we were to make this effort in an energetic, passionate and sincere manner, we would end up with a more content and productive staff, and donors whose commitment, affection and loyalty to our organizations would elevate our missions to greater heights...

The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics are over. As always, the Olympics were full of drama and excitement as athletes sought the “thrill of victory” and to avoid “the agony of defeat.” The gold medal is the ultimate Olympic victory and is also sought and coveted in many other competitions. What does it mean to have a gold medal fundraising program?...

By most standards, 2017 wasn’t a typical year. It was a carryover of perhaps the most memorable and emotionally charged presidential election ever: 2017 wasn’t one isolated event, but rather 12 months of extreme and prolonged emotion; the kind of raw emotion that some believe could influence long-term individual behavior and priorities...

I was invited to speak at the 2018 IEDC Leadership Summit on mindfulness as a professional development topic. Instead of speaking to how to implement mindfulness personally, I took it in a different direction. How can mindfulness, as a leader, help a group accomplish their purpose?...

In honor of this blog post, I ate a bowl of Frosted Flakes for breakfast today. I saw Tony the Tiger on the cereal cover, and all I could think of was his catchphrase, “They’re grrrrreat!” In any area of expertise, no one should automatically settle to be less than they can be...

A few years back, we started a tradition of kicking each new year off by informing you and, hopefully, inspiring you about the top trends in the sector. And this year is no different. The new administration brought many changes to our sector in 2017 and before the year ended, the new tax law took effect, which means no one really knows what is in store for 2018...

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: best practices for better donor engagement, 40 nonprofit trends for 2018 and the issue of failing nonprofits...

How often do you have a bad day? At times, I must say I have bad days. I am human and strive for all days to be wonderful, but many do not turn out the way you want them to be through no fault of your own...

Cultivating curiosity is essential in fundraising, yet it is an underutilized approach and hardly ever discussed within our profession. Some people think it’s rude to ask too many questions—I get that; but surely we fundraisers should be asking more questions than we do...