Fundraising Events

End of Year Fundraising…is it Time to Panic Yet?

Every year around this time, I usually hop on the phone to call clients, colleagues, and nonprofit leaders to give them horrible news:...

The #1 Thing to Remember About Fundraising Events

Whether you are a brand new start up nonprofit, or a large organization that has been around the block a time or two – hosting special...

4 Fundraising Event Best Practices for 2023

This past weekend I was honored to host out regional American Advertising Awards, and as the emcee introducing and presenting damn near...

What Could Your Nonprofit Do With $7 million?

Happy “Can You Imagine What Our Nonprofit Could Do With the Money Spent on One Super Bowl Ad?” Watercooler Conversation Day! Since I’m a...

Things to Ask Your Donors for Your End of Year Giving Campaign - PART 2

Time to scramble and get those gifts! The countdown is ON, and if you are as big of a procrastinator as I am, or you seem to look at the...

Which Giving Day Hunger Games Character Are You? A QUIZ!

Another year, another Giving Tuesday! And clearly after the global Cyber Monday bonanza reaching nearly $9 billion in sales, its time for...

3…2…1…LAUNCH!

I’ve been involved in the nonprofit community as a leader and as a fundraisers for nearly 20 years. And in that time talking with other...

4 Friendraising Events to Plan for 2023

Did you know that you can throw an event for your nonprofit that has NOTHING to do with asking for money…but everything to do with...

3 Ways to Get Your Board to Help Fundraise!

Happy Board Freak Out Month! Sure, there are plenty of other causes that celebrate awareness and are lifted up by gubernatorial or...

What Princess Bride Fundraising Personality Are You?

“Fundraising is hard. Anyone who says differently is selling something.” That’s one of my favorite paraphrased movie quotes from The...

It’s Dangerous to Fundraise Alone…Take This!

Listen. I hate to be the one to remind you – but there are 121 days left in the 2022. 4 months. I’m not sure the musical RENT had a song...

Nonprofit Networking No-No’s

As a nonprofit leader – we have to “People” all the time. Like, all the time. And it’s exhausting. Smiling on the phone while you talk...

Change Starts Here. Together.

Growing a small nonprofit is hard. Growing a small business is hard. Turns out, the frameworks for process, clarity of messaging,...

The Best (and WORST) Fundraising Events for Your Nonprofit

As someone who has spent nearly 20 years curating and running fundraising events, I still wake up every now-and-then in a cold sweat...

Top 5 Things I’ve Learned Hosting 200 Podcasts with Nonprofit Leaders

We celebrate our 200th Podcast Episode today! Here are the Top 5 Things I've Learned from interviewing amazing nonprofit leaders!