We have a problem with money in our nonprofits. When we have it, we spend it. When we don’t have it, we flail. Why? We have a problem with our beliefs about money. Sometimes it comes from childhood. Like, how our caretakers just seemed to have money and it came [...]
How to be a better leader, AND get better donor relationships? It’s all about the questions. Recently I was chiding a friend of mine for not asking better questions. THEN I realized that I had been ashamed myself, for not asking better questions, for literally years. I had a friend [...]
Hey. You care about keeping your donors. That’s why you’re on the Bloomerang blog, right? You want more ideas about how to get donors to stay with you. I want you to keep your donors too. Do you even know what your donor retention rate is? Here’s how to calculate [...]
Hi Bloomerang readers! Guest blogger Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising here. I’m a nonprofit consultant in leadership and fundraising. For the last four years I’ve run two online conferences that Bloomerang has sponsored, The Fundraising Career Conference and the Nonprofit Leadership Summit. This means I’m a nonprofit worker advocate [...]
Bloomerang and I have made a survey! Let us know what makes you like a job, and what makes you NOT like a job! We want to figure out what's most important to you, to then share the results as far and wide as possible! Why? So you can have [...]
Hey hey hey Bloomerang readers! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Mazarine Treyz. My business is Wild Woman Fundraising, and I’m a nonprofit consultant in leadership and fundraising. For the last four years I’ve run two online conferences that Bloomerang has sponsored, The Fundraising Career [...]
Are you tired of nothing getting done the way you want in your office? Are you managing a bunch of people but feeling like they don’t have enough motivation? Do you feel like it’s hard to motivate people in nonprofits? What if there were a better way to motivate people, [...]
Are you looking for a job right now? If you've gotten to the interview stage, WAHOO! This is fabulous! Your resume was good enough! Your cover letter was good enough! Now we're getting to the good stuff! Here are some tips to make sure you ace this interview: 1. Don't [...]
Are you wondering what it will take to break through to the next level? Is the current job feeling little stale? Here’s what you can do to spark your own massive breakthrough and help yourself find joy and excitement in fundraising again: […]
You might be brand new to fundraising, you might have a couple years experience under your belt, or you might be a pro, with over 7 years of experience in your chosen area of fundraising. Whichever stage you’re at in your fundraising career, you will have points when you ask: [...]