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August 28, 2020

Steward & Cultivate Major Donors in a Virtual World

…And so if you are looking for the best development director that you could ever have in your life, you should go check her out on LinkedIn. But this is…

October 8, 2020

How Some Nonprofits have Thrived during COVID-19…the art of “Pivoting”

…think one of the things I did notice, and I actually wrote to the head of the National Theater director of development is the National Theater in the UK, which…

October 11, 2020

How to be the Leader Your Nonprofit Needs Now

…way as a leader myself and to bring tried and true change management and leadership development practices to you so that you can implement them in simple ways. Doesn’t mean…

November 6, 2020

Developing Your Nonprofit’s Remote Workforce

…doing a lot of leadership development type work. She has a strong background in that. She was at the YMCA national office for many years doing leadership development. And this…

February 7, 2021

Nonprofit Boards Members and Their Asking Styles – a Roadmap to Success

…Yes. Great question. I’ve been interviewing people who are frontline development officers and are out there making these asks. I think I’m going to write a blog post about this…

May 14, 2021

You’ve Been Let Go From Your Nonprofit Job – Now What?

…Lisa: Hi. I’m Lisa Chmiola. I’m based in New Orleans, Louisiana. I have been in philanthropic development for nearly 20 years and started my career as an event-based fundraiser, worked…

May 21, 2021

First Steps to Nonprofit Strategic Planning, Now!

…things. You’re super involved with Cal State University. You’re teaching grant writing and doing board development and super involved in the nonprofit community there. And you’ve done great sessions for…

January 28, 2022

Be More Productive, Powerful & Persuasive with Board, Staff & Donors

…can put in place? Maybe that looks like we talk about fundraising and development at every board meeting. Maybe it’s some kind of system of accountability. But you need that…

January 28, 2022

Young Professionals and Junior Boards: Beyond the Kid’s Table to Meaningful Engagement

…who I’ve been getting to know since we started planning this webinar, she is a development manager over at Pedal the Cause, great nonprofit in the St. Louis area. Well,…

August 12, 2021

Solving The Donor Retention Rate Issue: The Case For Creating A Board-level Donor Thank You Committee

…committee should have the same standing as sitting on Finance, Governance, Development—or any other Board Committee. Even if it’s a sub-committee of the Development Committee, it should have its own…

September 7, 2021

Why You Should Do A Cost-Benefit Analysis Before Throwing Your Next Nonprofit Fundraising Event

…staff, a huge percentage of the development and marketing team’s time over a one-, two-, three-, or longer month period, a huge portion of the executive director’s time leading up…

August 28, 2021

Exploring Cryptocurrency: Introducing New Giving Methods to Your Nonprofit

…north of $2,000. So that is not necessarily as a development person or as a nonprofit looking to engage crypto donors. That’s not necessarily the person that you’re going after…

September 13, 2021

Learn How to Guide Nonprofit Leaders Toward the Truth Instead of Letting Them Rely on Their Opinions

…knowledge. How to “direct” vs. “tell” I’d like you to consider putting the “director” back into “director of development.” While you’re at it, put the “development” front and center as…

November 5, 2021

Raise More Money And Improve Donors Relationships Through Personal Branding

…small and all this is on one person’s shoulders, right? Fundraising, you know, branding, business development, marketing, communications, right. So whether it’s one person or a whole department, it’s really…

January 16, 2022

Bellarmine Preparatory School

Bellarmine, as a Catholic college preparatory school in the Jesuit tradition, through dedication to academic excellence and development of the whole person, graduates young men and women of competence, compassion,…

January 17, 2022

Elevate St. Louis

…into their donor retention and gift development processes, and how easy it is to use and learn. “The immediate benefits we enjoy were ease of use by organization members with…

January 19, 2022

City Garden Montessori Charter School

…at City Garden has been impressed with how Bloomerang fits into their donor retention and gift development processes. “We needed a system that would allow us to identify and track…

January 20, 2022

Saint Ann Catholic School

The mission of Saint Ann Catholic School is to facilitate strong academic development, and to nurture a lifelong commitment to Christ and the teachings of the Catholic Church in a…

March 30, 2022

Mommies In Need

…organization,” said Manuel Mesa, Director of Development & Strategic Planning at Mommies In Need. Solution With over 20 years of experience in the nonprofit industry, Manuel was eager to use…