https://youtu.be/L63BpAqJiQs All leadership comes down to one thing. Creating a culture that inspires, supports, and energizes your people to do great work. The leaders who are most successful in this...
Why Soliciting Asset-based Gifts is Essential to your Nonprofit’s Success
I originally published this episode as an article over at DickersonBakker. Hope you enjoy the audio version as well! - AndrewAccording to Pew Charitable Trust, the aggregate wealth of middle-income Americans...
Proven, effective, repeatable ways to improve donor retention
Fundraising pro tip: If you're searching for "innovative/outside-the-box" ways to increase donor retention and engagement, STOP. In our constant search for new and different (our brains are wired to want...
Rethinking Nonprofit Marketing
Rather than thinking of marketing as a task to be done inside your nonprofit organization, it's time that we start thinking about marketing as a proactive, strategic ambassador for the...
Nonprofit Digital Strategies for Growth
There are few in our sector who have the kind of deep experience, fresh perspective, and drive for growth and excellence like David Schwab. David is Director of Growth Marketing at...
How to build a THRIVING nonprofit culture
Culture has to be experienced. It can't just be talked about. Most nonprofit organizations can't compete for talent with their for-profit peers from a compensation standpoint. But they can absolutely compete...
A Better Way to Fundraise
"I'm tired of chasing our donors for donations and feeling like all we ever do is ask, ask, ask.""Our donor retention rates are SO low. I hate that we spend...
2023 Fundraising Trends & Predictions
Dani Lockard is Sales Manager at Funraise, one of the leading technology platforms designed (by people working inside a nonprofit) to help nonprofits raise more money online. Just before the end...
Increasing Mission Impact
This episode of The Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast is a little different, but no less insightful (I hope!).Instead of interviewing another leader in the nonprofit sector, I invited my friend Julie...
Infusing B-School Thinking into Nonprofits
"If we believe so much in our missions and what we're trying to accomplish, we have a moral obligation to provide the time and space for our employees to get...