Dan Reed is CEO at Seed Fundraisers, a unique training and consulting firm serving fundraisers of all skills and experience levels. In our conversation, Dan shares his passion for the vocation...
Mistake #79: Thinking You Belong at Your Desk All Day
In Mistake #79 from 101 Biggest Mistakes Nonprofits Make And How You Can Avoid Them, I tackle one of the most frustrating mistakes we see in major gift fundraising...Whenever I...
Mistake #17 – Allowing Toxic Staff to Remain in Place
This post is excerpted from my Amazon #1 Best Seller for Nonprofit Fundraising, 101 Biggest Mistakes Nonprofits Make And How You Can Avoid Them. Mistake #17: Allowing Toxic Staff to Remain in...
Mistake #51: Setting Arbitrary Fundraising Goals
This is Mistake #51 from my new #1 Best Seller on Amazon's Nonprofit Fundraising List, 101 Biggest Mistakes Nonprofits Make And How You Can Avoid Them. I hope it helps improve your...
Top Two Monthly Giving Mistakes Nonprofits Make
Check out this recent blog post from Erica Waasdorp, President of A Direct Solution and author of Monthly Giving: The Sleeping Giant: How Small Gifts Can Become Powerful Tools to Support Any Organization....
Ep04: Securing federal grant support, with Mark McIntyre
Our guest on this episode is Mark McIntyre, Principal and Co-Founder of Merchant McIntyre Associates, the nation's leading federal government relations firm serving nonprofit organizations. In our conversation with Mark,...
Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast, Episode 2
Do you know Dan Shephard, The Frontline Fundraiser? Check out this episode of Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast where Roy Jones and I talk with Dan about his 4 Decisions framework for...
Ep03: The importance of continuous improvement, with Collin Ward
In this episode of the Rainmaker Fundraising Podcast Roy Jones and I interview Collin Ward, SVP at Newport ONE, and former Director of Integrated Marketing at Women for Women, and the...
Eat your broccoli. It might not taste good, but it’s good for you!
If you want your nonprofit to be a healthy, thriving organization, sometimes you have to do things you might not personally like. That's not my opinion -- it's reality. Last...
I hope your direct mail program fails
Does that headline tick you off? Does it irritate you knowing how much budget is allocated to direct mail every year? Does this make you wonder how, as a direct...