Make 2017 your year to do something different, something new and something exceptional. Sharron Batsch tells a story about a for-profit business, setting a good example and playing an active role in their community, showing how making gratitude beneficial for all, is a good thing.
Determining the value of your sponsorship inventory and defining your own sponsorship valuation formula is without a doubt the thing that strikes fear into the hearts of even the toughest sponsorship sales pro. Chris Baylis gets more questions about this subject than any other topic on sponsorship. Here are his answers.
In this series of 6 articles by Jenny Mitchell, CFRE, you’ll learn how your mindset is the single biggest indicator of your professional success. Each article provides helpful ideas and advice on how you can maintain your fundraising mojo in the face of challenges (that are often out of your control!)In part two of this series Jenny talks about strategy. Ready to read about how to change your mindset, change your success? You’ve got this!
Working at a nonprofit can be a pressure cooker. Trying to manage huge workloads with limited resources, can easily trap us into thinking that working nights and weekends after a full day at the office is the answer. Overworking will not only steal your clarity, but ultimately zap your energy. Beth Kanter and Aliza Sherman outline four key strategies for intentional self care that can you be live a healthier and happier life.
The decision to donate part or all of one's inheritance is very closely tied to emotions. In this excerpt from the English Edition of his book, Emotionraising, Francesco Ambrogetti shares the research that demonstrates that telling the life stories of donors is a powerful mechanism to engage donors to consider leaving a legacy to a nonprofit organization.
