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Over the course of my career, I have sat through a lot of strategic planning meetings. Not one of them was transformative.
Even in rooms full of smart, committed people who genuinely cared about their organizations, the process was usually a slog—long, circular conversations, occasionally contentious, that produced sheets of peel-away notes, stickies, word clouds, a...
Falling short of your fundraising goal can come as a heavy blow to your fundraising team, but it doesn’t mean total failure—and it certainly doesn’t mean you should pull back on donor communications until you’re done licking your wounds.
On the contrary, this is the time to show supporters what your team is really made of. Navigating post-campaign communicatio...
Most organizations I talk to are optimistic about AI’s impact on the sector, but they’re struggling to determine how AI drives real, measurable impact and ROI. They also want to ensure that they’re adopting AI responsibly.
Th...
For over 22 years, I have provided grant consulting services for hundreds of organizations across higher education, healthcare, and the nonprofit sector. During that time, I’ve seen every variation of institutional dysfunction. But there is one specific, deeply entrenched cultural flaw that consistently keeps development directors up at night. It’s not a lack of prospective f...
Don’t jeopardize your nonprofit compliance with a commercial accounting system.
Grant-funded organizations know nonprofit accounting compliance is a must-have for sustainability. Unlike donor funding, grant compliance depends on strict reporting, documentation, and ongoing oversight, with little room for error. You might be able to win back an unhappy donor with a n...