What 'Game of Thrones' Can Teach You About Donor Communications

"Game of Thrones" is back for its sixth season, much to the delight of fans of the show that has garnered the most illegal downloads in television history.

For a show that tells the story of a fantasy world where dragons, ice-zombies and baby-spirit-murderers run rampant, it still does a pretty great job of threading key philosophical observations and life lessons (thanks George R.R. Martin) about humanity.

And who are donors? Humans! So, as a committed "Game of Thrones" and nonprofit nerd, I thought it would be a fun exercise to apply these observations to the work that we do in donor communications.