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23 Qualities of Exceptional Leaders

Here is my list of the qualities and characteristics of exceptional leaders I have collected over the 45 years of my career.

Smart Recruitment Strategies for Smart Development Hires

Hiring a new member of your development team is exciting. Here’s how to recruit and retain fundraisers — the smart way.

How to Keep Every Member of Your Organization Connected to the Strategic Plan

Here’s how to ensure everyone in your organization connects with the strategic plan in a way that makes them care about it.

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Leadership Management

Here is my list of the qualities and characteristics of exceptional leaders I have collected over the 45 years of my career.

Hiring a new member of your development team is exciting. Here’s how to recruit and retain fundraisers — the smart way.

The legal landscape for nonprofits is continually evolving. Here are some pointers to help you navigate various legal support models.

Data Management

Here’s how to ensure everyone in your organization connects with the strategic plan in a way that makes them care about it.

Here are three best practices for conducting market research effectively to help drive impact and take meaningful actions this year.

Here are five reasons to transition your board from a working board to a governance board, and how to protect your board members.

Direct Marketing

Here are five things not to do when measuring the performance of your online fundraising and marketing programs.

Holidays evoke emotion, and nonprofit campaigns use emotion to drive action. Here’s how holidays can connect you with your audience.

Donors may push off giving until later, but you want their support now. Here’s how to add urgency to your appeal and boost response.

Development

When it comes to major grants, size matters less than your approach. Here are some tips to guide your major grants journey.

As “The Godfather” showed, you’re most persuasive when you give people what they want. Here’s how this can help with major gift offers.

With the third year of growth, the nonprofit sector’s top peer-to-peer fundraising programs continued their rebound in 2023. 

E-Philanthropy

When reaching out to your audience, gamification can help engage millennials and Gen Zers, who make up most of the population.

I asked ChatGPT to create a strategic plan for a made-up nonprofit. Here’s what I learned about using AI for strategic planning.

Artificial intelligence is particularly exciting for major gift fundraising. Here’s how AI can boost your fundraising success.

Sectors

Let’s explore strategies to integrate capital campaigns into your fundraising.

An institution’s alumni are a reflection of its past, a representation of its present, and a link to its future. An alumni reunion is a memorable event where attendees can reminisce about the good old days with former classmates. It can also provide tremendous increases in alumni giving to their alma mater.   

How can organizations with limited funding address issues and have a ripple effect on clients? The answer may lie in data.