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Who do you need on your board and how can you get them there? - Wild Woman Fundraising
If your nonprofit is new, making a tiny amount of money with events, or has a disengaged board, it might be time to get new board members. Where do you find them? You want people high up in a corporation, so that they can approve thousands to sponsor your event, or a year-end gift to
9 tips to create a winning cover letter! - Wild Woman Fundraising
Do you want a fundraising job? What will it take to get the hiring manager knocking on YOUR door and calling YOU back? Here are 9 tips. 1. Be clear. 2. Be concise. 3. Bullet Points. 4. Convey your passion. 5. Convey your experience as it relates to their job tasks. 6. Show that you've
Bullying bosses can cause employee suicide - Wild Woman Fundraising
Did you ever have a boss who didn't say hello or goodbye to you, screamed, socially ostracized you in other ways, used scare tactics, or told you that you'd done something wrong when you hadn't? This video of Marlene’s Law tells the story of a woman whose boss terrorized her so much that she ultimately committed suicide.
What your funders want to see: Subjective vs. Objective Measurements - Wild Woman Fundraising
Camilla Nevill at the New Philanthropy Capital Blog has just made a fascinating post about the concept of happiness in funding. What she asks is, should we be measuring things like well-being as well as test scores when deciding if a nonprofit is fulfilling its mission? The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c
So you want to lead a nonprofit? Part 1 - Wild Woman Fundraising
So you want to lead a nonprofit. Maybe you've got a cause you really care about, and you're ready to see a new nonprofit created. Maybe you've run programs, and you feel confident that you can lead a nonprofit now. Or maybe you've been in the corporate sector, and are ready to try the nonprofit
Could your nonprofit get government contracts? - Wild Woman Fundraising
If you've combed the Foundation Center Database over and over, it might be time to start thinking big with your nonprofit. What do you do that the government would like done? Whether it's providing social services or cleaning up the environment, you could get a steady stream of income from your local or federal government.
You're the Entrepreneur in your Development office-Part One - Wild Woman Fundraising
Be Able to Motivate This is the number one thing. If you can do this, you can overcome bandwidth issues, and other organizational issues. It means more than just being nice. It means be able to give some people a reason to try harder for you.
Ten tips for getting more donations through social media - Wild Woman Fundraising
Whether your nonprofit is on facebook, twitter, or myspace, you may be asking yourself, How can I get more facebook group members? How can I get more twitter followers? How can I get more myspace members? And then, how can I make these people want to donate to my cause? How can I, in short,
Ask your volunteers - Wild Woman Fundraising
What is your call to action like? Is it as good as Amplify Your Voice? If not, consider how to engage a volunteer, no matter what time of the day or night it is, with the skills that they possess right now. Do they like to blog? Make it easy for them to create a blog post about your organization. Do they want to get involved in your next phone-a-thon, special event, walk-a-thon? Then post the date and signup sheet there too. Make it exciting with pictures. Make it easy. They'll come back again and again to keep working with you.
Where are your donors spending money? - Wild Woman Fundraising
How much do people spend in your region and on what? Can you compare and contrast regions? Yes. This is not only a way to see what people's disposable income is, but a way to sense how money could be redirected to your nonprofit. If people spend $1,000 going out every month, could they spend
Where is your money? - Wild Woman Fundraising
The real cost of war, by Good Magazine, is estimated at 3 Trillion dollars. What nonprofits in America are working on this issue? Should we have a department of peace, as well as a department of war? What issue could advocates focus on that would significantly decrease war spending, and increase government money for nonprofits,
This is what gives fundraising a bad name. - Wild Woman Fundraising
"The fundraising letter comes in the form of a "survey," a frequently used device for partisan fundraising, but this one has a twist: calling itself the "Congressional District Census," the letter comes in an envelope starkly printed with the words, "DO NOT DESTROY OFFICIAL DOCUMENT"
Elementary my dear: How to interview and find out if your boss is a bully - Wild Woman Fundraising
When you go in for that nonprofit job interview, pretend you’re Sherlock Holmes. Nothing escapes you. Look around. Is this environment going to support you and your goals? What kind of question is that? Isn’t everyone scrambling to find a job? Even if you are scrambling, and you feel that you HAVE TO take the job, these questions are here to help you decide if this job is going to be a difficult one.
Fundraising in a downturn: The Power of Leaderless Organizations - Wild Woman Fundraising
In this economic downturn, how are you responding? How quickly are your funders responding? How about your donors? I just sat down and read the first chapter of "The Starfish and the Spider." Talk about an inspiring book! You can read it here, too. This book, written in 2007, is relevant today in thinking about four things. 1. File sharing 2. The war in Iraq and Afghanistan 3. Montezuma, Cortez, the Apaches 4. Grassroots movements
How can you make your impact last? - Wild Woman Fundraising
We know what nonprofits are. We know that nonprofits depend on a good vision and service model and fundraising to continue their work. But what is a social enterpreneur? What is social entrepreneurship? It's the radical idea that you can found your business on doing good and making a profit, straight from the start. If
How to negotiate your salary - Wild Woman Fundraising
Video Post Do you want a bigger salary? This is a how-to video for women to negotiate salaries from Ramit Sethi of http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/. It shows key negotiation tactics for how you can get a better salary in your next job. Often we, as women, do not negotiate for the salary we really want. Here's how you can move beyond that.
How can you help someone care about your cause? - Wild Woman Fundraising
Marketing your nonprofit is confusing in a changing world! Where is it worth it to advertise your cause? Do you go for newspaper ads? Flyers? Bumper Stickers? Facebook groups? Billboards? TV ads? Radio? Viral video? All of the above? What if you have no budget? Which ones are the most important? Where is your audience?
Lean Fundraising - Wild Woman Fundraising
What is it? Lean Development is the practice of applying corporate waste-elimination strategies to the nonprofit development processes. When to do it: Every day, take 15 minutes and ask, “What went well today? What could have gone better?” Every week, examine your processes. Could something go faster? Could another thing eliminate waste? You'll need: A
"Why do you go to work?" - Wild Woman Fundraising
It’s as if there were a wall. And on one side of the wall is this belief that not-for-profits and government exist for public service, and that they’re fundamentally altruistic, that they have a deeper purpose, and they’re doing good in the world, and they have pure motives. On the other side of the wall are corporations. And they’re just selfish and greedy. They have no purpose other than to make money.
10 tips for running an efficient nonprofit - Wild Woman Fundraising
We'd all like to do more with less, especially now. How can you make your nonprofit more efficient? Ask yourself and those around you these questions. 1. What does your nonprofit spend the most money on? 2. What does your nonprofit waste the most money on? 3. How many people have been hired and fired
Advanced Fundraising: Your Career - Wild Woman Fundraising
Where do you want your fundraising career to go? Do you want to become a Development Manager? Development Director? Executive Director? Director of Annual Giving? Director of Major Gifts? Dean? Board chair? A Social Entrepreneur? A Founder of a Hybrid nonprofit? How do you get ahead in fundraising? Sign up for my newsletter, and get
How you can recover from a toxic work environment - Wild Woman Fundraising
Have you ever had a work environment so toxic, that you have to process everything that happens with your coworkers, excoriating the wrong-doers until you feel better? You might have left a job with a toxic work environment, or you might leave it soon, nevertheless, it is important that you heal yourself after such change
Goal, Motivation, Conflict - Wild Woman Fundraising
How do you know if your nonprofit story is any good? Are you stuck with writing a story right now? How can you make it better? Well, first of all, Check out Goal, Motivation, Conflict. Does your story have all three of these things? If not, rewrite it. So, what's a principle of Goal? A
Ideas for your appeal letter from STORY by Robert McKee - Wild Woman Fundraising
Recently I've been re-reading Robert McKee's Story. If you haven't yet read this book, and you are tasked with communications for your nonprofit, then I would definitely get it from the library at the very least. After I accrued some terrible library fines, I bought my own copy. Why should you tell a story? My
King Arthur and Nonprofit Appeal Letter Stories - Wild Woman Fundraising
Read the first part of this post here According to Robert McKee, there are 4 Primary techniques for Progression Social progression-Widen the impact of character actions into society Personal progression-Dark personal secrets Symbolic ascension -Builds the symbol from the particular to the universal- The specific to the archetypal Ironic ascension- Transition-counterpoint or held in common- The