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Could your next major gift come from the millionaire next door?

A couple of weeks ago, I read a familiar story – one that was reminiscent of those told in a book I was encouraged to read early in my career. The story…

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The Netflix Approach to Fundraising

The nonprofit sector’s tendency to confuse modes of exchange

Oct 28 •

What does the donor-advised fund teach us about our fundraising practices?

While donors continue setting up donor-advised funds in droves, the critics can't stop characterizing these people as miserly, modern day Ebenezer…

Oct 1 •

Fundraising needs to embrace rather than resist constraints.

Before I share what is on my mind this week, I want to invite you to participate in a two-part conversation that begins next week with our friends at…

Sep 15 •

What story should your organization be telling?

Experiencing nonprofits as more than just a highly-competitive marketplace.

Sep 4 •

Are fundraisers missing out on what the gift can teach them?

In the third chapter of Lewis Hyde’s The Gift, readers are given an opportunity to contemplate what it means to be grateful, to ponder what we mean when…

Aug 25 •

Why donor behavior might get worse before it gets better.

As someone who was always skeptical of the evangelical world in which I was raised, and having been introduced to Derrida and other post-structuralist…

Aug 9 •

Are some fundraisers quickly becoming their own worst enemy?

For donors, volunteers, and particularly staff, the very act of attempting to address a need or fight for a cause can be a satisfying end in itself…

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The Butterfly Effect

The Butterfly Effect

No nonsense talk about philanthropy, fundraising, and what it means to be a leader in the nonprofit sector.

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