Finding the smooth air amid turbulent times
Take a moment for mindfulness. That’s what my Apple Watch tells me daily. I don’t always use the Mindfulness app, to be honest. But I…
The best time to plant a tree—or build a fundraising team—is yesterday
In every fundraising communication we send, we remind our donors that their gifts make possible all that we do. For Marilyn Turner, Director of Development,…
Are You Doing All You Can to Increase DAF Grants to Your Non-Profit?
Editor's Note: Interested in the current debate about DAF's? The Chronicle of Philanthropy is hosting a Free Online Briefing about the new Senate bill on…
Fundraising inflation: a 99% economics-free guide + what to do
There's a huge debate among economists and policymakers right now as to whether we are triggering inflation—the increasing of costs and lessening of dollar buying…
A fresh start for your fundraising
The first day of summer is on Monday! Time to give your fundraising a fresh start! Does thinking of it this way work? After…
Setting your anti-values and anti-goals
The speaker at my business school's graduate had one goal for his company: become the world's largest energy company. By the time he spoke to…
Planning in an unplannable time
It's somewhere in a desk drawer or in your computer's subfolder's subfolder. It's been a source of shame. Not because of the work you put…
Coronavirus: Planning for Impact
"Is anyone changing their fundraising plans in response to the coronavirus concerns?" That was a question we were hearing from TNPA members. We conducted a…
