In the last few months, I’ve had a few projects where other people have done a large portion of the work because of workload around the office. When someone else has done a project for me who is a better writer or has experience, I usually take their work at face value. I often do [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Question: Managing Meetings
December 30, 2009 – 7:42 pm
I am currently living in a catch 22 regarding meetings. If you meet too much, people will stop coming to your meetings and if you meet too little people will stop coming because they feel no accountability to the group. I believe it can be valuable to meet over the phone via conference call or [...]
Merry Christmas
December 24, 2009 – 6:44 pm
The holidays are a time of mixed emotion for many fundraisers. For many offices the holiday season is the time of the year-end or holiday appeal, where they receive the largest number and amount of gifts. Ironically, for the first three weeks of December it is the busiest time of the year, and then for [...]
Small Talk, Big Value
December 21, 2009 – 6:39 pm
People often devalue the importance of small talk. I have heard a number of different people tell me that they are really good at having a deep conversation but struggle with small talk. Mastering the art of small talk as a development professional can be extremely valuable, as it paves the way to deeper conversations.
Deep [...]
Featured Fundraiser: Becca Stromdahl
December 17, 2009 – 5:36 pm
This week’s Featured Fundraiser is Becca Stromdahl. She has some great words about what keeps her development passion alive. If you ever would like to nominate someone for Feature Fundraiser just send me an email. - Jason
What kind of fundraising do you do and who do you do it for?
I’m the Development & Marketing [...]
