by Cindy Lauren | Aug 9, 2019 | communications, development and fundraising, donor advice, donors, fundraising, Making Money, membership, Nonprofit operations, Strategic Planning, Volunteers
Most definitely, yes!? One of the most important elements in a strong fundraising program is ongoing communication with your donors.? But, other than asking for donations, some people are not sure what other things would be meaningful to their members and supporters.?...
by Cindy Lauren | Jun 21, 2016 | Nonprofit operations, Volunteers
Fundraising is hard: period. Board members frequently cringe when faced with the prospect of raising money, development directors can face employment churn if they don’t raise enough fast enough; ongoing fundraising is front and center for virtually everyone in...
by Cindy Lauren | Apr 5, 2016 | Commentary, development and fundraising, donor advice, Fresh Eyes, Volunteers
“Kindness is not an act, it is a lifestyle”? Anthony Thomas We all know someone we would describe as ?kind?. Often these people are democratically kind, that is they are kind to pretty much everyone, their default attitude is one of kindness. ?That...
by Cindy Lauren | Oct 9, 2014 | Commentary, communications, Protecting Yourself, Volunteers
Do you just cringe when you hear the nonsense that comes out of people’s mouths during the election season? Posturing, abandonment of facts, abuse of statistics and often revisionist history can make the torrent of words we have to endure even more painful....
by Cindy Lauren | Sep 16, 2014 | communications, development and fundraising, Financial Reporting, fiscal management, Making Money, Protecting Yourself, Volunteers
Donation or Payoff?Raising money for a community clinic was tough; we served those in our community who had the least, so we had to go outside our clientele to find donors. And our competition was tough as well, we were not as well known as another community clinic...
by Cindy Lauren | Aug 19, 2014 | Commentary, communications, development and fundraising, Financial Reporting, Making Money, Nonprofit operations, Volunteers
From the Wall Street Journal:As of Monday morning, the nonprofit had raised $15.6 million in donations between July 29 and Aug. 18, compared with $1.8 million during the same period last year. Meanwhile, ALS Therapy Development Institute (TDI), a Boston-based...
