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The Schmidt Family officially has a pet manatee! Well, sort of. We adopted Moo Shoo as a gift for our 5 year wedding anniversary, to add more positive in the world beyond the celebration between ourselves. I started following Save…
Quiet the noise and focus on driving your business purposefully. Have you had that experience where you just literally can’t think? Your brain is on overload and for a moment you wonder if you’re actually hearing error buzzers, seeing a…
Anything that lasts requires time and attention. Your car won’t continue to run for years if you avoid oil changes. A house doesn’t stand for decades on end without proper attention and maintenance. Relationships, too, are more likely to stand…
Paradise Valley United Methodist Church was gearing up for a capital campaign to raise funds for the future of its church. The team realized it needed a compelling, clear way to explain the goals of the campaign in order to…
Pay it Forward is a nonprofit in its early years working to develop programs and a presence in Ethiopia. In order to get there, we needed to clearly define the nonprofit’s story and lay the foundation for solid fundraising +…
This is among my favorite time of year, not simply because sunshine and hot weather keep me happy but also because it’s that time when things in our garden start turning. Ripe. Tomatoes by bunches! We planted 15 (!) tomato…
Andrea Staples dreamt for years of launching her own nonprofit daycare facility. When I met her, she was ready to take the leap into next steps and start promoting and funding her organization. I worked with Andrea to really define…
The Snowdrop Foundation WI is a nonprofit organization that provides scholarships to pediatric cancer survivors as well as funds cancer research. This is the first organization I volunteered to write for after my nephew’s cancer diagnosis; they stepped up to…
As the development director of a small or medium-sized nonprofit, it’s likely that a lot of the fundraising goals and donor management tasks rest in your hands. As you’re aware, there are a variety of areas you can look for…
Creating and maintaining sustainability for your organization is something that takes time. Adding an effective major giving strategy to the bunch can help add fuel to the fire — however, this approach is also something that takes, you guessed it, time….
