Every year around this time, I usually hop on the phone to call clients, colleagues, and nonprofit leaders to give them horrible news:...

Today is the last day of school for my kiddos. Was I the parent that got up early to make homemade cinnamon rolls to send them off to the...

Last week was a marathon of board trainings, fundraising strategy sessions and a boatload of individual nonprofit therapy sessions that...

Whether you are a brand new start up nonprofit, or a large organization that has been around the block a time or two – hosting special...

Welp. The world is on fire and we're still having teams meetings. Seems like that shouldn’t be a thing, and yet, here we are. But when...

When you have spent as much time as I have in the nonprofit space, you bump into people who light your passion back on fire when you get...

This past weekend I was honored to host out regional American Advertising Awards, and as the emcee introducing and presenting damn near...

Mission statements are boring. And more of them are really only useful to boards in order to help them stay focused on how to guide...

If I had a nickel for every time I heard “Good God, I wish my board would help us fundraise” over the past week or so, I’d have a...

Happy “Can You Imagine What Our Nonprofit Could Do With the Money Spent on One Super Bowl Ad?” Watercooler Conversation Day! Since I’m a...

A few months ago, I was asked to emcee a music event that involved me introducing bands, being the hype guy for one of the coolest...

Years ago, I found myself sitting around a giant speaker waiting for a conference call to start, and getting ready to hear a big...

As a nonprofit organization, it can be tempting to focus all of your resources on the work that you do, rather than on promoting your...

As a nonprofit fundraiser, you know that every dollar counts when it comes to achieving your organization's mission. That's why it's so...

Time to scramble and get those gifts! The countdown is ON, and if you are as big of a procrastinator as I am, or you seem to look at the...