Stop Asking for Money! Do This Instead!
A few weeks ago, my nephew thought it would be funny to pick up a garter snake and chase me around the yard threatening to throw it at...
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Patrick Kirby
- Jul 29
- 3 min
Do Businesses Care About Your Nonprofit?
You love your nonprofit. Like, a lot. But businesses don’t. At all. Or at least it feels that way, right? Attracting the eyes and ears of...
Patrick Kirby
- Jul 22
- 3 min
Change Starts Here. Together.
Growing a small nonprofit is hard. Growing a small business is hard. Turns out, the frameworks for process, clarity of messaging,...
Patrick Kirby
- Jul 7
- 5 min
How to Retain Your Nonprofit Employees During a Recession
If you think the Great Resignation was bad, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. If you’re at all familiar with our vibe here at Do Good Better,...
Patrick Kirby
- Jun 30
- 3 min
Nonprofits are in big trouble. Or are they?
Nonprofits are in big trouble. At least according to the most recent poll conducted by the research firm Campbell Rinker and sponsored by...
Patrick Kirby
- Jun 23
- 7 min
The Best (and WORST) Fundraising Events for Your Nonprofit
As someone who has spent nearly 20 years curating and running fundraising events, I still wake up every now-and-then in a cold sweat...
Patrick Kirby
- Jun 16
- 3 min
Would you say your nonprofit is trustworthy?
I sure hope I hear a chorus of “YES” through the interwebs! Your reputation as an organization is one of the more critical components to...
Patrick Kirby
- Jun 9
- 4 min
New High Capacity Donor Data for Your Nonprofit
It’s been awhile since we’ve gotten to talk nerdy about all things fundraising – but with the amount of kids throwing high school...
Patrick Kirby
- Jun 2
- 6 min
Top 5 Things I’ve Learned Hosting 200 Podcasts with Nonprofit Leaders
We celebrate our 200th Podcast Episode today! Here are the Top 5 Things I've Learned from interviewing amazing nonprofit leaders!
Patrick Kirby
- May 26
- 2 min
Taking the Show on the Road!
Fundraising is hard. Finding trainings that are applicable in the real world and figuring out how to use them without unlimited staff and...
Patrick Kirby
- May 19
- 5 min
Creatively Connecting With Donors When They Are Busy
School is ending, and the chaos of summer solicitation is just beginning. What on earth do we do as fundraisers? My little girl is...
Patrick Kirby
- May 12
- 4 min
Fundraising With the "R" Word
Here's a hot tip for you: Don't look at your 401k today. Oh, and your crypto wallet? I might avoid that too. Considering the uncertainty...
Patrick Kirby
- May 5
- 2 min
It's OK. You Freaking Got This!
Ever had one of those weeks where you blink, and it’s nearly gone!? Then you look at your to-do list and it hasn’t reduced a FRACTION of...
Patrick Kirby
- Apr 21
- 4 min
Are You Begging and Bargaining with Donors?
I had a proposal rejected by a potential client this week. And even though that’s not an out-of-the-ordinary experience in the day in the...
Patrick Kirby
- Apr 14
- 4 min
Bracing for the Word "No"
This week I got adult braces. No, not the comically large metal ones that my kids have, but the invisible-should-be-a-lot-easier-to-deal-...
Patrick Kirby
- Dec 30, 2021
- 2 min
Hurry! Panic Like It’s the End of the Year!
Ok gang! Last big push for you and your organization to rock the end of your 2021! Nearly 10% of all nonprofit donations come in during...
Patrick Kirby
- Dec 16, 2021
- 3 min
What Fundraising Hunger Games Looks like
Welp. I finally witnessed what making fundraising events turn into the Hunger Games looks like. If you haven’t seen the video of an...
Patrick Kirby
- Dec 9, 2021
- 2 min
But wait! There's More!
This week, I got the opportunity to present to our friends at the International Association of Business Communicators - and if you...
Patrick Kirby
- Sep 25, 2020
- 2 min
How to Fundraise Like a Vikings Fan
This weekend my football team lost. Badly. And now I think that being a Vikings fan makes you a better fundraiser. Hear me out. If you’re...
Patrick Kirby
- Sep 25, 2020
- 2 min
Stop Over Complicating Things
I have had conversations with at LEAST a dozen organizations, colleagues and nonprofit friends this week and it seems they all have one...