EDs: Stop Inviting the Board into Your Lane!
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:48:12-04:00While the fundraisers are busy with the end-of-the-year campaign, we’d like to chat with the CEOs and Executive Directors who are busy planning for the [...]
It’s Women’s Small Business Month!
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:48:12-04:00Over the weekend, it came to my attention that October is National Women’s Small Business Month. This was initiated by the Small Business Administration to [...]
The Salary & Satisfaction Survey Results Are In!
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:48:12-04:00The Salary & Satisfaction Survey Results Are In! Thank you to everyone who participated in our first Salary & Satisfaction Survey. We had a strong [...]
Stretch Goals & Other Works of Fiction
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:49:47-04:00Years ago, when I started consulting with nonprofits, a brand new CEO sought me out. His role had been empty while the board conducted an [...]
Our Fundraising Survey: Nonprofit Salary & Satisfaction
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:50:09-04:00If you have spent much time on our blog – hey, you’re here now, right? – you know that we like to talk broadly about [...]
Black Philanthropy and the Valuable Role of AADO
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:51:25-04:00Linda & Dave recently had the honor of teaching at the Southeastern Museums Conference’s Jekyll Island Management Institute (JIMI). The nineteen cohort participants, drawn from [...]
Don’t Make This One Big Mistake On National Day Of Giving
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:52:07-04:00The National Day of Giving – which I like to call NDoG - takes place every year on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, which is November [...]
2022 Fundraising Trends – How Does Your School Compare?
Linda McNay, D.M. Paule, Ailena Parramore2025-06-09T17:53:02-04:00Heads of School often have a plethora of comparative data at their fingertips to assist in analyzing their schools’ programs. From academics, admissions, athletics, etc. [...]
Is Your Strategic Plan Lonely? Might Be Time To Reconnect.
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:53:53-04:00We had a party at my house this past weekend. We used to have a huge party, every summer, with upwards of 100 guests that [...]
Summer is Coming! What Does This Mean for Your Organization?
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:53:53-04:00The author, Sam Keen, once wrote “Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.” While not exactly a lazy time around Our Fundraising Search, it is [...]