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 [...]
Ideas for Celebrating National Volunteer Week
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:53:53-04:00This is National Volunteer Week! Established in 1984, National Volunteer Week is an opportunity to recognize the impact of volunteer service and the power of [...]
Leadership Atlanta is Looking for Projects. Your Nonprofit Should Apply!
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:55:13-04:00Over the course of my career, I have both taught and attended more leadership development programs and courses than I can count. While I learned [...]
Women, Water, and Philanthropy
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:55:29-04:00At the end of every month, we usually take a look at the coming month to see if there is anything fun we can blog [...]
What Should I Pay My Head of Marketing? – Part 2
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:57:24-04:00Let’s continue our discussion of how nonprofit marketers should be compensated. I’d like to begin by reiterating something we have said in many other Our [...]
What Should I Pay My Head of Marketing? – Part 1
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:57:24-04:00A couple of months ago, we published a blog titled “What is the Right Amount to Pay a Fundraiser?” It was much more successful than [...]
Resolutions for 2022: Nonprofits Have Never Been More Relevant, But Let’s Not Start New Ones
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:57:24-04:00I once worked for a major American opera. Almost no one is indifferent to opera. You either love it or hate it. If you [...]
Post-pandemic Fundraising for Schools: Eight Recommendations to Jumpstart your Restart
Linda McNay, Ailena Parramore, D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:58:31-04:00Coming out of the pandemic is a little bit like coming out of coma: you are confused, groggy, and not sure what has changed. In [...]
Why Can’t I Retain Good Fundraisers?
D.M. Paule2025-06-09T17:57:24-04:00If you work in the nonprofit field, you’ve heard that turnover rates are exceptionally high among fundraisers. Depending on which survey you look at, the [...]