by Barbara Gallen | May 13, 2021 | Article, Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about motivation and inspiration. I saw the story of Chen Si in a recent post from Everyday Heroes on LinkedIn. Si spends every weekend at Nanjing Yangtze River bridge keeping people from jumping to their deaths. He has saved over 300...
by Barbara Gallen | Aug 19, 2019 | Article, Uncategorized
We all know how important it is to have a nonprofit board of directors full of people who have our backs — and that includes helping with fundraising. Too often, though, we make do with boards that feel more like a weight around our necks (or a bunch of rubber stamps)...
by Barbara Gallen | Jul 3, 2019 | Article, Uncategorized
Do you feel as though your nonprofit’s board of directors is like a shelf full of rubber stamps — in other words, they pretty much just approve everything you put in front of them with few (if any) questions? On the other hand, do you have one or more members who are...
by Barbara Gallen | Jul 3, 2019 | Article, Uncategorized
While looking over an article in the Nonprofit Times about nonprofit mergers recently, I was — believe it or not — reminded of all of the online dating I’ve done. Yes, I’ll admit it — I’ve dipped my toe into the online dating pool and kept my friends in...
by Barbara Gallen | Jul 3, 2019 | Article, Uncategorized
Let’s be honest… at many nonprofits, the program and fundraising staff practically live in different worlds. You may not even interact with each other, let alone consider yourselves part of the same team. At the same time, donors give because of the difference we make...
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