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When “make sure to take breaks” isn’t what your nonprofiteers need to hear — If you are a nonprofit fundraiser, you are familiar with stress. I don’t believe this is up for debate. Even after the year-end campaign wraps, or the multi-year grant application is finally submitted, or you close the books on your annual luncheon, there’s always more to do. …

It’s not as difficult as you think — If you want to express yourself as an expert in business, LinkedIn is the place to be. With more than 830 million users worldwide, the platform is ripe for sharing wisdom and growing an audience. One of the more virulent topics is leadership, and with good reason. The topic has…

They are different and the difference matters — If you scour the About Us sections of many business websites you’ll probably see a link for “Leadership.” Click through and you’ll no doubt explore their roster of C-suite employees. Impressive! This makes some assumptions, doesn’t it? Off the bat, it assumes staff with high-hierarchy titles are leaders. Chief Whatever…

Yes you read the headline correctly — You may have noticed a hum of minimum effort at work these days. The 9-to-5 crowd is watching the clocks more closely. Requests to take on additional projects are being met with audible laughter. Twenty-somethings on MySpace are posting videos encouraging employees to “act their wage.” It’s really no surprise. …

Because organizational culture beats everything — I recently joined Responsive Fundraising founder Jason Lewis on his nonprofit podcast, Fundraising Talent. I had a big idea to share with the world about fundraiser self-care. (This is something I’ve been shouting about for a while. I even wrote a brief manifesto.) My argument was very specific. Nonprofit fundraisers…

It’s not innocuous, it’s steamrolling — I realized something this week that should have occurred to me sooner: typing commentary into the chat box while people are talking on virtual meetings is, essentially, talking over them. A colleague was presenting on something important, and I found myself chiming in with affirmations in the chat. The problem…

The simplest 3-step guide available — Let me get right to the point: there’s too much nonsensical social media “wisdom” out there. You don’t need all that. All you need is this simple, 200-word guide to get your follower count through the roof. Are you ready? Let’s go! Step 1 Sign up for Twitter. This might go without…

For those interested in boosting social impact — Updated 17 September 2022 I put the list below together for a colleague who asked what tools I use to keep current with nonprofit issues. This shortlist helps me be a better nonprofiteer every day. It’s not exhaustive, but I hope it might inspire you to learn about some new…

Sometimes bad bosses don’t know they’re bad — I recently spoke at a conference on the topic of employee self-care and psychological safety. Every type of business struggles with these issues, and they have come fiercely into the light in the years since 2020. My industry, nonprofits, has its own particular pain points with this. One of the…