March 20, 2020

Charities Can Survive COVID-19 – Lessons From 2008

Charities can survive COVID-19 by applying what we learned from the nonprofits who survived the Greatest Downturn In The Economy Since The Great Depression. Simply review National Development Institute (NDI) & Clemson University's clinical study evaluating 2008-2011 charitable outcomes involving 470 nonprofit leaders who completed a ninety-item, online Read More
March 5, 2020

Tracy Ebarb Talks About Fundraising & First Gifts

Tracy Ebarb is a veteran fundraiser and NANOE’s International Director. Let’s hear what Tracy has to say about “FIRST GIFTS” We all have lots of ‘firsts’ in our lives, and sometimes they’re very memorable! Other times, we may work hard to forget them. Either way, ‘firsts’ happen to all of us. In the development/fundraising world there are all kinds of ‘firsts’ – first cultivation visit; first grant application; first grant awarded; first […]
December 30, 2019

Jimmy LaRose Shares, “Switch Membership Organizations in 2020”

Jimmy LaRose shares a New Year’s Resolution for nonprofit administrators, staff, board members and volunteers that’s both powerful and achievable. Here’s what he has to say: Let me reveal to you a 2020 New Year’s resolution that you can fulfill with great ease by week’s end that ensures you become the successful Nonprofit CEO charities’ so desperately need. Please repeat after me: “I resolve, in the year 2020 ,to SWITCH my membership […]
October 9, 2019

Nonprofit Strategic Planning is Dead – Jimmy LaRose

Nonprofit Strategic Planning is Dead! Quit it, Stop Wasting Your Time. Old thinking prevents CEOs from achieving their important mission. Here’s what stopped working 25 years ago: #1 SWOT Analysis – Failed & Archaic (OH MY LORD…PLEASE END IT NOW!) #2 Board Retreats – Cocktails on Friday Evening (everyone’s gone before 12:00pm on Saturday) #3 Visioning – “Who Do We Want to Be When We Grow Up?” The question is a adolescent. […]