Major Moves

Strategy, donor psychology, leadership, and the uncomfortable truths behind the largest gifts in philanthropy.
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Leadership vs Management

Leadership & Management

Leadership brings success by guiding and inspiring teams. Efficient management executes efficient processes to drive positive changes within the workplace. The powerful combination of leadership and management motivates employees, sets goals, and monitors progress.

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Looking for a Rich Husband?

I’m happily married. And thank God for that—because the dating scene is a jungle, and I was never Tarzan. I’m more of a nerd—always have

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Emotional Intelligence: The Key Ingredient to Major Gifts Success

In every major gifts operation there are a few key factors that will either foster success or precipitate repeated frustration. In this brief, light, and digestible rant, I will define emotional intelligence and the role it plays in several aspects of successful major gifts management.

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Leverage

Importance of Planned Giving: Leverage

Is your charity the nonprofit version of The Titanic?​ It could be if you don’t have a planned giving program. We all know that finding and maintaining sources of funding is a constant challenge. But too many nonprofits focus their time and energy entirely on annual donations. Their fundraisers dodge crisis after crisis, caught in a never-ending storm of annual appeals that just manage to keep the boat afloat.

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Interruptions Tweets Social Media

Workus Interruptus

Endless texts, tweets, emails, calls, chats, IMs, Facebook updates… A barely digested cacophony of overwhelmingly irrelevant mind-trash, all uncontrolled by you, all buzzing and vibrating and robbing you of the attention you need to get your work done.

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