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CoronaCraft: Crafting my Way Through the Pandemic
I’m crafting my way through the pandemic, and my bursts of creativity are helping me personally and professionally. Who doesn’t need some inspiration and a sense of accomplishment?
The Efficiency of Leaving 1,500+ Emails In My Inbox
Can leaving 1,534 emails in my inbox be a mark of efficiency? You bet it can. Here’s why you should figure out one thing that you (really!) don’t have to do.
Summer donor stewardship… for the strangest summer ever
Good donor stewardship should happen every summer… even during the weirdest summer ever.
What’s Your Nonprofit’s Pandemic Panera Plan?
Take the lead from some inventive businesses, and ask yourself: during this pandemic, what is my nonprofit’s Panera Plan – how my nonprofit take stock of what we already have and offer it in an entirely new way, based on market demand?
Your Quick Guide to Pandemic Proposal Writing
Whether you are writing a COVID-19 emergency grant proposal, reaching out to previous funders, or trying to attract new funders, you likely are stretching some new grant writing muscles. Here are some tips to get you through the pandemic proposal writing.
Foundations: Now is your moment. Please step up.
Foundations, we need more from you. Your grantees need more from you. Your country needs more from you. Now is the rainy day. It is your time to step up.
Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.