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Your 2019 Start/Stop List
Here is an easy tool that you can use to start articulating your 2019 goals and plans – along with a free gift from me! What do you want to start doing, and what do you want to stop doing, in 2019?
Quick Hits of Wisdom!
The Small & Mighty Fundraising Minute is a podcast that delivers quick hits of fundraising wisdom and inspiration. Here’s a guide to recent episodes.
Executive Function and Lessons in Not Doing it All
I recently attended a parent workshop at my child’s future high school (she’s in 8th grade this year – last year of middle school) on executive function. In the context of middle and high school, executive function refers to skills around: writing down homework...
One Question to Help You Avoid Overwhelm and Get Stuff Done
Focus your mind and your work – especially in hectic times – by asking yourself this ONE question first thing in the morning.
Why We Do What We Do – Behavioral Science and Donor Behavior
Behavioral science tells us that donors will make decisions in certain predictable ways. How can behavioral science shift how we reach out to donors or present the case for giving?
Skeletons in Your Closet
What secrets are we keeping inside that could be holding us back as professional leaders? What are the skeletons in our closets?
Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.