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Foundations: Now is your moment. Please step up.

Foundations: Now is your moment. Please step up.

by Lauren Brownstein | Apr 2, 2020 | Nonprofit, Philanthropy

I don’t typically write about current events in this blog. These are not typical times.   Today is April 2, 2020. My daughter is in her room “homeschooling” (or, sorta homeschooling and sorta singing show tunes) for the foreseeable future. I am...
When a Board Member Simply Will NOT Ask for Donations

When a Board Member Simply Will NOT Ask for Donations

by Lauren Brownstein | Jun 6, 2019 | Nonprofit, Philanthropy

Why won’t a board member make the ask? Lots of nonprofit board members are resistant to asking for donations. In my 25+ years working with nonprofit boards, I’ve heard scores of objections and hesitations from board members. Many objections are valid and...
Psych Yourself Up to Ask for a Donation

Psych Yourself Up to Ask for a Donation

by Lauren Brownstein | May 10, 2019 | donation, Fundraising, Philanthropy

Asking for a Donation – You CAN Do this! For many of us, asking for a donation is the last thing we want to do. It feels uncomfortable. It feels pushy. It feels intrusive. Or, as my middle school daughter might say, it’s “cringy.” These feelings are natural. In our...
Altruism and Avatars – Connecting with the Right Donors

Altruism and Avatars – Connecting with the Right Donors

by Lauren Brownstein | Mar 12, 2019 | Fundraising, Nonprofit, Philanthropy

Connecting with the Right Kind of Donors in the Right Way I recently listened to a great episode from NPR’s TED Radio Hour podcast. The episode, “Wired for Altruism,” features TED Talks that explore questions like: Are certain people biologically pre-conditioned...
Your 2019 Start/Stop List

Your 2019 Start/Stop List

by Lauren Brownstein | Dec 5, 2018 | Fundraising, Nonprofit, Philanthropy

If you are scrambling to finish everything you need to finish during December 2018, planning for 2019 could feel like an impossible dream! I sometimes find that making a huge, multifaceted plan can feel like an awfully big mountain to climb, but if I chip away at a...
Executive Function and Lessons in Not Doing it All

Executive Function and Lessons in Not Doing it All

by Lauren Brownstein | Oct 31, 2018 | Fundraising, Nonprofit, Philanthropy

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...
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