by Lauren Brownstein | Nov 2, 2023 | Inspiration, Nonprofit, Uncategorized, wellness
As the leaves change colors, the air turns crisp, and the aisles in your local grocery story try to sell you holiday candy WAY to early, it’s clear that we’re entering not just the holiday season, but one of the busiest times of the year in the nonprofit world...
by Lauren Brownstein | Sep 29, 2023 | Fundraising, Nonprofit, Uncategorized, Writing
I’m finally coming around to the inevitable question: How should Artificial Intelligence (AI) be part of my work as a nonprofit professional, especially in the fundraising space? AI is certainly not new in the fundraising world, but its profile seems to have...
by Lauren Brownstein | Sep 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
When you are thinking about expanding an area of your organization’s fundraising — whether that’s major gifts or events or email campaigns, it can be useful to ask yourself: what’s the potential versus the pain? Really, that’s just a silly, alliterative way of...
by Lauren Brownstein | Jul 4, 2023 | Inspiration, Nonprofit, Uncategorized
Ooh La La! A Ten Day Vacation in Paris! I’m just back from a dream of a vacation: 10 days in Paris! I took my daughter there to celebrate her high school graduation. We stayed in the heart of the city, walked for miles, saw world-class art, took a macaron making...
by Lauren Brownstein | May 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
If you can ask questions that get people talking, your meetings will be more lively and interesting. They can transform from Information Delivery Systems to Idea Generation Sessions. We have all sat in meetings or presentations — whether in person or online...
by Lauren Brownstein | Nov 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
I recently listened to a Glennon Doyle podcast with guest Tricia Hersey, and it BLEW MY MIND WIDE OPEN. Give Ms. Hersey a MacArthur Genius Grant. Her views on rest are radical, and necessary, and world-changing. I deeply value rest. But she is presenting a whole new...
