It was my first year as a Development Director and my first big fundraising event—about 1,500 guests. I invited my mom and was excited for her to see all my hard work and creativity…
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I worked for a non profit that shared its meeting room with outside groups. It was a great way to create more exposure, but also share some good will to other groups that know the pain of finding low cost event spaces. However, there was an added benefit for us on-site staffers: free food
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I work as a consultant for nonprofits, and one of my clients recently shared this story which I wanted to share with anyone struggling at their own nonprofit during the EOY craziness.
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I once worked for an animal welfare nonprofit that took their mission a little too far. Like “all life is precious, so we don’t believe in pest control” kind of far.
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When I was hired as a Development Associate for a mid-size nonprofit I had an interesting orientation…
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Every summer our organization had an intern in the fundraising department. They would help with database entry, gift acknowledgements, and event preparation for about 15-20 hours a week, and it culminated in working the gala weekend in August before they returned to school.
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Nonprofits need to utilize every resource and asset they have, so when we created the theater’s Most Important Spring Marketing Brochure, it featured a photo that, looking back, may have been a poor choice…
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The party planning committee decided that a piñata would be a good activity for a (Spanish-speaking) employee’s last day party…
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We got a new office manager and leadership was so impressed with her “attention to detail”…
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Every Friday, the nonprofit theatre I worked at would have coffee and donuts for the staff…
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