Nonprofits Are Messy: Lessons in Leadership | Fundraising | Board Development | Communications

Seth Rosen, my fundraising genius and associate, lays out the steps for building a happy and productive development team.

Sean Gibbons explains why organizations that do communications well are smarter, stronger, and vastly more effective than those that don’t.

This is the story of a community organizing itself in the wake of a tragedy in order to make positive change. With guest Caroline Samponaro.

Nothing is more important than your people. Nothing. But how do you find 5-star employees? Should you hire a recruitment firm to help?

So your nonprofit is too small to hire a development director, but you won’t get any bigger without a development director. What do you do?

This episode is packed with useful, practical advice on how to make people sit up and take notice of your organization and mobilize for your cause.

Board Chair is one of the most important roles at a nonprofit organization, but it isn’t the job for just anyone. Learn about what makes a good board chair.

Once upon a time a nonprofit would ask corporate partners to sponsor a table at your annual gala... Well, things have gotten a bit more complex.

“At the end of the 7th day, God realized He needed a publicist. So He made a couple of calls, everyone recommended Howard Bragman, and the rest is history.”

Event planning can fray the calmest of nerves. For many nonprofits it's "make or break". Here's great advice from event guru Jason Burlingame.

His blog is called Nonprofit With Balls. How can you not laugh? Here's my interview with the hysterical Vu Le.

Interview with author, board chair, and former Planned Parenthood NY CEO Alexander Sanger. We discuss leadership, staff motivation, and board relations.

Being the Executive Director of a nonprofit is a tough and demanding job. But what exactly does an Executive Director do all day? And how can Executive Directors manage their time to truly be effective?

Asking for money can be intimidating. Fundraiser extraordinaire Seth Rosen and I discuss concrete ways to ask for money without panic and fear.