Thoughts from the Group

How do you and your team celebrate donors? Recently at a conference, a team told me about a bell they have in their office that they ring...

As we manage our workloads and our daily enterprises, as we navigate meetings and communications, one of the things that can drain time...

Since November and even before that, our donors have been gripped by the need to take action. GQ magazine first coined the term in its...

In this age of digital pervasiveness, are attention spans getting shorter? Is multitasking a myth or actually possible? As a frequent...

Go ahead, take a look. It's a cringe worthy moment. I know, hard isn't it? If you're ever wondering if your organization is resistant to...

When those of us in the nonprofit world go to hire folks, one of the tired and true interview questions is always, "Are you a team...

The title seems simple, shouldn't be much of a blog here, right? Unfortunately there is a need for this post. Recently, many of you have...

Have you ever met a fundraising operation at a nonprofit with plenty of staff, money, time, and resources? Didn't take you a long time to...

Every March folks all over the US, myself included get basketball fever. We obsess over brackets and spend whole days rooting for the...

What's your number one indicator of fundraising success? As I travel across the globe preaching the amazing power of donor relations, I'm...

Every February my mind begins to turn to hearts, flowers, and roses. It may be because I am a hopeless romantic or it could be that...

Credit for this terminology goes to Sue Washburn, founding principal at educational consulting firm Washburn & McGoldrick. Sue tells the...

So you did it - you maneuvered the (quite frankly, terrible and terrifying) world of job hunting and are starting a new position...

We’ve all been there before in our professional lives – starting over, often when we least expect it. Whether your position ends of your...

A clear 80 percent of donors give because they want to make a difference. They want to help the people you serve, they want to see a...

Enjoy this guest post from my friend and colleague Brooke Grimes at Academic Works: Last year, we spent a lot of time bridging the gap...

This is a wonderful guest post by this month's webinar presenter, Mary Solomons, a DRG Group member- Enjoy! A year ago I found myself...