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Are you getting to the age when you are not interested in accepting $28,000 a year anymore? Yeah, that’s so far from the current typical nonprofit wage as to see the curvature of the universe. Have you ever wondered how to negotiate for a nonprofit salary? MORE
According to LinkedIn , here are the top skills for 2017. What should these skills mean to you, as a nonprofit professional, and as a fundraiser? But as you look at this list, what can you do to stay current, and fresh in fundraising? How does it break down by country? MORE
I was a monthly donor to this nonprofit for years. I was also giving free (and paid) but mostly free advice to the ED. I got solicited by another nonprofit, so I decided to stop giving to them and give my money somewhere else. You don’t tell them how to feel. MORE
Are you wondering how to get ahead in your fundraising career? Do you know there are things you need to do to get to that next job, but you’re not sure how to look good enough to the hiring manager? to Development Coordinator. MORE
We know that events are the slowest way to make money for a nonprofit. We know that if we care about the future of our nonprofit, we need to start cultivating major donor relationships, and start our major gift program. How can you start to develop these relationships? MORE
All of the approved ways to read this book: ???? Do you want to do social media for your nonprofit? Are you hamstrung because you don’t have permission to do it? How can you measure ROI on social media for your nonprofit? Call to action. MORE
Here’s part four of our interview with Andy Robinson (30 year veteran of board trainings)-in this section he talks about how to help every single board member fundraise for you. MT: What are you going to be teaching at the Nonprofit Leadership Summit ? I’m glad to do them. MORE
After months of talking about his desire to get an opinion piece published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, he achieved his goal. Even when you post to a seemingly friendly venue, anonymous commenters are often ready to pounce. And some of them will want to challenge you. MORE
You want others to get the word out about you and your cause. You want them to be talking about you. Everyone wants to know how to make that happen. If your message doesn’t resonate with your audience, it doesn’t matter what you’ve done to that point. To get people talking about you (in a good way), your message needs to be both talkable” and “walkable.” MORE
Recently I interviewed Simone Joyaux about how to get a better board. Mazarine: How long have you been helping people build better boards? A lot of boards are on the continuum from not so good to just plain dysfunctional. Obviously staff have to manage finances. MORE
Webinar Title: How to Make a Stunning Fundraising Resume. Are you trying to break into fundraising? How can you set yourself apart? How can you improve your resume to help you get that next fundraising job? How to relate unrelated experience on your resume. MORE
This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising, and today I am so pleased to chat with Andy Robinson, who has authored many books of wonderful worth, including Selling Social Change. MT: Andy, how long have you been doing board trainings? That’s very satisfying and stimulating to me. MORE
Is it time to get your career to the next level? New year, time to get your career in gear! Maybe it’s time to get fundraising career coaching for yourself. I’d like to help people do something about that. Learn more about how it works. MORE
Do you want a clear system to figure out if your nonprofit boss is doing right by your organization or not? How do you provide oversight and make sure that your organization stays on track? Do you need a model to figure out how to make sure your nonprofit leader is doing a good job? Strives to acquire tech knowledge needed to succeed. Effectively manages technology to increase productivity. Defers to others when they have more expertise. MORE
We are often trying to accomplish many different things with nonprofit content, and depending on the goal and the intended reader, the style of writing will change. That’s why we’ve assembled some great advice from professional editors about how to coach writers in the workplace. MORE
But your work as a nonprofit communicator is essential to your nonprofit’s success. And it’s time for you to prove it by showing them what actually works (and what doesn’t). Join us tomorrow and learn how to prove how essential your work is during our next two-part webinar series: Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Communications Work. One of the only webinars on this topic that truly got to the heart of this work.” MORE
I am always learning how to write. It does get easier, but there’s always another mountain to climb. For right now, for example, I feel like I’ve got appeal letters nailed, but I’m learning how to write a screenplay. This is hard enough to do. MORE
He talked a lot about how we get people ready to be persuaded. Let me get straight to the point. If you want to keep your job, you need to think about who you’re persuading and how to get them ready to give you donations. How indeed? MORE
What Barbara Erhenreich AND the Occupy Movement are teaching me is that we need to take the collective expression of protest around the world and have a dance-off. Why would you want to make people dance and sing around your very serious cause? Getting everyone to dance together. MORE
Mazarine Treyz, with The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising and The Wild Woman’s Guide to Social Media. When I first started blogging to build an audience for my book, I read Yaro Starak’s blog. You don’t want to make a spam comment. MORE
how to write your appeal letter. It talks about why direct mail is so important, and gives you some tips on what you need to do. To be effective and eye-catching, your first paragraph needs to have the word “YOU.” This is the word most people listen to. MORE
Recently I was asking around to other Wild Women Fundraisers, and asking them, “ What do you want to learn about, NOW? “I would like to learn more about evaluating ROI for our association members. And it’s hard to figure out what they want. MORE
It keeps getting harder for nonprofits to get news coverage — particularly in local markets where media organizations are slashing their reporting staffs and shrinking their news holes. If you’re looking to grab some headlines before the end of the year, you need to act soon. MORE
This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising, and today I am so excited to be interviewing Phil Gerard for our Fundraising Career Conference 2016. Phil will be speaking about how to structure and organization your fundraising job search. Here’s how I met Phil. MORE
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Are you looking to talk more persuasively for your cause? Do you want to have a bigger impact for your nonprofit through speaking? This webinar will show you how to give a successful presentation and bring more money to your organization. MORE
Take these tools and learn how you will be when you are executive director, or board chair, or president. Think about how you would change what is currently happening if no good model is right in front of you. How can you be a good nonprofit leader? Leaders are willing to venture in new directions, seize new opportunities, and learn new skills. Leaders broaden cultural and social horizons and learn to see things from different perspectives. MORE
A post shared by ACLU (@aclu_nationwide) on Apr 30, 2019 at 4:43pm PDT So don’t use “we have nothing to photograph” as an excuse to ignore Instagram. The post How to Rock Instagram without Photos appeared first on Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog. MORE
How do you know if your nonprofit story is any good? How can you make it better? This is the answer to- because. Her internal motivation is to find a place where she can be safe. Why would we try to save endemic bird habitat? “Why do I want to be here? MORE
This interview is part of a series to help you rise in your fundraising career. If you’d like to learn even more about rising in you fundraising career, join us at the Fundraising Career Conference in April 2017. How’s that? MT: How did you get started in fundraising? MORE
So you want to hire a nonprofit consultant. Here’s how to go about doing it for the best results. Don’t just hire a guy that that guy down the street told you to hire. Maybe you need to figure out where you’re at before you ask someone to help you. MORE
But there are times when your in-house resources simply aren’t enough and you need to hire some outside help. But it doesn’t have to be. Without the right help, you run the risk of damaging your nonprofit’s reputation and its ability to raise money. MORE
Did you ever wish someone had taught you in high school how to interview, apply for jobs, and succeed in your first 90 days of a job? Mistakes that I cringe to think about now. And I want to keep you from making the mistakes I made. Consulting to gain experience. MORE
This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising and I’m so happy to introduce Kishshana Palmer. So I want you all to think of me as your fixer. So like many folks who we help, I was a lone fundraiser in an organization trying to figure it out. Like oh, should we bow to you? MORE
Here’s how to figure out what questions they will ask you in the fundraising job interview. And how to answer tricky questions! In this 9 minute video, you’ll learn: –How to answer the “Why did you leave your last position?” MORE
And of course you’re on salary so no matter how much more you work, you don’t get more money. And people seem to find things wrong, but never notice what’s going right? Oh, plus, no budget for raises, and of course no budget to hire help for you. MORE
I’ve never told anyone about this before… I’m about to share a secret that can help keep your association in the black. What can you do to help your association succeed, and how can you get more people to take your fantastic educational programs? MORE
We are very excited to have donor research expert Adrian Sargeant join us for a brand new webinar this month on donor loyalty. Adrian will show you the latest research and findings from the world of donor retention and how you can apply it during a BRAND NEW WEBINAR you won’t want to miss: How to Build Donor Loyalty: Lessons from Testing and Research. He knows how to increase the lifetime value of your donor database. MORE
how to send appeal letters in bulk. If so, now you know why direct mail is important in fundraising, and how to write the parts of an appeal letter. Today we’re going to talk about how to SEND your appeal letter. How to Send Your Letter. MORE
In a year and a half, it will be time for another US presidential election, which means it’s a good time to run, since people tend to vote more during presidential election years. Lately I’ve been researching how to do political fundraising for a friend of mine. MORE
Marc, you are also a Franklin Covey certified coach and that you are interested in the subject of trust and how to build trust at organizations. How does lack of trust filter through relationships in a nonprofit? Finally she got him to leave. I wanted to hire for fit. MORE
Have you ever wondered how to walk in and get a million dollar sponsorship? He first goes to ad agencies to figure out how they work with big corporations, and ask them if they would introduce him to their clients. MORE
Recently Little House Communications asked me to help them write an article about negotiating your nonprofit salary, for the Chronicle of Philanthropy. How much does the executive director make?”. Treyz encourages her clients to go a step further. How much money did you raise? MORE
Your donors are going to love you for offering planned giving options to them. Because you’re allowing them to give you money instead of the government. Money that they would have to pay in any case can now go to you. Want to learn more? how about you? MORE
Gallup Strengthsfinder test : To help you find that challenge- a strength in disguise! 66 Resources to rise in your fundraising career – to help you anticipate those tough interview questions! Today we mentioned: Guidestar.org. Claire Axelrad of Charity Clairity. MORE
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JANUARY 26, 2017
Marc, you are also a Franklin Covey certified coach and that you are interested in the subject of trust and how to build trust at organizations. How does lack of trust filter through relationships in a nonprofit? Finally she got him to leave. I wanted to hire for fit.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
MAY 15, 2019
A post shared by ACLU (@aclu_nationwide) on Apr 30, 2019 at 4:43pm PDT So don’t use “we have nothing to photograph” as an excuse to ignore Instagram. The post How to Rock Instagram without Photos appeared first on Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog.
Wild Woman Fundraising
APRIL 10, 2014
Did you ever wish someone had taught you in high school how to interview, apply for jobs, and succeed in your first 90 days of a job? Mistakes that I cringe to think about now. And I want to keep you from making the mistakes I made. Consulting to gain experience.
Wild Woman Fundraising
FEBRUARY 26, 2017
This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising and I’m so happy to introduce Kishshana Palmer. So I want you all to think of me as your fixer. So like many folks who we help, I was a lone fundraiser in an organization trying to figure it out. Like oh, should we bow to you?
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
APRIL 25, 2019
After months of talking about his desire to get an opinion piece published in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, he achieved his goal. Even when you post to a seemingly friendly venue, anonymous commenters are often ready to pounce. And some of them will want to challenge you.
Wild Woman Fundraising
JUNE 3, 2019
Here’s how to figure out what questions they will ask you in the fundraising job interview. And how to answer tricky questions! In this 9 minute video, you’ll learn: –How to answer the “Why did you leave your last position?”
Wild Woman Fundraising
JANUARY 22, 2017
According to LinkedIn , here are the top skills for 2017. What should these skills mean to you, as a nonprofit professional, and as a fundraiser? But as you look at this list, what can you do to stay current, and fresh in fundraising? How does it break down by country?
Wild Woman Fundraising
JULY 21, 2016
Here’s part four of our interview with Andy Robinson (30 year veteran of board trainings)-in this section he talks about how to help every single board member fundraise for you. MT: What are you going to be teaching at the Nonprofit Leadership Summit ? I’m glad to do them.
Wild Woman Fundraising
JULY 21, 2014
Have you ever wondered how to walk in and get a million dollar sponsorship? He first goes to ad agencies to figure out how they work with big corporations, and ask them if they would introduce him to their clients.
Wild Woman Fundraising
AUGUST 15, 2013
Recently I interviewed Simone Joyaux about how to get a better board. Mazarine: How long have you been helping people build better boards? A lot of boards are on the continuum from not so good to just plain dysfunctional. Obviously staff have to manage finances.
Wild Woman Fundraising
AUGUST 23, 2012
how to write your appeal letter. It talks about why direct mail is so important, and gives you some tips on what you need to do. To be effective and eye-catching, your first paragraph needs to have the word “YOU.” This is the word most people listen to.
Wild Woman Fundraising
MARCH 7, 2017
He talked a lot about how we get people ready to be persuaded. Let me get straight to the point. If you want to keep your job, you need to think about who you’re persuading and how to get them ready to give you donations. How indeed?
Wild Woman Fundraising
AUGUST 28, 2012
how to send appeal letters in bulk. If so, now you know why direct mail is important in fundraising, and how to write the parts of an appeal letter. Today we’re going to talk about how to SEND your appeal letter. How to Send Your Letter.
Wild Woman Fundraising
JULY 18, 2016
This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising, and today I am so pleased to chat with Andy Robinson, who has authored many books of wonderful worth, including Selling Social Change. MT: Andy, how long have you been doing board trainings? That’s very satisfying and stimulating to me.
Wild Woman Fundraising
AUGUST 20, 2012
And of course you’re on salary so no matter how much more you work, you don’t get more money. And people seem to find things wrong, but never notice what’s going right? Oh, plus, no budget for raises, and of course no budget to hire help for you.
Wild Woman Fundraising
FEBRUARY 8, 2012
What Barbara Erhenreich AND the Occupy Movement are teaching me is that we need to take the collective expression of protest around the world and have a dance-off. Why would you want to make people dance and sing around your very serious cause? Getting everyone to dance together.
Wild Woman Fundraising
MARCH 20, 2017
This interview is part of a series to help you rise in your fundraising career. If you’d like to learn even more about rising in you fundraising career, join us at the Fundraising Career Conference in April 2017. How’s that? MT: How did you get started in fundraising?
Wild Woman Fundraising
NOVEMBER 30, 2012
Recently Little House Communications asked me to help them write an article about negotiating your nonprofit salary, for the Chronicle of Philanthropy. How much does the executive director make?”. Treyz encourages her clients to go a step further. How much money did you raise?
Wild Woman Fundraising
JANUARY 3, 2019
Is it time to get your career to the next level? New year, time to get your career in gear! Maybe it’s time to get fundraising career coaching for yourself. I’d like to help people do something about that. Learn more about how it works.
Wild Woman Fundraising
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
I was a monthly donor to this nonprofit for years. I was also giving free (and paid) but mostly free advice to the ED. I got solicited by another nonprofit, so I decided to stop giving to them and give my money somewhere else. You don’t tell them how to feel.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
APRIL 23, 2019
We are often trying to accomplish many different things with nonprofit content, and depending on the goal and the intended reader, the style of writing will change. That’s why we’ve assembled some great advice from professional editors about how to coach writers in the workplace.
Wild Woman Fundraising
AUGUST 7, 2012
Your donors are going to love you for offering planned giving options to them. Because you’re allowing them to give you money instead of the government. Money that they would have to pay in any case can now go to you. Want to learn more? how about you?
Wild Woman Fundraising
AUGUST 7, 2014
I’ve never told anyone about this before… I’m about to share a secret that can help keep your association in the black. What can you do to help your association succeed, and how can you get more people to take your fantastic educational programs?
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2019
But there are times when your in-house resources simply aren’t enough and you need to hire some outside help. But it doesn’t have to be. Without the right help, you run the risk of damaging your nonprofit’s reputation and its ability to raise money.
Wild Woman Fundraising
APRIL 22, 2019
Gallup Strengthsfinder test : To help you find that challenge- a strength in disguise! 66 Resources to rise in your fundraising career – to help you anticipate those tough interview questions! Today we mentioned: Guidestar.org. Claire Axelrad of Charity Clairity.
Wild Woman Fundraising
MAY 27, 2018
So you want to hire a nonprofit consultant. Here’s how to go about doing it for the best results. Don’t just hire a guy that that guy down the street told you to hire. Maybe you need to figure out where you’re at before you ask someone to help you.
Wild Woman Fundraising
DECEMBER 4, 2012
All of the approved ways to read this book: ???? Do you want to do social media for your nonprofit? Are you hamstrung because you don’t have permission to do it? How can you measure ROI on social media for your nonprofit? Call to action.
Wild Woman Fundraising
MARCH 20, 2017
Are you wondering how to get ahead in your fundraising career? Do you know there are things you need to do to get to that next job, but you’re not sure how to look good enough to the hiring manager? to Development Coordinator.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
OCTOBER 24, 2018
We are very excited to have donor research expert Adrian Sargeant join us for a brand new webinar this month on donor loyalty. Adrian will show you the latest research and findings from the world of donor retention and how you can apply it during a BRAND NEW WEBINAR you won’t want to miss: How to Build Donor Loyalty: Lessons from Testing and Research. He knows how to increase the lifetime value of your donor database.
Wild Woman Fundraising
JANUARY 21, 2016
Webinar Title: How to Make a Stunning Fundraising Resume. Are you trying to break into fundraising? How can you set yourself apart? How can you improve your resume to help you get that next fundraising job? How to relate unrelated experience on your resume.
Wild Woman Fundraising
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
Recently I was asking around to other Wild Women Fundraisers, and asking them, “ What do you want to learn about, NOW? “I would like to learn more about evaluating ROI for our association members. And it’s hard to figure out what they want.
Wild Woman Fundraising
JANUARY 16, 2013
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Are you looking to talk more persuasively for your cause? Do you want to have a bigger impact for your nonprofit through speaking? This webinar will show you how to give a successful presentation and bring more money to your organization.
Wild Woman Fundraising
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
We know that events are the slowest way to make money for a nonprofit. We know that if we care about the future of our nonprofit, we need to start cultivating major donor relationships, and start our major gift program. How can you start to develop these relationships?
Wild Woman Fundraising
JANUARY 3, 2013
Mazarine Treyz, with The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising and The Wild Woman’s Guide to Social Media. When I first started blogging to build an audience for my book, I read Yaro Starak’s blog. You don’t want to make a spam comment.
Wild Woman Fundraising
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
Are you getting to the age when you are not interested in accepting $28,000 a year anymore? Yeah, that’s so far from the current typical nonprofit wage as to see the curvature of the universe. Have you ever wondered how to negotiate for a nonprofit salary?
Wild Woman Fundraising
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
Do you want a clear system to figure out if your nonprofit boss is doing right by your organization or not? How do you provide oversight and make sure that your organization stays on track? Do you need a model to figure out how to make sure your nonprofit leader is doing a good job? Strives to acquire tech knowledge needed to succeed. Effectively manages technology to increase productivity. Defers to others when they have more expertise.
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
OCTOBER 16, 2018
But your work as a nonprofit communicator is essential to your nonprofit’s success. And it’s time for you to prove it by showing them what actually works (and what doesn’t). Join us tomorrow and learn how to prove how essential your work is during our next two-part webinar series: Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Communications Work. One of the only webinars on this topic that truly got to the heart of this work.”
Wild Woman Fundraising
SEPTEMBER 28, 2015
In a year and a half, it will be time for another US presidential election, which means it’s a good time to run, since people tend to vote more during presidential election years. Lately I’ve been researching how to do political fundraising for a friend of mine.
Wild Woman Fundraising
MARCH 20, 2012
Take these tools and learn how you will be when you are executive director, or board chair, or president. Think about how you would change what is currently happening if no good model is right in front of you. How can you be a good nonprofit leader? Leaders are willing to venture in new directions, seize new opportunities, and learn new skills. Leaders broaden cultural and social horizons and learn to see things from different perspectives.
Wild Woman Fundraising
JULY 2, 2015
How do you know if your nonprofit story is any good? How can you make it better? This is the answer to- because. Her internal motivation is to find a place where she can be safe. Why would we try to save endemic bird habitat? “Why do I want to be here?
Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog
OCTOBER 25, 2018
It keeps getting harder for nonprofits to get news coverage — particularly in local markets where media organizations are slashing their reporting staffs and shrinking their news holes. If you’re looking to grab some headlines before the end of the year, you need to act soon.
Wild Woman Fundraising
FEBRUARY 15, 2016
This is Mazarine Treyz of Wild Woman Fundraising, and today I am so excited to be interviewing Phil Gerard for our Fundraising Career Conference 2016. Phil will be speaking about how to structure and organization your fundraising job search. Here’s how I met Phil.
Wild Woman Fundraising
JANUARY 12, 2015
I am always learning how to write. It does get easier, but there’s always another mountain to climb. For right now, for example, I feel like I’ve got appeal letters nailed, but I’m learning how to write a screenplay. This is hard enough to do.
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