Creating more strategic, financially savvy, and confident nonprofit leaders and organizations.
Did you know that when you choose to focus on the positive aspects of a difficult situation you can transform it? Like when you are trying to re-engage an errant board member. You could choose to focus on their many absences, how frustrating they can sometimes be, the countless missed opportunities they’ve created. Or, you […]
I love to imagine things that I want to come true. As you well know, I’m a huge proponent of the tremendous power of imagination (here and here) to create the world you want. I’m telling you, there is enormous power here for you, too. Lately I’ve been really excited about imagining an army of […]
I will admit that I am often the QUEEN of going it alone. I sometimes (ok, maybe more often than I’d like to admit) believe that it’s all up to me. And I see this so often in social change leaders just like you who unknowingly suffer from the “Go it Alone” mentality. This mentality […]
Do you suffer from the misguided belief that many nonprofit and philanthropic leaders do? The belief that you can save someone else – your clients, your staff, the world – before you save yourself. The truth is that you can’t. Because you have to first fully embrace and address your own needs before you have […]
There is an incredibly powerful tool in your possession, but I bet you rarely use it. Your ability to imagine the world you want to see. So often as social change leaders we focus on the problems we see in the world – the inequities, the injustice, the illness, the brokenness. The problems are big […]
“Joy” is such a foreign word in the nonprofit sector. Let’s be honest – in the world in general, especially right now. It may feel, as you work tirelessly to fix what ails the world, that you are surrounded by everything but joy — anxiety, frustration, depression, exhaustion. But the fact is, you will be […]
I’ve been thinking about energy a lot lately. Not the wall socket variety, but the energy that flows between two human beings – like you and your prospective funder. Think about the last time you met with a potential funder. Picture that meeting – whether it was in person, over the phone or (everyone’s favorite) […]
Do you give yourself enough love? Social change efforts like yours – nonprofit organizations, foundations, social movements – are so often borne from an act of love. It might be love for your fellow human beings, the animals we share the planet with, or the earth itself. Someone sees an injustice and creates an organization […]
Here’s a radical idea for you: What if the funders you seek, fear and/or worship are actually just like you? What if the money they hold (and you likely covet) came to them not because they are smarter, luckier, more worthy, or more privileged than you, but simply because they believe more strongly than you […]
I’ve been on a journey for the last 5 years – likely for my whole life – back to my power. It’s been a journey from worrying what others think, to feeling rock solid in my own knowledge. A journey from doing what others think I should do, to doing only what brings me joy. […]
