by Mazarine | Aug 14, 2017 | Board, Conflict, Leadership, Nonprofit Leadership Summit, Philanthropy, Volunteers
Andy Robinson, author of Selling Social Change, and Training Your Board, and Everyone Else to Fundraise, was kind enough to let me interview him about the new funding environment-and he had a surprising perspective! Give 22 minutes of your time and listen to Andy...
by Mazarine | Jun 15, 2016 | Annual Reports, Book, Cultivating donors, E-Newsletters, Volunteers
Yesterday we talked about what makes people turn around their criticism about your nonprofit when you’re speaking about your cause in person. If you haven’t read that post yet, go read it now. I’ll wait. Are we back? What about if you’re...
by Mazarine | Jan 5, 2015 | Keeping a job, Leadership, Volunteers
It’s a new year! TIME FOR A FRESH START! 🙂 I seem to talk mostly about what is wrong with our sector, and I confess it is beginning to weigh on my spirit. I actually had a lot of fun sometimes when I was working full time at nonprofits. Here are the things that...
by Mazarine | Sep 29, 2014 | Book, Volunteers
Do you have a hard time getting your volunteers to stay? Are you just dissatisfied with the quality of the volunteers you have? Did you know there are so many more people in the world who want to volunteer, who are feeling stymied by nonprofits not getting back to...
by Mazarine | Jun 4, 2014 | Collaboration, Volunteers, Webinars
Today we are interviewing the marvelous Shari Ilsen, Director of Engagement at VolunteerMatch. Shari runs communications and business development at VolunteerMatch, the Web’s largest volunteer engagement network. A writer who’s passionate about nonprofit...
by Mazarine | Apr 30, 2014 | Free Stuff for Nonprofits, Fundraising 101, Volunteers
Do you have too much to do? Are you struggling to keep up with your massive workload? Do you look ahead to see the light at the end of the tunnel and just see more tunnel? Then you, my friend, need volunteers. Would you like to learn how to find and keep volunteers?...
