by Mazarine | Sep 3, 2020 | Becoming an event planner, Events
–> Picture a magical woodland glade, with a path running through it, afternoon sunlight slanting down. –> Now, see black tables set along it, candles and bouquets of flowers on the tables. –> Conjure a tripod of branches with lights...
by Mazarine | Jan 27, 2020 | Appeals, Events, Fundraising 101, Sector-Switching, Starting a nonprofit
Are you new to fundraising? Or know someone who is? Here’s a list of common fundraising direct mail terms from my book, The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising. Feel free to bookmark this and come back to it. You will need this working with a mailhouse, and...
by Mazarine | Jul 31, 2017 | Cause Marketing, Collaboration, Nonprofit Downturn, Nonprofit Leadership Summit, Sponsorships
I was so lucky to get to chat with Bruce Burtch about cross sector partnerships in this 27 minute interview. Bruce Burtch is the author of Win-Win for the Greater Good, a book for nonprofits, all about how to create better cross sector partnerships, with government,...
by Mazarine | Aug 12, 2016 | Board, Conflict, Events, Leadership, Nonprofit Leadership Summit, Webinars
Maybe you’ve been in this situation. You’ve hired a fundraiser. You want to support them to do well. But they aren’t meeting their goals. Or maybe they don’t have goals to meet. You just expect them to raise money without you setting...
by Mazarine | Jul 28, 2016 | Events, Major Gifts, Speaking
This week I did something scary. On Friday afternoon, my friend asked me to make the ask for her first campaign kickoff on Saturday afternoon. At first I wanted to say no. I wanted to say, “Sorry, I can’t do it.” But I couldn’t do that to her....
by Mazarine | Nov 16, 2015 | Events, Marketing, Sponsorships
If you’re calling for sponsorships in the next few months, and you’re scared, I feel you. I’ve gotten a lot of sponsorships, but I’ve gotten lots of rejections too. It’s scary to get rejected, even if it’s happened before. Even if...
