by Mazarine | Nov 28, 2017 | Grants, Hybrid Nonprofit, Leadership, Social Entrepreneur
WHY should you talk about your nonprofit’s mistakes? If you talk about your failures or mistakes, you can talk about HOW you’re getting better at solving the problem that your nonprofit was founded to solve. If you talk about your mistakes, you will help...
by Mazarine | Oct 23, 2017 | Book, Conflict, Hiring a fundraising professional, Hybrid Nonprofit, Nonprofit Consultant, Social Entrepreneur
Are you friends with failure? I remember at one of my old nonprofit fundraising jobs, making the smallest mistake was the cause for disciplinary action, reprimand, and dire accusations of waste and thoughtlessness. Imagine if we encouraged our fundraising staff to...
by Mazarine | Sep 16, 2014 | Earned income, Government contracting, Grants, Hybrid Nonprofit
What: Winning Government Grants and Contracts for your nonprofit Pursue and capture Government Grants and Contracts for Your Nonprofit A 90 minute advanced webinar to help you get those government grants and contracts to keep your programs going for years to come!...
by Mazarine | Jun 26, 2014 | Earned income, Government contracting, Leadership, Leadership, Social Entrepreneur
Note: This article originally appeared in the OCASDV (Oregon Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence) newsletter in March, 2014. Does your nonprofit get government contracts? Or is your nonprofit considering getting government contracts? The government is...
by Mazarine | May 6, 2014 | Events, Hybrid Nonprofit, Marketing, Netraising
Have you ever thought about doing a kickstarter or indiegogo campaign for your nonprofit? Recently I was approached by a board member of a nonprofit to give them feedback on their indiegogo campaign for their nonprofit. I looked at their campaign text and it was...
by Mazarine | Apr 28, 2014 | Leadership, Measuring Effectiveness, Social Entrepreneur
Did you ever make a bucket list? What did it include? “Go Skydiving!” “Swim with the Dolphins!” “Get a PhD!” Notice one common denominator in all of those? Yeah. They cost money. Did Einstein ever have a bucket list? I doubt it....