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 | 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 | 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....
by Mazarine | Oct 2, 2013 | Cultivating donors, Events, Hybrid Nonprofit, Social Entrepreneur, Volunteers
Today, in order to help nonprofits learn more about how to engage younger donors, we’re chatting with Devin Kelly. Devin is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Oregon Active. Transcript: Mazarine Treyz: What was your background in the nonprofit...
by Mazarine | Sep 3, 2013 | Book, Conflict, Fundraising 101, Grants, Social Entrepreneur
Are you looking for a nonprofit with a good 5 year plan, and programs based on research? Are you looking for a predictable (yet innovative) model of human behavior that other nonprofits can follow for “reproducible” or “Replicable”...