by Nancy Rieves | Mar 28, 2019 | Donors, Leadership
In any given week, how much time do you spend keeping your major donors informed of activities, impacts, and needs of the organization? Out of that time, how much is spent sending emails or text messages? It’s true that email and text messaging is easy, fast, and...
by Nancy Rieves | Mar 21, 2019 | Message
You want to identify potential major donors, but you aren’t sure exactly where to start. You need to know where to spend your time. You need funds now. I remember meeting with a client desperate to raise more money to meet budget and program expenses. The client...
by Nancy Rieves | Mar 14, 2019 | Donors
I was home sick with a cold. I was bored, so I made “cold calls” to car insurance companies I thought would benefit from a partnership with our nonprofit. As the executive director, I was determined to find a national partner to support community college students. The...
by Nancy Rieves | Mar 8, 2019 | Donors, Leadership
Being the only female among 9 male racecar drivers was slightly intimating last weekend. Knowing in just minutes, I would be driving with them on a road race course going over 100 miles an hour approaching hairpin curves was unnerving. I would not let any fear and...
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