Amy Eisenstein | Empowering Your Nonproft And You

This week I celebrated a milestone birthday. Yes, it was the big 40! So naturally, I’ve spent some time reflecting on my life and business.
“Have I helped people to the best of my ability?”
“What can I do better over the coming months and years?”

Today’s question comes from Sasha. Sasha got into fundraising because she wanted to change the world. But lately she’s been feeling discouraged and unhappy at work. Her question is this:
How can I get my passion back and can you help me put the fun back in fundraising?...

The long years of “Great Recession” fundraising stress are over!
At least, that’s the news from Indiana University’s report, The Philanthropy Outlook: 2015 & 2016.
The report, produced by the Lilly Fundraising School in partnership with Marts & Lundy, offers a glimpse of what we can expect to see in 2015 and 2016 (I’ve taken this information taken directly from the report’s web page):...

A few months back I was facilitating a board retreat for a historical society in Denver and talking about the importance of fundraising, when a board member named John stopped me and asked me this:
How can you expect us to feel motivated to raise funds when we have such a big endowment? I’m not convinced we actually need the money.”...