Tag: fundraising
Talent Tip #144: The F Word
April 19, 2022
I love the F word.
I use it frequently, in fact. I say it in front of my clients and candidates…in front of mature audiences and young professionals….even kids. Heck, I say it in front of my mother-in-law. I’m shameless about it.
No matter when or where I use it, it never fails to raise eyebrows.
I don’t think people are offended by it; they just don’t think about it that often. But they should. Because it’s absolutely…
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Talent Tip #78: O Fundraisers, Fundraisers! Wherefore Art Thou Fundraisers?
April 19, 2016
Talent Tip #78: O Fundraisers, Fundraisers! Wherefore Art Thou Fundraisers?
If I meet another recent college graduate who tells me he wants to go into a policy career, I’m going to curl up in the fetal position and weep uncontrollably.
It’s not that I don’t want to see more policy talent in the free-market movement (I do!); it’s just that I really, really, really want to see more fundraising talent.
And why? Because that’s our biggest…
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Talent Tip #62 Take a Chance on Me: Nontraditional Candidates and Fundraising Roles
February 3, 2015
Talent Tip #62 Take a Chance on Me: Nontraditional Candidates and Fundraising Roles
You know what I have a boatload of?
Complaints about the government, yes. But do you know what else I have oodles of?
Fundraising roles.
As it turns out, I also have a Mayflower truck full of candidates who would love to break into fundraising for the free-market nonprofit sector.
So, what’s the disconnect? It’s that most nonprofits want to hire fundraisers with development experience (for roles…
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