Why Wild Woman Fundraising? What About the Men?
Archive for August, 2010
What dream do your donors have?
Do you know what keeps your donors up at night? Do you know how they’ve tried to solve this issue in other ways? Do you know what their dream is? Do you know their ideal solution? Say you’re a museum in a small city. Your donors may come to you because they fear they are [...]
August 26th-Women’s Equality Day!
“We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men AND WOMEN are created equal.” -Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott August 26th of each year is designated in the United States as Women’s Equality Day. Instituted by Rep. Bella Abzug and first established in 1971, the date commemorates the passage of the 19th [...]
You want results? Fundraising staff are the only producers of measurable results.
People complain all of the time that there’s no way to measure what nonprofits are really accomplishing. Take a recent annual report from a certain nonprofit which I shall not name. I looked at their staff page and then at their annual report. They seem to have an education program, with a big picture, and [...]
Looking for a nonprofit job? Where did your motivation go? Find out today!
Have you ever had a bad boss? Are you worried that if and when you start working again, you’re going to run into the same bad personalities that you left behind?
How are you going to deal with this fear that may be preventing you from doing your best at searching for jobs right now?
Come see us at the Nonprofit Career Club, at 2500 Exposition Blvd, Austin, TX, Howson Library, at 5:30pm on Tuesday, August 24th.
What’s your safety net?
What is your safety net?
Who can help you when the chips are down?
Here are two ways to create your own safety net.
What makes people want to give to you?
Five things can make people want to give to you, according to Robert Cialdini’s book, Influence. Reciprocation This is also known as the give and take and take. If you give a donor a flower, they might feel more inclined to give money to your organization. This is also the way the free sample works, [...]
Want to be more effective in your current or future job? Come and Take My Webinar!
Have you ever wanted to take a class with me? I am giving a webinar for TANO! (Texas Association of Nonprofit Organizations) on September 22nd, 2010, from 2pm to 3:30pm Central Time, USA. The Official Details Managing Workplace Effectiveness Speaker Mazarine Treyz Position: Author, Blogger, Consultant Company: Wild Woman Fundraising Do you wish you could [...]
Marketing Your Nonprofit: 5 More Things to Learn from The Long Tail
There’s a reason you’ve never seen a full picture of me on here! Yeah, I’ve got a long tail. It’s kind of got a “Puff The Magic Dragon” vibe. But I roll with it.
So, in the spirit of my long tail, here’s what I learned from Chris Anderson’s bestseller The Long Tail, and how this applies to your nonprofit!
