Archive for the ‘Conflict’ Category

Who are you, really?

June 18th, 2013Posted by Mazarine

David McRaney over at the You Are Not So Smart blog, wrote a fascinating post about the nature of how to deal with haters, AND how to deal with motivation. It’s seriously in depth and I highly encourage you to read the whole thing. It blew my mind. The Misconception: You do nice things for [...]

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Fascinating interview with Roger Craver + My Favorite Part

June 4th, 2013Posted by Mazarine

Roger Craver lays it down with this podcast with Jeff Brooks! He says a lot of interesting things! He’s been fundraising longer than I’ve been alive, and he has so many tidbits of wisdom. Here are my favorite parts of Roger Craver’s interview: He says social media is bullshit! (And I actually agree, it’s bullshit [...]

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Reader Questions: Raising money for kiwanis clubs

May 20th, 2013Posted by Mazarine

I love my subscribers and readers, and I’m always looking to them to tell me what they want to learn about next. Luckily, tons of people responded to my recent survey. If you’ve got a question you’d like answered, go here to tell me what you’d like to learn about next! One reader asks, “What [...]

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A nonprofit anthem by Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu

May 16th, 2013Posted by Mazarine

Janelle Monae in Q.U.E.E.N.

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How do you get it all done when you’re a fundraising one-armed paperhanger?

May 8th, 2013Posted by Mazarine

Look at all of this work I haven't done yet

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Neofeudalism? In YOUR Nonprofit? (It’s more likely than you think)

May 7th, 2013Posted by Mazarine

centipedes-nonprofit-neofeudalism

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Reader Questions: How to prioritize daily issues of running a nonprofit

May 6th, 2013Posted by Mazarine

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Are your donors selfish?

March 28th, 2013Posted by Mazarine

fat cats, adrian wallett art

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Efficient Charities: Is your nonprofit pursuing something inhuman?

March 25th, 2013Posted by Mazarine

Frederick-Taylor-Scientific-Management

I have to tell you these things! Because the people running your nonprofit are thinking about these things. They’re thinking,

“How can we make this nonprofit run more like a business, with RUTHLESS EFFICIENCY?” and this may be the wrong question to ask.

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What Women in Nonprofit Tech should take from Adria Richards

March 21st, 2013Posted by Mazarine

Adria Richards

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