Consulting
Why Hire The Wild Woman?
You have fabulous taste. Straight shooters excite you. You need fundraising or marketing training that energizes your staff and board. The reasons are endless.
What Can We Do Together?
- Fundraising (Board retreats, Planning and Strategy, Sponsorships, Events, Grantwriting, Appeal letters, Marketing, Training your staff and board to raise funds and market your nonprofit, etc.)
- Digital Marketing consulting for businesses (Discuss your desire to engage in the social media realm, research your industry, locate where relevant conversations are occurring and craft custom recommendations for action, as well as implementation)
- Speaking Webinars, Workshops, Panels, other speaking engagements.
- Guest blogging (I write for your blog, leveraging my resources to drive traffic)
- Online strategy review (What are you doing, why are you doing it and is it working?)
Nonprofit Consulting
I offer one on one coaching for your nonprofit career, creating your consulting practice, nonprofit management, fundraising, and more. Call 512-763-5161 for more information.
Topics we can focus on include:
- Setting up your rockin’ website
- Making money on the side
- Your transferable skills
- Planning your nonprofit career trajectory
- Career Transitions in the nonprofit workplace
- Branding yourself online to stand head and shoulders above the crowd applying for the job
- Becoming a nonprofit consultant
- Jumpstart your jobsearch with social media
- Managing Workplace Conflict
- Putting Your Best Foot Forward with Resumes and Cover Letters
- Dealing with stress in your nonprofit job search
- How to market your nonprofit
- Communicating your passion and talent in the job interview
- How to get grants
- Sponsorships 101 for your event
Fundraising
If you need fundraising assistance, I can help you with:
- Board retreats
- Planning and Strategy
- Sponsorships
- Events
- Grantwriting
- Appeal letters
- Marketing
- Training your staff and board to raise funds and market your nonprofit
Want to request a proposal? Tell me where you’re at by emailing me at info at wildwomanfundraising.com
Do you need career coaching for the nonprofit field?
I have helped people find jobs since 2007. I have written hundreds of cover letters, reviewed thousands of resumes, and run successful career fairs with thousands of attendees and over 50 vendors. I speak on the nonprofit sector with key topics such as
- “Breaking into Grantwriting”
- “Twitter 201″
- “Marketing yourself online to get that job offer”
- “Your Transferable Skills”
- “The Nonprofit Career Ladder”
- “How to become Chief Development Officer”
- “Marketing your nonprofit”
- “How to become Executive Director”
- “Nonprofit resume writing and cover letters”
- “Acing that nonprofit interview”
- “Jumpstart your jobsearch with Web 2.0″
- “Your first 90 days at your nonprofit job”
- “How to be a nonprofit consultant”
If you would like one on one coaching to find a nonprofit job or become a nonprofit consultant, I can help you.
Sessions cost $100 for one hour. We pack a lot into that hour, and you walk away with worksheets and resources that will help you succeed in your job search or career transition. You come with good questions. I give you resources from her book, The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising, and can give you an overview or walk you step by step through the process of getting hired.
Call 512-763-5161 or email info at wildwomanfundraising.com to learn more.
Or start right now.
Press
Interviews
Interviewed for the Chronicle for Philanthropy Podcast, Fundraising Fundamentals, by Tony Martignetti, January 19th, 2012
Interviewed by Don Akchin on Nonprofit Marketing and Fundraising Zone, November 2nd, 2011
Interviewed on the Parasol Power Chat, September 27th, 2011
Interviewed by Tony Martignetti on the Nonprofit radio show, August 5th, 2011
Interviewed by Carmen Carrozza on AM radio 1490 Forward Motion on June 5th, 2011
Interviewed on the nationally syndicated radio show, The Career Clinic, talking about how to get nonprofit jobs, the nonprofit field, and fundraising, in May, 2011
Interviewed on 880 AM Miami on Michael Chatman’s Philanthropy Radio Show in December, 2010 about The Wild Woman’s Guide to Fundraising
Interviewed by Meghan Schiebe of Travel Volunteer Search on the radio about why people give to your nonprofit in June, 2010.
Features, Articles and Mentions
Featured Guest Speaker on Desiree Adaway’s Fundraising segment on “How to Start a Nonprofit, February 2012
Mentioned on The Sparked.com blog, December 14th, 2011
Guest Post December 14, 2011 on Pamela Grow’s Grantwriting Blog: How to Recruit and Manage Virtual Volunteers with Sparked!
Featured post on Fundraising Success Magazine November 23rd, 2011
How can YOU have wildly successful events for your nonprofit blog post for CharityHowTo.com November 21, 2011
My curated post on best practices for online fundraising for CharityHowTo.com November 15, 2011
My Stop Workplace Bullying App featured on the Fight Rankism Blog
Guest post on Joe Waters’ Selfish Giving Blog September 2011
John Haydon mentioned my launch for Fundraising Rockstars on Inbound Zombie, September 2011
Desiree Adaway wrote about Fundraising Rockstars, our project together, September 2011.
Sandy Rees wrote about Fundraising Rockstars, our project together, September 2011.
Jessica Journey wrote about Fundraising Rockstars too!
“Nonprofit interns: A sanity-saving hiring process”-Amy Sept, The Nimbyist Blog, August, 2011
My article on 10 questions you need to ask in your fundraising interview on the CharityHowTo.com blog, July 5, 2011
Mentioned on Phil Cubeta’s Gift Hub blog, July, 2011
My article on Super Jobs was featured on The Wild Apricot Association Management Blog in July, 2011
Amy Sample Ward featured my book in February, 2011 on her blog.
I never told anyone…an article about my humble beginnings in fundraising for the Empowered.org blog
Nonprofits at Worlds End, post on HR and Careers blog, “You Start Monday”
Why Online Fundraising is like Ice Cream on CauseVox
Beth Kanter’s List of Top 10 Books of 2010
My Article on Pamela Grow’s Blog “A Fundraising Revolution!”
Nonprofit blogger Jessica Journey, responding to my question, “Where do you see yourself in 5 years?”
My anti-bullying presentation was posted by RJ Leaman on the Wild Apricot Blog
My iGrad article on how to get a nonprofit job for new graduates.
My article on Managing Volunteers at the Vivanista blog
My article about “The Power of Free” on the Sharpskirts blog
My article on how to overcome workaholism over on the Fundraising Ideas blog!
Wayne Elsey, CEO of Soles4Souls praised me on his blog
Pamela Grow called me one of the top blogs that she reads
My articles have been featured on TechSoup’s NetSquared blog numerous times
Blog Carnivals and Resource lists
Listed in Giving Thanks Blog Carnival by Pamela Grow November 30, 2011
Beth Kanter’s Wiki linked my article on 3 tips for digital detox
I had a Brazen Careerist Featured Freelance Post How to Freelance your Fundraising Career.
I was listed in the Leadership Development Carnival by Dan McCarthy
Also in the HR Bartender’s Leadership Development Carnival
I was also listed by Jason Dick in “A Small Change’s” Nonprofit Blog Carnival
I was listed in FundFusion’s 2010 resource list
Compliments
I think you’re the most amazingest wildest woman fundraiser out there. I’ve told so many people about how smart and wonderful you are, including some fancy-pants manhattan consultant who offered a free event audit. Thanks so much for everything. -Molly Ola Pinney, Founder/ CEO, Global Autism Project
“That was a great session! I didn’t realize I could learn so much in an hour and a half 
I am the first person in our organization of 20 years with the title fund developer–a lot of folks are counting on me. All of the resources you shared will be invaluable!” -Linda Parson, Birthing Project USA
“Excellent presentation on sponsorships, helpful, informative, and motivating! -John Panarese, Executive Director, Animal Rescue League of Fall River, MA”
