Start with the Why is our number one For Impact Guiding Principle. I came across a brilliant thinker, Simon Sinek,...
STOP ASKING FOR MONEY. Money is merely ‘worthless wampum’! No one likes asking their friends, much less strangers, for money....
STOP FUNDRAISING. STOP talking, thinking, acting as a fundraiser, focused on fundraising. And don’t even go there with its cutesy...
The are three key components to a great presentation: Engagement, Discovery and Authenticity. 1. ENGAGEMENT The ‘green’ ENGAGEMENT word is...
Getting a visit is both an ATTITUDE and a SKILL. There’s a ‘SYSTEM’ to it. Getting a visit is all...
STOP CULTIVATING. This is one of my favorite ‘soap box’ platforms. As a gardener and faux-farmer, I know ‘cultivation’ is...
STOP FEASIBILITY STUDIES. Having watched hundreds (maybe even thousands) of nonprofits do feasibility studies, I still don’t get it! Internal...
STOP SPECIAL EVENTS. ALERT: SPECIAL EVENTS ARE NOT ‘SPECIAL!’ And, they’re not ‘EVENTS!’ They rarely generate income anywhere close to...
In our world, (just so there is no confusion): ENGAGE means VISIT. SHOULDER TO SHOULDER. OUT OF YOUR OFFICE. With...
Want to change your funding/sales RESULTS? Spend more time. With better prospects. Full attribution to Brian Tracy, one the world’s...
Every single Board that we have worked with, without exception, has a very fuzzy and ill-defined ROLE for their Board...
Today is our Founder, C.S.O. (Chief Spirit Officer), and resident Old Guy’s birthday! For 40 years (or more) Tom has...