Are you sitting down? What I have to say in this post may be profoundly shocking for many of you. I really love going to the dentist. It’s true. I’ve been going to…
Posts Published byKimberly Hays de Muga, GPC
Improve Your Productivity with the Enneagram
Personality typing and standardized testing leaves me cold. Humans are incredibly complex, messy, and often wonderful beings. That very complexity makes me resist the idea that neat little labels can define us—more likely, they will…
Not Just By The Numbers—Successful Grant Writing Through Authentic Storytelling
Storytelling is more than just a great way to connect donors and funders to your nonprofit’s mission; it’s something deeply human to share through story. Storytelling is a great way to help people understand what…
Breaking the Stress Cycle: Burnout Relief for Grant Writers and Fundraisers
We’re all just walking each other home— Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmi) For most nonprofit and local government workers, there’s a “normal” stress level. Raising funds against growing needs, and often decreasing sources…
Ethical Grant Seeking: Beyond Following the Rules
Some people are drawn to true crime shows and podcasts. Others find solace in Animal Crossing or Candy Crush. Believe me, I am not judging. I self-medicate by watching reruns of the Great British Baking…
The Dark Side of Little White Lies: Funder Feedback
We’ve all done it. (And if you say you haven’t, you’re definitely telling a little white lie.) A friend, spouse or a colleague asks your opinion. And you fear that telling the actual truth will…
Alice Walker and Flannery O’Connor Showed Up: You Can Too!
Once every two months or so, I travel down a semi-rural highway flanked by pine trees and cow pastures–deep into South Georgia to visit some dear friends and get my introvert on. During the three-hour…
How the Great British Baking Show Can Make You a Grants Authority
Holiday baking reigns supreme this time of year. Cookies, cakes, pies—it’s hard to escape. I’m not a baker, but I do appreciate the baking artistry of others. And I do escape the hustle and bustle…
One Gift Does Not Fit All: Gift Policies and You
By the time you read this, you may be knee-deep in holiday shopping madness. And it may not be a Hallmark Movie movement for you or those you love. There’s a lot to consider, right? …
Do Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth: Grant Funding
I began what I now see was my first grant seeking for a capital campaign when I was in fifth grade. Instead of bricks and mortar I sought a four-hooved, whinnying kind of large scale…