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…
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Battling Burnout as a Grants Professional
Who remembers When a Stranger Calls, the horror film from 1979? Maybe the 2006 remake? It features a teenage girl babysitting for a family. She continually gets these creepy phone calls from someone asking, “Have…
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…
Relationships: They Make the Grant World Go Round
I am a proud army brat. My dad served our country for 24 years, and wherever the military sent him, my family followed right alongside him. Uprooting our entire lives, leaving behind homes, friends, and…
Grant Professionals, Fundraisers, and Marketers: We are All Storytellers
When it comes down to it, our job as fundraisers, marketers, and grant professionals is to share the stories of our organization, the people we assist, and the communities we serve. Donors and funders read…
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…
A Lesson for Nonprofits
A Lesson for Nonprofits: The Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos If you have listened to enough episodes of the Fundraising HayDay podcast, you’ll know my cohost Kimberly and I are fascinated…
How to Support Our Nonprofits AND Ourselves as Grant Professionals
There is no doubt that these are unprecedented times for all of us as individuals and as grant professionals. I have lost track of how many emails I have received that are talking about how…