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Keynotes, board retreats, and conference breakouts for nonprofit staff, boards, and sector associations. Signed copies available for attendees.

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One Amazing Organization, Now Gone

A first-person account of a nonprofit closure from the CEO's chair, and the four preventable decisions that made the ending inevitable.

You Want to Raise HOW MUCH?

Where fundraising goals really come from, why they're usually budget gaps in disguise, and what it costs an organization when nobody does the arithmetic.

Your Board Isn't Fundraising. Here's Why.

The board member who won't fundraise, the rogue chair, the ghost. What to do about each, and how to write expectations people will actually meet.

No, You Should Not Host Another Gala

A $100,000 gala might net $65,000 if everything goes perfectly. From someone who has run the events, not someone who dislikes them.

The Personal Cost of This Work

On burnout, grief, and staying in a sector that asks a great deal of the people who carry it.

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