5 signs you don’t love your major donors

Steve Thomas | July 12, 2010

“Love” is a funny word to connect with major donors. And most nonprofits and executive directors will say they love [...]

strategy or tactics

Steve Thomas | May 11, 2010

I believe that we (that’s all of us) have gone gaga over “strategy” to our detriment. Now before you get [...]

what your donors want: authenticity

Steve Thomas | April 14, 2010

Forget fake. Get rid of the pontifications. Skip the corporate-speak. Ditch everything that isn’t real. If you aren’t thinking about [...]

leadership: another unbook group

Steve Thomas | April 9, 2010

A few weeks ago we leaped off a cliff and held our first ever book group via webinar. Seth Godin’s [...]

npo leadership: one key to success

Steve Thomas | March 29, 2010

Here are two seemingly unrelated facts that if you can manage to tie together, you’ll immediately improve the way your [...]

a different kind of book group

Hoots and Thomas | March 24, 2010

Maybe your life is like ours — filled to overflowing with life? Your “Books to Read” list is huge and [...]

npo leadership: hearts and money

Steve Thomas | March 23, 2010

I don’t know about you but I am constantly jotting myself notes and marking quotes to use later. I’m better [...]

npo leadership: working at the factory

Steve Thomas | March 9, 2010

Seth Godin, the great the thinker/author/provocateur wrote today about modern factory. He’s written a series of posts the last few [...]