Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And if you think about this pie chart, what I really want to call out is that bequests, which are about 9%, are gifts made by individuals. So the role of the board, every nonprofit has a board of directors, which as we know provides strategy, oversight, and participation.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

But the governor became a friend and then I took my skills to the nonprofit sector, and I’ve been executive director, development director, board member, you name it. I think our days and our brains can sometimes feel like this calculation. . So one of the charts is individual giving by category.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

So I just want to, you know, prepare you if you’re about to have an oh my God moment, is your board should not be making strategic decisions except around hiring and firing the executive director. I get too many calls from executive directors in tears. . But three months is a little too long for that human brain to imagine.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2021

Here’s a simple little chart where all you do is you just look at the next 10 years and you project what your revenue is going to be, all things being equal, based on how you’re fundraising and how your sales, etc., It lights up the pleasure centers of their brains, it gives them what is called a warm-glow feeling.

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Bloomerang

OCTOBER 2, 2021

My executive director asks, maybe my board asks, you know, “Are we getting an ROI at budget time? Adult brains don’t learn new things that easily. People love to see like the run charts or, you know, the circle getting filled in. Those meetings will stick around on their calendar. Is it worth it?”

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

And I’m not talking about specific donor, I’m talking about in terms of your work calendar. ” So we have in our brains, the amygdala, the fear center, where you have flight, fright, and freeze as the emotional reactions to things that’s scare you. Are you interacting with donors daily, weekly, monthly, never?

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