Packaging Your Budget For Your Donor, Series: #2 – How To Do It

In the last post I wrote about the principles of The Program Support Portfolio (PSP) system – a way to package your budget for easy and effective presentation to your donors.  If you have not read that post, take a look here before reading this post so you can...

Packaging Your Budget For Donors, Series: #1 – The Principles

In 2004 the Sony Corp came out with a revolutionary product.  It was the LIBRIe, the first e-book reader with electronic ink display.  It was impressive back then and technology experts saw it as a leader in what would most assuredly become the first of many new...

Integrating Planned Giving With Major Gifts

Much like the topic of major and mid-level gifts I wrote about a few days ago, there is an uncomfortable chasm between planned giving and major gifts in most non-profits today. Often the gap between the two is caused by a management system that doesn’t integrate the...

Why Accountability is Essential

Lately I’ve been involved in a number of situations in which people are struggling with accountability in their life and work.  Here are good people who say they want someone to hold them accountable to either their work or an action they need to take to better...