Greetings! Today, I want to welcome back Amy Eisenstein. Amy has posted here at Step by Step Fundraising once before. If you haven’t had a chance to read that article, I highly recommend clicking here to do so. Today, Amy has returned with another very insightful and helpful post about identifying new donors for your […]
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Author Archives | Sandra Sims
Sandra Sims has written 738 posts on Step By Step Fundraising.
Sandra Sims is the founder of Step by Step Fundraising, an online article and book publisher, which was recently acquired by FastTrack Fundraising. In addition to nonprofit management and fundraising, she has expertise in search engine optimization, social media marketing and content syndication. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Texas and a Certificate in Non Profit Management from Midwestern State University.
Website: Sandra's Twitter stream
Big News! Your Faithful Blogger Has Invented a New Non-profit Word! Huzzah!
Posted on 02 February 2011
I’ve done it! I’ve invented a word! After years with a college English degree, I’ve finally conjured up the creative juices to give birth to vocabulary! And, believe it or not, my new word pertains to the non-profit world! So, I should get extra points for creativity AND staying within my blog topic! At least […]
What Should a Volunteer Policy Look Like in 2011? Part II
Posted on 02 February 2011
In the first part of this series on volunteer policies, I started speculating on some of the causes why it’s so hard to get people to volunteer these days. I used my own kids’ swim team as an example of this sad phenomenon. I ended part one by asking the following question: Could we be […]
What Should a Volunteer Policy Look Like in 2011? Part I
Posted on 01 February 2011
I’ve read that the best blogs are those that are honest and reflect the real experiences of the blogger. So, in that spirit, I’m going to share some events that I have experienced in my own life during the last few weeks, related, of course, to the non-profit world. My three children belong to a […]
Resource Round-Up January 2011
Posted on 31 January 2011
At the end of each month, in addition to links to the articles I have written on the other FastTrack Fundraising blogs, I will also provide a few links to interesting articles I’ve read during the month on the general topic of fundraising. Here are just five outstanding posts that I think you will enjoy! […]
Wanna Sound Really Smart? Read these articles!
Posted on 28 January 2011
At the end of each month, I will be posting a complete list of article links to blog posts that I have written that month on the three different sites I manage for FastTrack Fundraising: Step by Step Fundraising, Top School Fundraisers, and of course, FundraisingIdeas.org. Checking out these links is a great way to […]
10 Ways a Team-Building Retreat Can Benefit Your Non-profit Staff- Part II
Posted on 26 January 2011
In the last installment of this series, I wrote about the first couple of ways that a team-building retreat can benefit your non-profit staff. Specifically, I gave these two reasons: Most people are not good communicators to begin with, so they need lots of instruction and practice A team-building retreat is a shared experience outside […]
