Tomorrow, Saturday, February 23, more than 60 cities will host the 2008 Spirit of Women National Day of Dance for Health to inspire women and their families toward better overall health. Lasting four to six hours, events will include dancing, prominent physician speakers, screenings, tips on healthy cooking and stress reduction, and other activities to […]

This week I’ve come across several great blog posts and articles related to volunteering. Whether you work for a non profit and manage volunteers or are a volunteer yourself, these insights could be quite thought provoking. Oh Where, Oh Where Have The Volunteers Gone? from Roger Carr of the Everyday Giving Blog. He highlights a […]

In the past couple of weeks I’ve discussed grants with several non profit leaders.  One person said that their most challenging issue was simply finding appropriate grants to apply for.  There are several databases available that will let you search by a variety of criteria such as subject or location.  These databases then produce a […]

TechSoup recently highlighted a Study of Nonprofits and Outdated Technology that showed that many non profits do not keep computer systems up to date. This discrepancy can be caused by funding issues or lack of technical support. Often for small non profits, it’s the computer support that’s an issue since they don’t have a full […]

Earlier this month I began serving as Board President for a local organization, Christian Women’s Job Corps. This is my second year on the board and before that I supported its fundraising efforts. Even though I’m surrounded by information about non profits and fundraising even I started looking for some advice. Here are some great […]

Today I’m starting a new weekly feature I’m calling “Resource Roundup.” I get a lot of great newsletters each week on a variety of topics, subscribe to blogs and often find some great web resources. I often think that they would be great to post here on Step by Step Fundraising. The Resource Roundup will […]

Have you ever had something taken away from you only to realize how much you appreciated it after it was gone? I often ask this question when I start one of my talks or seminars on appreciation. As I pause and wait for people to respond, many hands go up. Most of us have taken […]