Leadership can make or break a fundraising program. So, how can fundraisers best understand and work with leadership?
Nigel Harris shares what he has learned from over 40 years of fundraising and leadership in the Australian nonprofit sector
Charities tend to guard their fundraising patch, but should they be working together instead? Nigel Harris takes a closer look at this feeling...
After nearly 25 years, my time at Mater has drawn to a close. I have had the privilege of leading Mater’s work in...
As the 2012 Arthur Venn Fundraiser of the Year, Nigel Harris shares his thoughts on a profession on the move. Interview with Greg...
In 2013 the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Non Profit Studies (ACPNS) at QUT released research examining leadership and fundraising in Australia. While...
Most fundraisers only know enough to get things done in their day jobs. Which is alright up to a point. But, argues Nigel...
I've been asked by my colleagues at CFRE to answer one important question. Why hire a CFRE?
If you're about to tune out because you don't work in the healthcare sector Fiona Atkinson says there are fundraising lessons here for...
With servant leadership, a leader's primary role is to serve employees. Everyone from Lao-Tzu to Max De Pree thinks this a wonderful model....
Focussing on the way Not for Profit’s communicate their impact is how they can start to dodge the trappings of arrogance and achieve...
The Not for Profit sector is facing an efficiency dilemma and hundreds of charities should merge or disappear altogether because too many of...
Krystian Seibert rediscovers the value of nuance and considers how there can be a lot of generalisations when it comes to thinking about...
Fundraising is the responsibility of every board member, experts say...
Not only is the nonprofit sector doing a lousy job holding on to donors, we’re apparently equally awful when it comes to retaining...
So there it is, the three Rs of fundraising leadership – Relevance, Relationships and Respect – in that order. And then three more...
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