Mel and Pearl Shaw

To Grow Your Non-Profit, Build Strong Board of Directors

[FUNdraising Good Times] Evaluate your nonprofit from a funder’s perspective. Donors and funders don’t necessarily tell you why they won’t fund your nonprofit. Many ...

Corporate partnerships: what does your nonprofit bring to the table?

[FUNdraising Good Times] Does your nonprofit’s special event help sponsors and underwriters meet their business objectives? Do the benefits you offer align with the ...

Transformational Gifts: Start By Asking “Why”?

[Business: FUNdraising] Part three of three part series on transformational giving Do major gifts to nonprofits fall from the sky, or are they more ...

Philanthropy: No vision, no gifts

[FUNdraising Good Times] Philanthropy makes front page news with the announcement of large, transformational gifts. Think Bill Gates. Oprah Winfrey. Warren Buffet. With the ...

The Benefits Of ‘Creative Disruption’

Pearl and Mel Shaw [FUNdraising Good Times]   “Trusting relationships and reflection/rejuvenation are required for building strong networks and collaborations.” That’s the word from ...

ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR DISASTERS

Pearl and Mel Shaw [FUNdraising Good Times] A bombing and city-wide lockdown in Boston, a chemical explosion in West, Texas; threats of flooding along ...

Lean In And Leadership In Nonprofit Career

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 Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook has a new book out. “Lean In” has generated a lot of media ...