by Eddie Thompson | Jun 27, 2018 | Development Management
Last month I wrote about the cost of turnover in organizational leadership, particularly at the senior executive level. The stories of nonprofit boards making poor decisions in the choice of the next CEO can be quite discouraging. In such cases, organizations often...
by Eddie Thompson | May 7, 2018 | Development Management
“You have chosen…poorly,” said the knight guarding the Holy Grail. The famous line from the movie “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark,” was spoken as an intruder tried to select the of cup of Christ from over a dozen options....
by Eddie Thompson | Apr 3, 2018 | Donor Communications
A negative feedback loop is commonly referred to as a “vicious cycle.” One bad thing leads to another, which leads to another. The downward cycle is particularly vicious because things trend downward with increasing frequency and increasing intensity. Most have had...
by Eddie Thompson | Feb 20, 2018 | Donor Communications
As I’ve said before, what you measure and monitor tends to improve. The inverse is equally true; what you ignore or neglect tends to deteriorate. Nonprofit leaders are very good at tracking past performance—each donor’s giving history and each fundraiser’s...
by Eddie Thompson | Jan 2, 2018 | Donor Communications
An associate of mine showed me a list of 100 slogans or taglines used by financial institutions along side their official name. Apparently, a great many companies are attempting to brand themselves as having a deeply embedded culture of listening. “The Listening Bank”...
