by Eddie Thompson | Aug 26, 2019 | Development Management, Donor Communications
Over the last few months (March & April) I posted a couple of articles on Jim Collins’ follow-up supplement to his best-seller—the 35-page booklet entitled Good to Great and the Social Sectors. In those previous posts (GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE ON THE BUS and LEVEL...
by Eddie Thompson | Jul 29, 2019 | Development Management, Donor Communications
My previous post, “Weathering the Storms,” covered practice-management strategies to employ during good times that tend to harden nonprofits against three types of hard times: 1) economic recessions that universally impact all donors and their giving capacities; 2)...
by Eddie Thompson | Feb 22, 2019 | Development Management, Donor Communications
I sat in a room yesterday with a group of development officers from a large and well-known international organization. This fantastic team makes an enormous impact on the lives of families in need. Since the majority of the funds they raise comes from special events,...
by Cayce Powell | Jan 28, 2019 | Donor Communications
P. Cayce Powell joined Thompson & Associates in 1999 with an M.B.A. and J.D. from Texas Tech University. He now serves as President, working from the national headquarters in Nashville. I’ve met a lot of extraordinarily generous givers over the years, many of whom...
by Eddie Thompson | Dec 13, 2018 | Development Management, Donor Communications
As I visit and have conversations with nonprofit leadership teams, I’ve noticed an increasing trend in organizational practices. We’re making fundraising excessively complicated. It’s true that fundraising can be difficult. However, a good advancement system is not...
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...
