With over 14 years of nonprofit experience across child welfare, healthcare, and youth development, Niki Brown knows that the most powerful narratives in philanthropy are those rooted in authenticity. A CFRE with an MPA in Nonprofit Management and Leadership and BA in Communication and Culture...
How many years have you been involved in the nonprofit sector? In 2017, I’ll celebrate my 20th year in the profession. When did you join AFP? I joined in 1997. How did you get involved in the nonprofit sector and fundraising? My background is in marketing and sales. At the time, I was volunteering...
A new report from global CRM leader, Salesforce.org, finds that fundraisers spend, in any given week, the most time on major gifts, followed up by different kinds of grant writing, events and membership work. The 2019 Nonprofit Fundraising Productivity and Effectiveness Report, conducted by Povaddo...
This scenario plays out frequently at many nonprofit organizations: A top-performing fundraising professional gets promoted to lead a team but has never been trained to lead or manage. The result is often a disaster. Fundraising results suffer, other front-liners head for the door and the new...
Five questions with Kishshana Palmer about managing your career, team and life balance, which is the subject of her July 24, 2017 webinar, Rock It! How to Be a Great Fundraiser and a Great Manager at the Same Time.
In this Q&A, AFP chats with emerging leader Kayla Esan, development and donor relations manager at North Carolina State University and member of the AFP Triangle Chapter, about her start in fundraising, the importance of mentorship and how her local AFP chapter has contributed to her success. 1. How...
Last fall, leadership from each of the AFP chapters in Wisconsin began meeting together to better achieve their individual goals by combining their collective knowledge and experiences. In November, the chapters met for the first time by Zoom to establish their commitment to each other, identify...
As many know, I’m partial to bad jokes—it’s almost a “super” power. I would sprinkle them throughout various zoom staff meetings when we were all working from home… but I now realize that they were not remotely funny… (see what I did there?). Moving on, what I don’t joke about is how fast time flies...
Here you will find information and resources of interest to African-American fundraisers and those who work with organizations with an African-American audience.