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  • August 24, 2021

    UTSA to Offer Cybersecurity Help to Nonprofits

    UTSA to Offer Cybersecurity Help to Nonprofits

    You lock your doors when the office closes. You test your fire alarms regularly. You may even practice tornado drills. Yet most nonprofits leave the doors wide open to their internet, email and websites ready for hackers. Practicing these bad habits could crash your nonprofit’s ability to work and your reputation. No one wants that […]

  • May 4, 2021

    Who do you trust to tell you a nonprofit is legit?

    Who do you trust to tell you a nonprofit is legit?

    You just opened up another email fundraiser. Even though your friend may like the organization, how do you check it out? We all want to support organizations that are actually making a difference, but how you research their impact?

  • April 7, 2021

    Your Story is Worth Telling

    Your Story is Worth Telling

    Your story is amazing. Tell it! We shouldn’t be shy about describing why we do what we do. Get back into your bio and see how you can improve it.

  • November 12, 2020

    Life Aboard Ship

    Life Aboard Ship

    To all land lovers, who have always wanted to travel a­broad, I truthfully submit this story. In asmuch as I have not traveled around the- entire world, I will tell only my version of life aboard ship. From a small boy I had always liked to go boat riding and fishing in lakes and streams. […]

  • November 11, 2020

    Pops wrote these WWII poems and stories: Part 1

    Pops wrote these WWII poems and stories: Part 1

    Grady Edgar Daniels, my grandfather, wrote this and we found it in an old box with some of his Army things.

  • October 19, 2020

    What does a small nonprofit use for online auction platform?

    What does a small nonprofit use for online auction platform?

    I have received a lot of questions about online auction platforms for small nonprofits. If you do not have donor management software, need something easy and fast for your auction, I found these sites to have good options. I like different ones depending on what the nonprofit needs. Auctria.comIt as a very nice look and […]

  • October 1, 2020

    Notes for a Volunteer

    Notes for a Volunteer

    Many nonprofits lean heavily on their board and skills based volunteers to fill gaps in staff, for coaching and to increase professionalism. These are the volunteers that provide pro-bono work in their area of expertise. It is one of the most impactful ways that nonprofits can address their survival now that we are facing recovery from the pandemic.

  • August 10, 2020

    Dear board chairmen: Let me lead.

    Dear board chairmen: Let me lead.

    They mean well, but chairmen often think that nonprofit leaders need to know what they know about how to ‘do business.’ This mentality poisons nonprofit staff and makes success impossible.

  • August 8, 2020

    Online Events: Ideas for Magic Sauce

    Online Events: Ideas for Magic Sauce

    Everyone is forced online for fundraising and events for at least the rest of the year. So what are some ideas that will actually keep donors sitting in front of their computers long enough to send you $1,000? Erase your memory. To start with, you have to completely remove everything you have always done from […]

  • July 2, 2020

    Preparing for Recovery When it Comes

    Preparing for Recovery When it Comes

    Most of us are responding and evolving every day with this crisis. This is a note to myself to be ready when we hit the ground running again. While we are in the midst of dealing daily with our emergency list, we should spend time on a plan for recovery.

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