The Fundraising Coach

JANUARY 17, 2025

Limited Staffing and Volunteer Burnout Nonprofits often operate with small teams and depend heavily on volunteers to bring their events to life. While volunteers are invaluable, relying too much on them can lead to burnout, reduced productivity, and even event-day mishaps. Group discounts can also inspire more people to attend.

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Center for Major Gifts

APRIL 7, 2025

Lets not confuse social media engagement with donor commitment. Staff burnout. If your fundraising plan looks more like a social calendar than a business strategy, youve got a problem. You cannotrepeat, cannot deposit likes. Try it at your bank and see what happens. Lots of smiles, noise, and sugar highs. Low profit.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Fundraising has a round-the-clock urgency, the feeling that you always need to be planning the next campaign, sending a report to a funder, or whipping up social media graphics. Taking a break from work gives your brain the chance to reset and recharge, and this is essential to avoiding burnout and staying productive all year long.

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Blackbaud

JANUARY 18, 2024

During my previous career, I was often on the edge of burnout doing my part to fulfill my organization’s vision of a world free of HIV and hepatitis. This responsibility requires us to recognize we can recover from and prevent burnout, but only when we intentionally approach well-being at all levels of our organization.

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Candid

MAY 31, 2023

Check out our specially curated reading list of 16 free nonprofit books perfect for any summertime occasion: If you’re short on time… Is your calendar booked solid with fun plans between Memorial Day and Labor Day? Get the skinny on the essentials of nonprofit leadership, boards, fundraising, and social media marketing.

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Blackbaud

AUGUST 14, 2024

Whether it is our collective post-pandemic hangover, partisan politics, or the impact of social media algorithms, it seems that many of us have an “us vs. them” mentality and are quick to feel threatened. In addition to your code of conduct, the handbook should include your mission statement, school calendar, policies, and procedures.

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CauseVox

JUNE 22, 2021

Learn how to convert social media fans and followers into donors and long-term supporters with Julia Campbell, Nonprofit Social Media Expert. If we are spending all this time on social media, what are WE getting out of it? Fight the burnout with Kelly McLaughlin, Fundraising + Strategic Planning Consultant.

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