With over 10 years in professional fundraising Joe Garecht has worked with large & small organisations in the design and implementation of profitable fundraising plans. In a recent article he outlined his 5 ‘laws’ of fundraising: Law 1: Prospect – Cultivate – Ask – Steward Joe says the continuity of the cycle is important and […]
As an NFP, are you using these basic online strategies to engage your community?
The was a recent article posted by Mila Araujo which provided some wonderful tips on the most effective ways for not-for-profits to engage their online communities. The aspects promoted by Mila were as follows: 1. Set up a home base: your blog The dominant provider in this area is WordPress – by far. Many organisations […]
Leadership Insights Series: A Conversation with Paul Mastronardi
The following captures the thoughts of Paul Mastronardi, Executive Director of Dunlea Centre (Australia’s Original Boys’ Town) on a range of career and professional development topics, as recorded during a question and answer session with Trak Search. It is targeted for leaders and aspiring leaders with the information best used in conjunction with discussions with […]
How to survive with a difficult boss
Most of us have experienced working with a difficult manager and it truly can seem impossible to find a positive in such adverse circumstances. But rest assured there are effective and worthwhile ways to deal with having a difficult boss. While the following advice won’t solve all of your problems or change your manager, let’s […]
Meetings, meetings, meetings …….can we do better?
Steve Tobak is a management consultant who estimates he averaged 4 meetings per day throughout his 30 year career – some 30,000 meetings! Obviously he’s seen the good, bad and the ugly of meetings and advances the formula of ‘no leader + no documentation + no followup = complete waste of time’. Click this link […]