Monthly Archives: March 2011

Gather Donors/Volunteers Together not to Appreciate them but to Discuss and Debate the Cause

James Howell at Call & Response provides a perfect postscript to our recently completed series on coaching your champions corporately. His topic is clergy gatherings rather than donor/volunteer events, but the principle is the same: gather your constituents together to … Continue reading

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People Don’t Want to Rate Charities. They Want to Become Charity.

The enthusiasm for charity rating sites is untiring…among charity professionals. Among the general public? Meh. Not so much. The main problem with charity rating sites is that they presume a particular relationship between donors and charities that is passing away, … Continue reading

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How to Coach Your Champions Corporately, Step VI: Set Your Champions Loose!

Graduation time! If you’ve made it all the way through this month-long mini-series on coaching your champions corporately, don your mortarboard: It’s time to walk across the stage and recieve your diploma. In fact, that’s really the final step: After … Continue reading

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