Jennifer E Goldman, Nonprofit Consultant

And start funding planning for your programs, your overhead, your growth. When I was the Executive Director of a small nonprofit, I can remember feeling like I spent all of my time either fundraising through special events or running the special events. We needed the event to add money to our bank account to keep us afloat until the next special event. Essentially, each event was paying for the overhead and event expenses. It was a vicious (and exhausting) cycle. I’ve been working on two basic things with my clients recently: Proving your value by showing the impact your organization has on its community Raising the funds you need to sustain and grow your nonprofit in a way that allows you to focus on your mission and your programs. By fundraising through events, nonprofits are rarely introducing people to their organization, their mission, their impact and importance. It’s the equivalent of a retail shop having a sale or hosting a pop-up. You may get a bunch of people excite...

  I’ve threatened to toss my smartphone out the window. More than once. Of course, I’ve never done it, because I seriously doubt I could live without it. Which makes me worry. How have I become so dependent on this “thing”? I didn’t grow up with smartphones. I can still recall rolling up to my college campus with a bag phone plugged into my car’s cigarette lighter. (Wow, I just realized how old that makes me sound!) But truly, I can still remember what life was like B.S. (Before Smartphones). And while I enjoy a lot of what they bring to table – like the fact that I can now drive myself anywhere in the world without getting lost…AND my phone marks my car with a pin so I can wander away and still find it again! – I also realize how anxious I am when it’s by my side. And it’s always by my side. Why? Because I’m even more anxious when it’s not. Which is why I decided that perhaps it would be better for me to curb my separation anxiety than to remain hyper-alert to the half-million tim...