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Three Design Qualities that Get Results By Catalina Chavez
It’s time to focus on what matters in design! Prettier design isn’t always better. Design is more than just making your next direct response fundraising piece (digital or print) look good. It’s about making it something that’s designed to get results! Good design evokes emotion and action. It allows your donors to know exactly what…
Read MoreLeader as the Coach By Rich Stearns
Will you follow the Leader and coach like Jesus did! The success of any organization will depend in large part on whether the leader has chosen the right people. A leader knows how to get the right people into for the right jobs, just like a coach forming a team. Once the right people…
Read MoreThe Movement of God in Leadership By Andrea Leigh Capuyan
A Reflection and Movement of God in Leadership A practice of regular reflection is essential for a good, healthy movement of leadership. Reflection can be an invitation to allow God to uncover our hidden demands. It is my intentional focus on the movement of God in my life. My practice of reflection helps me know…
Read MoreBreaking Down Persistence By Alec Hill
The Power of Persistence We can learn much from those who harnessed the power of persistence. I am reminded of an unlikely hero named Ed Drake. In 1859, Ed was an unemployed 38-year-old drifter. But he had a big idea. He wondered whether it would be possible to drill for oil with the same technology…
Read MoreThe Nonprofit Staffing Crisis By Molly Dickerson McKinley
The Staffing Crisis That’s Hitting Nonprofits A new report on America’s multi-billion-dollar nonprofit fundraising industry suggests it is on the brink of a staffing crisis that could affect millions of people. America’s 1.5 million-plus charitable organizations face a “severe shortage of qualified fundraisers” that could seriously restrict their efforts to raise critically needed funds —…
Read MoreAttention All Attorneys and Accountants By Gary G. Hoag
Attorneys and Accountants – Here’s A Word for You This post is for all controllers and bookkeepers, legal advisors and auditors, CFOs and counselors, treasurers and secretaries who serve with churches and ministries in paid and non-paid roles. Your technical work matters! It shapes the future of the churches and ministries you serve and contributes…
Read MoreOutcomes Conference Podcast with Joni Eareckson Tada
Watch The Outcomes Conference Podcast with Joni Eareckson Tada This month, Christian Leadership Alliance presents the video version of the August Outcomes Conference Podcast with Joni Eareckson Tada. These monthly podcasts are designed to bring to you the excellent leadership insights that are offered at the annual Outcomes Conference. Every podcast reflects the heart of…
Read MoreDeath and Fruitfulness By Dr. Bob Snyder
The Prerequisite for Fruitfulness God’s desire for me is abundant fruitfulness. He even gave me the prescription for this, Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. (John 12:24 NIV) Do you mean…
Read MoreFuture Value and the Nonprofit Leader By Mark L. Vincent
Have you considered the future value you bring as a nonprofit leader? If you are a nonprofit leader who intends the organization to continue beyond your steward leadership, you must solve for future value. And yet, the idea of future value seems somehow tinged for many nonprofit leaders. Some seem to feel that a focus…
Read MoreA Duty to Ask and A Duty to Give By Ron Haas
Is your greatest sense of duty to ask or to give? John D. Rockefeller, Jr. realized that the duty to ask and the duty to give were both important functions. He once remarked, “Never think you need to apologize for asking someone to give to a worthy object, any more than as though you were…
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