How enterprising are social enterprises?

Social Enterprise UK’s State of Social Enterprise Report 2015 presents a pretty cheerful picture. According to the report, half of the UK’s social enterprises are making a profit (though this has dropped slightly since 2013 when it was 55 per cent) andRead more…

My Impact – Fundamentals of Modern Philanthropy

My Impact – Fundamentals of Modern Philanthropy was launched in London at Impact Investing – Doing Well by Doing Good. It aims to advise family offices, HNWIs, asset managers and owners, NGOs and intermediaries on a number of key issuesRead more…

Top 10 Major Donor Fundraising Trends for 2014-15

Fundraising is changing!  Everything is shifting these days. Major donors are still not quite sure they trust you. Donors are changing too. Post-recession donors really are different! Are you changing your own fundraising strategies to keep up with donors’ newestRead more…

4 Ways to Win Over Year-End Donors

Whether it is the spirit of the holidays or a personal squaring of accounts ahead of tax season that drives donations, nearly a quarter of household charitable giving happens between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, according to a study by Indiana University’sRead more…

small church, BIG IMPACT

Your church size has huge implications. Church leaders often define their career worth in terms of people in the pews.  It always seems to surface within the first two or three minutes of conversations among pastors.  How’s attendance been recently? Read more…

Rereading “Collective Impact”: Three Lessons

One of the many lessons I’ve learned since the first “Collective Impact” article by John Kania and Mark Kramer disrupted my life three years ago is that all collaborations go through cycles. And asLiz Weaver, vice president of the Tamarack Institute,Read more…

Church Brochure – Meet The Need

Find out how you can mobilize your members to do far more to serve both inside andoutside of your church.  Churches have always struggled to process, filter, and communicate (to its members) the vast array of needs of ministries, families,Read more…