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Donor-Centered Leadership

 Managing Staff Who Are Working from Home
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By Penelope Burk
In Donor-Centered Leadership, Management, Management and Leadership, Professional Fundraisers, Staff Turnover in Fundraising
Posted April 7, 2020

Managing Staff Who Are Working from Home

When asked, “Where do you get important work done?”, the majority of workers, including fundraisers, say they get it done at home. “Anywhere but in the office” is their common retort. The office [...]

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 Inspiring Innovation
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By Penelope Burk
In Donor-Centered Leadership, Management, Management and Leadership
Posted October 19, 2018

Inspiring Innovation

2017 was a record-breaking year for giving. Still, 36% of individual donors admitted they could have given more – in some cases, much more. This includes an eye-opening 53% of donors under the [...]

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By Penelope Burk
In Donor-Centered Leadership
Posted April 19, 2017

The Boss or Colleague from Hell

Recently the Workers Compensation Board in Prince Edward Island, Canada, made a landmark ruling. They awarded benefits to a widow after her husband’s death was deemed connected to workplace [...]

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By Penelope Burk
In Donor-Centered Leadership, Professional Fundraisers
Posted December 11, 2014

Because of You

…how fundraisers impact everyone’s lives

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By Penelope Burk
In Donor-Centered Leadership, Management and Leadership
Posted March 21, 2014

Too Busy Leading to Learn How to Lead

…why external training, not just on-the-job experience, is essential for anyone aspiring to management or leadership

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By Penelope Burk
In Donor-Centered Leadership, Management and Leadership, Professional Fundraisers, Staff Turnover in Fundraising
Posted November 22, 2011

No, Thanks; You’re Overqualified

…the value-added advantages of hiring over-qualified staff

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By Penelope Burk
In Board Members / Leadership Volunteers and Fundraising, Donor-Centered Leadership
Posted April 1, 2009

A Fundraising Catch-22

…how leadership volunteers’ unique influence with donors is undermined by their own lack of confidence in fundraising

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Donor-Centered Leadership tackles one of our most frustrating and costly problems – the high turnover rate of staff and the financial toll it takes on not-for-profits.
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