If you want to be a successful nonprofit leader and fundraiser, you must overcome your fear of asking for a donation and help others overcome their fear. Here are some ways to do that.

If your goal is effective time management and higher productivity, here are some questions to start your day and to avoid thinking pitfalls that may slow you down.

The past three years have shown us that the unexpected and tragic can happen anytime.

It’s been a season of learning for me.

Learning that I truly can’t control everything, that I can’t always choose my circumstances, that the difficult and the tragic happen amid great beauty, love, joy, and generosity.

Before we get too far into 2023, I thought it would be a useful exercise to take a look at what were the most-visited blog posts on SparkNonprofit last year. The results were interesting and humbling. And in one case, a bit surprising.

Coaching conversations can be incredibly powerful. As a leader, you’ll create better employee performance through coaching than through trying to correct failures and disappointments.

What one single tool is the most effective at helping you reach your goals? Your mindset. Your thinking! Download a free reflection worksheet to help you with this.

Wishing you a peaceful holiday season.

Savoring can help us counteract our tendency to focus more attention on negative things in our lives than on positive things.