Blog Profile / Patrick Sallee
| URL : | http://patricksallee.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | NGOs & Nonprofits / Fundraising | |
| Posts on Regator: | 11 | |
| Posts / Week: | 0.1 | |
| Archived Since: | May 26, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Republicans give away money too…..
It is already clear this year will be very intense with the Presidential election looming in November. How does the scrutiny, political pressure and emotion on both sides of the aisle impact our jobs as fundraisers? As Michael Jordan once said, “Republicans buy shoes too.” This can sometimes put us as representatives for an organization, [...]
Its not about you!!
I was having lunch with a colleague recently and we were talking about nonprofit management and transparency. Some of this stemmed from the number of very public nonprofit scandals over the last couple of years, ex: KCUMB in Kansas City and NPR more recently. Its not just the high profile scandals where people lose sight [...]
Must read books for nonprofit pros in 2011
Similar to what my wife would say about my movie choices, I don’t always hit a homerun with the books I read. I’m a pretty avid reader and usually lean towards books that have something I can relate to current work environment and challenges, both at the office and with organizations I’m involved as a [...]
When do you change your perspective?
I have now been in my new role as the Director of Development for the Kansas City chapter of the American Red Cross for about a month and a half. Early on, the conversation around budget review has not been pretty. We are facing a significant shortfall from what we have raised to our year [...]
Carrot Culture
Carrot Culture This is a great video discussing company culture and saying “thank you” to coworkers, but it also provides a great representation of how we should think of our donor communication process. We have to continually show them we love them.
New beginnings
It has been a while since I’ve written here and figure its about time for an update. First off, the last six months have been pretty wild for me. In May, my wife and I were blessed with 2 beautiful baby girls. Needless to say it has been a big adjustment for the entire family. [...]
I have not raised a dime
Yesterday, I ran across a blog about fundraising that was new to me. The bio said this person had “personally raised over $100 million in their career”. I stopped reading. This is an issue I have talked with several people about lately, and figure its time I actually write it down. “I” don’t raise any [...]
Are you expecting me to be impressed?
Monday, I posted a job opening for a Development and Events Specialist. Fancy title really to say we are looking for an events person. In the big picture though, we are looking for someone who wants to do nonprofit fundraising as a career, and sees events at the Red Cross as a great career starting [...]
Social media increases fundraising by 40%………yea, kind of
A few weeks ago a Blackbaud released a report saying ”social media increases fundraising by 40%”. This seemed to get a lot of attention on twitter and facebook, with people talking about how great the results were. I don’t buy it. First, I’ll say Blackbaud has a vested interest in this success. That is probably a different post [...]
The Greg Mortenson story is important….and you should care.
On Sunday, 60 Minutes ran a segment on Greg Mortenson, author of the bestseller Three Cups of Tea and founder of the Central Asia Institute (CAI). 60 Minutes approached the story from several angles, one of which is the validity or truth to stories told throughout the book. To some that is a big deal, but for me, decisions [...]
Three Cups of Deceit and more thoughts on Mortenson
After writing my previous post on Greg Mortenson, I decided I should read Jon Krakauer’s book, Three Cups of Deceit, describing all of the trouble with CAI and Mortenson. Its a very quick read and does a lot to explain what parts in Three Cups of Tea are inaccurate as well as what mismanagement he is [...]