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For Fundraising Excellence, Rely on Expertise, Not Opinions

July 5, 2021

The wonderful Simone Joyaux was at work on this post when she suddenly passed. We hope you enjoy and benefit from her wisdom and inimitable wit! Opinion and expertise are two very different things. It’s not always easy to see…

How Professional Help Can End Board-Member Burn-Out … and Keep Your Organization Alive and Well

August 24, 2020

Simone Joyaux

Boards and Fundraising

Jeff Brooks is facing a problem — one that’s outside his area of expertise. He doesn’t know what to do, so he turned to the amazing Simone Joyaux for help. We thought you’d enjoy listening in on their conversation…. Jeff:…

VIDEO: What Your Board Should Do During the COVID-19 Crisis

March 30, 2020

Jeff Brooks

Boards and Fundraising, Coronavirus

Simone Joyaux knows nonprofit boards. She travels the world to meet with boards and help them be their best. And now, with a crisis raging that threatens the mission — even the existence — of some nonprofit organizations, boards need…

My Name is Simone Joyaux. And I win. But Not Quite.

March 6, 2018

Simone Joyaux

Fundraising

My name is Simone Joyaux. I’m a white, heterosexual, well-educated, affluent woman. I win – except for my gender. It’s a disadvantage to be a woman in every country in the world and in every state in the US of…

Help! My Board Won’t Listen To Me!

May 30, 2017

Simone Joyaux

Boards and Fundraising

I promised we would work harder to help you with the challenges you have with your board – many fundraisers who did Jeff’s survey last month identified this as their single biggest challenge. Today we have invited our guru of…

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Your Seven-Point Guide to Ensuring Respect for Fundraising

February 21, 2017

Sean Triner

Boards and Fundraising

These days I work with boards, CEOs, CFOs (and North American equivalents like VPs) as much as I do with fundraisers. These people rarely have a fundraising background. The success of the organisation tends to depend on whether these non-fundraiser leaders,…

Equality vs Equity

September 27, 2016

Sean Triner

Major and Mid Value Donors

In my most recent guest blog, Simone Joyaux talks about a major donor valuing the fighting for equity. I realised on reading this, in the context it was set, that some people may not know the difference between ‘Equity’ and…

Do You Know the Right Way to Ask for Big Gifts From Major Donors?

September 27, 2016

Sean Triner

Major and Mid Value Donors

I am on my way home after meeting lots of fundraisers in USA, Europe, and Africa. I have learned lots and hopefully helped a bit too. I caught up with Simone Joyaux, who is brilliant. Sometimes she is angry, especially…

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For Fundraising Excellence, Rely on Expertise, Not Opinions

How Professional Help Can End Board-Member Burn-Out … and Keep Your Organization Alive and Well

VIDEO: What Your Board Should Do During the COVID-19 Crisis

My Name is Simone Joyaux. And I win. But Not Quite.

Help! My Board Won’t Listen To Me!

Your Seven-Point Guide to Ensuring Respect for Fundraising

Equality vs Equity

Do You Know the Right Way to Ask for Big Gifts From Major Donors?

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