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Executive Coaching, Leadership Training, and Personal Development

How to Come up with a Winning Pitch

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Regardless of whether you’re looking for a new job, you’re an entrepreneur seeking investors, you’re regularly employed at an organization, you’re self-employed, or you’re a fundraiser for charities, knowing how to be captivating is fundamental to achieving your goals.  How captivating and persuasive are you?

The WITA method will give you the clarity and focus you need for a captivating, winning pitch that will help you reach your dreams. Take a pen and paper and answer each of the questions below. Your answers will form the structure of your “pitch”.

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5 Ways to Grow As a Manager

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At Fundraising Leadership we are passionate about supporting nonprofit managers and leaders in their growth. We are equally passionate about continuing to grow ourselves. In fact, the Fundraising Leadership team came together as a result of our love of learning. We all connected as a result of completing a 10-month leadership program offered by the Co-Active Training Institute.  [Read more…]

A Survival Kit for the New Nonprofit Leader

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You are an extraordinary producer. Efficient, effective, and on top of your game.

Now, all of a sudden you accept a promotion within your organization to lead a team. Or, you were recruited away to lead a team in another organization.

Either way, the game has changed. Not only do you need to continue to produce results from your frontline work,  you are also responsible for getting results from and through your team. [Read more…]

Improve Your Pay While Maintaining Balance

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Many coaching clients I work with are at the point in their careers where they are deciding on what’s next. Often there is both desire and hesitation about moving up the ladder.

Advancing in your career has many positives. There is the opportunity to make a greater impact; to motivate and inspire others; to undertake more challenging and fulfilling work; and to achieve greater financial security with a bigger paycheck. [Read more…]

Finding the Right Nonprofit Job

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I coach many fundraising professionals who are considering the next step in their career and what they really want is a job that is right for them.  A job that is fulfilling, that aligns with their purpose, that challenges them, and brings out the best in them.

The journey to the right job starts with understanding your unique values, the intangibles that represent your unique essence. Your values are the compass that points you to the place where you can be true to yourself. [Read more…]