Lilya Wagner continues, in this column with Patrice Hieb, her series on handling fundraisers’ leadership nightmares.

This is the concluding installment on the recent column that advised fundraisers on dealing with executives who don’t really understand what it is that development professionals do. On this topic, I’ve asked colleagues to help …

Leadership Nightmares and How To Wake Up From Them
Is there anyone of us fundraising professionals who has not been asked at some time in our lives, “What do you really do?”
In my case, my previous …

Is everything spinning out of control in your world? The economy has wreaked havoc with your fundraising goal.  Major donors don’t return phone calls.  The board pressures you to find new donors, when you know …

John is chief development officer of a medical school foundation.  The CEO of the foundation and CFO have met and discussed the budget, and he expected to be consulted about the amount of money he …

This is the latest installment in Dr. Lilya Wagner’s series, Fundraising Nightmares.
Megan eagerly looked forward to her interview at the International Outreach to Africa organization, where she had applied for the Vice-President for Advancement position.  …

Patrick often conducted workshops or training sessions for various types of practitioners.  He did this as part of his affiliation with an educational institution and also as a consultant.  This was an …

Was the fundraising program in danger of being downsized? Was he not needed anymore? Normally an upbeat person, David couldn’t fight the dejection and depression that hit him, and hard. Clearly, he was being marginalized. Maybe it was time to bow out rather than fight unworkable situations.

Last month we followed the saga of the ISRE organization and the case of the board which was asleep on the watch. Over the period of time that it took for ISRE to fade away …