|
|
|
"I'm sick and tired of old men making up wars for young men to die in."
—George McGovern, Vietnam
|
|
|
|
Consultant for the nonprofit sector
|
|
| |
|
| "I have heard you speak at different functions numerous times and you are always an inspiration." |
|
|
|
The place in France
|
We have a 2nd office in a wine-making village, deep in the south of France. (Note to hopeless Francophiles: we do rent the place.) To take a mental vacation, click. Our village vineyards:
|
|
|
ABOUTJOYAUX
|
Consultant for fund development, board and organizational development, and strategic planning.
Simone is recognized internationally as one of the most thoughtful, inspiring, and provocative leaders in the nonprofit / NGO sector. She works with all types and sizes of organizations. Joyaux presents top-rated workshops all over the world and is a faculty member for the Masters Program in Philanthropy and Development at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Her two books receive rave reviews.
|
|
PRONUNCIATION
|
Simone Joyaux
See-MUN Zha-WHY-oh
Don't worry about mispronouncing it. I'm not offended.
|
|
| Simone's Blog: Pet Peeves |
| Today is tough love day. |
| Maybe you should close? |
|
If you cannot do the minimum required for good fund development -- and you need donors to exist -- then close. Yes, close if you cannot do fund development well at some minimal level. You wouldn't operate poor quality services would you? Then why would you do poor quality fund development? Quit whining. Why should donors stick around if you do fund development really poorly? Your organization isn't entitled to donors and contributions. You earn them.
| |
|
| Simone's Blog: Professional Tips |
| Do you talk well in your organization? |
| Conversation is a core business practice. |
Conversation is better than reporting. Conversation is more useful than updates. Asking meaningful (and open-ended) questions stimulates good conversation. Asking cage-rattling questions produces even deeper and more important conversation. All this together helps you and your organization learn and change. And learning and change is what it takes to be a healthy and effective organization.
So what's the conversation like in your organization? How does your boss support meaningful and cage-rattling questions that nurture genuine and candid conversation? And how about your board? What happens there?
Check out all the questions on in my books and on my website.
| |
|
| Simone's Blog: Professional Tips |
| More to read |
| I just can't help it! |
How about soliciting gifts through email? Read the 03-04-10 Agitator blog, reporting on email marketing research. Some bad news: 91% of consumers opt out of commercial emails; and almost 1/2 of those say that "irrelevant emails make them 'consider abandoning the brand entirely.'" Pay attention! Do you track what's happening in your email fundraising?
Special event participants really respond to social networking, so says Making Event Participants More Successful with Social Media Tools, a report from Blackbaud and Charity Dynamics. Here's just one finding: "Online donations for events have grown an average of 50% annually and now account for an estimated 30% of most major U.S. events." Thanks to the Agitator for telling you and me about this report. ...read more
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
Copyright © 2005-2010, Joyaux Associates, 10 Johnson Road, Foster, RI 02825
Phone: 401-397-2534, Fax: 401-397-6793, Email: spjoyaux@aol.com
|
|
|
|
|
