This Is My Last Blog Post . . .

. . . on this platform! I started The Annual Fund Lab nearly three years ago as a platform to look at issues in fundraising and sort out my own thoughts about the profession. The journey started with a question - "What's the Big Deal about Fundraising, anyway?"  Three years later and some 60 or … Continue reading This Is My Last Blog Post . . .

Why Can’t You Just Say Thanks?

We've made an entire industry out of those terrible gifts we used to get at the holidays.  Ugly Christmas sweaters are now a staple of contemporary holiday parties and we joke about how wonderful it is to actually get socks as a present. But, boy was a it disappointing as a kid. You still had … Continue reading Why Can’t You Just Say Thanks?