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Sara Wilson, ACC, CPCC| At the beginning of the year I typically write about looking forward toward the future and backward to reflect on the past. I’m doing it again with a twist of focusing on MAYES | WILSON & ASSOCIATES. Looking at the past, I’ve led MAYES | WILSON ASSOCIATES for 25 years(!); the […]
Julie Whelan Capell | Last month, I did a little myth busting about phone calls and millennials. If you read that post, you know that most younger donors have very distinct ideas about when to use texts versus emails versus the phone. But those are just the means of communication. What about the best MESSAGES […]
Sara Wilson, ACC, CPCC| Coach Sara blogging today. There are so many choices for how to spend our time. It’s easy to get caught up in doing one more thing at the office, scrolling social media, or bingeing a favorite streaming program. Do you often find yourself in the business of being busy? I certainly […]
Julie Whelan Capell | How many times have you heard that millennials (and younger cohorts) would rather get texts than phone calls or emails? The truth, as in many things, is complicated. It’s not that you should never make a phone call to a millennial, but you need to understand when to use a phone […]
Sara Wilson, CPCC, ACC | Coach Sara blogging today. My social media feeds and my inbox is stuffed full of encouragement, tips to prioritize, yadda, yadda, yadda. In today’s post, I’m taking the Coach approach–asking you questions to connect to your values–rather than telling you what to do. There is a collective energy in the […]
Sara Wilson, CPCC, ACC | Another year is just around the corner. If you’re looking for powerful self-care strategies, rather than make a lot of New Year’s resolutions, your friends at MAYES | WILSON & ASSOCIATES would like to suggest a few things you can STOP doing in 2024: Don’t dwell on the past. One […]
Julie Whelan Capell | ‘Tis the season for annual appeals, and that means it’s also the season for sending thank you letters to donors. If you’re like most nonprofits, you’ve put a lot of thought into the appeal letters, but your thank you letters will be a tired rehash of the one you sent last […]
Sara Wilson, CPCC, ACC | I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve successfully RENEWED my Associate Coach Certification through the International Coaching Federation! Maintaining this prestigious certification means a commitment to continuous growth and learning. Every three years, I invest at least 40 hours in Continuing Coach Education, diving into coaching ethics, advanced coaching skills, and staying […]
Julie Whelan Capell | Last month in part four of this series, I discussed what to do in an ask meeting with a donor. Today, in the fifth and final installment in “Making the Ask,” I give you ideas for how to follow up with major gift donors after the ask meeting. Immediately after the […]
Sara Wilson, CPCC, ACC | ROI and a blend of California woo-woo about trust in working relationships is a winning combination in my world and in could be in your world, too. Seriously, some of you who think “employees just need to do their jobs” … that is so 1970s. If you are a command-and-control […]
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