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Series Snapshot: Delquanda S. Turner (Non-profits)

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It takes more than passion to be a true leader. Listening and loyalty are also important.  Delquanda S. Turner has personally observed qualities which I feel represent true leadership.

Those seven (7) leadership qualities are:

  1. The ability to go beyond just leading staff members.
  2. Avoid placing your own expectations on a community.
  3. Be a good listener.
  4. Be able to talk real talk to those in the community.
  5. Passion is so very important.
  6. Be loyal and dedicated.
  7. Learn to just Say No when necessary.

These qualities are fully explored in two posts in the Series:

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Leadership Keys: Givers Win

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Fundraising: Final Thoughts from Leah Lamb

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In this final Series post, Leah Lamb offers a few additional fundraising insights, including: Rainmakers are rare; approaching all generations of people (e.g. Millennials and Baby Boomers) the same way is unwise.  In this post, Lamb will explore the role of boards, in effective fundraising, and the importance of understanding each generation’s distinct preferences – when supporting a non-profit organization or cause.

Leah Y. Lamb works for the See Forever Foundation & Maya Angelou Schools.  As I mused on what to write in this introduction, I wondered this: Why are the schools named for Dr. Angelou? According to their website, the school-supporting See Forever Foundation was opened in 1997 as “a comprehensive program for 20 teens”. They sponsored a school-naming contest. The winning student essay, written by Sherti Hendrix, was powerful! It states:

The students of See Forever need a school name that represents the power and the importance of education. I think our charter school should be named after Dr. Maya Angelou . . . like [her] when she was a child, See Forever students have had a lot of problems, too. We have problems in our neighborhoods, our homes, and inside of ourselves. But like Dr. Angelou, the students of See Forever are using hard work and education to create a new future”.

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Published August 25, 2016 by

Leadership Keys: Be Strategic Too

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Fundraising 202: Making the Investment, Getting Major Gifts

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Have you sought to conduct a major fundraising campaign in the past year? In this post, Leah Lamb offers nuanced insight into the best way to successfully solicit major gifts for your non-profit. If major campaigns aren’t rushed or starved for resources, they can be very fruitful.

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If you’re seeking to conduct a big campaign, you’ll need to solicit major gifts. To get major gifts for your non-profit, you should take the following 4 steps, namely:

  • Introduce
  • Cultivate
  • Educate
  • Solicit

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Published August 12, 2016 by

Leadership Keys: Service to Others

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Series Snapshot: Robin Morgan (Non-profits)

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Unconditional Service: Robin Morgan’s Non-profit Mission

“I was raised to be, not a servant, but a person who is willing to serve unconditionally.   And the good Lord didn’t put you here to just make money, to just be a family.   He put you here to leave a legacy.

And that can be knowledge, that can be money, that can be service. To me, it’s service.  The more [people] I can connect with, the more people I can connect.   I thrive on that!”

Unconditional Service: Robin Morgan’s Non-profit Mission

Financial Talk for Non-profits: From a Seasoned Pro

Good Non-profit Leaders: Seeing the Forest Too!

5 Habits of People who Start Non-profits Successfully

4 Must-have Qualities of Exceptional Non-profit Leaders

Non-profit Leadership: Tell-tale Signs of an Ineffective Leader

Successful Time Management for Non-profit Leaders

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Leadership Keys: Tapping worker ‘gifts’

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Fundraising 201: Avoiding Traps, Achieving Success

 

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Fundraising is very important to the sustainability of most non-profit organizations. As noted in an earlier series: No money, no mission.  In this post, Leah Lamb offers insight into successfully conducting campaigns.  She explores these in the context of earlier posts in this Your Outcomes Well series.  Going the wrong way, as a fundraiser seeks to raise funds the right way, can block a non-profit’s success.

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In this Series I’ve tried to offer some insight into an area I’ve worked in for many years: Fundraising. As important as knowing what to do, to be a successful fundraiser, is also knowing what not to do. Routinely making mistakes or falling into traps are signs of an ineffectual fundraising operation.

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Leadership Keys (‘Beyond Measure’ Power)

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure”.

Marianne Williamson (Our Greatest Fear)

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Immeasurable power, not inadequacy

If you take ALL the right pre-launch steps in starting a non-profit, your passion with have a powerful impact!   It will not be inadequate.  But you must take these steps . . . and know what to do in the early years of your organization too.

The success of your 501(c)3 will be a function of much more than the depth of your passion!

  • One risks inadequacy if they are simply passionate, but lack funds, a solid plan, or haven’t done their due diligence.

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