Born into poverty on a farm in Missouri, Dale Carnegie would get up at three a.m. to feed the pigs and milk his parents' cows before...

An overemphasis on money will hurt you. Imagine yourself leading a dream organization where you have a billion-dollar budget. Resources...

Jewish storytellers tell of an incident early in their history where two brothers brought gifts to God. It was the custom that, if the...

It's been around forever, but many nonprofits and missionaries are unaware that direct mail is the biggest donation driver in the...

Visionaries Attract Resources Because They Understand Vision With an annual budget of more than $500 million, Campus Crusade has been...

This week I wrote an email to a select few nonprofits leaders that Mary Valloni and I have invited to join us in a new mastermind we are...

Occasionally when telling a story, I can tell when my listeners are leaning in, hanging on every word, and ready for the climax. It's at...

I still vividly remember my car making some noises that put me in urgent mode many years ago. Dropping my plans for the day and...

I will never forget something that an up-and-coming pastor taught me years ago. It has been a MAJOR boon to me as a storyteller today....

I remember, as a pastor, realizing the power of fundraising at the end-of-year. At the beginning of November, we could be six digits...

Not only do I coach and consult with nonprofit leaders, pastors and missionaries for their fundraising, I am also a nonprofit leader. I...

Solomon says that chasing money is like chasing birds. Like birds, money has wings. The more you chase it, the more it flies away!

Most of us know what it means to persevere. No successful missionary, pastor, or nonprofit leader succeeds without persevering in the...

The "nasty birds" story is an allegory for the power of adverse events that have the potential to make us BITTER or BETTER!

I remember years ago watching in awe when Billy Graham would give his invitation at the end of his message. I never ceased to be amazed...

After I left the pastorate and entered the marketplace, I knew I needed a great website. A good friend turned me on to Donald Miller. ...

Marissa Nielsen comes into your life with a bang!! She is full of energy, life and message! As the founder of a financial empire and...

When I was a teenager, I became enamored with the Proverbs of the Hebrew King Solomon. Reading them over and over, year after year,...

A pastor friend and I are reading through Fusion, by Nelson Searcy. The book is about how Searcy, a fledgling church planter in New York...

In his book, Robots Make Bad Fundraisers, Steven Shattuck describes a piece of communication he received from a nonprofit, it read:...