OMG, I work in a small non-profit fundraising shop. The small shop isn’t the OMG… The OMG is that it’s just ME raising money… now what?
That’s what I said a year ago and even six months ago when I started fundraising for a small non-profit. ut there I was with a to-do list that never ended.
I was then offered the opportunity to hire someone part-time because we had received a grant where I could hire someone to work alongside me for one year.
So here I was using my fundraising and relationship-building tools to find a knowledgeable assistant. I was worried that I would never find anyone… but I did. An amazing young woman with two children and incredible tenacity.
So we set out to plan our plan… Step One … Plan Done!
And then we talked about how do we split up the myriad of tasks so that we aren’t tripping over one another. Step Two… Task Splitting Done!
It’s now been about six months and we are finally starting to feel like we are getting somewhere. So we started to track our accomplishments and plans to present to our fundraising committee. Step Three… Accomplishment Tracking Done!
What have we learned so far… it takes one step at a time. And for me writing everything down so I can go back and track it and report it to the committee and ED.
Is it that simple? Yes and No but if you don’t track everything you are doing, you’ll have a hard time remembering what you’ve accomplished. With all the busyness that we are engaged in, it can be even more challenging to see how far you’ve come.
These are critical steps not only for the organization but for your own sense of accomplishment and peace of mind.
Go for it… You’ve got this… One step at a time to #TransformingOurWorld.