If you’re a visionary with entrepreneurial energy (like me), you might also have shiny object syndrome (like me 🙋). People like us are ready to try the next big thing

Here’s an idea that I want everyone to deeply understand: your donations are directly tied to your email list. I know you’re out here thinking your social media likes and

Realtalk, y’all. This is the #1 biggest problem I hear from EDs so here are my top five tips for motivating your board to take responsibility for fundraising along with

Last week, one of my Accelerator students asked for my response to this article entitled Why I Stopped Donating To Your Organization.  She asked for my thoughts and, of course,

Friends, it’s been a tough week. The Supreme Court rulings strike at the very heart of the work that I and so many of you do to support equity, opportunity

As an ED, my biggest mistake was thinking too small. I thought to get to the next level, I had to grind harder, sacrifice more, spend more hours working. Now,

When I was a little baby ED, I remember sitting at my board meeting and one of my board members said, “Well, if everyone in New York gave us just

When I turned 16, I did what any self-respecting Californian does. I showed up at the DMV ready to get my license and hit the open road. I was picturing

I’ve been reflecting on why I’m so obsessed with money mindset as a key part of my training. People are like, “Rhea, shut UP about money baggage and tell me

As a little Chinese-American girl growing up in San Francisco, my favorite TV show was the Golden Girls. It’s a bit of a mystery why a show about four elderly

There are some seasons in life when it feels like we’re living with our hair on fire. Maybe we have a big project at work, or there’s something in our

Anybody who has met me, listened to my podcast or read any of my stuff knows that I love talking about money. Why is that? Aside from the obvious answer

I have this idea in my mind that I’m still a babe in the woods. Then, reality smacks me in the face and I realize that I’m in the youngest

“I am not who you think I am; I am not who I think I am; I am who I think you think I am”Charles Horton Cooley When we see

If I had a nickel for every time I get this question, I’d had a gold-plated Tesla and a personal masseuse on staff. “Rhea, how do I get more donors?”

I recently did a training for a group and I didn’t hit it out of the park the way that I had wanted to. I heard the critical feedback and

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ― Rumi I recently did a few training sessions with

I recently read some “advice” from a fundraising expert about ways to engage with your donors. Frankly, I was appalled. The advice they were giving was so deeply antithetical to