3 Unconventional Tips to Build Social Capital by Hosting a Political Fundraiser
With elections coming up, I know some of you are planning to host fundraisers for political candidates. …In order to get someone elected who represents your values. Candidates will ask you to open your home or office to host a small, intimate group of people. Their goal is to talk and share their ideas and...
Empowering Black Urban Leaders
Helping Black leaders is crucial. Relative to the general population, there’s a distinct shortage of Black leadership in business. The Black population makes up just over 13% of the US population, yet as of today there are currently only three Black CEOs of Fortune 500 companies—that’s less than 1%. (That means there are more CEOs...
Case Study: How Minds Matter Made 2x ROI with a Live Auction
The auctioneer stopped in the middle of bidding and asked me to come on stage. The bidding stopped at $2,000 for a 7-night, luxury vacation for 10 to any of Inspirato’s destinations. It was easily worth over $15,000. And no one’s hands were going up. Inspirato’s “Inspired Giving” program required a $6,000 minimum and we...
How To Straight Crush A Fundraiser
Just another chicken dinner gala and they want my money… Fundraisers for nonprofits suck. They all follow the same old subpar formula. Donors are getting fatigued. But nonprofits are in a dilemma. Their tight budgets mean they skimp on details and as a result raise less money. After 20 years of planning fundraisers, I think...
The Way We Think About Volunteering is Dead Wrong: Part III
A coin has 3 sides: front, back, and edge. We all live on one of those sides, and if you’re an entrepreneur, you live on the edge. It’s what you do. It’s the way you think. It’s how you hustle. It’s how you give. The giving I’m talking about here is in terms of time....
How to Get Your C-Suite on the Giving Bus
You’ve got to get your leadership team on the giving bus because it’s precisely how you drive healthy, sustainable growth. And you can all get your seats on this bus by being strategic givers. I want to show you how your C-Suite can start giving back strategically and in doing so, motivate your employees and...
The Way We Think About Volunteering Is Dead Wrong: Part II
It’s true that the world conspires against some people and not others. I’m not generalizing “people” here. I’m referring to 3 specific subsets of society: Takers Matchers Givers Earlier I wrote about the differences between each group. As a recap, it basically looks like this: [Image from Madeline Blasberg] I call the Givers on the...
The Way We Think About Volunteering Is Dead Wrong
RIGHT NOW, you have the ability to give 3 things: wealth, wisdom, and work. Your money = wealth Your advice = wisdom Your time = work My goal is to blow a hole through the most common assumptions you have about #3: Giving Your Time. In my last article I talked about the ladder...
The Way We Think About Giving Is Dead Wrong
Too many entrepreneurs are killing it in business, family, and self-development and not doing enough for their communities. They say things like: “I wish I had more time because I know I should do more for the community.” or “I’ve got to focus on other things and just can’t make time to help others right...
