The Organizer Archive

Welcome to The Organizer archive, a collection of all the newsletter articles dedicated to nonprofit workers and people working to create equitable, sustainable communities.

Dreaming of a better world is easy. Bringing it to life is hard. With regular articles covering leadership, communications, fundraising, impact, management, and personal growth, The Organizer is here to help.

What we talk about when we talk about impact

February 14, 2022

Impact is the best part of public interest work. It is the change that results from your work, like justice or clean water.

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Why you dread fundraising, and how to stop it

February 7, 2022

Fear is completely normal in fundraising. Figure out what’s making fundraising feel hard, then try some of these tricks.

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Groups are the worst, but teams are awesome

January 31, 2022

Managers who want to achieve great things should build a team of people with well-defined roles and focused on a specific, shared goal.

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Explain yourself easily with boilerplate language

January 24, 2022

It shouldn’t be hard to explain what you do in a way that is inspiring and consistent.

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Hey leaders: Plan to get lost this year

January 17, 2022

We expect leaders to have a never-ending supply of motivation, but reality is more complicated.

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