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On icebergs and finding your nonprofit’s “why”

I’ve been reading a YA book about the Titanic to my daughter and it’s gotten me thinking about icebergs. (Random aside, but did you know

Judging books by their covers

We all know the phrase “don’t judge a book by its cover.” But after more than ten years of publishing, and after tens of thousands

On fundraising and social media

Can you fundraise over social media? Can you both market and fundraise at the same time? It’s so tempting. Some of the largest nonprofits can

Ask Erik: How to raise money for new nonprofit programs

Over at the Little Green Light blog, I’ve really enjoyed taking fundraising questions and answering them. Here’s a great question that came through: What is

Fundraising

Nonprofit Nation with Julia Campbell

I was excited to have the opportunity to talk to Julia Campbell at Nonprofit Nation about fundraising for small (and very small) nonprofits. Check out

Podcast interview with Tosha at “The Modern Nonprofit Podcast”

Here’s another really exciting conversation I had recently on a nonprofit podcast. “What I wish I’d known about being an Executive Director.” Tosha Anderson and

Podcast Interview with “The Point”

Last year I had the chance to talk to Callie Himsl, who podcasts with The Point, a podcast by the La Pointe Foundation. The podcast

From principle to practice, with Little Green Light

I want to highlight something particularly cool that’s happening right now with one of my books. More than twelve years ago, I sat down to

The Little Book of Nonprofit Leadership is now available!

I’m excited to say that after three years of writing (not to mention twenty years of work in nonprofits) The Little Book of Nonprofit Leadership

The Little Book of Nonprofits leadership is “a wide-ranging and compelling explanation of what it takes to do a nonprofit executive director’s job well… Hanberg is a highly engaging writer, and he shows himself to be adept at shifts in pacing that make for fluid reading—and which are generally rare in leadership-related books… A comprehensive guide to managing and leading a small nonprofit organization… “