Across the country, HALF of the people responsible for raising the money on which many of our nonprofits rely for survival plan to leave their job in the next 18 months. This includes half of the people reading this blog post. Is it you? What can nonprofit executives and board members do to keep their development professionals? I offer four suggestions meant to overcome the objections spotlighted by the Chronicle study and Burk’s earlier work.

Have you heard you need more major donors? What does that mean and how can you get more? Watch this week’s #FundraisingFriday to find out.

Creating a strategic plan serves as one important aspect of thinking and acting strategically, but that alone is not enough. The planning process – when done well – should start the board on a path for strategic thinking that should continue at each board meeting.