A small library of essays and resources from Katie Blanco Bourdeau and the kbb team. We publish only when we have something genuinely useful to share — usually four or five times a year. Subscribe to get them when they're published.
Most failed campaigns were lost in the planning phase, not in execution. Here are the five preventable mistakes we see most often — and what to do instead.
A self-administered diagnostic for executive directors and development leaders. Most teams are operating at 60% of capacity — here’s how to tell if yours is one of them.
A practical guide to documenting relationships, embedding institutional memory, and building moves-management systems robust enough to outlast their architects.
The structural reasons your board doesn’t bring in gifts, and a practical framework for transforming the board into a true fundraising asset.
What new DODs should focus on, what they should resist doing, and how to set up the next three years of the role for success — from the first week.
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