I’ve been writing and communicating for a living since 2014. I’ve worked as a development director, a marketing director, a content editor, a social media editor. I’ve written grant proposals, case statements, newsletters, donor emails, web-sites, political platforms, and essays. One lesson has followed me from the tiny office in Southwest Greensboro, through the Midwest, New England, and now to the Lone Star State:
It doesn’t matter what you know. It matters what you can communicate.
The story of your mission deserves to be told well.
If you’d like to hire me for a writing project, please get in touch.
My writing in other places:
On Fortune
A personal piece, not really about fundraising at all.
Why I can’t get North Carolina’s state motto out of my head (and what other white people can learn from my obsession)
How even the desire to truly embody your values can become toxic and self-serving, if you let it. via Community-Centric Fundraising
Take a lesson from Legos: Donor-centric fundraising doesn’t have to be in opposition to community-centric fundraising
We think of these two schools of thoughts as fundamentally opposed, but even thinking of them as inviolable wholes ignores all the important little pieces. via Community-Centric Fundraising
We’ve got to stop pretending program workers don’t exist
What are the hidden costs of evocative fundraising language that puts donors in the driver’s seat, and who is paying them? via Community-Centric Fundraising
AmazonSmile, Value, and the Ethics of Participation
AmazonSmile can be an easy thing to set and forget for an easy (if tiny) income source, but what are we really getting from this arrangement, and what are we giving up? [On Medium]
What Smokey Bear can teach the charitable sector about Climate Change
In 2001, Venerable Ad Council icon Smokey Bear made a subtle change to his iconic slogan. In 2020, Australia experienced its worst bushfire season on record. What could either of these things have to do with the charitable sector? [On Medium]
(I wish I had worked with an editor on this one, but my feelings remain unchanged.)