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Career Action Steps is the e-mail newsletter and blog for fundraisers and nonprofit leaders that can change your career — one week at a time. Career Action Steps …

Speaks to the career issues of the nonprofit world, with a special emphasis on fundraising.
Reminds you each week that your career is an ongoing, living entity that requires regular care and feeding.
Provides thought provoking insights that bring career issues into focus in ways you may never have considered.
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Spring Brings Change

If you’re blessed to be in the Northeastern United States this year, you’ve probably marveled at our unusually...

Nice Guys Finish First

Did you know that most people would rather buy a product from someone they like than from someone they don’t? It’s...

Now That the Conference is Over …

You would think that the favorite hobby of thousands of conference goers every year is collecting business cards. If...

Time to Buy Some Seeds

It’s spring, and it’s time to plant. So right now I want you to call your local print shop, and order some...

Don’t Write Your Resume

I love to write — I’ll let you decide whether you think I’m any good at it — but either way I enjoy doing...

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