When I asked my 4 year old, Alex, what he wanted to do tomorrow, he said he wanted to “paint things for people and be helpful”.
Painting things for people will be a bit of a challenge.
Dad can only draw stick figures.
And sometimes even those are missing legs.
But I could find him more ways to help around the house.
As I pondered what he could do, though, I ran into an interesting challenge.
I had to find things he could *actually* be helpful with, while also keeping those things at his skill level.
We eventually settled on helping take the dishes out of the dishwasher and put dirty dishes back in.
Something he can both do, and is actually helpful.
And while we almost lost a plate or two, all the dishes remained unscathed. And he even got to start the dishwasher himself.
Yet this successful result is not what most executive directors are getting from their board.
Perhaps the number one complaint I hear from EDs is that their board doesn’t help them fundraise.
But are you making it easy to help?
Are you providing your board with something they can do easily, and is actually helpful?
I put together a short video on what we suggest fundraisers do with their board.
If you want to get your board to help you fundraise in 2026, then click here to watch it.
To getting more dishes, and funding, done in 2026.
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