In our major gift development work, we speak passionately about passion! The best staff, volunteers and donors are those who have PASSION for our mission. Have you ever noticed, however, that this passion can cross over to drama? And that can be a real challenge. Yes, drama! We say we hate it, but we create it! And we create it because of fear; of a bad review, not meeting metrics, another non-profit getting the gift, and on and on, and then want to create reasons why it’s not our fault. Drama manifests itself in over-reaction, emotional words, verbal attacks, gossip, criticism, tears and anger. Then we add more drama by talking about the drama to anyone who will listen!
Here are 5 steps for staying in the No Drama Zone. Read more
