Burned out, stressed out and bummed out? There’s a way out. Learn how to increase your influence with Maryanne Dersch of Courageous Communication so you can get others to do what you want without feeling rejected, ineffective, or pushy. When you increase your influence, you get more done, more easily. Maryanne will guide you to better leadership of yourself and others, and help you find ease and flow, even in the crazy nonprofit world.
Maryanne Dersch specializes in helping nonprofit leaders increase their influence and be the change agents they have always wanted to be without feeling rejected, ineffective or pushy.
She has spent almost thirty years working in the nonprofit world helping organizations communicate more effectively internally and externally.
She is author of Courageous Communication: How Codependence Is Making Your Nonprofit Brand Boring and What to Do About It and founder of Up Level Your Influence leadership program. She is leading a movement to change "nonprofit" to "human investment company" to accurately reflect the contributions of the sector.
Maryanne and her husband, Jon Schmuke, have three children adopted from foster care. She’s known for her love of ultrahigh heels, extra-large Diet Cokes, and short karaoke rotations.
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Embracing Doubt, by Courageous Communications

How to Start a Nonprofit, by Courageous Communications

Is it OK for my nonprofit to raise money during the Coronvirus crisis?, by Courageous Communications

How to raise more money, by Courageous Communications

Causability and The New Way to Crowd Fund, by Courageous Communications

Lessons From A Former Board Member And Current Ed, by Courageous Communications

Nonprofit Fundraising How Money Mindset Makes You a Great Fundraiser…or not, by Courageous Communications

Nonprofit Marketing- how to tell your organization’s story, by Courageous Communications

The Making of a Philanthropist, by Courageous Communications

Leading from within, by Courageous Communications

How to change board members in your nonprofit, by Courageous Communications

Embracing Dysfunction, Conflict and Criticism (oh my!), by Courageous Communications

What board members are needed for a nonprofit, by Courageous Communications

How your nonprofit can communicate to donors in the Corona era, by Courageous Communications

How to get Google ad grants, by Courageous Communications

Nonprofit marketing: fundraising in any circumstance, by Courageous Communications

How to get on the board of a non profit, by Courageous Communications

What is the difference between nonprofit and forprofit, by Courageous Communications

How to raise more donor dollars with attraction-based brands, by Courageous Communications

How to fundraising during the Coronavirus crisis, by Courageous Communications

Nonprofits Can Have Nice Things, by Courageous Communications

Nonprofit fundraising: how to get more donations, by Courageous Communications

How to create a vanity URL for your zoom room, by Courageous Communications

How to implement new ideas, by Courageous Communications

Nonprofit Fundraising Money Mindset Part 3 with Maryanne Dersch, by Courageous Communications

How to write a mission statement for a nonprofit, by Courageous Communications

Nonprofit fundraising: how to be a fundraising superstar, by Courageous Communications

Nonprofit Fundraising: Get rid of the negative money stories (part 2 of 3), by Courageous Communications
