The Small Shop Thrills, Challenges, Joys

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The Small ShopThrills, Challenges, Joys!

• Jill A. Pranger, ACFRE
• Pranger Philanthropic
• AFP Low Country Summer Institute
• 22 June 2009
• Charleston, South Carolina

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• What do you like best
• about being in a
• small shop?

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Today we will

• 1. The Good
• 2. The Bad
• 3. The Ugly
• 4. In control
• 5. Getting help
• 6. Next Steps

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• What do you like least
• about being in a
• small shop?

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• The best way to make your dreams come true is to
  wake up.
• Paul Valery

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• Your joys

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Joys of the Small Shop

• ? I rule!
• ? I rock!
• ? I know it all!
• ? I love it all!
• ? I live it all!

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Joys of the Small Shop

• Otherwise known as ---
• ? My Way
• ? My Donors
• ? My Programs
• ? My Mission
• ? My Organization

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• Your challenges

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Small Shop Challenges

• ? The big one -- TIME
• ? Priorities
• ? The full pie
• ? They dont get it

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• Criticizing is easy
• Art is difficult.
• Anonymous

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More Challenges

• ? Credit
• ? Responsibility
• ? Authority
• ? Effort
• ? Colleagues (or not!)

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Yet More Challenges

• ? My CEO
• ? My Board
• ? Programs
• ? Mission

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Taming the beast
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• Firstthe big toe --

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• So, where do I start
• in my shop?

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• What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
• Sir John Lubbock

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In your shop

• Getting Control
• Educating Others
• Asking Others
• Letting Go

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Getting Control

• When do you do things?
• Self-time?
• Phone / email
• Keeping notes

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Control, continued

• Your desk and files
• ID wasted time of day --
• Ask others
• Planned time in programs

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Control, continued

• Keep others in the know
• Reach out before they reach in
• Say, no
• If it doesnt work, change it!

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Educating Others

• CEO
• Board
• Staff
• Self

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Expanding your Reach

• ? Start where they are
• ? Ask, dont tell
• ? The basics
• ? Their experience
• ? Enable their success

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A few more

• ?Small bites and few pieces
• ?Time limits
• ?Make them comfortable
• ?Their way

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Asking Others
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• Prime Directive --
• There are no Shoulds

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Asking Others

• ID your horsepower
• Engage your horsepower
• Work with your horsepower
• Celebrate your horsepower

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Asking Others

• Start with one

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Letting Go

• Lead by listening
• Mistakes are ok
• Colleagues

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Letting Go (2)

• Partners
• Know your stuff
• Relax

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• What will YOU do first?

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• Vision without action is a daydream.
• Action without vision is a nightmare.
• Japanese Proverb

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Finally

• Remember the Joys
• Face the Challenges
• Step by step
• Educate others
• Engage others
• Enjoy the ride!

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• That which we persist in doing becomes easiernot
  that the task itself has become easier, but that
  our ability to perform it has improved.
• Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The Small ShopThrills, Challenges, Joys!

• Jill A. Pranger, ACFRE
• Pranger Philanthropic
• 585-747-5026 jill_at_prangerphilanthropic.com
• www.prangerphilanthropic.com