Richard Male & Associates: A Consulting Firm for Nonprofits

Richard Male & Associates (RMA) specializes in helping non-profits take their organization to the next level. All too often, non-profits get stuck in day-to-day crisis management because of the lack of funding. We'll help you to pro-actively build a strong funding strategy. More importantly, we can help you execute the strategy so you can break out of the cycle of chasing short-term emergency funding. We'll put you on a path to long-term, steady revenue so that you can carry on your mission of helping those in need.

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Tips on Staying Positive and Motivated

Working for a non-profit is a rewarding, but also very challenging experience. You must deal with critical social issues including poverty, hunger, education, race, and violence day in and day out, which can be very difficult to bear at times. And it's inevitable that your non-profit work will spill over into your personal life.

When the going gets really tough, it’s important to find ways to stay positive and motivated. Here are some valuable lessons I’ve learned throughout my 30 years in the field that have helped me overcome obstacles both in my personal life and as a non-profit leader.

When you feel overwhelmed, try to stay in control. Take one step at a time. Put a small piece of the puzzle into place and then work on the next piece. Don’t try to tackle it all at once.

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The Conflict Center's mission is to reduce levels of physical, verbal and emotional violence. They teach skills to a broad constituency of people to handle everyday conflicts nonviolently with win-win outcomes. RMA worked with The Conflict Center in a development capacity: helping them structure their development department, conducting a survey of their donors and training them on how to build better donor relations.

Ethiopia Reads was established to increase the literacy rate of children in Ethiopia by creating excitement about reading and encouraging the pursuit of knowledge. RMA is helping EBCEF raise awareness of its mission in the non-profit community through coaching in fundraising and technical and organizational assistance.

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