Giving Compass' Take:

• Vu Le, writing for the India Development Review, sheds light on the ways in which people talk to nonprofit professionals without truly understanding the work they do.

• How can donors strengthen relationships with nonprofit individuals to set the right example for more positive interactions?

• Read about the right and wrong questions for donors to ask nonprofit organizations.

Nonprofit work is great, but we do deal with all sorts of headaches.

But many of our friends and families and even board members may have never worked at a nonprofit before, which means it’s hard sometimes for them to understand what we go through.

Here is what it might be like for other professionals if they got the nonprofit treatment:

1. “Before I buy this cheese-and-potato piroshky, what is your plan to sustain your business without relying so much on customers like me?”

2. “Thank you for this taxi ride. I am a reimbursement-based customer. Please send in these forms and you will be paid in 4 to 6 months.”

3. “Good morning, I am your new Chief Surgeon. No I am not a doctor, but I did run a successful tech company for 32 years.”

4. “I heard that you are trying to land a shuttle on Mars. I’d like to invest $500. I will need quarterly reports.”

Read the full article about nonprofit work by Vu Le at India Development Review (IDR)