P.S. look here!
Why the P.S. in a direct mail appeal letter? Asked the Executive Director...
And I say because it works!
Direct mail appeal letter writing is not your average writing and there just happens to be a technical science behind it.
For one,…
A day in a small fundraising shop
Often wonder what it is like to be in a small fundraising shop?
Exciting, exhilarating and yet tedious all at the same time.
You need to be a generalist rather than a specialist. So your skills need to be broad and you need to know a great…
Let’s talk about board of directors giving…
Does you board of directors give?
This all important topic that is so hard to broach.
First, lets start where it all starts...
Does your organization have board of directors expectations that you share with them even before they are elected?
Do…
Your board of directors…whats up with them?
I know, I know. The BOARD...we all seem to cringe when we hear that word. The board is the way the board is because...
Perhaps the board is the way the board is because... we haven't done our jobs.
Whether as executive directors or development…
Do you have a fundraising procedure for handling gifts of securities?
Whether part of an existing gift acceptance policy or a separate written document, your organization should prepare a written description of the procedures for handling a gift of securities.
Where is the organization's brokerage account?
Who…
Is your fund development diversified?
“Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle.” - George R.R. Martin
Are you diversified?
If you have been a client of mine, you will know that I often talk about the need for diversity in fund development. Organizations should not…
