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Blog, Board, Board development, Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor Acquisition, Donor relations, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Online, Planned Giving, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Special Events, Stewardship

What one thing can make or break the success of YOUR organization?

The Board. It can make or break your organization. If assembled and organized correctly, it can chart a successful future that prospers and preserves inspiration and creativity of its members and benefactors alike. If not, well...insert…
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May 17, 2019
Blog, Board, Board development, Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor Acquisition, Donor relations, Grant Writing, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Online, Planned Giving, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Special Events, Stewardship

We're growing our interim fundraising division to help YOU reach your possibility.

Let me share a story with you... A few years back when I first started consulting, I provided organizations like yourself with strategic fund development audits and assessments and then crafted finely honed plans. What I thought were roadmaps…
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January 27, 2019
Board, Board development, Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor Acquisition, Donor relations, Grant Writing, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Online, Planned Giving, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising

How to get your fundraising "Mojo" back through finding your ideal development position

Not satisfied with where you are currently in your field?  Feeling like you have lost your "Mojo?" I know the feeling, I have "been there done that" as they say. What often happens next, is that we begin to apply for job after job with…
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January 18, 2019
Blog, Board, Board development, Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Special Events

How to recruit the best fundraising volunteers possible

Fundraising volunteers are critical to our success as they are the "ambassadors" of our fundraising efforts.  I often get asked, what is the best way of recruiting them to join in fundraising efforts? And, while I believe that, in some cases,…
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December 2, 2018
Blog, Board, Board development, Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor relations, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising

Engage your Board in your calendar year-end fundraising campaign

Engage your Board in your calendar year-end fundraising campaign When running your next year-end campaign, it is essential that your Board sends a loud, clear message to its constituents that it supports the organization's mission. The Board…
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August 26, 2018
Blog, Board, Board development, Campaigns, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising

How to build a strong fund development committee

The "warm body" approach to selecting committee members, always fails the diversity and strength test. Far too often, organizations will accept those interested persons without first determining who and what they need to best serve the purpose…
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June 30, 2018
Blog, Board development, Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Donor relations, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising

How to engage your Board in fundraising before the ask or the thank you call.

Just this week, I was working with a client, and we were discussing Board member engagement in fund development. The assumption was, ho hum, "they just won't participate."  It was then that I came across a blog article outlining all of the…
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May 20, 2017
Blog, Board development, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising

Is it time to close our nonprofit doors?

As a nonprofit organization, you are here to meet a mission to your stakeholders.  Maybe long ago, or not so long ago, you were founded to assist a particular group or meet a critical need.  And, months go by, years go by, and you are still…
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March 25, 2017
Blog, Board development, Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor relations, Grant Writing, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Online, Planned Giving, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising

Do not take Fund Development best practices at face value!

Best practices. We hear that phrase often. This week, I even read a question asking if "best practices were misleading?" Are we throwing that phrase around to legitimize our field? Our do we have best practices and what are they? Well, I contend…
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December 3, 2016
Blog, Board development, Campaigns, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising

Yep, the Board does have a role in a capital campaign!

What, wait, we hired that Capital Campaign Consultant to run the campaign, and now you are telling me that I have to do something.  No, this can't be possible. Yep!  It would be unrealistic to think that a capital campaign is left up to…
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November 12, 2016
Board development, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising

The importance of the agenda to good governance

Good governance doesn't end at creating a Governance Committee of the board or even of establishing processes for governance such as policies and procedures, or even developing new committee structures. Governance has only begun. It continues…
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August 21, 2016
Board development, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising

Governance, follow the leader?

So, who leads the governance process? Is it the Board? Is it the staff? I wondered to what role does the staff or Board play in shifting a culture that is not longer useful? In fact, sometimes a management culture can be downright disruptive…
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August 14, 2016
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