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Blog, Board, Campaigns, Direct mail, Donor relations, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Online, Planning, Resources for the professional, Stewardship

How to Communicate during a Nonprofit Leadership Transition

This article originally appeared in Dennis Fischman's blog, Communicate, on July 29, 2019 I’m certain that many of you reading this have experienced a change in leadership at your nonprofit organization at one time or another. Someone reached…
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August 10, 2019
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, Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Donor Acquisition, Donor relations, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Special Events

Hosting Your First Fundraising Cultivation Event

Donor cultivation events should be an important part of your fundraising program.  Whether you are a small or large non-profit, or if you are raising money for annual operations for capital campaigns, you need to incorporate them as a vital…
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March 8, 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, Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Stewardship

How to facilitate a donor prospect rating session

While wealth screening is an essential tool for fundraisers of today, I still hold true to augmenting a screening with the old "tried and true" Prospect Rating and Ranking Session. What is a Rating and Ranking Session and how would you hold…
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September 16, 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, Campaigns, Capital Campaigns, Donor relations, Online, Planned Giving, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising, Stewardship

How to dispel the endowment myth in your fundraising

Sometimes I work with organizations that have endowments. And, these endowments scare these organizations as they consider fundraising. They wonder if having an endowment, some of them significant in amounts, will deter donors and others…
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July 8, 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
Board, Campaigns, Grant Writing, Individual Giving, Major gifts, Online, Planned Giving, Planning, Resources for the professional, Small shop fundraising

Creating a system of reconciliation for your fundraising and finance offices

Development and Finance both report financial numbers to the Board of Directors, but sometimes the numbers reported don't add up. Questioning Board members wonder, "Whose numbers are correct?" While embarrassing at times, it may just be that…
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June 23, 2018

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