In many development offices, staff are on a never-ending hamster wheel -- running from grant deadline to grant deadline, from one event to the next, and juggling direct mail deadlines, too. It’s a hectic and harried environment. Between deadlines, you’re expected to raise major gifts, put out fires, send thank you letters, and so much … [Read more...]
Is Your Nonprofit Board Wired? Interview with John Dawe
John Dawe specializes in technology integration, project management, fundraising, communications, marketing, and strategic planning at Dawe Consulting. In this interview, John explains the importance of having a wired board. This video is sponsored by Bloomerang. Help yourself to free fundraising resources including educational … [Read more...]
The Virtues of being a Disrupter: Interview with Marcia Coné
Marcia Coné is President of Marcia Coné Consulting and author of Permission Granted: Changing the Paradigm for Women in Leadership. In this interview, Marcia extols the virtues of being a change-making disrupter for your cause. This video is sponsored by Bloomerang. Help yourself to free fundraising resources including educational … [Read more...]
Your Future Major Gifts Depend on Top-Notch Stewardship
Welcome back to the major gifts challenge. If you’re unfamiliar with the Challenge, check out the introductory video here. Fundraising is a cycle. It doesn’t stop after one gift. Each step is important. Stewardship is the fourth and final stage of the fundraising cycle. It’s the super-important follow up work after a gift is made. We … [Read more...]
Focus on Your Nonprofit’s Impact: Interview with Nick Fellers
Have you ever thought about what the concept “non-profit” really means? Our entire sector is defined by “lack” -- what we don’t have ... profit. It’s confusing, because the fact is, we are supposed to make a profit. It’s simply that we reinvest the “profit” in programs and services instead of distributing it back to investors. In this … [Read more...]
4 Must-Make New Year’s Resolutions for Raising Major Gifts
Happy New Year! I hope you had a peaceful and joyful holiday season. The holiday season is the giving season... a time for reaching your year-end fundraising goals. Now it’s time to start the new year off right. Let’s start by setting some non-monetary goals and making a plan to stick with them. They’re too important to call them New … [Read more...]
2 Surprising Ways You’re WRONG When You Set Your Fundraising Goals
Ever had a fundraising goal “handed” to you out of the blue? I bet you have, and you’re not alone. But that doesn’t make it right. I’m sick of development directors being expected to perform miracles. And, that’s generally what’s happening when their fundraising goal is created without their input. When that happens, I know their … [Read more...]
When to Hire a Major Gift Officer (and More) with Ann Hale
I had the privilege to interview Ann Hale, Chair Elect of AFP International and Chief Development Officer of Anchorage Museum. Listen to Ann’s words of wisdom as she initially discusses the process she's leading for AFP’s new strategic plan, as well as how she successfully convinced her CEO it was time to hire their first major gift … [Read more...]
5 Red Flags to Look Out for When Raising Major Gifts
Video Transcript Red flags are often used as a sign of warning or danger. Unfortunately, most red flags are not literal, but figurative, and are often missed by the people who need them most. Once you know the red flags of major gift fundraising, they might be easier to identify and tackle. 5 Red Flags when Raising Major … [Read more...]
A $37K Incentive for Fundraisers to Invest in Professional Development
I want to let you in on a little secret -- I’ve never been a huge data person. Sure, I love stories and testimonials and pictures. I like to laugh and cry with my donors. I love to have my heart stings tugged, which is what got me into this field in the first place. Can you relate? However, sometimes data comes along that is so … [Read more...]
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