Topics: Capital Campaign, Capital Readiness, Fundraising, Camp Fundraising, Fundraising Management, Planning, Capital Fundraising, Church Fundraising, Fundraising Campaign, Asking For Help, Nonprofit, financial management
Topics: Capital Campaign, Capital Readiness, Fundraising, Camp Fundraising, Fundraising Management, Planning, Capital Fundraising, Church Fundraising, Fundraising Campaign, Capital Leadership, Asking For Help, Nonprofit, financial management
Topics: Fundraising, Camp Fundraising, Annual Fundraising, Fundraising Management, Planning, Church Fundraising, Fundraising Campaign, Capital Leadership, Asking For Help, Nonprofit, financial management
Topics: Fundraising, Big L Leaders, Camp Fundraising, Annual Fundraising, Fundraising Management, Planning, Church Fundraising, Fundraising Campaign, Capital Leadership, Asking For Help, Nonprofit, financial management
Topics: Leadership, Volunteer Leadership, Fundraising, Volunteer Management, Mentoring, Big L Leaders, Camp Fundraising, Storytelling, Nonprofit Leadership, Annual Fundraising, Fundraising Management, Leadership Transition, Church Fundraising, Fundraising Campaign, Communication, Capital Leadership
By Brian Keel and Bruce Berglund
Topics: Fundraising, Financial Development, Capital Fundraising, finance
Whether we realize it or not, each of us has been applying data to decision-making processes since our youth. Remember that time you were selected to be the captain of the kickball team? The pressure of selecting the best team rested solely on YOUR shoulders. If you were like me, a million strategic thoughts went through your head as you tried to recruit the best team to ensure you won the game. The first step was evaluating the group of classmates staring back at me. What do I know about them? Are they a fast runner? A good kicker? A good fielder? My friend? After quickly assessing the answers to those questions, the selection process began.
Topics: Donor Cultivation, Fundraising, Strategy, Donor Prospect, Donor, Nonprofit, Prospect, development team
In sailing you are always scanning the horizon looking for the ripples on the water – because that is where the wind is. That is how you set your course.
Topics: Fundraising, Planning, Resource Development, sustainability
In the world of fund development, endowment programs usually get the least amount of attention. This is a shame, because these gifts often represent a donor’s sense of legacy. Why do we put off the cultivation of endowment prospects? I propose that many of us are laboring under false beliefs about developing endowment program. It’s time to bust some myths!
Topics: Fundraising, Endowment, Endowment Development, Nonprofit Staff, Fund Development, Planned Giving
I took advantage of the beautiful fall weather in Chicagoland over the Thanksgiving break to clean up my backyard. My neighbor had the same idea and we struck up a conversation. He asked me (as my mother used to ask me too) "what exactly do I do for work"?
Topics: Leadership, Fundraising, Nonprofit Management, Church Fundraising, Fund Development, Nonprofit