How to Engage Board Members in Major Gift Fundraising
Board Members & Fundraising, Major Gifts, Motivating Board Members There are so many ways we can engage board members in major gift fundraising. The challenge is, exactly, deciding the best roles for them to play. Where, within your fundraising program, can they lend their weight and help the most?…
Three Big Challenges Facing Top Fundraisers Today
Capital Campaign, Major GiftsDon’t hold yourself back. If you want to reach and exceed your major gift goal, then don’t neglect your important donor relationships!
What To Do When Your Major Gift Fundraising ISN’T Working
Capital Campaign, Major GiftsDon’t hold yourself back. If you want to reach and exceed your major gift goal, then don’t neglect your important donor relationships!
What Mega Donors are Saying about Giving in Today’s Economy
Capital Campaign, Major GiftsWith the economic environment so murky these days, we usually ask these donors how they are feeling about giving in today’s economy.
What Will Trigger Mega Donors to Unlock Early Capital Campaign Gifts?
Capital Campaign, Major Gifts What Will Trigger Mega Donors to Unlock Early Capital Campaign Gifts? This is the question that many nonprofit leaders ask – over and over. For every capital campaign that we advise – this is often a huge question hanging in the…
Powerful Roles for Board Members in Donor Cultivation Cycle
Board Members & Fundraising, Major Gifts What are the right roles for board members in major gifts fundraising? We find that many board members are quite nervous about being involved with major gift fundraising - especially the ask. Since many board members have little experience…
The Donor Teared Up. Then He Offered a Campaign Gift, Unasked.
Capital Campaign, Fundraising Strategy, Major Gifts Here’s a wonderful Major Gifts Intensive success story from one of our smart participants. Chris Cook, Executive Director of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts in Omaha, said he really enjoyed practicing his new advanced…
3 Ways to Engage Your Major Donors Early in Capital Campaign Planning
Capital Campaign, Major Gifts There are so many benefits to engaging major donors early in capital campaign plans. We like to organize discussions with key donors while the potential campaign is only a Big Idea. It’s our favorite way to cultivate and engage…
Planning a Capital Campaign? Why You Should Engage Your Major Donors Early On
Capital Campaign, Major Gifts Is your organization planning a capital campaign or a major new funding initiative? We hear many questions about how to prepare properly for a capital campaign. As far as we are concerned, it’s what you do ahead of the campaign that can…