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What Can Go Wrong with the Board’s Fund Development Committee?
Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising, Fundraising Strategy
What's the best role for the board Fund Development Committee?
In the nonprofit world, most organizations set up a Fund Development Committee that helps to focus the board’s fundraising efforts.
Who does what?
In very small…

How to Have a Super Successful Visit with a Major Donor
Donor Cultivation, Major Gifts
Major donor visits can be nerve-racking. Here you are with a golden opportunity—you've obtained a meeting with an important capital campaign prospect.
It’s exciting but it is also high-stakes – because, of course, you want to…

#1 Year-End Fundraising Tip: Warm Up Your Donors Before The Ask
Annual Giving, Year-End Fundraising Campaigns
If you are starting to prepare for your annual fall fundraising campaign, it's time to get busy!
Here's a first step to a successful year-end fundraising campaign:
Warm up your donors first, before you do anything else. Simply start reconnecting…

World’s Largest Porch Party Wrap Up
Donor Cultivation, Friendmaking
Did you miss the World's Largest Porch Party? Watch this recap of some of the fun activities that took place this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jANZo1gXGrE
In the video above, we were celebrating the grand opening of a wonderful…

7 Tips to Create a Wildly Successful Donor Cultivation Event
Events, Major Gifts
Why do we hold major donor cultivation events?
These types of gatherings happen everywhere, and they happen often in the fundraising world. We find that a lot of major gift fundraising happens in these types of quasi-social situations.
Here's…

Create a “Friendmaking” Committee of Board Members
Annual Giving, Friendmaking
Do you want to get your board members actively making friends for your organization?
Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could form a "Friendmaking Committee" of board members who'd be out there opening doors and hosting small friendmaking events?…

Capital Campaign Consultants: What Do They Do?
Capital Campaign, Fundraising Strategy
In the world of nonprofit fundraising, capital campaign consultants play a crucial role helping organizations plan, execute, and manage high-dollar capital campaigns.
As we all know, capital campaigns are major fundraising efforts…

Capital Campaign Success: The #1 Ingredient You Need
Capital Campaign, Fundraising Strategy
Capital campaign success - this is what we all dream of!
As capital campaign consultants, we want our clients to get organized quickly, galvanize their major donors, and secure transformational gifts to fuel their missions.
But there…

7 Fundraising Misconceptions Holding Your Organization Back
Culture of Philanthropy, Inspiration
As we all know, fundraising can be a wildly misunderstood activity. Many nonprofit CEOs and board members bring their own personal misconceptions about fundraising when they walk in the door of a nonprofit.
Some think fundraising is awkward…

How & When to Announce a Capital Campaign
Fundraising Strategy
Often board members will challenge us about the timing of a capital campaign announcement.
The perennial question is:
"When is the right time to announce our campaign to the public?"
Sometimes organizational leaders will push…

Tour Experiences Are Great Donor Cultivation Tools
Board Members & Fundraising, Capital Campaign, Donor Cultivation, Major GiftsOne of our favorite donor cultivation tools is a carefully-designed tour. But we are not talking about just any tour - this is a special, scripted, step-by-step tour.
A Misson-Focused Tour can help you spread the word in your community --…

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