Fundraising Blog Topics
Fire Up Your Nonprofit Board Retreat: Turn it into a Porch Party!
Board Development, Nonprofit Leadership, Porch Party
In all our years of leading board retreats, my team and I find that some board retreats are fabulous and build energy. And others are duds and a waste of time.
It all depends on careful planning and your true objectives. What do you really…
Build the Board You Need to Succeed
Board Development, Nonprofit Leadership
Board recruitment can be a challenge for many nonprofits.
Here's a post from one of our consultants: Adam Hartzell, who's sharing his insights as a former executive director and leadership development expert:
Board members…
Major Gift Series #9: Romancing the Ask – 6 Steps To a Perfect Major Gift Ask
Asking for Donations, Capital Campaign, Major Gift Fundraising
Here's the last in our series of 9 topics to help you raise many generous major gifts for your cause.
Fundraising always comes down to asking, doesn’t it?
“The Ask” is something we study, prep for, script, dream about, love and sometimes…
Major Gifts Series #8: How to Use Moves Management To Raise Major Gifts This Year
Major Gift Fundraising
Thanks so much for hanging with me these two weeks as I share some of my deep dark secrets about major gift fundraising.
We both know that major gifts are where the big funding really is.
It's the most profitable place to spend your time…
Major Gift Series #7: How to Develop Friendly, Authentic Relationships with Major Donors
Fundraising Strategy, Major Gift Fundraising
Here’s #7 in my series of major gift fundraising posts to help you build up and expand your major gift revenue.
I’m sharing some of my best advice to help YOU and your team bring in the major gifts that are out there for your nonprofit.
Today,…
How to Engage Board Members in Major Gift Fundraising
Board Members & Fundraising, Major Gift Fundraising, Motivating Board MembersThere are so many ways we can engage board members in major gift fundraising.
The challenge is, exactly, deciding the best ways to try to engage them. Where, within your fundraising program, can they lend their weight and help the most?
Board…
Major Gifts Series #5: How to Get Appointments With Major Donors This Year
Major Gift Fundraising
Here's the 5th of my 9-email Major Gift Series – all designed to help you and your team sharpen your major gift fundraising skills.
Today we're tackling a challenge we all face. Huge fundraising shops to small community organizations…
Major Gifts Series #3: How To Develop Your Own Courage for Major Gift Fundraising
Major Gift FundraisingI hope you are enjoying this email series I'm sending to help you succeed in major gift fundraising. It’s a lot of food for thought, so take some time to digest it.
Focus on major gifts, and you’ll get the largest return on your investment…
Major Gifts Series #2: How to Avoid the Top 5 Major Gift Mistakes This Year
Major Gift Fundraising
Here’s the next in my series of tips to help you nail major gifts for your organization this year.
Today, we can laugh at some of the bigger bloopers that we see in major gift fundraising.
We are human, so we do sometimes make mistakes with…
Major Gifts Series #1: How to Get your Whole Organization Behind Major Gift Fundraising
Major Gift Fundraising
Here's the first of a series of articles to help you bolster your organization's major gift success.
And I'm starting at the beginning- how to get full organizational support for major gift fundraising.
All the studies…
Major Donors are Changing – 5 Trends to Watch
Donor-Centered Fundraising, Major Gift Fundraising
What's going on these days with the most generous donors of all?
How are they changing? What are their expectations of us? What do they really want?
Do you ever wonder...How can I reach them? How can I appeal to their big hearts, and…
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