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Build the Board You Need to Succeed

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 Members

There 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 Fundraising

I 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…

Checklist: How Do You Stand on the 12 Core Fundraising Systems?

Fundraising Plan, Nonprofit Leadership

Hurray for fundraising! It generates the funding to carry out your wonderful mission to make the world a better place. Just think, fundraising makes your work possible. So of course you and your leadership team want to NAIL a first-class…

The 12 Essential Systems Every Nonprofit Needs for Mega Fundraising Success

Fundraising Strategy, Nonprofit Leadership

Your nonprofit needs revenue to run and expand its programs. And, fundraising brings in the revenue - generating money so you can do more good in the world. Perfecting fundraising is a no-brainer. So, let’s focus on the critical core systems…

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Build the Board You Need to Succeed

Major Gift Series #9: Romancing the Ask – 6 Steps To a Perfect Major Gift Ask

Major Gifts Series #8: How to Use Moves Management To Raise Major Gifts This Year

Major Gift Series #7: How to Develop Friendly, Authentic Relationships with Major Donors

How to Engage Board Members in Major Gift Fundraising

Major Gifts Series #5: How to Get Appointments With Major Donors This Year

Major Gifts Series #3: How To Develop Your Own Courage for Major Gift Fundraising

Major Gifts Series #2: How to Avoid the Top 5 Major Gift Mistakes This Year

Major Gifts Series #1: How to Get your Whole Organization Behind Major Gift Fundraising

Major Donors are Changing – 5 Trends to Watch

Checklist: How Do You Stand on the 12 Core Fundraising Systems?

The 12 Essential Systems Every Nonprofit Needs for Mega Fundraising Success

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