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(Major Gifts #5) An Easy Strategy for Discovering New Major Gifts Prospects

Today, we want to focus on one of the greatest challenges facing development shops everywhere: finding and discovering new prospects for major, principal, and capital gifts. We hear this everywhere: Fundraisers tell us that…

(Major Gifts #4) How to Focus on the Right Major Gift Prospects, Not the Wrong Ones

Major Gift Fundraising

Have you ever found that it’s easy to be distracted when you are working on major gifts? Certainly, pursuing the wrong donor prospects can eat up a lot of time. How do you know you’re spending time on the right people,…

(Major Gifts #3) What Board Members and Executive Management Need to Know About Major Gift Strategy

Major Gift Fundraising

What do board members need to know about major gifts fundraising strategy? It's a long-term effort and it's not about "asking."

Three Big Challenges Facing Top Fundraisers Today

The Right Way to Follow Up Your Social Events and Tours

Board Development, Donor Cultivation, Events

And one of the things people always ask is how to follow up friendmaking events that your board members will host. Plan your follow up ahead of time, or DON'T DO THE EVENT! We believe in two types of followup: First, the personal phone call…

How to predict your major gifts pipeline for this year

(MG Series #2) How to Predict Your Major Gift Pipeline This Year

Major Gift Fundraising

Do you and your leaders want to know how much money you can raise, and when it will come in? This is the sought-after truth of fundraising – the ability to predict future cash flow from gifts. Just think, wouldn’t it be wonderful to really…

(Major Gifts #1) How to Move from Transactional to Transformational Major Gifts

Major Gift Fundraising

Hope your new year is getting off to a happy, positive start. Let me tell you how to ensure you and your team raise more in 2023 than last year. This is the first of an email series that we’ll be sending you over the next three weeks…

Nonprofit Fundraising Trends for 2023

Annual Giving, Capital Campaign

As fundraising consultants, we’re always keeping an eye on the latest nonprofit fundraising trends and developments. As we move into 2023, there are several key trends that can help your organization ride the waves of success and fundraising…

New Year’s Resolutions for Board Members

Board Development, Board Members & Fundraising

We offer this list of suggested New Year's Resolutions for Board Members to encourage them to consider their important role and reflect on how they can be more effective as board members. Here are 10 New Year's resolutions for board members…

Gifts of Stock: Your Biggest Opportunity for the Year-End Giving Season

Investments & Stocks as Gifts: Your Biggest Opportunity for Year-End Giving

Annual Giving, Year-End Fundraising Campaign

Your biggest opportunity for mega year-end gifts is to seek gifts of stock.

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 roles for them to play. Where, within your fundraising program, can they lend their weight and help the most?…

An Easier Way to Ask For A Gift

Asking for Donations

How to ask for a gift - it's a question many people ask us. What exactly do you say, when you hope to secure a major or principal gift? Everyone wonders how exactly you do it. We've developed an approach to asking that is polite, easy, and…

Three Big Challenges Facing Top Fundraisers Today

Capital Campaign, Major Gift Fundraising

Don’t hold yourself back. If you want to reach and exceed your major gift goal, then don’t neglect your important donor relationships!

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(Major Gifts #5) An Easy Strategy for Discovering New Major Gifts Prospects

(Major Gifts #4) How to Focus on the Right Major Gift Prospects, Not the Wrong Ones

(Major Gifts #3) What Board Members and Executive Management Need to Know About Major Gift Strategy

The Right Way to Follow Up Your Social Events and Tours

(MG Series #2) How to Predict Your Major Gift Pipeline This Year

(Major Gifts #1) How to Move from Transactional to Transformational Major Gifts

Nonprofit Fundraising Trends for 2023

New Year’s Resolutions for Board Members

Investments & Stocks as Gifts: Your Biggest Opportunity for Year-End Giving

How to Engage Board Members in Major Gift Fundraising

An Easier Way to Ask For A Gift

Three Big Challenges Facing Top Fundraisers Today

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