The Power of One
Two items came across my feeds recently, and I wanted to share them with you. They demonstrate what I call “The Power of One.” One person, or one group of people CAN change the world. The first was a video … Read More
The Myth of the Fundraising “Rainmaker”
I read this everywhere online, over and over again. On Quora, Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, everywhere, all the time…so I felt compelled to blog about it! “My small nonprofit needs money quick. Can I hire a fundraiser to just find us … Read More
Close Your Door and Call Your Donors!
If you are new to major gifts fundraising, I have a secret for you! After you’ve sent your fundraising appeal by mail or e-mail, wait a week. Run your loyal donors report from your database, and CALL them. That’s right, pick … Read More
More Resources + More Focus on Donor Meetings = More Donations!
Today, I received a fantastic blog of a report in my inbox of a survey of 87 organizations that are “small but mighty” entitled The 2014 Individual Donor Benchmark Report published by Heather Yandow of Third Space Studio in conjunction with … Read More
Do You Really Need to Print an Annual Report?
I’ve noticed some nonprofits have opted to stop printing an annual report and mailing it to their donors to save the expense of postage and printing costs. That’s sort of like saying, “Thanks for your gift, but we don’t care, … Read More
Know Your Fundraising Event “P&L”
Recently, I gave a seminar about special events to a group of nonprofit professionals. One of the questions asked was how to quantify staff time in the calculation of creating a successful fundraising event. Of course, staff time is important, there is … Read More
Are You the “Chief Everything Officer?” – My Guest Blog post on WhatGivesPhilanthropy.com
A great colleague in the filed and a superb blogger on philanthropy, Maeve Strathy (@fundraisermaeve) kindly published a guest blog post I wrote for her on being the “Chief Everything Officer” and how to delegate duties and manage your time when … Read More
“Fundraising or Root Canal? Which would your board members choose?”
I’m just crazy about this excellent blog post from fundraising colleague, Mary Calahane in Connecticut! Mary and I think alike – my takeaways from the article are these: Fundraising is painful for board members when board members are just handed … Read More
List Growth Is Key to Nonprofit Success
Every nonprofit should take care to continually grow their list of prospective donors. I recently met with a client that held a successful outdoor cycling event, but neglected to collect e-mail addresses of attendees who were there to cheer on … Read More
“Raise More Funds Online” – Crowdfunding and Online Shopping Fundraising for Nonprofits
Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 11:30-1:00 p.m. at Monument Bank Headquarters, 2101 Gaither Road, Suite 600, Rockville, MD. Ayda Sanver, Marti Campbell, and Tim Vandeman will present information about popular programs that are in the forefront of online fundraising. Some programs … Read More