Your Volunteers Deserve VIP Status Crazy thing happened the other day. I became aware of an organization that has a call to action on their website that gives potential volunteers the opportunity to provide their personal contact information, a little about themselves, and to choose how they would like to help. The organization provided four…
The difficult months for fundraising are upon us! There is a period of time every year where fundraising seems to come to a screeching halt. That doesn’t mean that communication isn’t essential to your overall fundraising strategy during this time. While it may not be the ideal time to do a big fundraising push, it’s…
Why is it hard to raise funds? Most often, you’re trying to fundraise to everybody. It’s a killer. One reason is that large numbers of people don’t believe what you’re saying. No matter how obvious and self-evident you think it is. Large numbers can stay comfortably numb and never really engage with your mission, vision…
Authenticity Is A No-Brainer in Fundraising Recently, while out and about with my Mom, we decided that an ice cream shake sounded like a good idea. Traveling through a small town in Kansas, there didn’t appear to be many options. We came up on a Sonic Drive In and pulled in to place our order…
Monthly giving is an important avenue to peace of mind. Let’s face it, the best way to increase your bottom line cash flow issue is to increase fundraising efforts in a few main areas: Major Donors and Monthly Giving. These are the keys to the kingdom and the mental break we all could use instead…
This is more of a collection of ideas than a true blog post. I noticed that my collection was mounting up so I thought I would take these ideas and organize them, in case you’d find them helpful. Feel free to comment below with other ideas or comments. The only way to grow and the…
Ideas are the most vulnerable at the moment you have them. This is a counterintuitive idea, maybe. When you have a good idea, the tendency is to run around and let everyone know how brilliant you are, that you have this cool idea and you’re so excited, etc. What happens when you do that is…