What’s up for 2016? Times are changing, and fundraising is evolving too. If you want to be successful, then your nonprofit’s fundraising approach needs to adapt and innovate. The stakes are high. If you stick to the same old sameRead more…
Top 10 Fundraising Trends and Predictions for 2016
What’s up for 2016? Times are changing, and fundraising is evolving too. If you want to be successful, then your nonprofit’s fundraising approach needs to adapt and innovate. The stakes are high. If you stick to the same old sameRead more…
Top 10 Fundraising Trends and Predictions for 2016
What’s up for 2016? Times are changing, and fundraising is evolving too. If you want to be successful, then your nonprofit’s fundraising approach needs to adapt and innovate. The stakes are high. If you stick to the same old sameRead more…
7 Ways to Strengthen Your Communications in 2016 (And Why They’ll Work!)
As we prepare to close the books on 2015, it’s a good time to reflect on the year we’ve had, make resolutions for the year ahead, and think creatively about how we can achieve our goals. For foundations and nonprofitRead more…
Top 10 Tips to Catapult Your Major Gift Fundraising
Here’s a special list of my FAVORITE ideas, tips and strategies that I’ve developed over 30 years in fundraising. It’s some of my best wisdom. Some of these ideas are short-cuts. Some are out-of-the-box. And some are my magic keysRead more…
How to Recruit a VIP Volunteer Who Will Close Major Gifts and Make Their Own Gift Too
VIP Volunteers are essential ingredients to many major gifts efforts and capital campaigns. We need these individuals for their networks and connections – and access to large donors that we can’t reach. But they are difficult to enlist! Here is aRead more…
Christian Change Makers
As Christian change makers, you’re all about making and doing – it is in your name, by definition, and in your DNA. You make things happen – a lot of things, all year long. The daily role you play toRead more…
5 Steps to Kingdom-Focused Excellence
Today I have outlined 5 steps to kingdom-focused excellence. I am often asked, “How do you measure excellence in a Christ-centered ministry?” This list is in response to that question and will ensure you are leading your ministry down theRead more…
A Mistake-Proof Capital Campaign Checklist
Smart capital campaign planning is like stacking dominoes. You take the time to carefully and strategically line them up. Then once the campaign begins, they all drop one after the other in perfect sequence. So if you’re planning aRead more…
Step-by-Step Checklist to Plan a Successful Capital Campaign
Step-by-Step Checklist to Plan a Successful Capital Campaign Every successful capital campaign has several phases with specific strategies for each one. If you go step-by-step through the correct sequence of each phase, you’ll set up your campaign so it’s mostRead more…