Years ago I attended a training session on “securing major gifts” for the ministry I served. The seminar shared tips for getting large gifts, and the presenters testified that if I followed their advice, I would reach my funding goals.Read more…
10 Steps to Create an Appeal Letter That Brings in the Money
It’s not too late to create a dynamite compelling appeal letter that will make your donors tear it open and send in a quick gift. How do you get your appeal letter to stand out from the crowd? You areRead more…
Top 10 Year-End Fundraising Strategies for 2014
What kind of appeal and message will make your 2014 donors respond with generosity? Here are the top current fundraising strategies that will help you raise the most in your fall annual fund campaign. These are tested and research provenRead more…
The Age of Global Giving: A practical guide for donors and funding recipients of our time
Gilles Gravelle’s long awaited book on mission giving is finally out. As mentioned on the back page, globalization have created greater complexity for Western missions. Also in the funding of mission. It is therefore time to think a new about missionRead more…
3 Key Fund Raising Practices
It is so easy to get caught up in fund raising and miss some of the best practices. Here are 3 key practices. 1. Do not take the giving decision away from your prospects and donors. In my early daysRead more…
Creating an Age of Giving: Conclusions from the Growing Giving Parliamentary Inquiry
Research published in 2012 showed that fewer households are giving to charity. We wanted to investigate the barriers that prevent people from giving, and find new opportunities that can make it easier for people to contribute. In order to do this we establishedRead more…
Making a Good Ask
As you engage in fund raising (People Raising), one of the most important questions that needs to be answered is, “What does a good ask look like?” To learn the answer to this important question, I asked a major donorRead more…
Ten Mistakes Mission-focused People Make (Plus Four Bonus Mistakes!)
What with it being Lent and all, I thought about giving up Practical Mobilization or maybe mission mobilization in general! That’s a thought. But one that raises all sorts of Psalm 137 feelings, you know, “May my right hand forget itsRead more…
The 2014 Online Fundraising Survival Guide: A practical handbook for surviving (and thriving) in a rapidly changing digital world
With increased online donations, digital giving is growing in importance. Unfortunately churches and ministries do not always use this form of giving effectively. The essentials of online fundraising is outlined in this excellent and practical guide. The guide includes: KeyRead more…