Author Archives | Sandra Sims
Sandra Sims has written 738
posts on Step By Step Fundraising.
Sandra Sims is the founder of Step by Step Fundraising, an online article and book publisher, which was recently acquired by FastTrack Fundraising. In addition to nonprofit management and fundraising, she has expertise in search engine optimization, social media marketing and content syndication. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Texas and a Certificate in Non Profit Management from Midwestern State University.
Website: Sandra's Twitter stream
Posted on 19 September 2011
Here is another great article from Gayle Gifford for Step By Step Fundraising- (pictured at left). Gayle brings over 30 years of experience to her work with nonprofits – from her personal activism for peace, disarmament, environmental, human and civil rights, to her professional work as a consultant and former director of development and senior […]
Tags: non-profit board issues, non-profit staffing issues
Posted on 14 September 2011
I am very happy to welcome back guest author Betsy Baker! Besty is the President of YourGrantAuthority.com. She has earned more than ten million dollars in grant funding and continues to be a grant writing consultant for nonprofits. She is best known for her plain-language instructional guidance and offers both ebook instruction and one-on-one coaching in […]
Tags: non-profit grant writing
Posted on 10 September 2011
You gotta love the people in charge of fundraising for breast cancer research. They’ve been coming up with some great ideas to get people talking about the cause and wanting to raise money for it. Just think about all the sports teams you’ve seen in the past couple of years wearing pink versions of their […]
Tags: marketing
Posted on 08 September 2011
Greetings! Today, I have another terrific guest article to share with you. This time, author of 50 Asks in 50 Weeks and certified fundraising consultant Amy Eisenstein, (pictured at left) has been kind enough to share one of her recent blog posts with us. If you’ve never visited Amy’s site, TriPointFundraising, I highly suggest that you take a […]
Tags: auctions, fundraising strategy
Posted on 31 August 2011
Hello! Today is the day of the month when I share with you some great news articles and blog posts that have caught my eye over the last thirty days. Many of these links below are from guest writers to StepByStepFundraising, so you’re already familiar with their great work. I strongly encourage you to check […]
Posted on 30 August 2011
Greetings! I hope you’ve all had a great summer! September is now upon us and many of you non-profit leaders are just now entering into your busy season. To you, I wish you a great year filled with lots of fundraising success. For those of you whose busiest season was summer, I hope you met […]
Posted on 29 August 2011
In a recent edition of the online CharlotteObserver, there was an editorial that really got my attention. It was written by Will Miller, who is a former executive director of Charlotte’s host committee for the Democratic National Convention. The editorial is titled “Nonprofit boards must be bold, not too cozy with staff”. I highly recommend […]