Each month, at the end of the month, I like to take this one blog post to share with you all of the other articles either a handful of excellent guest authors or I have written for the FastTrack Fundraising family of blogs. Some people may just check out one or two of these three […]
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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.
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Fundraising is like a Waldorf Salad, by Marc Pitman
Posted on 27 May 2011
Here’s a great post from Marc Pitman, aka The Fundraising Coach. Today, Marc manages to draw a very apt comparison between non-profit fundraising and a Waldorf Salad! Marc also has a great new post on his site, entitled “How trade shows are like fundraising”, which you should check out. Marc is a great friend of […]
Is Your Non-profit More Deserving of Donations Than Others?
Posted on 26 May 2011
Recently, my son applied for a scholarship. On the questionnaire he had to fill out, he was asked why he thought he was more deserving than other students to receive this financial gift. We struggled with that question, more than any of the others, because we both know that there is always someone more “deserving” […]
3 Tips for Award-Winning Grants, by Betsy Baker
Posted on 25 May 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 […]
Nonprofit communications jobs: What to expect, by Gayle Thorsen
Posted on 24 May 2011
I’d like to welcome back Gayle Thorsen (pictured at left) to the Step By Step Fundraising Blog. Gayle has been kind enough to share with us one of her recent articles from her blog ImpactMax. Gayle has been in the nonprofit communications world for more than 25 years, the last 12 as the communications head […]
You’re not the boss of me – board chairs and CEOs, by Gayle Gifford
Posted on 23 May 2011
I am very happy to welcome back Gayle Gifford to 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 […]
Major Gifts – Step-by-Step, by Kirsten Bullock
Posted on 20 May 2011
Every time the news starts posting information about mega gifts, boards and executive directors start pounding on the door of development directors. The directive is clear: “we want what they’re having.” Well, I’ll give you the bad news first. Mega gifts do not typically happen overnight. It is a culmination of months, if not years, […]
