In the previous audio I talked about the first step of planning a year end campaign. Here’s the final part of this audio, where I elaborate on the 3 step process of planning your end of year fundraising campaign. Steps 2 and 3 are about planning and really maximizing you’re efforts. Actually, it’s maximizing your […]

This morning I recorded a short audio based on the post that I wrote last week, It’s Fundraising Time Again.  There’s a little over three months til the end of the year… will you make your fundraising goals this year?  Don’t panic… there IS time to raise the funds you need before year end.  In […]

An audio version of this post is available here. September seems to mark the beginning of fundraising season.  You’ll start getting those “end of year campaign” letters in the mail from all your favorite organizations.  (If you don’t already save the mailings you get from other groups, start now!  They make great examples and creativity […]

I have had several discussions with non-internet people, i.e. those who don’t spend hours everyday online or make a living because of the internet, about whether technology is bringing people together or isolating them.  For me it’s a no-brainer, I can name so many examples of how the web is connecting people from distant lands […]

An additional 600,000 people became millionaires last year according to the World Wealth Report issued by Merrill Lynch and Capgemini U.S. The number of rich folks isn’t shrinking even with all the talk of doomed credit markets and rising oil prices.  What does this trend mean for your fundraising? There are at least three new […]

I recently had the opportunity to review grants for the WI Department of Instruction (DPI). Reading grants is by far the best professional development available for grant writers. For me, it revealed the secret to good grant writing. For those of you who have never had a chance to do so, I’d like to share […]

“Relationship” is a key word in fundraising. As part of Fundraising 101 we learn that to be truly successful we must develop relationships with our donors. We learn that a single donation is merely a transaction and that’s not good enough to sustain our organization long term. To set ourselves up for success in the […]