You don’t have to stand on the corner and beg. You don’t have to ask strangers for money. You only ask after you’ve given yourself.[…]
Read MoreLast week at my presentation, “They Don’t Get It” to the Southwest FL Chapter of AFP (the Association of Fundraising Professionals,) the audience members asked[…]
Read MoreAfter the big game, you approach your car in the vast parking lot and click your key fob. Nothing. You click again—still nothing. You don’t[…]
Read More1. “Thank you, you gift made a difference.” View this as the start of the conversation not the end. 2. “Here’s specifically how your gifts[…]
Read MoreDo you want to earn more income from corporation or a business? Of course! In our work, we’ve often been asked to help develop business[…]
Read MoreYou might, of course, charge your readers for it. But assuming you don’t have this in mind, how else might you obtain donations and earn[…]
Read MoreYou’re out to dinner with your significant other. Your children are at home with a sitter. Suddenly, an earthquake shakes the ground obliterating the only[…]
Read MoreWhen I met Kathryn, she bubbled with enthusiasm about the nonprofit where she served as Senior Development Director. Using her years of fundraising expertise, the[…]
Read MoreMost nonprofits seek and need income sustainability. Most nonprofits hope to achieve it—someday. Instead of making sustainability a hope and a dream for the future,[…]
Read More1. Create a Challenge. For example, to support The Food Bank of Manatee, local leaders challenged businesses, civic, faith-based organizations, networking groups, communities, and clubs[…]
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