Appeal Campaign, Appeal Letters
It’s appeal or fundraising letter writing time. It is so hard to get started writing and put something on paper that will bring in much-needed funds. There’s always a moment when I hit send on an email or put the last letter in the mailbox, that I feel the...
Fundraising, Getting Started, mentoring
Fundraising strategies build on each other. It took me years to figure that out. Probably because I started out in an established development department that had the basics and they were working on advanced strategies. It wasn’t until I started planning out the stages...
Appeal Letters, Social Media
On Tuesday, I went into the Facebook group, At the Top: Small Nonprofit Leaders, and announced that next week we will have a contest. If people commented and posted, they would get points and the top contributor would receive a sixty-minute mentoring session with me....
Boards, Getting the right stuff done, Goal Setting, mentoring, Planning
Nonprofit leaders- Founders and new Executive Directors- find setting up, running a nonprofit, or fundraising daunting. They feel alone and overwhelmed. I know because I talk to nonprofit leaders often about their challenges- both in the organization and...
Featured, Fundraising, Nonprofit Nation
I recently had a revelation about ideal donors as I was digging into the subject for Nonprofit Nation. My revelation: your ideal donor doesn’t have to be complicated. So many coaches, consultants, and others have taught a long-drawn-out process that quite...