This is the first in a series of seven posts focused on busting (or validating) common fundraising myths. Believing you know the truth about anything in fundraising without testing it...
Balancing your major gift pipeline
Yesterday I talked with a nonprofit CEO who told me that 70% of his organization’s major gift revenue came from local corporate partners. There was a sense of pride and...
Become a better leader by investing more in your personal relationships
Leading a nonprofit isn’t easy. Neither is successfully running a development department. No matter how hard you work, you never have all the resources you need to accomplish your mission....
We increased our newsletter revenue by 1,000%. Here’s how…
Back in 2009 at Gillette Children’s Hospital Foundation we had a problem. Our newsletter, Momentum, was an institution unto itself. It won multiple communications awards. The staff raved about it....
Improve your hospital fundraising with 71 FREE education sessions!
The schedule for the upcoming Hospital Fundraising Summit has just been finalized. This exciting and FREE event is packed with 71 presentations from 48 expert speakers over an 7 day period....
Using technology to increase nonprofit capacity
For profit organizations have long embraced technology – specifically sophisticated CRM systems – to capture data and help them better engage, communicate and enhance relationships with their customers. This is...
2015 Challenges and Opportunities
2015 could be a pivotal growth year for your nonprofit! With so many challenges, and so many great opportunities, nonprofits need to focus on a number of key areas in...
Using Data To Drive Donor Insights
What data points does your nonprofit use to develop insights and new strategies to better engage your constituents? If you're like most nonprofits, it probably depends which department head you...
8 Tips to Kickstart Your Major Gift Efforts
[bctt tweet="Kickstart your major gift efforts by focusing on these eight simple, but often missed steps:"] 1. Write a plan: What are the organization's goals for the year, and what...
Happy New Year!
I can't believe it's already 2015! If you're anything like me, you probably don't have a ton of free time to surf the web looking for the best marketing &...