October 18, 2017
What Are the Some Outstanding Alternatives to Government Funding?

Traditional government funding mechanisms can do more harm than good. Their stop-start nature means that nonprofits must forever start and discard programs and gear up[…]

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October 9, 2017
You Can’t Opt Out, Fundraising is for Everyone

Did you hear the story about the million-dollar gift from the father of a nonprofit’s vendor? Or, the staff member who turned a $7,000 gift[…]

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August 26, 2017
Help! We’re Caught on a Nonprofit Event Treadmill

Grand news! Your event succeeded. You earned money. People had a blast. You generated new donors. You stewarded current ones. The results were everything you[…]

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August 22, 2017
The Top 3 Mistakes that Spoil Sponsorship Opportunities

In July, I led a sponsor panel for the St. Petersburg Regional Art Summit. Panelist included staff from Bank of America; the power company, Duke[…]

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July 14, 2017
Fundraising Alchemy: Turning Your Volunteers into Donors

As a videographer runs the camera, a donor explains why she included a bequest to Selby Gardens in her estate plans. Her gift will buy[…]

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June 13, 2017
How to Help High Worth Donors Engage with New Staff

The Challenge: A new CEO or development director begins work and wants to connect with donors who loved the previous staff member. How can you[…]

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June 9, 2017
Fundraising Committees Where Everyone Pitches In

It’s not uncommon. You create a committee to fundraise. You carefully screen whom to invite and coax them to join. And then boom! You leave[…]

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April 26, 2017
How to Solve Your Biggest Fundraising Challenge

Q: What evaluation question shrinks your donated nonprofit revenue growth? A: How much money did we raise?   Surprised? Let me explain.   You’ve heard[…]

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March 27, 2017
How to Stop Mission Creep Now

How to keep the creep out of your nonprofit. What is mission creep or drift? A disease that inflicts nonprofits that chase after money. Why[…]

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March 15, 2017
The Joy of Undesignated Donations: Creating Diamond Donors

How to create diamond donors that give undesignated gifts to empower nonprofits to leverage funds and purchase necessary but unattractive products and services.

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