Donor Aquisition, Featured, Fundraising
Nonprofit Founders, New Executive Directors, and Board members have all been asking questions lately about fundraising strategies, where to find donors, and Board giving. I talk to people in Facebook groups, during mentoring calls, and in all other sorts of places. ...
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...