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Has your capital campaign stalled? Does progress feel slow or strained? Perhaps your early numbers looked great, with a million-dollar commitment and a couple of other whopping big gifts. You may have raised half of your campaign goal or ...
Do you email donors to set up solicitation meetings? Honestly, email is a great way to connect. It's immediate. It's easy for the donor to respond. And, of course, it's convenient for the solicitor, too. But the key is to write your ...
You might think that setting the fundraising goal for your capital campaign is simple and straightforward. But it’s not. How to Set the Right Capital Campaign Goal To illustrate my point about the challenges of setting the right campaign ...
Most capital campaigns come down to the successful solicitation of approximately 20 or 30 gifts and the work of a very few people who are involved in soliciting one lead gift after another. Often the executive director and a few key board ...
Not sure what a BHAG (bee-hag) is? Don't have one? BHAG is an acronym developed by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras in their book Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. It stands for Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal. And your ...
Capital campaign consultants are important and frequent players on the capital campaign team. They can be worth their weight in gold when it comes to your campaign. But why are they so valuable? Understanding Why You Should Have Capital ...
Capital campaigns are like icebergs. Most of the work is invisible. It happens quietly, behind the scenes, long before the campaign becomes public and long after you’ve celebrated success. In my experience, most campaigns for ...
I challenge you…! When you read those three words didn’t you want to know what the challenge was? And weren’t you already wondering just a bit if you could win that challenge? We humans are wired to respond to challenge. And when ...
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