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Andrea Kihlstedt

Is a Capital Campaign Right for Your Organization? 6 Key Questions

Is a Capital Campaign Right for Your Organization? 6 Key Questions

By Andrea Kihlstedt

If you’re thinking about a capital campaign for your organization, you should put yourself through this little checklist to make sure a campaign is the best way for you to raise money now. Capital campaigns are among the most powerful form ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Pre-Campaign

Engage Campaign Donors by Inviting Them to Self-Select

Engage Campaign Donors by Inviting Them to Self-Select

By Andrea Kihlstedt

I believe in giving donors a chance to self-select as a way of engaging them in your cause. The approach outlined in this post is easy, it provides great information, and it helps you create a list of people who self-select as being ...

Filed Under: Donor Cultivation, General Campaign

A Cautionary Tale: The Stalled Capital Campaign

A Cautionary Tale: The Stalled Capital Campaign

By Andrea Kihlstedt

We recently invited people to tell us their most pressing campaign challenges and concerns. Some campaign challenges came up again and again. Capital Campaign Challenge: A Stalled Campaign Here’s an email we received from Barbara, a ...

Filed Under: General Campaign, Public Phase, Quiet Phase

6 Effective Ways to Engage Donors During a Capital Campaign

6 Effective Ways to Engage Donors During a Capital Campaign

By Andrea Kihlstedt

The following is a guest post written by Frank Mumford, CFRE, who works with Gravyty, a leading donor engagement software company. Capital campaigns are a major initiative for fundraising organizations that require long-term, strategic ...

Filed Under: Donor Cultivation, General Campaign

A Great Strategy to Assist Your ED with Daunting Capital Campaign Tasks

A Great Strategy to Assist Your ED with Daunting Capital Campaign Tasks

By Andrea Kihlstedt

Have trouble getting your Executive Director to make their calls, schedule appointments with major donors, and other capital campaign-related tasks? You're not alone. Executive Directors Often Mean Well, But... I recently spoke with ...

Filed Under: General Campaign, Major Gifts

How to Design Engaging Meetings for Your Capital Campaign

How to Design Truly Engaging Capital Campaign Meetings

By Andrea Kihlstedt

I’ll bet you’ve been to meetings that were a total waste of your time. Unfortunately, lousy meetings are all too common. And the time-suck is only one of the consequences. Poorly planned meetings also sap people’s energy and dampen their ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, General Campaign

3 Questions to Test if Your Nonprofit is Ready for a Capital Campaign

3 Questions to Test if Your Nonprofit is Ready for a Capital Campaign

By Andrea Kihlstedt

Here's a quick three-question test to help you determine if you're organization is anywhere near ready for a capital campaign. While there are a great many things required to be fully ready for a campaign, the questions here points to the ...

Filed Under: Pre-Campaign

A Board Member Lowballs a Capital Campaign Gift: What Do You Do?

A Board Member Lowballs a Capital Campaign Gift: What Do You Do?

By Andrea Kihlstedt

One of our Capital Campaign Pro members shared a situation with us recently that had her scratching her head as she tried to figure out how to handle it. Our very thoughtful and experienced advisor, Sarah Plimpton, responded with several ...

Filed Under: Board Readiness, Donor Cultivation, Major Gifts

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