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Our friend, Gail Perry, and her colleagues have suggested that you should eliminate the public phase of your capital campaign. Quick Recap: Quiet Phase and Public Phase Capital campaigns have traditionally been structured to raise the bulk ...
I’ll bet you’ve heard people talk about the quiet phase and public phase of a capital campaign. You may also have been to a campaign kick-off. But do you really know what those things are and why they matter? In this post, you’ll learn ...
The idea of practicing something gets an undeserved bad rap. I suspect it probably comes from childhood, when a parent pushed you to practice the piano or practice penmanship or practice shooting hoops. It seemed like drudgery. But from ...
Have you ever taken an improv class? I know it’s an unlikely suggestion, but if you’re in the donor relations part of fundraising, you’d learn a ton of transferable skills. Because the best conversation is always improvised. Have you ever ...
Is there a formula for capital campaign success? Absolutely! Whether your campaign will be successful (or not) depends on your ability to have the courage to set big goals and then temper that unbridled optimism based on clear headed ...
As you begin planning for a capital campaign, you've got to get everyone speaking the same language about your organization -- your board members and staff members, the person who answers the phone and (especially) the person who sits at ...
After a long and often arduous quiet phase, during which your campaign will raise 60% to 80% of your campaign goal, you will finally kick-off the public phase of your campaign. Prior to your campaign kick-off, you’ll have solicited all ...
Ready to announce your capital campaign to the world? You might be. First, ask yourself these three questions: Can you see your campaign success right around the corner? Were your largest donors as generous as you had hoped? Have you ...
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