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Since Amy Eisenstein and I published A Board Member's Guide to Capital Campaign Fundraising: How to Raise Game-Changing Money for Your Nonprofit, we've been thrilled (and honestly humbled) by the response. Dozens of nonprofit organizations ...
After working on hundreds of capital campaigns over the past several decades, one thing has become abundantly clear: Capital campaigns are fundamentally leadership-driven endeavors. And because board members are an organization's most ...
Even the best-planned capital campaigns — backed by strong feasibility studies, enthusiastic donors, and a compelling vision — encounter unexpected turns. Costs rise. Timelines shift. Opportunities emerge that nobody could have predicted at ...
In a recent Capital Campaign Pro group advising call, a longtime client (we’ll call her “Tanya”) brought a pretty routine conundrum to the discussion. Tanya is deep in her campaign’s quiet phase and explained that she had a $150,000 ...
In capital campaigns, activity is everything. Donor visits need scheduling. Board members want updates. Architects need decisions. Volunteers need call lists and talking points. Deadlines lurk around every corner. And in the middle of all ...
On a recent peer support call for Capital Campaign Pro clients, a development director at an independent school -- let’s call her Margie -- posed a question that immediately resonated with the group. She described an alumni family that ...
At Capital Campaign Pro, innovation isn’t something we do occasionally -- it’s core to how we work. We’re constantly tinkering with the status quo, questioning assumptions, and asking whether there’s a better, clearer, or more strategic way ...
In recent weeks, I’ve found myself in more than a few conversations with nonprofit leaders who are stumped and frustrated about reaching the all-important campaign milestone of 100% board participation. The specifics from conversation to ...
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