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Funding Your Capital Campaign’s Shortfall: An Ethical Conundrum

Funding Your Capital Campaign’s Shortfall: An Ethical Conundrum

by Andrea Kihlstedt

Imagine this: You’ve been working on a capital campaign to raise $5,000,000 for two and a half years. The campaign has gone pretty well. In fact, you’ve gotten some gifts that were bigger than you anticipated. To date, you’ve raised ...

Filed Under: General Campaign, Public Phase

How to Recruit the Best Committee Members for Your Capital Campaign

How to Recruit the Best Committee Members for Your Capital Campaign

by Amy Eisenstein

Recruiting the right committee members for your campaign is important because they will bring valuable skills, connections, and energy to your campaign, while the wrong ones can drain resources, frustrate staff and volunteers, and even slow ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, General Campaign

Capital Campaign Staffing: How to Staff Your Development Office

Capital Campaign Staffing: How to Staff Your Development Office

by Andrea Kihlstedt

If you’re getting ready for a capital campaign, you may be wondering how in heaven’s name you’re going to find the time to run a campaign when you can barely get all of the requirements of your current responsibilities done. You may find it ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Pre-Campaign

Out with Traditional Consulting, In with Capital Campaign Pro

Out with Traditional Consulting, In with Capital Campaign Pro

by Amy Eisenstein and Andrea Kihlstedt

Celebrate with us! We’re approaching our 5th anniversary, and we’re growing up... Capital Campaign Toolkit is now Capital Campaign Pro More than five years ago, we had our first conversation about creating an online toolkit that would guide ...

Filed Under: Feasibility Study, General Campaign

Building a Capital Campaign Power Team: ED + DD + Board Chair

Building a Capital Campaign Power Team: ED + DD + Board Chair

by Andrea Kihlstedt

The ultimate power team for your capital campaign consists of: the Executive Director (or CEO) the Development Director (or lead development person) and Board Chair When those three leaders are working well together, they form a ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, General Campaign

Top 5 Capital Campaign Mistakes, Plus Lessons Learned

Top 5 Capital Campaign Mistakes, Plus Lessons Learned

by Amy Eisenstein

Capital campaigns can be challenging and stressful -- but they don’t have to be. With proper planning and execution, capital campaigns are the most effective way for you to add some rocket fuel to your fundraising and jet-propel your ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Pre-Campaign

Capital Campaign Myths Board Members Like to Tell Themselves

Capital Campaign Myths Board Members Like to Tell Themselves

by Andrea Kihlstedt

If your organization is heading into a capital campaign, you may have some concerns about your board members -- and rightfully so. Ask yourself: Are your board members often stubbornly wrong-headed? Do they have beliefs about capital ...

Filed Under: Board Readiness, Campaign Planning

How to Recruit the Best Capital Campaign Volunteers

How to Recruit the Best Capital Campaign Volunteers: 10 Tips

by Andrea Kihlstedt

Capital campaigns that engage great volunteers have a better chance of being successful than those that don’t. Why? Because people who volunteer to help with campaigns also give to campaigns -- much like board members Furthermore, people ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Donor Cultivation

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