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Train Board and Staff for a Capital Campaign (But Don’t Call it Training!)

Train Board and Staff for a Capital Campaign (But Don’t Call it Training!)

by Amy Eisenstein

One of the key aspects of a successful capital campaign is how you train your board and staff members. Most people haven’t experienced a capital campaign. If they have, they’ve been part of one aspect or another, but relatively few people ...

Filed Under: Board Readiness, Campaign Planning

4 Time Management Tips to Best Optimize Your Capital Campaign

4 Time Management Tips to Best Optimize Your Capital Campaign

by Amy Eisenstein

There’s one universal thing we never seem to have enough of... time. Nonprofit leaders are especially strapped for time because they are generally understaffed. In “normal” times, development professionals and executive directors are ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, General Campaign

Overwhelmed? 4 Ways to Simplify Your Campaign’s Quiet Phase

Overwhelmed? 4 Ways to Simplify Your Campaign’s Quiet Phase

by Andrea Kihlstedt

Sometimes the solution to being overwhelmed is to be more efficient. You can get more things done in a shorter amount of time. Up-to-date lists, functional systems, and seamless staffing can enable you to whip through your tasks accurately ...

Filed Under: Donor Cultivation, Quiet Phase

Capital Campaign Meetings are Complex: 5 Tips to Make them Work

Capital Campaign Meetings are Complex: 5 Tips to Make them Work

by Andrea Kihlstedt

Complex capital campaign meetings are the new normal. In fact, it’s becoming rare to be part of a meeting where everyone is sitting around the same table. Some people attend in person. Others phone in. And yet others attend via video ...

Filed Under: General Campaign

3 Reasons to Start a Capital Campaign During Uncertain Times

3 Reasons to Start a Capital Campaign During Uncertain Times

by Amy Eisenstein

The last few years have been challenging, to say the least. Between COVID, the economy, and politics, there’s a lot of uncertainty and anxiety. You may also have had challenges within your organization like leadership and staff ...

Filed Under: Covid-19 Crisis, General Campaign

Donor Investment Reports: Help Alleviate Donor Confusion

Donor Investment Reports: Help Alleviate Donor Confusion

by Andrea Kihlstedt

One of the most common questions we get about capital campaigns is whether they will (or won’t) cannibalize the annual fund. And, if your organization relies on the annual fundraising to support your operating budget, that’s a question you ...

Filed Under: Donor Cultivation

How To Use Your Campaign to Become a More Powerful Fundraiser

How To Use Your Campaign to Become a More Powerful Fundraiser

by Amy Eisenstein

If you’re considering a capital campaign, it’s inevitable that you’re going to need to discuss money with your donors at one point or another. Unfortunately, we’ve been conditioned and socialized to believe speaking about money is awkward ...

Filed Under: General Campaign, Major Gifts

Can’t Hire Help for Your Capital Campaign? Consider Another Approach

Can’t Hire Help for Your Capital Campaign? Consider Another Approach

by Andrea Kihlstedt

Betty, the Executive Director of a small nonprofit, works hard every day to keep her nonprofit running. She’s capable and committed. She cares deeply. She’s built an excellent team of people to keep the programs going. Hiring Help for Your ...

Filed Under: Feasibility Study, General Campaign

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