Capital Campaign Pro
Everything You Need for a Successful Campaign
Don't assume that your Executive Director knows much about capital campaigns. Very few do. Perhaps your CEO has been involved in a campaign before, but chances are she hasn't taken an organization from the beginning to the end of a ...
Capital campaigns are the most effective form of fundraising. Organizations often raise ten times what they raise every year -- without cannibalizing that important annual fundraising lifeline. I’ve written books and posts and literally ...
If you’ve been in this business for a while, you know that one of the best ways to cultivate prospective donors is to ask them for advice. And on the surface that sounds easy. Most everyone likes to be asked for advice, right? Well… sort ...
Meetings can be boring, but they don’t have to be. Meetings -- especially capital campaign meetings -- tend to be boring to participants when they don’t participate. Take a moment to consider the word participant. Do you give them the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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