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3 Smart Ways to Propel Your Capital Campaign’s Donor Outreach

3 Smart Ways to Propel Your Capital Campaign’s Donor Outreach

By Andrea Kihlstedt

Are you stuck in the mud with your capital campaign fundraising? Tired of looking at spreadsheets and organizing committees and writing your case for support? Do you feel like you're not ready enough to actually contact your donors? Like ...

Filed Under: Donor Cultivation, General Campaign

Capital Campaigns Are Not Linear: How Smart Nonprofits Navigate Uncertainty

Capital Campaigns Are Not Linear: How Smart Nonprofits Navigate Uncertainty

By Sarah Plimpton

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 ...

Filed Under: Donor Cultivation, General Campaign, Uncertain Times

Immerse Donors in Your Mission by Creating a Truly Memorable Experience

Immerse Donors in Your Mission by Creating a Truly Memorable Experience

By Amy Eisenstein

Last week, Tammy Zonker, one of Capital Campaign Pro’s brilliant team members, spoke at the International Conference of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP ICON). In a conference filled with sessions on AI, her presentation on ...

Filed Under: Donor Cultivation, General Campaign, Uncategorized

The “Rare Bird” Strategy for Your Capital Campaign

The “Rare Bird” Strategy for Your Capital Campaign (When One Lands, Don’t Ignore it!)

By Sarah Plimpton

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 ...

Filed Under: Donor Cultivation, General Campaign

5 Simple Tips and Tricks to Make Your Fundraising (and Life) Better

5 Simple Tips and Tricks to Make Your Fundraising (and Life) Better

By Andrea Kihlstedt

As a capital campaign consultant, I've doled out lots of advice over the years. A few tips recur again and again. These are the tips that always seem fresh and pertinent and important. These tips are more about human nature than they are ...

Filed Under: Donor Cultivation, General Campaign, Major Gifts

Afraid to Ask for a Major Gift in a Tough Economy? Don’t Be – Here’s Why

Afraid to Ask for a Major Gift in a Tough Economy? Don’t Be – Here’s Why

By Amy Eisenstein

If you or your leadership team are feeling hesitant to ask for gifts right now, you’re not alone. Economic uncertainty, global instability, and constant negative headlines can make it feel like the worst possible moment to fundraise. But ...

Filed Under: Donor Cultivation, Uncertain Times

Quiet Donors: How to Steward When Donors Don’t Want the Attention

Quiet Donors: How to Steward Donors That Don’t Want the Attention

By Sarah Plimpton

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 ...

Filed Under: Donor Cultivation

22 Questions to Get to Know Your Capital Campaign Donors

22 Questions to Get to Know Your Capital Campaign Donors

By Andrea Kihlstedt

If you’re planning a capital campaign, you had better get to know your donors ahead of time. The success of your campaign depends less on how well you ask for gifts and more on whether you've built strong relationships with your ...

Filed Under: Donor Cultivation, Major Gifts, Pre-Campaign

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