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Each spring, the nonprofit sector gets a wave of new fundraising research. These reports give us a useful read on donor behavior, revenue trends, retention, digital giving, recurring giving, and major gift activity. For organizations ...
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 ...
If you're an experienced fundraiser, you've been taught that in-person, face-to-face solicitation is the most effective way to solicit gifts. But is face-to-face donor solicitation really the best way to fundraise? Is Face-to-Face ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Capital campaigns carry a lot of emotional weight. Boards worry about them. Executive directors lose sleep over them. Development teams feel the pressure of getting every major step right. And that’s all before the campaign even ...
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 ...
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