Capital Campaign Pro
Everything You Need for a Successful Campaign
Have you ever taken an improv class? I know it’s an unlikely suggestion, but if you’re in the donor relations part of fundraising, you’d learn a ton of transferable skills. Because the best conversation is always improvised. Have you ever ...
Is there a formula for capital campaign success? Absolutely! Whether your campaign will be successful (or not) depends on your ability to have the courage to set big goals and then temper that unbridled optimism based on clear headed ...
As you begin planning for a capital campaign, you've got to get everyone speaking the same language about your organization -- your board members and staff members, the person who answers the phone and (especially) the person who sits at ...
After a long and often arduous quiet phase, during which your campaign will raise 60% to 80% of your campaign goal, you will finally kick-off the public phase of your campaign. Prior to your campaign kick-off, you’ll have solicited all ...
Ready to announce your capital campaign to the world? You might be. First, ask yourself these three questions: Can you see your campaign success right around the corner? Were your largest donors as generous as you had hoped? Have you ...
When it comes to capital campaigns, one idea is always quite clear: Donor recognition matters. A lot. A whole lot. Recognizing Donors for Their Capital Campaign Gifts is Crucial Recognizing people for their generosity is important. What's ...
My heart always sinks when an executive director tells me that they want to plan an endowment campaign to raise enough money so that they don’t have to raise money ever again. It’s just wrong-headed. Why? We’ll take a look and lay out our ...
When you think about a capital campaign, you probably imagine that it’ll take two or three years -- perhaps even more. And often it does. Once you’ve decided and honed what you are going to raise money for, then the process of building a ...
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