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Why You Need a Capital Campaign Coordinator To Make Your Campaign a Roaring Success

Why You Need a Capital Campaign Coordinator to Make Your Campaign a Roaring Success

By Andrea Kihlstedt

If you want your campaign to be successful, you'll have to invest in it. You simply CAN'T do it all yourself! Your campaign will suffer. You will burn out. And the details won't be right! And ... drum roll ... you can add the cost of ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, General Campaign

10 Lessons Learned after Two Years Fundraising with COVID

10 Lessons Learned after Two Years Fundraising with COVID

By Amy Eisenstein

One of the most exciting aspects of my job is that I get to meet and speak with hundreds of nonprofit leaders and fundraisers. Week after week, month after month, I hear stories about successes and challenges from those contemplating and ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Uncertain Times

10 Steps to Create a Solid Case for Support for Your Campaign

10 Steps to Create a Solid Case for Support for Your Campaign

By Andrea Kihlstedt

When you hear the phrase “case for support,” do you immediately think about a brochure? If so, this post will open and unlock your thinking. Because a case for support isn’t a brochure, though it may look like one sometimes. No! A case for ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Pre-Campaign

4 Tips to Raise Major Gifts for a Campaign without Embarrassing Yourself

4 Tips to Raise Major Gifts for a Campaign without Embarrassing Yourself

By Amy Eisenstein

Let’s face it, a capital campaign hinges on successfully raising the biggest gifts your organization has ever raised. The idea of raising such gigantic gifts is probably terrifying. Initially, you’ll need to raise leadership level gifts. ...

Filed Under: General Campaign, Major Gifts, Most Popular

Capital Campaign Stalled Out? 3 Ways to Regain Momentum

Capital Campaign Stalled Out? 3 Ways to Regain Momentum

By Andrea Kihlstedt

Has your capital campaign stalled? Does progress feel slow or strained? Perhaps your early numbers looked great, with a million-dollar commitment and a couple of other whopping big gifts. You may have raised half of your campaign goal or ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, General Campaign, Quiet Phase

4 Tips for Emailing Donors to Schedule Campaign Solicitations

4 Tips for Emailing Donors to Schedule Campaign Solicitations

By Andrea Kihlstedt

Do you email donors to set up solicitation meetings? Honestly, email is a great way to connect. It's immediate. It's easy for the donor to respond. And, of course, it's convenient for the solicitor, too. But the key is to write your ...

Filed Under: Donor Cultivation, Major Gifts

5 Donor Love Languages: How Fundraisers Say ‘Thank You’ Matters

5 Donor Love Languages: How Fundraisers Say ‘Thank You’ Matters

By Amy Eisenstein

Over the past week, there were a number of articles, stories, and posts about love (due to Valentine’s Day). One that caught my eye was about Gary Chapman’s famous book on 5 Love Languages. It got me thinking about how fundraisers show ...

Filed Under: Donor Cultivation, Major Gifts

How to Set the Right Goal for Your Capital Campaign

How to Set the Right Goal for Your Capital Campaign

By Andrea Kihlstedt

You might think that setting the fundraising goal for your capital campaign is simple and straightforward. But it’s not. How to Set the Right Capital Campaign Goal To illustrate my point about the challenges of setting the right campaign ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, Most Popular, Pre-Campaign

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