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4 Leadership Traits that Can Make or Break a Campaign

4 Leadership Traits that Can Make or Break a Campaign

By Amy Eisenstein

I recently had a call with an Executive Director whose campaign was failing. Her performing arts center had completed a feasibility study with an experienced and reputable campaign firm, which had recommended proceeding with a campaign goal ...

Filed Under: Campaign Planning, General Campaign

Challenge: Describe Your Capital Campaign in Just Six Words

Challenge: Describe Your Capital Campaign in Just Six Words

By Amy Eisenstein

Ernest Hemingway started a trend of six-word stories with these riveting words: For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Stories told in just six words can be a powerful tool for your campaign. When you choose the right words, you can move donors ...

Filed Under: General Campaign, Pre-Campaign, Uncertain Times

Capital Campaign Volunteers: How to Select and Recruit Top Supporters

Capital Campaign Volunteers: How to Select and Recruit Top Supporters

By Andrea Kihlstedt

Successful capital campaigns use lots of volunteers. Volunteers serve as campaign chairs, on the steering committee and on a host of other ad hoc committees that help with specific aspects of the campaign. Recruiting and selecting the ...

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

Fundraising During COVID-19: Three Major Success Stories

Fundraising During COVID-19: Three Major Success Stories

By Andrea Kihlstedt

You may think that capital campaign fundraising always takes years and is full of drudgery. These three stories will show you another picture of the magic of capital campaign strategy. Fundraising in the Time of COVID In May of 2020, it was ...

Filed Under: General Campaign, Uncertain Times

Capital Campaigns During COVID: Stop, Yield, or Full Steam Ahead?

Capital Campaigns During COVID: Stop, Yield, or Full Steam Ahead?

By Amy Eisenstein

Regardless of where you are in the capital campaign process: Just thinking about it, Feasibility study stage, or Well on your way, I imagine you’ve had conversations (ad nauseum, perhaps) with your board and leadership team about if ...

Filed Under: General Campaign, Uncertain Times

Capital Campaign Consultant: The Ultimate Hiring Guide

When and How to Hire a Capital Campaign Consultant: 7 Steps

By Andrea Kihlstedt

As you prepare for a capital campaign, you may wrestle with whether to hire a consultant. And, you might be wondering how to do so. If you’ve never held a capital campaign before, you may have the misguided view that a consultant will take ...

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

Capital Campaign Capacity Building: New Use for the Campaign Model

Capital Campaign Capacity Building: New Use for the Campaign Model

By Andrea Kihlstedt

For nonprofit organizations, the most compelling definition of capacity is how much good that organization can do in the world. And how much of a difference your organization can make in the community you serve is the essential measurement ...

Filed Under: General Campaign, Major Gifts, Most Popular

How to Raise $100K or More for Your Organization in 8 Weeks

How to Raise $100K or More for Your Organization in 8 Weeks

By Amy Eisenstein

When it became clear the Pandemic wasn’t going away anytime soon, Andrea and I knew we needed to do something drastic to help nonprofits in need. We decided to apply a capital campaign fundraising strategy to condensed "mini-campaigns" ...

Filed Under: General Campaign, Major Gifts, Uncertain Times

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