Does Your Capital Campaign Absolutely Need a Campaign Consultant?
Sarah Durham, the CEO of Big Duck, invited me and Andrea to be guests on her podcast, The Smart Communications Podcast. Big Duck puts smart communications in the hands of nonprofits. Similarly, the Capital Campaign Toolkit puts capital campaigns in the hands of...
6 Pro-Tips to Solicit Board Members for Capital Campaign Gifts
It’s common for organizations to wrestle with how to ask their board members for capital campaign gifts. It can be a dicey subject! Too often people solicit their board members at a board meeting by handing out pledge forms for them to fill out. That’s a terrible way...
3 Ways to Prevent Your Capital Campaign from Cannibalizing Your Annual Fund
Are you afraid your capital campaign will gobble up your annual fund? You’re probably worrying that when people give gifts to your campaign, they won’t want to make their regular gifts to your annual fund. As you head into year-end fundraising season, your fears...
Podcast: 4 Questions to Ask BEFORE You Start a Capital Campaign
The Capital Campaign Toolkit was recently featured on the Nothing But Major Gifts podcast by the Veritus Group. Today’s post includes highlights from that podcast in the form of four questions to ask BEFORE you start on a capital campaign. But be sure to give the full...
2 Alternatives to Traditional Feasibility Studies for Your Capital Campaign
Feasibility studies are an important part of any capital campaign. The purpose of a feasibility study is to evaluate your plan and goal with your largest donors to determine whether they are realistic and feasible. The feedback that you receive during the study will...
