Challenge: Describe Your Capital Campaign in Just Six Words
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 with powerful, compelling...
Capital Campaigns During COVID: Stop, Yield, or Full Steam Ahead?
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 and how to proceed. If you’re still...
How to Raise $100K or More for Your Organization in 8 Weeks
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” designed to raise...
2020 Summer Reading for Nonprofit Leaders and Burgeoning Experts
Summer is a wonderful time to sit down with a good book. Personally, I read both for fun and to learn, and most years, I work through as many as 10 books in July and August. This summer of COVID-19 provides an even better opportunity to read and grow. It’s a...
5 Things To Do this Summer to Advance Your Capital Campaign
Summer is often a challenging time for capital campaigns. Schedules change. Volunteers and donors often travel. Under normal circumstances, donors, committee members, and staff members might be unavailable for weeks or months at a time. A Challenge or An Opportunity...