Energize Capital Campaign Volunteers With One Simple Exercise
Plain and simple — you can’t have a successful capital campaign without volunteers. Your campaign volunteers bring vitality to your campaign. They’re in the weeds doing the work. They’re making connections. And if they didn’t truly believe in your...
Two Must-Have Skills for a Successful Capital Campaign
A capital campaign is a long rollercoaster ride. It’s likely to take two or three years. You can be the most prepared organization around and still, you, your staff and your board will be pushed beyond what’s comfortable. Inevitably, some volunteers won’t return your...
Ready for a Capital Campaign? That Depends on Your Top Donors
Are You Ready for a Campaign? Test Yourself! Open a blank document. Without looking at your CRM or other donor lists make a list of the ten people who are likely to make the lead gifts to your campaign. They might be individuals, foundation heads or program directors,...
5 Capacity Building Opportunities for Your Capital Campaign
Raising money year in, year out for on-going operations feels like a slog. I get it. Every year, you raise your goal by the deadline and then, the next day you start again back at 0. It’s essentially starting from scratch with an even bigger fundraising goal for...
What’s in a Capital Campaign Plan? 11 Essential Elements to Consider
If your boss asked you to put together a plan for your organization’s upcoming capital campaign, would you know what to include? Probably not. Why? For decades, organizations have relied on capital campaign consultants to write their campaign plans. So they’ve seemed...
