Raise Funds: The Holy Trinity of Fundraising
To successfully raise funds, you must adhere to three principals. I wrote one of my very first posts about that here. I reinforced these three principals...
To successfully raise funds, you must adhere to three principals. I wrote one of my very first posts about that here. I reinforced these three principals...
Many charities have an endowed component to their finances. The term endowment often confuses people and they are really unsure what it means. I repeatedly use...
Energy Vampires are those folks that literally suck the energy out from you, leaving you drained. We have all come across such people in our professional...
Today’s post may seem like heresy to some. The goal of fundraising is not to raise money in and of itself. The goal of fundraising is...
The last two-plus years have certainly been a wild ride. Up here in the Great White North (Canada), we are still on a modified lockdown, with...
I have written numerous times that fundraising is about relationships. And those relationships are usually built on trust. But are charities truly being transparent? Or, are...
Three years ago, I wrote about recruitment for a new board member (here). In the article, I focussed on managing expectations, as Joan Garry so eloquently...
Last week, I wrote about golf and fundraising — the advent of the graphite shaft amplifies your golf swing (good or bad), just as COVID has...
Fundraising during COVID is like using a graphite golf club. Those things that go well go really well, and the things that go poorly go really...
COVID-19 has really taken a toll on good stewardship. Donor receptions, tours, and in-person briefings have been put on pause out of an abundance of caution....