Are there other ways to fund your nonprofit?
Have you ever been asked by a board member, "Isn't there some other way of funding our work rather than asking for money?" Or have you thought that yourself?Well, NonprofitHub's CEO Randy Hawthorne...
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It's not about scaring, but caring
I recently blogged about a storytelling tip for nonprofit leaders that I learned from Kindra Hall. The tip is especially powerful in nonprofit fundraising.Kindra took the millenia old story structure -...
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Are you just putting out fires?
Here's the text of an email I sent to subscribers of the free #FollowUpFriday email list. Versions of this process helped keep me sane as a fundraiser so I thought I'd share it here.Good...
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The danger of seeking 100% online giving
Online giving definitely is growing. And if you listen to the growth statistics, you may feel you can fully fund your organization using online giving tools.If that's you, stop.Seriously. When...
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Upcoming Events
I'll be on the road quite a bit this fall. If you'll be at one of these events, let's try to meet up!Atlanta - August 14 - YNPN 2017I'm looking forward to giving leadership trainings on taking charge...
View Article3 Common Capital Campaign Mistakes
Capital campaigns are a wild roller coaster ride of vision-fueled excitement followed by long stretches of slow. slogging. work.The slow parts require incredible discipline to stay on course. I know...
View ArticleCan you fundraise in the face of disasters like Hurricane Harvey?
In this morning's note to my weekly Fundraising Kick coaching email subscribers, I offered two ways to respond to a tragedy like the devastation people are experiencing in Texas because of Hurricane...
View ArticleAre you a BFF?
I've been seeing a disturbing trend of late: a sharp rise in what I call are BFFs: blunt force fundraisers. Nonprofit leaders willfully skipping planning to jump straight to asking.As the author of Ask...
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PSA: Check your nonprofit's donation page NOW
Don't let this happen to you! Last night, my wife and I were doing some year-end giving. We went to a nonprofit we love and found this on their donation page: Where there should have been a giving...
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4 things to check as you begin 2016
I find it so easy to keep looking for the new thing, pressing toward the next deadline, looking for the next big "win," that I tend to forget routine maintenance systems. But just like our cars need...
View ArticleA warning about fall fundraising appeals
Fall fundraising is hard enough. But listening to NPR's All Things Considered on my ride home this evening, I remembered how much more challenging political mailing will make your fundraising this...
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A simple personal leadership tool for executive directors and fundraisers
Or how to answer the question "What do you do with your time?" In the last couple weeks, I've found myself sharing a tool with each of my private coaching clients. So I thought I'd share it with you...
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Relationship Fundraising in the 21st Century - An academic study by Rogare
We live in the best time to fundraise! No longer are we at the mercy of the latest anecdote. Now we have a growing body of solid research into how to best help donors to invest in what matters to them...
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[Guest Post] Top 10 Tips for Growing Your Matching Gift Program
I've been impressed with the number of nonprofits actively educating about matching gifts. I'm seeing it on thank you pages and hearing about it from coaching clients. This is relatively easy money...
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Watch the fundraising objections fall to the floor
Last week, I was invited to give a full day Ask Without Fear!® training in Kansas City. We had a blast. One of the exercises involved overcoming objections…even before they come up. The process was:...
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Is your community suffering from an attack of a charity ideology?
If you are paying attention to government actions and media reports, it is easy to see that nonprofit work is under consistent attack. Local and state governments are threatening to tax charities....
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Have you tried fundraising in a "vision vacuum"?
I've been a leadership guy a lot longer than I've been a fundraising coach. In fact, one of the things I love about nonprofit fundraising is that fundraising impacts all areas of leadership: mission,...
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Are you following up on your quality of life? #followupfriday
It's Follow Up Friday! In most of my #followupfriday email reminders, I encourage subscribers to reach out to people or following up on uncompleted tasks. Often they're following up with donors and...
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What is The Concord Leadership Group LLC?
Some of you have been seeing my name associated with at group called "The Concord Leadership Group LLC." You've seen it mentioned in the emails you get from The Fundraising Coach. And over the last few...
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Fundraising like Linus: what security blanket are you clinging to?
Last week, I sent out a fundraising coaching email to Fundraising Kick subscribers asking them if they were fundraising like Linus. My grandfather loved Charles Schulz's Peanuts comics. Everytime we...
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