Last week I hosted a special live Fundchat with Ian Adair on capital campaigns. There were some fantastic questions and great discussion. Here are the highlights. How do you know when your organization is ready for a capital campaign? Here are my top ‘absolutes’… 1. Strong base of sustainable, annual support 2. Strong volunteer engagement… [Read more…]
January 10, 2012
CBS has been 3rd in the morning TV news ratings for over 30 years. Charlie Rose will be leading their charge to change this from 7am-8am, bringing a serious tone to an otherwise increasingly witty, wacky and pop-culture-filled hour led by NBC’s ‘Today’ and ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’. Rose is perhaps the single best interviewer… [Read more…]
December 2, 2011
I’m upset. I got a call yesterday from a friend of a friend. “Could you guys use some books for the homeless kids you tutor? We want to do a book drive but I wanted to see if that would truly help.” I wanted to hug her over the phone. Why? Because she asked. Why… [Read more…]
November 9, 2011
Ok, ok, it doesn’t suck. As explained in the first post, it just hasn’t increased (as a % of GDP) despite all the developments in the nonprofit sector. In response to the release of last week’s Growing Philanthropy Report, fundraisers are uniquely positioned to not only facilitate giving, but increase it. Here’s how. 1. Always… [Read more…]
September 13, 2011
Last week I obviously hadn’t done my job well. A potential donor and I were having a conversation about his support. Several minutes into the conversation he said, “So…(long pause)…when I go home to my wife, what am I going to tell her our money went for?” I was making the case for administrative overhead. … [Read more…]
February 20, 2012
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