When mapping out your fundraising plan, it’s best to play to your fundraising strengths. Are you strong in event planning, mindful of all the little details? Great at asking for in kind gifts? Masterful at telling stories that bring people to happy tears? Is social media where you connect with people? Or do you
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Continue readingPower outages. Medical emergencies. Fire alarms. Here are some examples of what’s gone wrong at my events.
Continue readingAt a recent nonprofit fundraising event, the nonprofit decided they didn’t want to push the raffle. If a guest approached a volunteer to buy a $50 raffle ticket — fine. But they didn’t want volunteers to walk up to groups of people and ask guest…
Continue readingIt’s the new year and time to make resolutions for a better year. Or not. Personally, I don’t like making resolutions. It just feels too hard to stick to them. My goals are always too lofty and I fall short within a few days, then I feel like a failure. Or I’m so busy still
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Continue readingWhat’s your mindset today?
As I write this post, we don’t yet know the results of the mid-term elections. Nor do I know what our mindset will be today.
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Continue readingHere are two lessons I learned from a recent project that you can apply to planning a fundraising auction to ensure it all works out in your favor.
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I was so honored to speak at Planet Philanthropy recently about Fundraising for Introverts. I’m an introvert. No, really, I am. There are a fair number of us working in development who aren’t all that outgoing, and the nuggets I shared seemed to really strike a chord, so I thought I’d share some of my30
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Fundraisers work in The Great Money Contradiction. Most of us grow up hearing that it’s not polite to talk about money. Yet that’s our job. No wonder so many people find a way around face-to-face asks! You know what I’m talking about – you’re nervous about meeting a donor in person to ask for money,30
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One thing I’ve noticed over the years is that there are two sides of fundraising. There’s the outside part where all the “how to” stuff lives. Do this, don’t do that, love your donors, etc. Then there’s the inside part where it’s all about how you think and what you feel. Really, it’s mindset.30
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One thing I’ve noticed over the years is that there are two sides of fundraising. There’s the outside part where all the “how to” stuff lives. Do this, don’t do that, love your donors, etc. Then there’s the inside part where it’s all about how you think and what you feel. Really, it’s mindset. And30
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