Here’s why your donors are not coming back
Read part one of this interview with Ellen Bristol and learn how to start looking at your fundraising and measuring it in a different way. What if we measured donor interest, donations and engagement instead of OUR moves toward the donor? Intrigued? Read on. Mazarine Treyz: Based on what you’ve seen over the last 20 […]
How much money should you have pledged before you go live with your crowdfunding or capital campaign?
This is part two of our interview with Andrea Kihlstedt, a national expert on Capital Campaigns, and co-founder of Capital Campaign Masters. Before you do a feasibility study, here are 4 things you need to have in place. She will be teaching at our online Nonprofit Leadership Summit on September 27th-29th. That’s just 13 days […]
Why should you be finding new donors now?
Why should you be finding new donors now? How can you do it? Why are tests important? This is Part two of our interview with Heather Yandow on the 2016 Individual Donor Benchmark Report. Go here to read part one. MT: You’re now encouraging nonprofits to spend a lot of time finding new donors. How […]
Why you lie to your board
Here’s part two of our interview with Marc Pitman, where he talks about how we lie to our boards, why we lie to our boards, and how to help our board members be a little less confused. (Read Part one here, where Marc talks about why executive directors and CEOS are insecure. MT: Your report […]
Is there a formula for fundraising success?
Fundraising isn’t JUST about money. It’s about relationships. How can you start to build a relationship with a donor? Conversation about their values. And questions. And listening. What questions do you ask? What does it look like when you get it wrong? Here’s a cringeworthy story about a fundraiser getting it wrong. The other day […]
11 tips to communicate better with nonprofit leaders
Let’s face it. Nobody is born saying, “You know what I really want to do? I want to be a nonprofit consultant! Yep! I am automatically good at this! Don’t need any training at all!” So, if you are looking to work with nonprofits, on the side or full time, you might want to ask […]