CommunityStrategic Fundraisingunique fundraising ideas Is It Worth It? Is it Worth it? I’m always a bit surprised at some of our well-meaning nonprofits…LarryMarch 16, 2015
CommunityStrategic Fundraisingunique fundraising ideas Investing In Being Wrong Investing in Being Wrong When we reach out to prospective donors to our charitable cause…LarryMarch 3, 2015
CommunityStrategic FundraisingThe Eight Principles of Sustainable Fundraisingunique fundraising ideas Ideas and Networks Ideas and Networks Among nonprofit organizations and charitable causes, the intrinsic worth and obvious value…LarryFebruary 17, 2015
CommunityStrategic Fundraisingunique fundraising ideas Don’t Make it “Yes” or “No” Don’t Make it “Yes” or “No” When you approach a prospective donor for a gift…LarryFebruary 3, 2015
CommunityStrategic Fundraisingunique fundraising ideas Selling Placebos All nonprofit organizations are worthy causes, right? Wrong. Time was, all a nonprofit had to…LarryJanuary 20, 2015
CommunityStrategic Fundraisingunique fundraising ideas Maximizing Joy For those of us in the fundraising profession, there’s nothing quite like the elation of…LarryJanuary 6, 2015
CommunityStrategic Fundraisingunique fundraising ideas Fundraising for Elites An elite, in the popular parlance is often someone at the top of a pyramid…LarryDecember 16, 2014
CommunityStrategic Fundraisingunique fundraising ideas Between Pandering and Ignoring When we seek to get the attention of a philanthropist to give to our cause,…LarryDecember 2, 2014
CommunityStrategic Fundraisingunique fundraising ideas People and Systems When you’re evaluating of the effectiveness of a fundraising program you often have to look…LarryNovember 25, 2014
CommunityStrategic Fundraisingunique fundraising ideas Capacity and Consumption As the poet Robert Frost wrote: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took…LarryNovember 24, 2014
CommunityStrategic Fundraisingunique fundraising ideas Faux Sophistication Do you read the appeal of a well meaning nonprofit as they describe the critical…LarryNovember 18, 2014
CommunityStrategic Fundraisingunique fundraising ideas Better Not More Getting your fundraising program to deliver the ongoing revenue your organization needs to fulfill its…LarryNovember 4, 2014
CommunityStrategic Fundraisingunique fundraising ideas The Slow Burn We live in an era of “big:” big data, big ideas, big impact. Yet changing…LarryOctober 28, 2014
CommunityStrategic Fundraisingunique fundraising ideas Not Even A Mulligan For a number of years, I attempted to take up golf. I say “attempted” inasmuch…LarryOctober 21, 2014
CommunityStrategic Fundraisingunique fundraising ideas Window Shopping We all like to do it. It’s enjoyable, it’s free—and except for our time—involves no…LarryOctober 14, 2014