Posts Tagged ‘capital campaign’
Advocacy 101: Where to start
This week, I’ll be attending Habitat for Humanity’s Habitat on the Hill event in Washington, DC. I started attending years ago, when I worked for a local affiliate in Tennessee, and it remains one of my favorite events of the year. We’ll be celebrating the successes of Habitat affiliates around the country who have enhanced the…
Read MoreWhy are Campaign Report Meetings Important?
Capital campaigns are remarkable undertakings that require extraordinary effort from those involved, including the fundraising professionals who design and implement the campaign, as well as the organization’s professional staff, donors, and volunteers. This article outlines the steps involved in campaign report meetings for a large, membership based organization. In this type of campaign, a handful…
Read MoreBecause You Can
Success is relative, but perfection is precise! What for one organization or person would be an extraordinary performance, for another is disappointing. It’s all relative to the standard with which something is compared. Years ago, I participated in a panel discussion during a board retreat for a very well respected regional arts festival. They were…
Read MoreAnniversaries and Capital Campaigns: A Winning Combination
Is your organization celebrating a special anniversary in the near future? Are you considering a capital campaign? If you answered “yes” to both of these questions, you have the potential to increase awareness of your organization and add or upgrade donors! The celebration of your fifth, tenth, twentieth or another anniversary can attract increased media…
Read MoreAnatomy of the Leadership Gift Phase
When you’re starting a capital campaign for your organization, it’s important to not only begin with the largest gifts, but also to recruit your top givers as leaders in the campaign. This is what we at CDS call the Leadership Gift Phase. The Leadership Gift Phase is the single most important activity of the campaign,…
Read MoreDirecting a Fundraising Capital Campaign: Ways to Lead the Staff and Volunteers
It seems as though “leadership” is one of the first topics to come up whenever a discussion turns to fundraising. Who is going to lead the campaign, who is going to lead the givers, who is going to lead the meetings, who is going to lead the volunteers, and who is going to lead, lead,…
Read MoreCreate a Successful Employee Giving Campaign
Staff giving makes a huge difference to outside funders. Consider this comment from a local banker we solicited for a capital campaign gift to Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma: “One of the most important things you said during the presentation was that 100 percent of the employees of the organization have contributed to the campaign. That…
Read MoreThe Tablecloth
The brand new pastor and his wife, newly assigned to their first ministry, to reopen a church in suburban Brooklyn, arrived in early October excited about their opportunities. When they saw their church, it was very run down and needed much work. They set a goal to have everything done in time to have their…
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