Fundraising and eating elephants
You’ve heard the one about how to eat an elephant. It’s done one bite at a time. The point, of course, is that seemingly daunting… Read More »Fundraising and eating elephants
You’ve heard the one about how to eat an elephant. It’s done one bite at a time. The point, of course, is that seemingly daunting… Read More »Fundraising and eating elephants
It’s getting easier everyday for would-be givers to search out or create their own giving adventures. Connections with causes of the heart are a Goggle… Read More »Doing good without us
It started with a post from Oneicity. Blogger Steve Thomas claims that major donors stop giving not because they’re mad, but because we don’t give… Read More »Forget the stuff, give ‘em information
“I couldn’t do what you do, but I’m glad you’re willing to do it.” If I had a penny (okay, make that a dollar) for… Read More »And you thought fundraisers just raised funds
Despite a whopping $290 billion in charitable giving in 2010, individual donors are no more generous now than when giving data was first collected some… Read More »Here is the church. Here is the steeple. Open the doors. Where are the givers?
Back in 2001, when Thom Jeavons and I, via Growing Givers’ Hearts: Treating Fundraising as Ministry, urged leaders of faith-based nonprofits to collaborate with other… Read More »Riding the collaboration bandwagon
There they were, 17 earnest Episcopalians, gathered in the basement of the Cathedral building on a hot August evening to talk about fundraising. With a… Read More »Hot August tips for campaign success in faith-based settings
My blogger pal, Devin Manzull0 -Thomas, reminded me that today is the 308th anniversary of the birth of John Wesley, the patron saint of United… Read More »Happy birthday, John Wesley. You’re my stewardship hero.
I wish it wasn’t so, but the financial reality of way too many ministry organizations makes it tough to believe that God is enough. The… Read More »Act now to break the insanity cycle in fundraising
Can someone please get John Naisbitt on the line? For more than 30 years, his notion of high tech/high touch has held sway. But now, as … Read More »Speaking up for high touch in a high tech world