Let us speak no more of rivals
It’s almost two decades since Thom Jeavons and I identified a holistic perspective on Kingdom work as essential to fundraising that grows givers’ hearts.… Read More »Let us speak no more of rivals
“growing givers’ hearts”
This one thing for year-end fundraising success: listen
LISTEN. We fundraisers tend in the direction of extroversion. We’re talkers, schmoozers, people-people. We have the gift of gab. Which is all good — most… Read More »This one thing for year-end fundraising success: listen
The importance of cultivating BFFs for your organization
When I ask fundraisers what they most want from donors, the answer is almost always “more money.” And that makes me sad, although I understand… Read More »The importance of cultivating BFFs for your organization
The wow of fundraising as ministry
As part of her year-long Skype-based coaching contract with me, a ministry head from California and I are reading Henri Nouwen’s beautiful little book, A… Read More »The wow of fundraising as ministry
When anger is the motivation behind a gift, then what?
Gifts as expressions of concern, commitment, attachment, loyalty, and love — those are the motivations that fundraisers of faith assume and which we know how… Read More »When anger is the motivation behind a gift, then what?
A turn-down isn’t personal. Seriously.
Ah that Seth Godin and his ability to say a lot in a few words. He did it again recently with a bit of sage… Read More »A turn-down isn’t personal. Seriously.
Singing abundance in the key of D major
When upon life’s billows you are tempest-tossed, When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost, Count your many blessings, name them one by one, See… Read More »Singing abundance in the key of D major
With abundance, it’s de ja vu all over again
Back in the early 2000s when Growing Givers’ Hearts: Treating Fundraising as Ministry hit the bookshelves, Thom Jeavons and I were chided for under-selling the… Read More »With abundance, it’s de ja vu all over again
Named gifts, posthumous reputations, and judgment day
I didn’t expect to bump into fundraising in the pages of Michael Kinsley’s touching, funny book, Old Age: A Beginner’s Guide. But there it was,… Read More »Named gifts, posthumous reputations, and judgment day
Church attendance, generosity, and fundraising as ministry
Charitable giving is on the decline in the Sacramento (CA) region and a reporter for the local paper has traced the problem to its root… Read More »Church attendance, generosity, and fundraising as ministry