Factors to Ensure Your Amazing Success
There are five principles that will ensure your fundraising success. And the vitality of your organization. I describe them in a piece you can download it here. I call it, “The 5
Turning Annual Gifts into an Endowment Fund
Several years ago, I was responsible for helping launch the Alexis de Tocqueville Society for the United Way of America. For the first time, individuals were being asked, in an org
17 Golden Rules for Asking for a Gift
I have seventeen guidelines for asking for a gift. You can pass these on to your board members and volunteers. If you can add anything I’ve missed, let me know. I’ll bet you ca
Darn Good!
I had just finished my last presentation at a Board Retreat. It was a combined meeting of the System and the Foundation Boards of Palmetto Health in Columbia, South Carolina. I was
Leadership Inventory
Do you want to take a look at your skills as a leader? Do you dare! I have developed an instrument that measures 12 different spectra of a leader’s characteristics and attributes
Making the Ask
A tired and haggard fundraiserMet the Devil at Hell’s gate.
Is the Operation Necessary?
Andrea Kihlstedt is an author of note and a brilliant speaker. She knows a thing or two about our work. She wrote an article recently about feasibility studies. She asked the quest
David Ogilvy’s Qualities for Success
David Ogilvy is considered history’s High Priest of advertising. He developed a list of what he considers to be the most important factors in successful professionals.
Planned Gifts in 2014
We’re finding that during the difficult economic times, and what we’re going through right now in the recovery— planned gifts and bequests are extremely popular. That’s bec
Energy Is Contagious
Energy is considered one of the important attributes of being a great fundraiser. Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy— the 3-Es donors like to see in the people who call on them for
