Geared Up for Growth

2. Steal very well. We are not the first fundraisers to sit around and talk about best practices in fundraising. There are a lot of people out there who do this a lot. Just keep looking. You don’t have to sit around with a piece of notebook paper trying to figure out where the next big dollars are coming from. Find your local [Association of Fundraising Professionals] chapter; log on to free chats. Look for people in the industry you respect, and send them notes and ask them questions. Steal very, very well.