Fundraiser Education

Elements of a Successful Fundraising Effort
October 24, 2013

To ensure a successful fundraising effort, organizations have to focus on and structure the campaign process in the following ways so the needed funds are raised and the process simultaneously strengthens the organization. 1. The need has to be clearly identified and should relate to a specific segment of the community. 2. The solicitor who is passionate about the need for which he or she is raising funds can best make that need come alive …

David and Goliath — Ideas for Heroic, Cunning Fundraisers, Inspired by Malcolm Gladwell’s New Book
October 22, 2013

Every charity is an underdog and has giants to overcome. Even the biggest charity brands are themselves underdogs in the face of cancer or social injustice, etc. So anyone who works for a charity, and especially anyone who is determined to succeed in fundraising, should benefit from reading the fascinating new book by Malcolm Gladwell, "David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants."

If I Had to Do It All Over Again ...
October 16, 2013

Michelle, one of the regular readers of Today in Fundraising, recently asked me some questions that have been great thought-provokers for me.

Building a New Lexicon Part 1: Fundraising
October 14, 2013

Fundraising as a single word doesn’t reflect our role in sharing, translating, bridging, motivating and facilitating giving in all its manifestations. We need to be careful about this word in the future; it will always be at the heart of my thinking and activities, but it needs a much wider frame of names and words to help other people truly understand what we do.