Fundraiser Education

Whatever your career level, I encourage you to promote the profession through involvement within the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Whatever your program, whatever your plans, build in benchmarks, checklists and deadlines. Build in systems to check and double-check that you are on target, on task and on deadline.

A passion for a cause makes the nonprofit sector special and unique. Try never to lose it, and if you do, there is always the business or government sector for you!            

Here is Part 1 of 54 ideas from readers for innovation in fundraising. Don't miss your chance to steal them!

In October 2006, I attended my first International Fundraising Congress, hosted each year in the Netherlands by The Resource Alliance. I'm not even a fundraiser, and the experience changed me.

Fundraising is an ever-challenging, ever-changing endeavor. To rise above the status quo requires more than relying on motivational clichés. So when you hear people in your organization talk about innovative thinking, encourage them to put a little less emphasis on the innovative and little more on the thinking.

Today I want to share what I think is the single most important ingredient for fundraising success. This ingredient can make it or break it. It’s the multiplier effect. It’s the most powerful element in your fundraising program. Every fundraising program has at least one — some have more — but nobody seems to have enough. Some are good. Some are considered good but are in fact not.

You’ve guessed it. I’m talking about The Fundraiser. Yes, you.

This year, the FSV advisors tackled the issues every-sized organization and mission need to know to thrive well into the next decades.

Today is an exciting time for us here at the FundRaising Success offices. Our annual Virtual Conference & Expo is finally here, and we have a jam-packed day of engaging, enlightening fundraising sessions with some of the best minds in the industry. Please join us!

Here are a couple of important things you might not yet know about the FundRaising Success Virtual Conference & Expo ... it's free, it's entirely online, and you can watch it live or on-demand.