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3 Simple Tips to Make Your Major Donor Asks More Successful
Tip 1: Make Sure Your Asks Reflect the Donor’s Interests Never ask someone for money just because they have money. Only ask people for money because you know a real reason they might want to give...
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7 Questions when Choosing a Capital Campaign Consultant
If you’re considering hiring a consultant to help with your capital campaign, you might be interested in these questions that many people often ask. Deciding on a consultant can be confusing! Who...
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5 Capital Campaign Strategies to Energize Your Annual Fundraising
Do you ever wish you had a new way of thinking about your annual fundraising? Does it feel tired and old? We’ve got some suggestions for you taken right out of the capital campaign play book that...
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Natural Partners: Capital Campaigns, Planned Giving and Endowment
One question we hear a lot in our coaching program is whether you should include a goal for endowment gifts in your capital campaign. The question often goes like this: If we give donors the chance to...
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How a Capital Campaign Planning Committee Can Seal Your Campaign’s Success
A Capital Campaign Planning Committee is one of our favorite tools to help move your campaign forward quickly early in the game. We’ve written post after post about how this type of committee pulls in...
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Get the Right People on Your Capital Campaign Bus
One of the super important but overlooked skills required in capital campaign fundraising is the ability to select and enlist great people. If you have a campaign team made of great board members,...
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Get Your Elevator Pitch-Perfect As You Prepare for a Capital Campaign
As you begin planning for a capital campaign, you’ve got to get everyone speaking the same language about your organization — your board members and staff members, the person who answers the phone and...
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3 Tips to Create Some Serious Buzz About Your Capital Campaign
Last week, I shared my virtually fail-proof recipe to craft a concise, compelling elevator pitch that explains what your organization does — and why it matters — in 60 seconds or less. Momentum is a...
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Get Everyone Talking at Your Capital Campaign Meetings
Do most people sit quietly at your campaign meetings while just a couple of people give reports and talk? Then, at the end of the meeting, do people leave without having participated much or at all....
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Do You REALLY Have the Major Gift Prospects to Meet Your Goal?
Capital campaigns are always based on a huge, exciting vision. That’s what you need to inspire donors to step up and make those really big gifts. We love a bold vision — what Jim Collins refers to as...
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