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Guest on Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership Podcast: Unlock the Unrestricted Gifts You Deserve
This month I have the privilege of being on Dr. Patton McDowell's podcast, Your Path to Nonprofit Leadership!
Nonprofit Leaders: Stop focusing on the things that are outside your control . . .
[In most meetings these days] . . . But, people aren’t going to give as much this year because of the economy!
I don’t buy this mentality. Why?
Are your nonprofit’s board members standing in the way of growth?
I’m sorry to say that too often I witness THIS sad occurrence in this nonprofit sector of ours...
That thing I witness?
Co-Host on The Nonprofit Show—Innovation Meets Compassion: The Future of Food Pantries
I was excited to co-host once again on The Nonprofit Show, this time with my client as a guest!
The Next Level of Fundraising—Taking the Long-Game Approach in Relational Fundraising
Too many people approach fundraising like they approach dieting.
Here’s what I mean . . .
The Worst Time to Plan a Capital Campaign for Your Nonprofit
Q: When’s the worst time to plan a Capital Campaign?
A: When you don’t already have a strong Annual Fund of donors giving their best gift, every year.
Really . . .
Nonprofit Leaders: Make the Organizational Shift from Fundraising Activities to Attracting Investment-Level Donors
With every crisis we face in the nonprofit sector, there is a common struggle on repeat . . .
Create a Real Needs-Based Budget for Your Nonprofit
One of the first exercises I have my clients do?
Create a real needs-based budget…
You know…the real number you actually need to accomplish your mission…
Nonprofit Fundraising: Knowing What To Do and Doing It Are Two Different Things
Commonalities among my clients?
They’re nonprofit leaders who are great businesspeople . . .
Only a Very Small Percentage of People Know What Real Nonprofit Fundraising Even Is
I was sitting with my client helping her interview a candidate for a potential leadership position. Super sharp individual who’s coming out of corporate.
The topic of fundraising came up twice . . .
Guest on Inspired Nonprofit Leadership Podcast: The Joy of Receiving Large Unrestricted Gifts with Sherry Quam Taylor
“Sherry, why have you focused your business around helping nonprofits secure unrestricted gen-ops dollars when those are the hardest gifts to secure?”
That’s the opening question I got during a podcast interview a few years ago.
My answer?
My Nonprofit Client Secured a $1.5 Million Dollar Gift Through TWO YEARS of Relationship Building
Last week, I got a text from my client who secured a $1.5M gift . . .
Relationships Aren’t Transactions—This is Especially Important in Nonprofit Fundraising
“Make a habit of reaching out to people when you don’t need something.” —Justin Welsh
Relationships aren’t transactions. This is especially important in fundraising. Let me be honest here . . .