In my last blog, I wrote about best practices for entering contact reports. I'd like to take a few minutes to address what SHOULD NOT be...

Some time ago I met a nonprofit leader who was trying to recover from a negative experience with a development officer that had left the...

A foundational experience for me growing up was competing in Track & Field.  My big brother was really into it and competed in college,...

If you have a fundraising goal to meet, the most important thing you can do is to focus your daily schedule around the activities that...

It happens to all of us. We have what we think is a great meeting with a prospective donor. We discover their giving priorities, we...

An endowment is a donation of money or property to a nonprofit organization, which uses the resulting investment income for a specific...

When many people think of stewardship, the first thing that comes to mind are expensive donor recognition banquets, pricey donor walls,...

What’s the most important aspect of campaign planning?  A nicely printed folder with a four-color thirty-page case statement?  What about...

Love them or hate them, donor walls are here to stay.  But before you sign a five-figure contract with a donor wall manufacturer here’s a...