Moving Beyond an Events-Based Fundraising Model
Don’t get pulled back into your old ways of fundraising. It’s time to move on from events-based fundraising as a primary revenue source.
Moving from Transactional to Transformational
If transactional giving is happening at your organization, you can do something to change it. It takes leadership and work, but it can be done. The result will be dramatic.
Don’t Miss This Opportunity
Your volunteers are special people who are incredibly passionate about your mission. An appreciation event is an incredible opportunity for you to say thank you and to make that person feel wonderful.
Events: What are they good for?
Several months ago I was on a Skype call with a friend of mine who is a priest living in the mountains of Bolivia. He’s working with some of the poorest people in South America. He wanted my advice on how to raise $250,000 over the next five years to support the...
Why Agitators are Good for Us
Seth Godin reads our Passionate Giving Blog. He must. I mean, just a couple of days after Richard posted his scathing and brilliant remarks about fundraising events , Seth wrote about what a waste galas are. Okay, perhaps he doesn’t read our blog, (it would be cool...
How Events Ruin A Major Gift Program
It is not surprising to me that many major donors do not give as they could to the causes they love. The primary reason they don’t is because MGOs do not ask them to. And one of the ways this happens is to invite the major donor to an event. Here’s how it works. ...TOP RATED PODCAST
Twice monthly, Richard and Jeff address current topics and classic problems in major gift fundraising.
