No one would argue the fact that every fundraising campaign needs a goal and that everyone connected with the campaign, including prospective donors, needs to be aware of that goal. Why, then, do people so often fight the setting of a goal for each prospective donor and the sharing of that goal with the prospect? …
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Summer 2013 Action Planning: Unveiling CFC’s Goals Update on Proposed Changes to CFC Regulations: First, regarding the proposed changes to the CFC regulation (in my May 30 posting), I want to thank you if you took the opportunity to send a comment to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) about the proposed changes. While the …
…and I’m taking this opportunity to thank a few people and emphasize the fundraising rules upon which all of the blog postings are based. Giving Thanks First, I have to thank Carter McNamara, owner of this website and creator of the Free Management Library, for inviting me to “invent” the Fundraising Blog, and to keep …
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The Congressional Hearing on OPM’s Proposed Changes to CFC which was originally scheduled for June 26, 2013 has been postponed. The hearing is tentatively being rescheduled for July 10, 2013 Watch This Space for Updates. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) received more than 800 comments about the proposed changes to the CFC …
In May I helped you write your direct mail bequest letter. This month, tips on what to do with your letter. If your budget won’t allow direct mail, don’t worry. There are plenty of other bequest promotion channels and I’ll get to them. These ideas will improve your direct mail bequest letter: Personalize. Use full …
In the process of applying for a government grant proposal, we often talk about the need to address the specific agency’s hot buttons and issues in our proposals. But how many of us address the way in which reviewers of our proposals make decisions? Over the past twenty years, there has been a great deal …
A Guest Posting by Mari Lane Gewecke (The second of two guest postings on this subject) A client contacted me after being approached by a donor database sales representative with a proposal to solve their donor retention challenges by replacing their current database. The feature in the new software that most interested my client was …
