#119

Understanding the profile of your organization’s best donors provides the five-tool fundraiser with significant guidance toward identifying the most likely candidates to become the significant donors of the future.

#118

The best development professionals are passionate, mission-driven individuals that have strong institutional knowledge about the programs, the people, and the impact of the work of their beloved organization. It’s not […]

#117

The five-tool fundraiser is curious and will explore and understand the emerging trends and opportunities in philanthropy. Recently, we explored DAFs. Today, we dig into gifts via crypto currencies. Tomorrow, […]

#116

Attitude, as the expression goes, is everything. The best fundraisers embody an extremely positive energy, are forever the optimists, and have the capacity to infect others into attitudes and acts […]

#115

A fresh perspective is incredibly valuable to fundraisers. We have a tendency to develop tunnel vision or respond through our own limited experiences. Mentorship and collaborations are significant ways talented […]

#114

Fundraising growth is best achieved through intentional planning that forces an organization to stop raising money one year at a time and instead take a multi-year approach that creates longer-term […]

#113

If I had a nickel for every time a development professional complained about their database/CRM, I’d be a very rich person.

#112

If you don’t ask, the answer will always be no.

#111

Opening doors is one of the incredible talents of the five-tool fundraiser. Some might stop when they don’t have a relationship, can’t find someone in their network, or find one […]

#110

Development professionals put the “fun” in fundraising. If you’re not having fun when fundraising, you might be doing something wrong.