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Call in The Bobs. Six Times to Hire Fundraising Consultants.
One of my favorite clients over the past couple of years has an energetic board leader who calls me and Bob Swaney The Bobs, a reference to a masterpiece of cinema, Office Space. If you haven’t seen that film in … Continue reading
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Snark and the Modern Gentleman.
Not too long ago an organization where I once worked had an amazingly bad PR day, partially deserved by a determined pattern of hubris, but nevertheless unfortunate, brought to life on A1 of our local Daily. I was so amused … Continue reading
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Call your Granny. Don’t Be an Ingrate (Fundraiser).
The good folks at Bloomerang conducted a brilliant little experiment recently, making $5 online contributions to 50 Indianapolis area non-profit organizations to see how they would be acknowledged and engaged as new donors. They produced, without comment or analysis, a … Continue reading
Posted in Annual Fund, Fundraising
Tagged Bloomerang, Fundraising, Online Giving, Technology
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Ice Bucket Fundraising: The Good, The Bad and the Viral Sublime.
Raising funds is an extraordinarily difficult task and there are no guaranteed shortcuts to catching the imagination of the public. Ours is a crowded field with a great many worth causes, smart non-profit leaders and a wary public. Case development, … Continue reading
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Real Talk: Three Questions for us Board Members.
Swapping hats from consulting for a moment, this post is for my fellow board members. You know who you are. Non-profit leaders work tirelessly to activate us to our potential. Books are written. Seminars are developed. Consultants are engaged. But … Continue reading
Posted in Board Development, Fundraising, Leadership
Tagged Board members, board service, personal responsibility
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Selfie Town: Music Fest Lessons for The Swanky Arts.
For the past 10 years I’ve attended a summer music festival annually, replacing the great many rock shows I used to know with a single weekend in the sun. I’ve been all over including Las Vegas, New Orleans, upstate New … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Entrepreneurship, Performing Arts, Sponsorship
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Should Fundraisers Drive Nice Cars?
Like many American lads I truly entered adulthood after 30, an extended adolescence that included a run as a stagehand, nearly four wonderful years of grad school, and sailboat summers on Lake Monroe in Bloomington, Indiana. We don’t expect our … Continue reading
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Kickstarter Fail. Defining Culture as Brunch
A local café in my city recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to move from one crummy old house to a slightly newer one, though with more space and (presumably) less apt to fall apart or burn to the ground. They … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Entrepreneurship, Philanthropy
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(Not) Just the $: Five Questions for Your Marketing Partnership Before the Green Flag.
I was with Butler University MBA candidates recently chatting about international sponsorship and proposal development, and it got me thinking about motorsports, men’s fashion and key questions to ask of potential corporate partnerships beyond pricing. Here in Indianapolis we host … Continue reading
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Five Steps in June to Annual Fund Success (despite) Grill Season
Most of our organizations have a June 30 fiscal year and this is Just Lousy. The Annual Fund, and most of fundraising, is at the core an exercise in creating and sustaining momentum and activity, of spreading the work (and … Continue reading
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