May News – Ambition or Not?

Ambition or Not? Recently, I was visiting with a friend. We were talking and she asked me how my consulting business was doing. I started telling her about my plans to start a podcast and about the barter agreement with a marketing firm. I also told her about how I’ve…

vickyMay 16, 2023

Fundraising Goals Strategic Planning

March News – Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning What is it about the phrase “strategic planning” that makes eyes glaze over? We all know that “Plan” is my middle name. I get excited about making a plan. Maybe because I wander around, pick up this and that, and don’t finish anything all day if I don’t…

vickyMarch 9, 2023

Fundraising Goals Strategic Planning

January News – What’s Your Plan?

What's Your Plan? Last month, last year, I shared with you my lessons learned and gratitude felt. This month is how to put goals and resolutions into action, which means having a plan. You know I love a good plan. I usually have a plan in mind for each week…

vickyJanuary 12, 2023

Careers Coaching Fundraising Goals Nonprofit Organizations Professional Development

January News – Teams

Are you a team of One or do you supervise a department or a whole organization? When planning my monthly newsletters and weekly About Fundraising webinars for 2022, I decided to organize everything around monthly themes. The theme for January is Teams. Each Thursday at noon, CST, on About Fundraising,…

vickyJanuary 12, 2022

Data Analysis Fundraising Goals

November News – End of Year Wrap Up, Eval, Get Ready, Part 2

We're Sill Here, 4th Quarter End of year fundraising, wrap-up, evaluation and getting ready for the new year is so important, it needs 2 newsletters. Are you paying attention? Are you working your plan? Is everyone on board with raising a huge portion of your funds this last quarter of the…

vickyNovember 23, 2021

Data Analysis Fundraising Goals

October News – End of Year Wrap Up, Eval, Get Ready, Part 1

Here we are, 4th Quarter It’s been documented year after year that at least 1/3 of a nonprofit’s revenue is raised in the last 3 months of the calendar year. And, 12% of that happens in the last 3 days of the December. Giving Tuesday is becoming more popular among donors…

vickyOctober 19, 2021

Communications Fundraising Goals Nonprofit Organizations Resources

September News – In-kind, Securities, Stock, Amazon Smiles, and others

Are you one of those fundraisers who only thinks in dollars? Annual giving Recurring gifts Sponsorships Ticket sales Dollars are very important for a nonprofit organization, there’s no question about that, but there’s more than one way to have an impact on the bottom line. Most of the examples I’m…

vickySeptember 1, 2021

CRM Data Analysis Database Fundraising Goals

March News – Planning Your Next Fundraising Cycle

Identify, Research, Cultivate, Solicit, Steward. How many times have you gone through this cycle? As fundraisers, that’s what we do. Some of us work for large institutions with research departments and donor relations teams, but I would say, the majority of us work for much smaller organizations with one or…

vickyMarch 10, 2021

Goals Nonprofit Board Training

January News – Kick-Off the New Year with a Board Retreat!

The first quarter of your fiscal year is the best time to host a board retreat. For many organizations that quarter coincides with the calendar year. Why have a board retreat? This is a valid question. There must be a purpose for the retreat. Here are a few questions that…

vickyJanuary 10, 2021

Goals

About Fundraising: The Podcast