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As a crazy year ends, many of us are ready to draw a line in the sand, say adios to 2020 and let bygones be bygones. However, we’d be missing a great opportunity at our organizations if we simply walked away from 2020 without looking back and intentionally extracting nuggets of insight and possibility. And since we don’t exactly know what 2021 … [Read more...] about Welcome 2021: first a look back to see what was possible with what was ‘seemingly’ impossible!
What would it take to have funding “magically” appear for your organization? Check out this story that a development friend shared with me. She worked for a large museum that had just embarked upon a $75 million capital campaign. As part of the training, the development department presented the organizational “story” of why it was so critical to … [Read more...] about Have Fundraising Success Feel Like Magic
For those of you deeply engaged in running organizations in Covid19 times, the new normal is still new and far from normal. The following describes how one of our client groups faced their annual spring fundraising appeal. It will resonate with the many discussions your team has had recently as all nonprofits struggle with a changing world. What … [Read more...] about Good News in the World of Fundraising- Mid Covid-19
Article by Eric Phelps Fifty years ago this spring, the Apollo 13 manned mission to the moon launched from the Kennedy Space Center (April 11, 1970). The third such planned journey to the moon, the mission was to enter lunar orbit on Friday, April 13, land on the moon and return with rock samples for laboratory study. The crew was experienced, … [Read more...] about COVID-19 AND APOLLO 13: CRISIS RESPONSE IN 2020
Moving from the very earliest stages of the COVID-19 crisis, we at Rainmaker Consulting have a picture of the impacts, challenges, and opportunities that nonprofit organizations are experiencing. As we navigate these very turbulent waters, along with our client agencies, we are consciously nurturing a Culture of Philanthropy to meet near-term … [Read more...] about 8 Actions to Take Right Now
We in the United States, along with the rest of the globe, are facing a crisis affecting every aspect of our collective life. Every one of us has already taken steps to reduce large group gatherings and change our personal health habits. The World Health Organization has declared that Covid-19 is officially a pandemic. We are all experiencing its … [Read more...] about The Lessons of Covid-19: Best Practices in Challenging Times
Please join us for the 3rd workshop in our series: Storytelling in your Fundraising March 25, 2020 8:30 am - 12:00 pm Valley Venture Mentors 276 Bridge Street, Springfield, MA 01103 You’ve heard the mantra a hundred times. “Be sure you tell a story in your fundraising appeals.” And yet, when we’re faced with the pressure of getting that … [Read more...] about Tell Us Your Story
https://youtu.be/2NuT3GNYl4I You are invited to attend Board Development: Bored to Brilliant - Better Board Meetings Wednesday, January 29, 2019 from 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM According to a recent Avast survey, US professionals spend an average of 61 hours per month in meetings. They consider more than 50% of them a waste of time. That’s 15 days per … [Read more...] about Bored to Brilliant: Better Board Meetings
Building donor relationships takes time. Donors need to be heard and acknowledged. We all have times when a donor relationship feels more on track than other times. Each relationship needs to be cultivated, and our work towards this end has much to teach us about patience, about slowing down, about perseverance. In this video, our colleague, Mark … [Read more...] about Donor Relationships – Lessons from an Orchid
You are invited to attend: Building & Sustaining a Culture of Philanthropy Wednesday, November 6, 2019 from 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Long before it was a trending concept, Rainmaker Consulting was working with clients across the country to establish the concept of a “culture of philanthropy” that would exist across the entire … [Read more...] about You Are Invited: Building and Sustaining a Culture of Philanthropy
