Michael Vyskocil
Turn Your Donors Into Your Fundraising Cheerleaders
Turn Your Donors Into Your Fundraising Cheerleaders Gooooooo Team, Go! Believing leads to belonging, and your donors are some of the best cheerleaders for your cause or fundraising campaign. Think of them as your core external team, an extension of your development...
Crafting Your Annual Development Plan, Part 2
Crafting Your Annual Development Plan, Part 2 After considering the areas that make up a development plan, it’s time to flesh out the key components to that plan. Key Components of an Annual Development Plan A successful development plan will have the following key...
Rethinking Charitable Giving
Rethinking Charitable Giving When we hear the term fundraising, it seems we development professionals are automatically preconditioned to think a certain way about it. Why is it we don’t blink when we hear about the latest launch of a tech product worth a billion... Crafting Your Annual Development Plan, Part 1
Crafting Your Annual Development Plan, Part 1 First, notice that the title of this blog post isn’t “Crafting Your Annual Fundraising Plan.”Why? Because when you’re fundraising for a campaign or project, there’s a “buy and sell” mentality that goes along with it. Your...
What Makes You Open That Envelope?
What Makes You Open That Envelope? What Makes You Open That Mailing Envelope?The electric bill, birthday cards, items won on eBay … all arrive to the home mailbox on a daily basis, along with an endless stream of solicitations affectionately known as “junk...
NO: It’s Not a Dirty Word
NO: It’s Not a Dirty Word It’s Not a Dirty Word “No, I can’t do that for you.” “No, I don’t have the time.” “No, I’m not really interested.” In a fundraising context, “no” can strike right at the heart of any development professional. Unfortunately, myths about what...
Riding the Waves of Change
Riding the Waves of Change Fundraising Amid the Affordable Care ActDespite the shaky ground for fundraising created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), some development professionals believe the Act’s provisions—particularly for affordable-care organizations and...
On Shaky Ground
On Shaky Ground What Fundraisers Need to Know to Navigate the Nuances of the Affordable Care ActAs a development pro, it’s likely that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has your development office scrambling to adjust the way you approach the “asks” with your potential...Fundraising Rah! Rah! Rah!
Fundraising Rah! Rah! Rah! Turn Your Donors into Your Cheerleaders Believing leads to belonging, and your donors are some of the best cheerleaders for your cause or fundraising campaign. Think of them as your core external team, an extension of your development...
How Can You Help?
The global threat of COVID-19 has affected nearly every person on the planet, but it also presents us with an opportunity to unite as a global community. Now, more than ever, is the time to come together to support communities and nonprofits in our hometowns and beyond.
Serving as an emergency response to COVID-19 needs, #GivingTuesdayNow is a new global day of giving that will take place on May 5, 2020, in addition to the regularly-scheduled Dec. 1, 2020 #GivingTuesday. Giving Tuesday began in 2011 as an international day of charitable giving marking the beginning of the Christmas and holiday season. Now, it is time to extend this charitable giving to a time when many need it most.
So, how can you help? Check out some of our clients who are seeking donations for COVID-19 relief.