Posts tagged ‘Nonprofit fundraising’
Change is Good
Remember the book, Who Moved My Cheese? The Heath Brothers book Switch takes a better look at change. Bottom line change is happening all the time. I think change is coming in faster increments today than it was 10 years ago. As a nonprofit sector, we need to learn to review new ideas quickly, try, fail, adapt, try again, adjust and move forward. Standing still is not an option to be competitive in the nonprofit fundraising marketplace.
Continue Reading September 10, 2012 at 11:45 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
From a Donor Regarding Your Thank You Letters
A donors take on your thank you letter process.
Continue Reading July 12, 2012 at 10:12 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE 10 comments
Best Friends Animal Society LA and Pergo Video
Today, I just saw the BFAS LA and Pergo corporate partnership play out on national television. I am also an avowed corporate partnership, CSR geek. This video and partnership is a great win-win.
Continue Reading June 22, 2012 at 9:20 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
Be Fearless Fundraisers!
In light of the recent Giving USA annual report and Case Foundation call to arms Be Fearless, we don’t have time for incremental change – we need to bold, risk taking moves and be willing to take risks and learn from failure. I believe our donors want us to take the lead, be bold, even courageous in our work and with them.
Continue Reading June 21, 2012 at 10:09 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
Infogram Organigrams – Visual Data for Storytelling
In the March 8 issue of The Chronicle of Philanthropy the front page article on visualizing data got my attention. I have to say – how well we share our story has always been at the heart of fundraising success. Telling our story using graphics is a GREAT idea! Not that we weren’t doing it before – but the graphics were photos and I will agree really boring pie and bar charts.
Continue Reading March 12, 2012 at 10:08 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
Investors…Donors and Ethan Austin
Ethan Austin is someone I respect and am proud to call him friend. He co-founded Give Forward and recently launched a new blog called Startups and Burritos. He shared his view on starts-up, social enterprise and investors. His post, How Many Investors is Too Many? A Template for Seed Rounds is an interesting read…..
Continue Reading October 4, 2011 at 10:02 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
Capital Campaign Fatigue?
One of my nonprofit clients is in the stakeholder phase of a $15,000,000 capital campaign. They have been in campaign mode for more than 18 months. In the last six months they have raised more than $5,000,000! There is no campaign fatigue here and I wanted to share how we are working together to overcome challenges and keep the energy high.
Continue Reading September 12, 2011 at 10:00 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
Recruiting Nonprofit Board Members to Fundraise – Q&A Continued
Continuing the questions and answers from the Pursuant Ketchum webcast Creating a Fundraising Board: Recruitment, Engagement and Fundraising. This post focuses on fundraising expectations from the nonprofit Board.
Continue Reading September 8, 2011 at 9:45 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
Creating a Board that Fundraises – Continued Q&A
How, when and where does the discussion start and finish about expectations around Board giving and fundraising? Great questions get answers!
Continue Reading August 31, 2011 at 4:15 am Barbara Talisman, CFRE Leave a comment
