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“A HUGE and ringing endorsement for Goettler Associates. The firm directed the Library’s very successful capital campaign 10 years ago. After a competitive vetting process, we selected them again to do work this year. They just completed a campaign planning study for us for a major gift/endowment campaign. The final report was excellent, and very thorough. Mr. Goettler had good rapport with staff, elected officials and trustees – and that interpersonal magic should not be discounted. The community leaders he interviewed had good feedback on his professionalism.”
- Cathi Alloway, Library Director, Schlow Centre Region Library“Goettler Associates’ counsel showed us how to raise the bar. They took us well beyond what we originally thought would be possible to achieve, and more than has ever been raised in this community”
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Giving Makes People Happy
Professional fundraisers need to remember that Giving Makes People Happy. This is an informative and well researched post from Bloomerang that reminds us of how to best approach our work. Helping our colleagues, co-workers and board volunteers to adopt this philosophy will help them to share in the joy of successful fundraising done well. Nonprofit […]
50 Things You Can Still Do Before Year-End
Here is a check list of 50 things you can still do before year-end to make your year-end fundraising appeals more successful
Covid-19 Week 8: Time to Reverse Engineer the Special Event
Demonstrating our own advice to be nimble and adapt to the circumstances, we are sending our Tuesday blog on Wednesday of week 8. We thought it was best to steer clear of #GivingTuesdayNow. We hope you had great success with Giving Tuesday in May and tested some new strategies and tactics, because it is looking more likely […]
Don’t forget about the SECURE Act
Everyone is talking about the CARES Act and the deep and lasting impact of the corona virus on our lives and our economy. And rightfully so! But when we get back to raising money for our organizations we need to be equally aware of the impact of the SECURE Act. We all know that older […]
Covid-19 Week 4: Adopt, Adapt, Improve
It is the second day of week four of Covid-19 Fundraising, and this week we are inspired to adopt, adapt and improve. Like so many other regularly scheduled events, the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) turned its 2020 Annual Conference into a VIRTUAL event, demonstrating the path for all of us to adopt, adapt and […]
Keep Your Donors Giving Again and Again
Thanks to Penelope Burk for bravely jumping into this topic! Her thoughtful article reminds us to keep our focus on our donors and to be resolute in executing a specific plan that is right for our organization. Without this focus, it is difficult to resist the allure of national campaigns and promotions such as Giving […]
Coaching Your Team to Success
Empowering others, establishing trust, learning from mistakes and setbacks, and having confidence in your team’s abilities may seem like obvious methods of achieving results, but too often, leaders fail to put in the time it takes to cultivate a successful environment in the teams they lead. In a recent article by Christina Curtis, an executive coach at […]
Fundamental Foundations of Fundraising
Here is a new take on composing a list of fundamental fundraising principles by UK’s fundraising sage Ken Burnett at SOFII (showcase of fundraising innovation and inspiration). This list may be new to some, and strangely familiar to most here in the US. It provides a wonderful reminder of what it takes to realize […]
Evaluating the Special Event Fundraiser
The Special Event Fundraiser has long been a pet peeve of ours. It seems that every organization conducts their share of special events, unfortunately, too many seem to take on a life of their own and are now divorced from any rational strategy to truly advance the organization. The March issue of the Chronicle of […]
How do Fundraisers stay current in our digital world?
The constantly evolving tools available to development professionals today are truly amazing. The pace of change is staggering. Are you old enough to remember what breakthrough technology used to look like, such as what the laser printer did for direct mail fundraising? This article (found in the Association of Fundraising Professional’s eNewsletter) highlights several exciting […]