Monthly Archives: December 2010

Analysis and Learning: When “Failure” is Success

The first-ever, last-minute, Creating the Future year-end appeal is now officially over. Yes, if you still want to give, your funds will be hugely appreciated. But we have stopped the fireworks, the tweeting, the videos, the letters. We have declared victory, with just $1,000 in the bank from this campaign. No, that is nowhere close… Continue Reading

5 Last-Minute Fundraising Tips

Our open, transparent year-end appeal is happening! As of this morning, we had topped $1,000 in our last-minute appeal. We are excited! Our commitment has been to share our strategy, our targets, our goals and our progress. And while I blogged our goals and budget last week, we are learning that doing a campaign with… Continue Reading

Fully Transparent Fundraising – The Plan and the Budget

Fundraising – the place where everyone feels they have to hide, work competitively, and whatever they do, NOT to share what they learn (lest they lose their competitive advantage!). Well I guess we will just see if that is the case! As we announced last week, we will be doing our year-end fundraising appeal entirely… Continue Reading