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The Beginner’s Guide to Running Your First Capital Campaign

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It takes a lot of planning and work to run a successful campaign, especially your first one, because you’ll be learning as you go and likely adding the capital campaign work on top of everything else you’re doing. During the quiet phase, you receive fewer donations, but they’re really big amounts.

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The Five Building Blocks of a Digital Advocacy Campaign, Part 1

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We call this process of information-gathering the “discovery” phase. The goal of the discovery phase is to understand what your audience cares about, their values, and their concerns. Share Your Vision For Change What’s most critical, however, is painting a picture of the world we want to create. (If

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Planning Your Nonprofit’s Capital Campaign: 4 Do's & Don'ts

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They generally last between two and three years, sometimes longer, and consist of these phases: Pre-planning - 3-12 months: This is when you’ll establish your campaign’s objectives and goal. For a deeper dive into each of these phases, explore Capital Campaign Pro’s ultimate guide to campaign structure and best practices.

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Citizen Philanthropy: Delivering Impactful Pro Bono Support From Anywhere

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When V2I’s co-founder, Fadi Al Qassar , told us about the challenges his organization was experiencing and we learned about all the positive impact that might be lost, we were keen to help in whatever way we could. Upon further refinement, we crafted a phased approach for implementation to support V2I in their execution. Kate O’Connor.

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The Five Building Blocks of a Digital Advocacy Campaign, Part 1: Tell an Impactful Story

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However, it wasn’t until my career took a turn into strategic communications and marketing that I learned just how integral a winning story is to the success of an advocacy campaign. . We call this process of information-gathering the “discovery” phase. Are you trying to persuade ambivalent people or activate your base?

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6 Website Elements to Include to Drive Year-Round Donations

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The nonprofit fundraising calendar tends to go through phases of ups and downs. Most supporters visit your website intending to learn more about your organization and determine whether they’re going to donate. This is also the time when many organizations host their year-end gala or another major event to drive even more donations.

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Methods for Facilitating Innovation in Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Six month agos, I was introduced to Luma Institute’s work as a participant in a Foundation convening to get ideas for their digital strategy development. I not only learned a huge amount, but I was able to systematically apply and iterate with the techniques over the last year.