Ten Tips for Writing a Winning Grant Proposal
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DickersonBakker
Grant writing is an art and a science, requiring both strategic creativity and formulaic precision. It can be likened to being a lawyer on paper: knowing ...
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The Three Most Important Ingredients of a Successful Capital Campaign
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Guest Contributor Brent Hafele
Anyone can plant a tree, but for that tree to grow and thrive, you must take three things into consideration: sunlight, soil, and water. In the same ...
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Ten Questions to Ask Major Gift Fundraisers to Help Them Stay on the Road to Success
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Derric Bakker
Most non-profit organizations are more apt at measuring process indicators than they are at measuring outcomes. Except when it comes to development. In ...
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Are You Ready for a Campaign? Try this Campaign Readiness Checklist to find out
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DickersonBakker
This capital campaign readiness checklist can tell you if your nonprofit is ready for a capital campaign. Nonprofit organizations should always be ...
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Six Ingredients of a Development-Friendly Culture
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Derric Bakker
CULTURE refers to the collective attitudes that characterize and impact the ways that an organization’s people will perceive one another and work ...
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Four Common but Avoidable Capital Campaign Mistakes
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Guest Contributor Brent Hafele
Capital Campaigns have been practiced for a many years. While the times have changed, many of the fundamental concepts of capital campaigns remain the ...
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Five Ways a Feasibility Study Can Make or Break a Campaign
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Guest Contributor Brent Hafele
The capital campaign feasibility study is the planning tool of choice for the most successful campaigns. Well-executed, a study can boost the total ...
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Should We or Shouldn’t We? Everything Your Church Needs to Know About Congregational Readiness Studies
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Derric Bakker
Sometimes it can be difficult for a church to reach consensus on a campaign. Sometimes it is unclear whether the congregation fully supports the project. ...
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Two Proven Approaches to Selecting the “Right” Goal for Your Church’s Capital Campaign
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Derric Bakker
There are many decisions to be made when planning a capital campaign at your church. A few are so critical that they can make or break the success of your ...
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Three Important Trends That WILL Impact Your Church’s Next Capital Campaign, Whether You Realize It or Not
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Derric Bakker
When was the last time your church conducted a capital campaign? “The times they are a’changing!” was a well-known anthem of the sixties that could just ...
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