Ten Questions to Ask Major Gift Fundraisers to Help Them Stay on the Road to Success
By
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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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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Five Common Mistakes Churches Make in Conducting Capital Campaigns
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Derric Bakker
Is there a capital campaign in your church’s future? Sooner or later every church faces the need to raise money for facilities–whether to expand, ...
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Four Fundamental Factors to Figuring Out the Ideal Timing for your Church Capital Campaign
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Derric Bakker
Churches today are busier than ever. When it comes to figuring out the timing of your church’s next capital campaign, a church calendar jam-packed with ...
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When You Wish You Had a Reset Button — 5 Common Mistakes Churches Make in Conducting Capital Campaigns: Mistake #4
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Derric Bakker
Sooner or later every church faces the need to raise money for facilities–whether to expand, renovate, or repair. Church campaigns are complex, and it is ...
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