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The ONE thing that makes Corporate Partnerships Successful?
Do you know the ONE thing over everything else that will make a corporate partnership successful? I know, I know, it's probably not the one thing you want to hear and there are lots of things that go into successful...
Micro-steps are e Key to Reaching Your Fundraising Goals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvWkFGiRPHc Are you feeling overwhelmed? Is this the month where all you can think about is all the things on your to-do list? How big the projects are that are in front of you? How many steps you have to take to meet your corporate...
Adding Value is the Road to Success
How do I stay in touch? What do I say next? These are just a couple of the questions that I hear when people are following up after sending a proposal when they haven't heard back. I'm Heather Nelson. I'm a Corporate...
Making Friends to Get Corporate Sponsorship
Corporate Sponsorship: It is about making friends. It is about connecting person to person. I'm Heather Nelson. I'm a Corporate Fundraising Specialist, and this is another one of my Summer Stewardship Tips. It's about making...
Corporate Fundraising: It’s About Them
Corporate Fundraising: It's about them, not you. This is the first in my series of stewardship tips for corporate sponsorship. I'm Heather Nelson. I'm a corporate sponsorship and fundraising specialist. I help charities and...
Abundance Mindset & Collaboration in the Time of COVID
Guest Blog by Lacey Kempinski, fundraising specialist, awesome collaborator and owner of Balanced Good Collaboration has long been a “trendy” word and discussion point in the non-profit sector. Donors encouraging non-profits to work together, to create harmony, to...
Does Making Myself a Pretzel Help?
Lessons from my JOURNEY with Yoga. Do you know want to know what’s getting me through this? Yes, this moment of missing my friends, and dining out, and even my podcast listening commutes? Yoga! Or at least my version of yoga which can be just doing Shavasana (lying on...
How Understanding Your Audience Can Help Your Charity During Unsettling Times
Contribution by Allen Davidov, Vice President, Business Consulting and NFP Sector Lead, Environics Analytics. During an unprecedented period, such as the one we are all experiencing relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for immediate results is putting a lot of...
How You Can Stay Relevant During Covid-19 Pandemic?
Tips for building corporate funding now and for the future. We are all in this together. And, while that is true, the experience that each charity and nonprofit is living is widely different. Some of you are in the middle of the storm responding on the front lines...
Have you been ghosted by your prospect?
You met, it seemed like alignment was there, but when you followed up for a meeting, nothing. Did you put in a proposal and not hear back? Or maybe you had a discovery meeting, and you both had next-steps, and then crickets? Are you being ghosted by your corporate...