I thought I’d share a little more about me and what drove me to pursue a career in nonprofit fundraising, become a consultant on my client’s capital campaigns, and now offer a new way to help busy nonprofit professionals: coaching.

You’ve faced personal crises. So have your employees. In fact, you may be going through a crisis right now.

You build your skills as a nonprofit leader by having the right mindset and increasing your resilience during challenging times, and by helping your employees do the same. The crisis you face doesn’t control your outcome. 

It’s a useful practice to be resilient and recover after a no. Being resilient can serve you well in many other areas of your life beyond your fundraising work.

So be brave. Be bold. Go for it. Put yourself out there. Make that call to the donor you’ve been avoiding. Aim high and leave it all on the field. Whether it’s with an ask you make today or launching a whole new thing.

If you don’t have a planned giving program, I can help you create one in as little as 90 days. Imagine going from nothing to a full planned giving effort by Dec. 31, complete with data analysis, program development, training, and collateral material design.

By creating a complete planned giving program, you can increase both your immediate annual gifts and create long-term stability.

You can achieve more than you ever thought possible, inspire your employees, and help your team reach higher levels of success. You can translate your strengths into new, larger opportunities. You can create the kind of team where people value high performance.

Through leadership coaching, I can help you envision a better future and take action to achieve more, and find peace, joy, and satisfaction. I coach CEOs, Executive Directors, and senior professionals who want to lead their teams.

Capital and endowment campaigns are large scale, exciting, and time sensitive projects that have the potential to inspire your donors like annual giving never will. They can propel your entire organization forward and bring in new donors committed to your cause. Campaigns can truly be transformative.

Consider these questions above before you engage fundraising counsel or kick off your campaign. It’s worth investing that time.

What is preventing you from having a kickin’ donor stewardship program? Good donor stewardship is one of our core development practices. But based on my own recent donor experiences, I’m here to say…we can do better.

What makes it challenging to send prompt, meaningful thank you letters? What could you put in place now to better thank your donors and boost your donor retention?