Posts Tagged ‘Fundraising’

Annual Report Season

Tis the sea­son for annual reports. If you work for a non­profit or a foun­da­tion, you may be putting your annual report together now. When the part­ners at Quan­tum­Method work with clients to help build annual reports, we con­sider a wide vari­ety of fac­tors – bud­get, theme, and mis­sion. Each report is tai­lored to our clients’ needs and their goals.

Book Mark

Two fundrais­ing primers I always rec­om­mend to clients and col­leagues are Ask­ing and Fundrais­ing Habits of Supremely Suc­cess­ful Boards, both by Jerold Panus.

It’s a Sad, Sad Situation

When Elton John croons about it being so hard to say the word “sorry,” you can really feel his pain. Imag­ine what his ver­sion of the donor blues would sound like. Per­haps you don’t know the donor blues?

In the Blink of an Eye

I recently came across a review about a new fundrais­ing book that sug­gests that match­ing a donor’s body lan­guage, includ­ing the rate at which they blink their eyes, can help fundrais­ers develop bet­ter rap­port with major donors. If you are inter­ested in fine tun­ing the way you make your case with donors, I sug­gest you put the blink­ing aside for just a moment and visit one of my favorite websites.