Focused Fundraising

How to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload

AvChristopher M. Cannon,Michael Felberbaum

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Maintain your focus, your productivity, and your sanity in the contemporary fundraising environment In Focused Fundraising: How to Raise Your Sights and Overcome Overload, accomplished nonprofit management strategists and leaders Christopher Cannon and Michael Felberbaum deliver a must-read combination of the latest mindfulness techniques and operational strategies that will equip you to succeed in an increasingly chaotic, noisy, and confusing fundraising environment. You’ll find concrete strategies to navigate the challenges of modern fundraising, including technology changes, scarce resources, and shifting donor expectations. In the book, you’ll also find: Hands-on skills for sharpening your focus while those around you are giving in to endless distractions An insightful combination of big-picture views and micro-considerations that offer a practical roadmap to set and stick with your priorities Practical applications of tried and true mindfulness and nonprofit strategy research that you can implement immediately in your organizationAn essential, desk-side resource for nonprofit board members, managers, leaders, and team members, Focused Fundraising is a one-of-a-kind toolbox designed to help you tackle the challenges you face every day.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-08-22
Mått:152 x 231 x 23 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:John Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN:9781119835271

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Mer om författaren

CHRISTOPHER M. CANNON is the President of Management Consulting at Zuri Group, where he advises many of the world’s top nonprofits and oversees projects for clients who raise billions of dollars each year. He is the author of An Executive’s Guide to Fundraising Operations.MICHAEL FELBERBAUM is the leader of Yale University’s Advancement Systems and the co-founder of Causativity.org. Michael is a long-time mindfulness meditation practitioner and teacher. He also serves as a Board Member of New Haven’s Solar Youth.

Innehållsförteckning

Welcome to Focused Fundraising: How to RAISE Your Sights and Overcome Overload viiPart I The Challenges of Focused Fundraising 1Chapter 1 The Constant Craziness of Nonprofit Life 3Chapter 2 Focus Begins by Valuing the Work 7Chapter 3 You Can Focus Because You Are Mindful 15Chapter 4 The Tech Tug and Instant Overload 19Chapter 5 Why Instant Overload Is Here to Stay: The 4 Ms 27Chapter 6 This Is Not the Focus You’re Looking For 37Part II Focus- First: the Raise Framework 53Chapter 7 How RAISE Helps 55Chapter 8 Recognize Your Point of View 63Chapter 9 Assess Your Standards 69Chapter 10 Inspire Your Efforts 81Chapter 11 Structure Your Work 93Chapter 12 Evolve Your Approach 107Part III Focused Fundraising Teams 115Chapter 13 The Importance of Culture 117Chapter 14 Prospect Development 125Chapter 15 Engagement Strategies 135Chapter 16 Fundraising Operations 139Chapter 17 Strategic Information Management 151Chapter 18 The Power of Maturity Models 159Chapter 19 Focused Fundraising Maturity Model 167Chapter 20 Further Thoughts on Thought Work 175Chapter 21 Causativity 189Conclusion 193Toolkit: RAISE: Practical Examples and Coaching Prompts 199Bibliography 213Acknowledgments 217Index 219