Strategic plan: be fundable.

Strategic plan: be fundable.

Strategic plan: be fundable. Team, priorities, and rhythms — to maximize funding KEVIN L. BROWN Strategic planning shouldn’t be so complicated. The discipline is a straightforward concept dating back to the ancient Greeks. The term strategy comes from the word...
Positioning strategy: be findable.

Positioning strategy: be findable.

Positioning strategy: be findable. Landscape, uniques, audiences, promises, and personality — to maximize funding KATHLEEN SOUDER All too often, nonprofits fail to clearly determine their positioning strategy. A process that, when nailed, can sharpen everything you do...
Marketing communications: be findable.

Marketing communications: be findable.

Marketing communications: be findable. Messaging and storytelling, visual identity, website strategy, channels, corporate partnerships and CSR — to maximize funding KATHLEEN SOUDER Hard work, intelligent products and programs, and extraordinary impact happen daily in...
Your mission needs a messenger.

Your mission needs a messenger.

Funders fund people they trust, not faceless logos. And when your personal platform reinforces your organization’s brand, visibility multiplies. Yet nonprofit leaders are trained to stay out of the spotlight. Learn why and how your own thought leadership is a fundraising strategy.

Diversified funding is a nonprofit nemesis.

Diversified funding is a nonprofit nemesis.

Diversified fundraising helps you survive early on. But it’s not how you get big. If you want to grow significantly, you have to muster the courage to put all your eggs in one basket. Then engage all those eggs in that one basket. And meet the requirements of that primary funding source.