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Getting Board Members Involved in Fundraising: A Case Study
Persuading board members to take an active role in fundraising efforts can be a major goal for many nonprofits.
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Get Your Board to Raise Funds
Replay the transcript of Darian Rodriguez Heyman, editor of Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals, and Ann W. Lehman, co-author of Boards That Love Fundraising: A How-To Guide For Your Board, exploring why nonprofit board members should be actively involved in fundraising.
Turning Your Volunteers Into Fundraisers
Fundraising consultant Amy Eisenstein and Foundation Center Atlanta director Val Porter answer questions about how your board members and volunteers can raise interest and money for your organization.
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Use board members' guidance and familiarity with major donors and prospects to plan the seating arrangement at activities and events to ensure that important guests and participants receive personal attention. Paying attention to these details also serves the organization's current cultivation and solicitation strategy.
Excerpt from Fundraising Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards, Second Edition, by James M. Greenfield, ACFRE, FAHP. BoardSource, 2009.
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MoreYour Board and Fundraising
Learn how to engage your board in fundraising, and get some tips and resources from Ann Kent of BVU: The Center for Nonprofit Excellence.
Your Board and Fundraising: An Introductory Class
Learn how to engage your board in fundraising.
Special Event - “We Don’t Do That Here”: Overcoming Fundraising Complacency on Long-Standing Boards of Directors
Rekindle the spirit of fundraising among your board, and change board members not needed, all without losing friends
Your Board and Fundraising: An Introductory Class
Learn how to engage your board in fundraising.
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Explore techniques to build a better board of directors.