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Get Ready For Your Next Donor Meeting By Justin Streiff

5 things to know ahead of your next donor meeting! Going into a donor meeting unprepared is the surest way to secure a bad outcome. Here are some essential tips for preparing a donor meeting. Successful major gifts fundraising inevitably requires developing comfort with—or, really, a passion for—in-person meetings with your organization’s active and prospective…

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Five Keys to Unlock Major Donor Generosity By Robert Yi

  Unlock Transformational Generosity From Your Donor Community! Every year, Westfall Gold conducts an in-depth analysis of the impact of our weekend experiences and how they unlock major donor generosity. The application of what we’ve learned has resulted in increased average gifts at our events from $50,804 in 2014 to $162,437 in 2020. For the…

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Elusive Major Donors By Michael J. Brown

Cultivation is a Key to Unlocking Elusive Major Gifts We are blessed to live in a nation with a long history of a strong charitable culture.  Last year alone, $427Bn was given in U.S. philanthropy1. Interestingly, there have been significant changes in the philanthropic landscape that nonprofits need to be aware of.  For the first…

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Christian Generosity and God’s Money By Clark Dickerson

Why Christians Are Not More Generous with God’s Money I met a couple whose children attended a Christian school that was in the middle of a multi-million dollar capital campaign to raise funds for a new campus.  The purpose of our meeting was to discuss their financial involvement in the campaign. Upon entering their 20,000…

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Communicating Your Why By Rob Flint Jr.

Move from knowing your why to communicating it! I am still blown away by the story of the MP3 player and I’m not talking about the iPod. You have probably heard the story by now – a company out of Singapore called Custom Technologies created the technology for the MP3 and eventually released the device…

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Christian Leadership Alliance Member Spotlight: Westfall Gold

Christian Leadership Alliance Founder’s Council Member: Westfall Gold Westfall Gold is the nation’s leading innovator and implementer of major donor events with a proven history of more than 360 events that have generated $750 million. These event weekends bond your major donors to your mission by condensing a year’s worth of cultivation into one extraordinary,…

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Engaging Major Donors by Andrew Olsen

Keys to engaging major donors and deepening relationships Here are 13 sure ways to engage major donors and deepen your relationships for future fundraising success. Invite donors to participate in the mission. There is no better way to create engagement than giving your major donors the opportunity to experience in person the life changing work…

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Engage Your Major Donors By Andrew Olsen

13 Ways to Engage Your Major Donors! By Andrew Olsen, CFRE Now is the time to engage with your major donors in the most meaningful ways possible. To help you get started, here are 13 ways to engage and deepen your relationships with them for future fundraising success. (1) Invite donors to participate in your…

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Capture the Hearts of Your Major Donors By Patrick McLaughlin

Discover how to effectively capture the hearts of your major donors. By Patrick McLaughlin~ After 36 years in the major donor arena, I feel a bit like the Farmers Insurance commercial, “We know a lot because we have seen a lot.” According to Martin Luther, our conversion experience has three stages: Our Head, Our Heart…

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15 Workshops to Expand Your Fundraising Expertise

For many nonprofit organizations, raising financial support in such a time as this is essential if life changing ministry goals are to be met. At The Outcomes Conference: CLA Dallas 2015, you will find 15 workshops designed to expand your fundraising expertise. High-profile consultants, well-known professionals, and diverse ministry practitioners, that have a history of…

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