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Are you not meeting your fundraising budget? Do you dread presenting that next financial report? Were your fundraising results less than you expected? Are you perplexed because even though your fundraising results are good, your nonprofit can never seem to get ahead? Then Seven Simple Strategies to Creating a Wildly Successful Fundraising Program is for you. We show you simple ways to increase income without an increase in time. money, and effort; develop campaigns that best appeal to and attract individual, foundation, and corporate donors; and maximize your planning activities. You will have more time to deepen your relationships with donors, the crux of fundraising. Seven Simple Strategies to Creating a Wildly Successful Fundraising Program is written for busy executive directors, development professionals, and board members who want to measurably improve the return on every fundraising dollar spent. It is designed to be read in one sitting or by grabbing a few chapters over lunch. More importantly, it gives you practical advice that you can easily implement without spending a ton of money. It will help you: Cut fundraising costs when costs cutting is necessary, using the remaining resources to maximum effect; Compare the costs and benefits of different fundraising activities; Design campaigns that respond to the unique generational cohorts' motivations and preferences for giving; Make the most of your grant-writing efforts; Understand corporate motivations for giving; Implement financially successful fundraising events; Create a profitable fundraising budget and calendar; and Measurably increase your fundraising results. Further, you will gain insights into the costs and benefits of different fundraising activities, including individual donations, grants, corporate giving, special events, and government contracts. You will learn how to connect with donors based on their unique motivations and preferences, designing strategies that they will respond to, resulting in bigger donations. You will be shown techniques that will maximize the time, effort, and money you spend in implementing fundraising activities. By the end of the book, you will be able to develop a fundraising plan that will increase your fundraising results, leaving you more money to implement your agency's mission and better serve the community. Written as part of the Nonprofit Quick Guide(TM) series, Seven Simple Strategies to Creating a Wildly Successful Fundraising Program focuses on realizing the most amount of fundraising revenue using the least amount of organizational resources. Other books in the series address other areas of fundraising, such as development planning, grant writing, corporate contributions, fundraising communications, board membership, volunteerism, and career advancement, among others. If you want to grow revenues to keep up with increasing costs, improve financial performance and stability, or have greater ability to meet unmet or growing client demand, the Nonprofit Quick Guide(TM) series is for you.

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Joanne Oppelt is the principal of Joanne Oppelt Consulting, LLC. She is a seasoned rainmaker with a distinguished track record of success. During her twenty-five-plus years working in the nonprofit arena, she built or rebuilt successful fundraising departments at every stop, helping her organizations grow capacity and more effectively fulfill their missions. She has held positions from grantwriter to executive director at the nonprofits Community Access Unlimited, Caring Contact: A Listening Community, Family to Family Network of New Jersey, Christian Healthcare Center, March of Dimes Central New Jersey, Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey, and Maternal and Family Health Services. Her extensive background in a variety of work roles and organizations enables her to understand the realities and challenges nonprofit practitioners face-both internally and externally. Her success at every stop positions her to help any nonprofit, whether through her books, trainings, coaching, or consulting practice. Joanne is the author of four books and co-author of four. She has taught at Kean University as an Adjunct Professor in its graduate program. She is also a highly sought-after speaker and presenter. Joanne holds a master's degree in health administration from Wilkes University, where she graduated with distinction. Her bachelor's degree is in education, with a minor in psychology. Linda Lysakowski is one of approximately one hundred professionals worldwide to hold the Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive designation. Linda is the author of ten nonfiction books and a contributing author, co-editor, or co-author of seventeen others. She has also written six books in the fiction realm. Linda has more than thirty years in the development field. She worked for a university and a museum before starting her own consulting firm. In her twenty-five years as a philanthropic consultant, Linda has managed capital campaigns that have raised more than $50 million. She's helped hundreds of nonprofit organizations achieve their development goals and trained more than forty thousand development professionals in most of the fifty states of the United States as well as in Canada, Mexico, Egypt, and Bermuda. She served on the Association of Fundraising Philanthropy (AFP) Foundation for Philanthropy Board and on the Professional Advancement Division for AFP. She is a past president of the Eastern Pennsylvania and Sierra (Nevada) AFP chapters. She received the Outstanding Fundraiser of the Year award from the Eastern Pennsylvania, Las Vegas, and Sierra (Nevada) chapters of AFP, was honored with the Barbara Marion Award for Outstanding Service to AFP, and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Las Vegas AFP chapter. Linda is a graduate of Alvernia University with majors in banking and finance as well as theology/philosophy, and a minor in communications. As a graduate of AFP's Faculty Training Academy, she is a Master Teacher.

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